The city of Portland, Oregon demonstrates the type of charity that makes me very, very proud of my Northwest neighbors: As part of our nation’s concern for the recent catastrophes along the…
Category: Pacific Northwest
A Gallery of Great Rock Bands!
With a tip of the hat to the good folks at Davie Allan’s KING OF THE FUZZ Yahoo group, I just found out about a wonderful website with group shots of a…
The Daily Flash is back! + Chet Helms stuff
The Daily Flash is back! The Northwest legends from the 1960’s have reunited! Original band members Steve Lalor and Barry Curtis (also a member of the Kingsmen) have revived this group, pulling…
The Kingsmen get special Grammy award
The Kingsmen are being honored with a special achievement award from the Grammy organization on September 24 in Seattle, Washington. Read more details about this event at: http://www.grammy.com/pacificnw.aspx A tip of the…
Googlin’ Thyself…
I admit it. It’s a cheap thrill, but I enjoy doing it. I like to google myself. Who would bother to mention ME in their webpages, anyway? Wang Dang Dula! is a…
A LOUIE LOUIE Washington State quarter design!
My friend Mike Hintze came up with a very cool design for the upcoming Washington State quarter. Then again, I’m slightly biased…. http://louielouieweb.tripod.com/state_quarter.htm
The Barry Curtis website + the Nikki Carter benefit
I just found out my pal Barry Curtis now has a website – BarryCurtis.com. Barry Curtis joined the Kingsmen back in 1963 after they found success with LOUIE LOUIE. Before that, he…
Follow-up on Revere & Raiders Naughty Bits
A few weeks ago, someone asked if there were naughty bits in the version of LOUIE by Paul Revere & the Raiders. I just took a look at the liner notes of…
RIP: Kerry Magness
I just got word from Kan-Do, rock ‘n roll road manager for the Kingsmen that bassist Kerry Magnness has died. Here’s what he sent me, recycled from his friend Steve Lalor: I…
More on Chet…
I didn’t intend to post 3 Chet Helms entries in a row, but then I didn’t expect to see Chet kick the bucket so damned soon. No more bumping into Chet at…