I stumbled over an extremely rare archival recording by The Replacements doing THE SONG live in Chicago during their semi-recent reunion tour in 2015. It’s definitely NOT a soundboard recording, and it’s…
Category: Louie of Week
The Sonics with Wayne Kramer & Jake Cavaliere- LOUIE of Week
Here’s a little something from two years ago that I recently stumbled across- The Sonics performing “He’s Waiting” and “LOUIE LOUIE” with special guests Wayne Kramer of MC5 and Jake “The Preacher”…
Berry Family 2012- LOUIE of the Week
Here’s a recycled post from the blog, shared from five years ago today! A performance of LOUIE LOUIE by the family of the man who wrote the song – Mr. Richard Berry,…
The Filipino Kingsmen Playing “Hitchhike” – LOUIE distant relative of Week
Here’s a cool vintage discovery from the early 1960s – another band known as “the Kingsmen” that had NOTHING to do with the band with the LOUIE hit recording. This is a…
RIP: Carlo Driggs, former singer with Paul Revere & Raiders (LOUIE of Week)
More sad news in the Raider universe with the unexpected passing of Carlo Driggs, former singer with Paul Revere & the Raiders. Wayne MacKinnon, a close friend of Carlo, shared a wonderful…
B.B. King & the Kings Men – LOUIE distant relative of Week
Did you know that one of B.B. King‘s earliest recordings was with the Kings Men? Absolutely true. In 1954, RPM Records released a recording by B.B. “Blues Boy” King* And The Kings…
Hadda Brooks’ Bully Wully Boogie – Pre-LOUIE of the week
Here’s a catchy little song by Hadda Brooks that feeds in the LOUIE consciousness as a Pre-LOUIE composition that may or may not have contributed to the inspiration of LOUIE LOUIE. “Bully…
Calamity Jeanne, the Pocket Orchestra – LOUIE of the Week
Last week, Orme Radio of Italy celebrated International LOUIE LOUIE Day with a lively 90 minute special! They closed the show with a wonderful LOUIE I’d never heard before – a French…
The Dizzy Brains – LOUIE of the Week
Here’s the first LOUIE of Week for 2017 – The Dizzy Brains live at TransMusicales 2015. https://youtu.be/BIUHwSQmQTU According to their YouTube description, this was their first-ever concert outside their native country of…
Mojo Nixon’s CHRISTMAS CHRISTMAS – Holiday LOUIE of the Week
Yes, once again… its that special time of the year! Celebrating the spirit of Christmas and the always-relevent theme of recycling, we bring you a semi-modern classic holiday LOUIE mutant-bastard recording by…