Category: Obituaries

RIP: Lloyd Thaxton, host of 60’s TV dance show

Posted on October 8, 2008

Last Sunday, Lloyd Thaxton, host of a popular Los Angeles TV dance show in the 1960s, passed away at the age of 81. After being diagnosed with multiple myeloma back in May,…

RIP: Earl Palmer, legendary drummer

Posted on September 21, 2008

I just found out that drummer Earl Palmer passed away this weekend. There’s a lot of musicians you call a “legend”, but Earl Palmer was of the guys that literally did it…

Good news for music lovers!

Posted on August 16, 2008

A couple of good things to report…. One year ago, I reported the death of Jim Philbrook, publisher of Record Collector News. Based on conversations I had with people involved with the…

NYPD Jazz Band honors music of Isaac Hayes

Posted on August 10, 2008

On Saturday, I attended the 19th San Jose Jazz Festival, one of the best annual music festivals in the San Francisco bay area. One of the bands I saw there really impressed…

Rare video of the Calvanes from LOUIE archives

Posted on July 26, 2008

Continuing with more memories from the Hunter Hancock tribute event produced by Doo Wop Society of Southern California of March 4, 2000, I’m sharing another clip from the same show, the same…

Remembering Hunter Hancock

Posted on July 25, 2008

Following up on the Johnny Flamingo footage I posted a few days ago to YouTube, I decided to share more footage from the Hunter Hancock tribute show where Johnny and Jeanette Baker…

RIP: George Carlin, an honest comedian

Posted on June 23, 2008

As I got home late Sunday night / early Monday morning, I checked my email and got the word that George Carlin had died at the age of 71 years old. I…

RIP: Bo Diddley, musical pioneer

Posted on June 2, 2008

This week, there won’t be a LOUIE of the Week. Instead, we’ll pay tribute to a rock and roll pioneer that passed away this morning. Bo Diddley, one of the great musical…