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…
Category: Obituaries
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…
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…
RIP: P.F. Sloan, singer-songwriter
Singer-songwriter P.F. Sloan died on Sunday, November 15th. Last year, the LOUIE team (myself, Eric Predoehl + Jesse Block, co-owner of the Octalouie.com video production company) had an opportunity to document his…