It saddens me deeply to learn of the passing of Bill Engelhart, aka “Little Bill” of the Blue Notes. He was a talented musician with a beautiful soul that I was fortunate…
Category: Seattle
RIP: Sam D. Carlson, bassist of The Regents, creator of PNWBands.com
On November 2, 2023, we lost Sam D. Carlson, a man I consider a hero. Sam was a veteran that proudly served his country. As I mentioned in a 2015 post, Sam…
Seattle Mariners and the LOUIE 7th Inning Stretch
The big LOUIE LOUIE of the week is that the Seattle Mariners are no longer playing LOUIE LOUIE as a seventh inning stretch song.
RIP: Pat O’Day, NW Music Legend
Pat O’Day, the legendary Broadcaster and concert promoter of the Pacific Northwest, has passed away. During the 1960’s he was the highest-profile disc jockey of Seattle and the region’s dominant dance promoter….
A Midsummer Update (the 2020 edition)
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…
RIP: Barrie Jackson, manager of Wailers, Sonics
On April 5th, my friend Dennis Flannigan shared some sad news about his old friend Barrie Jackson, who used to manage The (Fabulous) Wailers and The Sonics. There are the good ones,…
a Seattle LOUIE update + Little Bill Birthday Party
Time has such a funny way of sneaking up on us. Some folks are really good at keeping track of such things. For me, it’s a serious struggle. There never seems to…
Happy 80th Birthday for Little Bill Engelhart
This weekend, it’s an 80th birthday celebration for Little Bill Engelhart, a genuine Northwest music legend. Little Bill was, and is a very important player in the legend of the song LOUIE…
RIP: Paul Allen, philanthropist, tech pioneer, music supporter
On Monday, October 17th, we lost Paul Allen, co-founder of Microsoft, owner of Vulcan Inc., the Seattle Seahawks, the Portland Trailblazers, Stratolaunch Systems and founder of Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence, as…
Tom Dyer’s New Pagan Gods – LOUIE of the Week
It’s Friday… feeling a bit swamped by other events and been a bit too busy to write the update I wanted to write… So… I figured it’s time to share a LOUIE…