Today, Saturday October 29th, I was saddened to learn that my friend Buck Ormsby died early this morning on his birthday. Here’s the message I saw on Buck’s Facebook wall: Thank you…
Category: Obituaries
RIP: Pete Fountain, jazz clarinetist – LOUIE of the Week
“Pete Fountain, the goateed clarinetist who became a global ambassador of New Orleans jazz with his flawlessly slippery technique and joyful sound, died Saturday of heart failure while in hospice care in…
Bangkok Blue -Louie’s In The House – LOUIE (Remix) of the Week
Here’s a LOUIE recording that I really enjoyed finding… Blue Johnson aka Bangkok Blue did a jazzy remix of Richard Berry‘s original version, and shared with the world on YouTube. Here’s a…
RIP: Gary S. Paxton, legendary music producer
My friend Gary S. Paxton has passed away a few days ago. Gary was an extremely talented musician that produced #1 hit records in rock, country and gospel music. As a singer-songwriter…
Remembering Candye Kane – Non-LOUIE of the Week
This one’s for Candye Kane, a multi-talented blues singer that we lost last month. Eight years ago she announced that she had pancreatic cancer, which she actively fought with an incredible zest,…
RIP: Jim Manolides, legendary musician with Frantics, Dave Lewis, and more….
Jim Manolides has left the land of the living. I asked my friend Barry Curtis of the Kingsmen (now retired) and the Daily Flash, to share a few words.. We are incomplete…
RIP: Prince Nelson, musician extraordinaire (with a semi-Lost LOUIE of Week?)
For past week, the world mourned the loss of the artist known as Prince. He was an intensely talented musician whose legacy will only continue to grow larger with his untimely passing….
RIP: Buck Munger, publisher of Two Louies, NW music industry legend
On Tuesday night, I received some sad news on Facebook about my friend Buck Munger. April 19, 2016 just before 2:00 on a beautiful afternoon. Buck Munger joined his favorite dog Lucee,…
Celebrating the life of Steve Mackay this weekend!
This weekend in SF Bay Area, we’re celebrating the life of Steve Mackay! On Thursday, Feb 24th at KFJC Radio (home of the infamous Maximum LOUIE LOUIE marathon) there was a big…
RIP: David Bowie (aka Davie Jones) – LOUIE of the Week
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…