Twenty-four years ago, there was a crazy LOUIE LOUIE marathon that attempted to break all world records. For six months, there was a serious effort by college radio station KFJC to track…
Category: Richard Berry
Between Richard Berry and Rockin’ Robin Roberts
In documenting the story of LOUIE LOUIE, I’ve met a lot of people that have shared their insight about how this song made it’s way into the Pacific Northwest, where it was…
RIP: Village Music & Sweetwater, Mill Valley, CA
I’ve been putting off this posting for some time. I’ve got way too many good memories, and I wasn’t sure how I wanted to address this. With less than two weeks to…
The Beat of LOUIE LOUIE
Over at the LOUIE LOUIE PARTY Yahoo group, there’s been some fairly active discussions lately, and some of this stuff was too good to not share. A theoretical question was asked about…
Los Angeles rhythm and blues revisited
Two guys that are doing a lot to preserve some great history of Los Angeles 1960s pop culture are Domenic Priore and Brian Chidester, who’ve published some excellent articles with their Dumb…
Steve Propes’ ultra-rare “LOUIE LOVIE” 45 single
Here’s an image that you’ll be be unlikely to see anywhere else. My friend Steve Propes, who’s provided some excellent support to THE MEANING OF LOUIE documentary project over the years, has…
NEW Richard Berry video- live with Shockwaves 1988
I haven’t posted any original video footage to the blog lately, so I’ve decided to change that today… This is Richard Berry performing with the Shockwaves at the 1988 LOUIE LOUIE Parade…
July 7 = Rock and Roll History in San Jose
July 7th is a big day in rock and roll, both in history past tense and history about to be written. For some of you, July 7th is very important because Al…
Blast from past – 1987
Some of the best intended plans… take longer than expected. I’m working on a project in conjunction with the folks at LouieFest that’s taking longer than I imagined. As I hate to…
Happy International LOUIE LOUIE Day!
Wednesday, April 11 is INTERNATIONAL LOUIE LOUIE DAY! As Richard Berry’s original version of the song was released in the week of April 13, 1957, this week also marks the 50th Anniversary…