Over the years, I’d had a handful of people send me this photograph of a big haired woman enjoying some music, which includes some Elvis Presley and the first Kingsmen album. Can…
Category: Garage Rock
Ray Davies & the Kast Off Kinks – LOUIE of the Week
A few months ago, there was some excellent news with a big announcement that The Kinks would be getting together for a proper reunion after a 20 year hibernation!! We’re not sure…
Celebrating M. Dung and Richard Berry – LOUIE of the Week
Today is a special celebration for two friends that are deeply missed. We lost Richard Berry in 1989, and Mike Slavko, aka “M. Dung” in 2017. Today, Mike Slavko is getting inducted…
Kingsmen at The Delta House (1983) – LOUIE of the Week
With the upcoming Animal House 40th Anniversary & Toga Party event in Oregon that’s happening a little over a week from now, I thought this would be a fine time to share…
R.Stevie Moore – LOUIE of the Week
it’s time to share a LOUIE LOUIE that doesn’t fit into the usual LOUIE LOUIE garage rock archetype. Then again, the creator of this this week’s LOUIE is hardly the type of…
Electric Tortoise – LOUIE of the Week
It’s time for a new LOUIE of the Week…. as opposed to every other week ….. or something like that… life does get hectic sometimes, OK? Anyways, today the mighty LOUIE spotlight…
LOUIE event in Venice – August 26th
Here’s an event my friend Gerry Fialka invited me to… Eric Predoehl (in person) of LOUIELOUIE.NET and producer/director of the upcoming and long-awaited Meaning of Louie documentary, screens rare film clips and…
LOUIE LOUIE radio on KCRW + NPR
Two things i forgot to mention on these pages… 1) KCRW Radio (KCRW.com) launched a new radio series “LOST NOTES,” sharing stories of LOUIE LOUIE for the first episode on April 12,…
Louie Louie Conspiracy – (extinct) LOUIE of the Week
Unfortunately, this week’s LOUIE was removed from YouTube. Oh well, it was a fun one… This week, we are sharing a charming little video clip that explores the “Louie Louie” Conspiracy.” It’s…
RIP: Jerry Dennon, the record company guy who signed The Kingsmen
I recently discovered that Jerry Dennon, the man responsible for unleashing the Kingsmen‘s recording of LOUIE LOUIE to the world, passed away last year on January 2017. Often credited as the producer…