Very sad news in the rock ‘n’ roll universe with the passing of our friend Paul Revere. My friend Phil “Fang” Volk sent me this sad news on Saturday night: Dear Friends,…
Category: Portland
The 2013 Portland Plaque
My friend Wm. Christman, a KFJC Max LOUIE alumni, just sent me this photo from Portland, Oregon. This is the new plaque at the location where the Kingsmen recorded their version of…
The Cry! (w/ Mike Mitchell of Kingsmen) + Animal House of Blues – LOUIE of the Week
Back in November, we learned about a special video and performance of THE SONG by the band known as The Cry!, featuring Mike Mitchell of the Kingsmen. This version was created to…
Hail Hail David Jester and the Jesterfest!
This week, we want to tip our hat to David Jester of Portland, Oregon, who’s spent many years documenting the music scene of Portland, which included producing a cable television program in…
The Ukelele Underground of Portland – LOUIE of the Week
This week’s LOUIE is a special performance that comes from the Kingsmen’s hometown in Portland, Oregon. I just received a little correction on what I thought was a band called the Little…
ZZ Top and the LOUIE connection
Some tasty treats from the TWO LOUIES archives, courtesy of publisher Buck Munger! ZZ Top meets the Kingsmen! From left to right: Lynn Easton, Billy Gibbons, Jack Ely and Mike Mitchell.
The Portland LOUIE celebration of September 2013 – the Lindahl report
Today, I am honored to have a very special guest blogger – my friend Cindy Lindahl, whose father engineered the original LOUIE LOUIE recordings by The Kingsmen and Paul Revere & the…
Mark Your Calendar – LOUIE LOUIE Day in Portland – September 5th
Hot breaking news from OregonMusicNews.com: It’s the song that wouldn’t die. And now it will be commemorated for the ages. To mark the spot where a Portland band, The Kingsmen, recorded Richard…
LOUIE LOUIE as an art installation in Federal building
Here’s a nice little story about a new art installation at a Federal building in Portland, Oregon = the town where the Kingsmen recorded LOUIE LOUIE, courtesy of OregonLive.com: May 29, 2013…
Twas 50 years ago today….
Would you believe that today, April 6th, is the 50th anniversary of the day The Kingsmen stepped into a studio to record to create what they initially thought was a “terrible version”…