Jerry Leiber of Leiber & Stoller has passed away. It’s difficult to properly convey the cultural impact this songwriting team has had on 20th Century music, so I won’t even bother. There’s…
Category: Record Collecting
RIP: Larry “Wild Man” Fischer
Today, I’m saddened to report another casualty in the music universe. Larry “Wild Man” Fischer, as far as I know, didn’t record LOUIE LOUIE, nor did he have any obvious connections to…
Steve Plunkett – LOUIE of the Week
As a dedicated archivist, I spent some serious time browsing through record stores, looking for obscure recordings of LOUIE LOUIE. During the 1990s, there were a healthy handful of contemporary LOUIE LOUIE…
Mae West’s New Year’s Resolutions- LOUIE of the Week
For those of you that need some inspiration for the new year’s resolutions you haven’t made yet, here’s a song about new year’s resolutions, with a LOUIE LOUIE beat to it… In…
The Ross Wilson interview
On Sunday night in California, Monday afternoon in Australia, a very special interview took place for the LOUIE documentary project. For years, I’ve been in touch with Ross Wilson. I knew about…
Meet Bob Wayne, of Rhino’s Best of LOUIE LOUIE and Big Daddy
This week, I’d like to introduce the world to someone that was closely involved with the 1983 Rhino record known as THE BEST OF LOUIE LOUIE, a release that was one of…
Tommy’s Birthday + Over the Hill – LOUIE of the Week
Last week, I mentioned a handful of KFJC personalities that celebrated their birthdays Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. Somehow, I neglected to mention a KFJC personality that had their birthday last Friday….
Remembering Those We Lost in 2009
As 2009 can now be considered history, I’d like to pause and reflect on those that we lost last year… First, there’s the artists that were a direct influence on this ongoing…
Holy Mackerel! – Best Roots Rock Compilation of 2009
As 2009 comes to a close, and many folks are still frantically running around trying to figure out what sort of holiday presents to buy for their loved ones, I feel I…
Whole lotta Zappa
As administrator of a website that receives a lot of traffic from fellow Frank Zappa fans, I feel it is my duty to pass along some information about a special auction that…