(David Bowie and Carlos Alomar – superb photo by David Plastik of IconicPix) For the past few weeks, I’ve been using this LOUIE blog as an excuse to explore some of the…
Category: Louie of Week
David Bowie + LOUIE LOUIE part 2 / Les Dantz – LOUIE of Week
Following up on last week’s tribute / celebration / acknowledgement of David Bowie‘s legacy, here’s even more thoughts on his connection within the LOUIE LOUIE universe… 1983 was a very important year…
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…
(what sounds like) Elvis Presley’s LOUIE LOUIE – LOUIE of the Week
Today, Elvis Presley would have been 81 years old! Which of course led to the hypothetical question – “What would it sound like if Elvis sang LOUIE LOUIE?” Luckily, someone with the…
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…
Ray and Dave Davis 2015 reunion with “You Really Got Me” – LOUIE relative of the Week
Ray Davies and Dave Davies together again on stage in 2015? Fantastic news! It feels like an early Christmas present! Thank you!! It was a special night …. On Friday, the 18th…
Hail Hail M. Dung!! (LOUIE of the Week)
Today, we pay tribute to my friend Mike Slavko, aka the legendary disc jockey known as “M. Dung.” M.Dung was a very popular disc jockey on KFOG Radio in San Francisco for…
RIP: Allen Toussaint / LOUIE of the Week
Allen Toussaint, an extremely talented musician, passed away on November 10, 2015 while on tour in Madrid, Spain. He was 77 years old. Emerging from the fertile hotbed of New Orleans R&B…
All-Niters Live At The Barn – LOUIE of the Week
Here’s another LOUIE rarity I’ve never heard of.. . but it popped up on YouTube. This is a LOUIE LOUIE by the All-Niters “Recorded Live At The Barn” sometime in 1966. It…
RIP: Steve Mackay, sax player with Stooges, Snakefinger – LOUIE of Week
Steve Mackay, a super talented sax player and all-around nice guy, died two weeks ago on October 10th. Last year, I had an opportunity to interview Steve for the LOUIE documentary project,…