Odd Man Out / Ray Stevens II – LOUIE of the Month

Today, we’re going to shine the LOUIE spotlight at San Jose music legend, and longtime associate Ray Stevens II. Ray’s been in a bunch of fun punk/rock bands – Los Olvidados, The Faction, Drunk Injuns, and Clay Wheels, among others, and today we’re going to share a very special clip of him with one […]

May 8th, 2021 | Category: Covid-19, EP World, Garage Rock, LOUIE celebrations, Louie of Week, LOUIE Parade, Music Therapy, Production at LOUIE Central, San Francisco Bay Area | Leave a comment

Happy International LOUIE LOUIE Day 2019!

Today is International LOUIE LOUIE Day!

It’s also the day when Richard Berry would have celebrated his 84th if he was still with us!

Today in the LOUIE LOUIE Party community page on Facebook, Len Sarfati shared a link to his LOUIE video with this special comment:

This is the 2009 comment Jack […]

April 11th, 2019 | Category: Comic Strip Blog, Garage Rock, Jack Ely, Kingsmen, LOUIE celebrations, Louie Louie Day, LOUIE Parade | One comment

Celebrating M. Dung and Richard Berry – LOUIE of the Week

Today is a special celebration for two friends that are deeply missed. We lost Richard Berry in 1989, and Mike Slavko, aka “M. Dung” in 2017.

Today, Mike Slavko is getting inducted to the Bay Area Radio Hall of Fame, The Class of 2018.

As Mike has often said, the experience of singing […]

October 13th, 2018 | Category: Garage Rock, LOUIE celebrations, Louie of Week, LOUIE Parade, LOUIE Universe, New Versions, Pop Culture, Production at LOUIE Central, Radio, Richard Berry, San Francisco Bay Area | 2 comments

LOUIE road trip (August 2018- part 2)

The latest Pacific Northwest road trip was a short and power-packed adventure, even if a massive percentage of that time was spent driving.

Wednesday was the big drive from SF Bay Area to Seattle area, something I won’t be repeating in the near future… at least not crammed into one day.

Thursday was a […]

August 24th, 2018 | Category: EP World, Kingsmen, LOUIE Parade, LOUIE Universe | Leave a comment

Peoria LOUIE LOUIE Parade 2017 – LOUIE of the Week

Did you know about the annual LOUIE LOUIE parades in Peoria?

Here’s the word from LouieLouiePeoria.com:

Since 1987, Central Illinois has been kicking off the summer with the St. Jude Louie Louie Parade and RiverJam in downtown Peoria with the sole purpose of raising money for the St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. We have […]

July 26th, 2018 | Category: LOUIE celebrations, Louie of Week, LOUIE Parade, LOUIE Universe | Leave a comment

The Embarcaderos at 1989 LL Parade – LOUIE of the Week

UPDATED RE-POST of an article originally shared on Friday, August 4th:

Here’s a little blast from the past….

Many years ago, back during the early stages of the LOUIE documentary project, myself and my LOUIE co-producer pal Jesse Block captured some video footage of the 1989 LOUIE LOUIE Parade produced and promoted by the […]

August 4th, 2017 | Category: EP World, Garage Rock, LOUIE celebrations, Louie of Week, LOUIE Parade, LOUIE Universe, New Versions, Old Versions, Pop Culture, Radio, Richard Berry, San Francisco Bay Area | Leave a comment

The Louie Louie Parade of Peoria – LOUIE of the Week

I found this one on YouTube, and it wins this week’s LOUIE of the Week award!

Peoria’s annual parade saluting the wild, weird and wacky raises money for the St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital and the Illinois Valley Striders, all to the sound of the 1960s rock ‘n roll classic “Louie Louie.”

https://youtu.be/qHrTR0UGROA

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June 23rd, 2009 | Category: LOUIE celebrations, Louie of Week, LOUIE Parade, LOUIE Universe, Music Therapy, New Versions | Leave a comment