Once again, I’m amazed how quickly the summer is slipping by. Already it’s August, and I’ve barely been able to attend to any summertime events. I’ve gone to a couple of outdoor…
Category: Pacific Northwest
Holy Crud… it’s the MUMMIES!
Somehow or another, I stumbled over at the official Mummies‘ webpage tonight. The Mummies haven’t been a band since 1994, and I do miss them. I used to see them all the…
More on the FBI LOUIE files, and updates at LOUIE Central
It’s been a busy week over at LOUIE central. I’ve been picking up hard drives, transfering a lot of old interviews from old analog videotape to the digital domain, cursing along the…
Wailers update- LOUIE Fest 2006
The Fabulous Wailers just came from playing at the Ponderosa Stomp in Memphis, and Kent Morrill sent me this report: Memphis: The Fabulous Wailers wowed them with the good old Northwest Sound…in…
Smells Like LOUIE… no… Teen Spirit on ukeles?
I’ve had more than a few people tell me they considered Nirvana‘s “Smells Like Teen Spirit” as the “LOUIE LOUIE of the 90’s.” Both songs use a catchy 3-chord riff, and became…
LouieLouie.net seeks old movies!
Production on the LOUIE LOUIE documentary continues at a steady pace. It takes a long time to transfer all the footage I’ve shot over the years… in all types of video formats….
Original Blues Brother to Undergo Cancer Therapy
A long time ago, John Belushi was in Eugene, Oregon, working on a movie that would be a smash hit. Actually, it was more than just a “smash hit.” It was the…
April Musings and LOUIE LOUIE Day
April 1st is a very interesting day. Around the world, many of us celebrate this day as April’s Fools Day, which is an excuse to play really goofy tricks on one another….
Dave Barry and LOUIE LOUIE in Tacoma
Horace J. Digby just sent me a little note about his article about Dave Barry’s 2003 visit to Tacoma, Washington, where he found three random people to sing LOUIE LOUIE. “And Then…
Louie Road
Once upon a time, LOUIE LOUIE was written by Richard Berry in Los Angeles, California. Actually, to be precise, it was written at the Harmony Park Ballroom in Anaheim in 1955, a…