In the city of San Francisco, Geary is a major thoroughfare that runs almost 6 miles east–west, starting off downtown at Market Street, running westbound through the Civic Center area, cutting through…
Category: Record Collecting
RIP: Young Jessie, founding member of the Flairs w/ Richard Berry
Another great singer – Young Jessie aka Obediah Donnell “Obie” Jessie, who was one of Richard Berry‘s earliest musical collaborators, passed away on April 27th. Obediah Donnell Jessie was born on December…
LOUIE Micro-Mentions #1 (Don Imus, John Fogerty, Frank Zappa)
It’s time to make note of a special category of LOUIE moments. “LOUIE Micro-Mentions“- is the special type of moment when the song LOUIE LOUIE is mentioned, but not performed. We’ll start…
The Latest List of All Known Versions of LOUIE LOUIE
With the beginning of the new year, we thought this would be a good time to acknowledge the latest efforts to answer the question “How many versions of LOUIE LOUIE are there,…
RIP: Kim Shattuck, of the Muffs, the Pandoras and the Coolies
This week, I was shocked and saddened to learn that Kim Shattuck passed away. Kim was a rock ‘n’ roll woman blessed with a wealth of charisma and a wicked sense of…
At Last! (the Etta James song that Richard Berry recorded 6 years earlier)
I just learned that today is the 16th anniversary of the moment in time when Etta James was honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame April 18, 2003 in…
RIP: Big Jay McNeely – rhythm & blues /rock n’ roll saxophone legend!
Our friend Jim Dawson shared some sad news on Sunday… “My longtime friend Big Jay McNeely passed away at 6:15 this morning in Riverside, CA. He made his first record in 1948…
Blast from past – Richard & Dorothy Berry in 1962 Cash Box / non-LOUIE of Week
In course of my research for this project, I’ve uncovered some interesting things connected to the LOUIE LOUIE universe. Here’s an example of one of those things. This is a page of…
RIP: Fred Cole of Dead Moon
Sad news with the death of Fred Cole of Dead Moon. His death was reported today in the Dead Moon Facebook group: I’m so sorry to have to let you know that…
William Shatner’s Garbage Man – LOUIE relative of the Week
This week, the mighty LOUIE spotlight is pointed at William Shatner‘s inspired rendition of The Cramps‘ “Garbage Man.” Or as Captain Kirk might say, this rendition may …“Boldly Go Where No Garbage…