RIP: Mike Mitchell of the Kingsmen

Yesterday, we lost Mike Mitchell of the Kingsmen.

Mike Mitchell was a founding member of the Kingsmen. Mike grew up in a musical family, and learned how to play guitar from his father, who was a country western musician.

Mike’s career in music began with a collaboration with Lynn Easton, a schoolmate from […]

April 17th, 2021 | Category: Animal House, Garage Rock, Kingsmen, LOUIE Universe, Obituaries, Pacific Northwest, Portland, Seaside | Leave a comment

RIP: Young Jessie, founding member of the Flairs w/ Richard Berry

Another great singer – Young Jessie aka Obediah Donnell “Obie” Jessie, who was one of Richard Berry‘s earliest musical collaborators, passed away on April 27th.

Obediah Donnell Jessie was born on December 28, 1936 in Lincoln Manor, Texas, a suburb of Dallas. His father was a cook, and his mother, who had a brief […]

May 1st, 2020 | Category: Animal House, Garage Rock, Los Angeles - Southern California, LOUIE Universe, Obituaries, Record Collecting, Richard Berry | Leave a comment

LOUIE on TV – part 6 (Happy Days, Fall Guy + Meatloaf)

This week, the latest LOUIE on TV update is provided by two longtime LLama associates !!

We begin with two updates from special LLama associate Clay Stabler:

Happy Days (CBS) Season 8 / episode 5 / 1980-12-09 “Joanie Gets Wheels”

A version of LL plays on Potsie’s car radio from 3:45-3:52. Didn’t recognize the […]

March 24th, 2019 | Category: Animal House, Documentaries, LOUIE Universe, Pop Culture, TV Shows | Leave a comment

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 removed when these episodes were repackaged for the DVD market.

Both these episodes paid homage to the beer-drinking antics of the 1979 […]

February 21st, 2019 | Category: Animal House, Documentaries, Garage Rock, Kingsmen, Louie business, LOUIE Universe, Motion Pictures, Music Biz, New Versions, Oregon, Pacific Northwest, Pop Culture, Portland, TV Shows | Leave a comment