Once upon a time in 1964, a 17 year old teenager named David Robert Jones began his musical recording career with a band called Davie Jones with the King Bees. Their initial…
Category: Garage Rock
Remembering Those We Lost in 2015
Last year, we lost quite a few people in the LOUIE universe. Click on their names to read more about them. Jack Ely, the original lead singer of the Kingsmen, was one…
RIP: Lemmy of Motörhead (LOUIE of the Week)
With the passing of Lemmy Kilmister this week, so many of us are feeling a deep sense of loss… perhaps more than we expected. Lemmy Kilmister was a certainly a larger-than-life character…
Hail Hail, Sam Carlson – military veteran + Pacific NW music archivist
If you’ve ever done any kind of online research on the music of the Pacific Northwest, you’ve probably seen the work of my friend Sam Carlson. The pnwbands.com page is an amazing…
All-Niters Live At The Barn – LOUIE of the Week
Here’s another LOUIE rarity I’ve never heard of.. . but it popped up on YouTube. This is a LOUIE LOUIE by the All-Niters “Recorded Live At The Barn” sometime in 1966. It…
RIP: Steve Mackay, sax player with Stooges, Snakefinger – LOUIE of Week
Steve Mackay, a super talented sax player and all-around nice guy, died two weeks ago on October 10th. Last year, I had an opportunity to interview Steve for the LOUIE documentary project,…
2015 Oregon Music Hall of Fame Finale – LOUIE of the Week
Here’s the most important LOUIE performance of the past seven days – the big 2015 Oregon Music Hall of Fame Finale! Three core members of Paul Revere & the Raiders during the…
RIP: Dennis Eichhorn, writer, adventurer, underground comic book creator
Writer Dennis Eichhorn died last week on Thursday, October 8th, and I’m kinda bummed about it. With the life that he lived, shared via the stories that he wrote, I imagine he…
Oregon Music Hall of Fame tribute to Jack Ely
On Saturday, October 10th, there will be the 9th Annual Oregon Music Hall of Fame (OMHOF) Induction & Concert will be held at the Aladdin Theater in Portland, Oregon. At this event,…
RIP: Lady Bo, rock legend + Max LOUIE performer – LOUIE of the Week
I was so very saddened when I learned that Lady Bo passed away last week. When I first began what turned into a rather unique journey documenting the legacy of the song…