It’s time for the first LOUIE post for 2021! It’s a new year, as we hit the “restart” with a new operating system in the USA, which will hopefully be a better…
Category: Pacific Northwest
12 Days ’til LOUIE LOUIE 2020 Christmas – Day 9
It’s the 9th day of the 12 days ’til LOUIE LOUIE 2020 Christmas, and we’re thinking about… Rockin’ Robin Roberts For many people, especially in the Pacific Northwest, Rockin’ Robin Roberts provided…
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….
The Confidentials – rarely-seen LOUIE from early 80s
Yesterday, my friend Monte Von Struck shared this one on his Facebook feed.. Look what David Jester, just uncovered ! Louie Louie by the Confidentials back in ’82 I had to…
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…
Animal House References + LOUIE on TV – part 4
This week for Part 4 of the “LOUIE on TV” post, the focus is on two TV episodes that originally used a recording of LOUIE LOUIE for the initial broadcasts, but were…
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…