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…
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Benedict Arnold & the Traitors w/ Mark Lindsay- LOUIE of the Week
A little over a month ago, UGLY THINGS magazine had a big 30th Anniversary party that lasted three days in San Diego, CA. There was a lot of music at this event…
RIP: Bobby “Blue” Bland, blues singer extraordinaire
We lost another great singer this week. Legendary blues singer Bobby “Blue” Bland has left the land of the living. I’ve read and heard some excellent tributes for Bobby, with various people…
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…
Freddie & the Screamers – LOUIE of the Week
“A Little Sea Shanty” is the way Barry Curtis liked to describe it. Along with Freddie Dennis, Andy Parypa and Steve Peterson, they are a mixture of former and current members of…
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”…
Her Aim is True – the Jini Dellaccio documentary
If I were in the Seattle area this weekend, I would definitely be at the Highway 99 Blues Club on Sunday night. Photographer Jini Dellaccio is the subject of a new documentary…
Remembering Rockin’ Robin Roberts – 45 years later
Six years ago, I wrote about Robin Roberts – the first person to record Richard Berry‘s LOUIE LOUIE with the rock ‘n’ roll arrangement used by the Kingsmen, Revere & Raiders, the…
James Henry & Olympics – Sloopy (LOUIE-mutant) of the Week
This week, the LOUIE of the Week spotlight goes out to a song that’s not quite LOUIE, but a close relative of the song… a variation that we in the LOUIE circle…
RIP: John W. Thoennes, NW musician + promoter
I’m saddened to report that my friend John Thoennes has passed away. John was a musician from Seaside, Oregon that played with a variety of different bands – Patriot, Washington Merry-Go-Round, the…