If it’s Tuesday, then it’s time to name the LOUIE of the Week. Today, the award goes to a band known as Distyl, a band from France that embraces the Iggy Pop…
Month: June 2009
Benefit for Paul Williams- Sunday in San Francisco
For the past two weeks, I’ve been away from home, helping a dear friend with a big move to Southern California. This weekend, I’m coming back home just in time to attend…
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…
RIP: Bob Bogle, founding member of the Ventures
Two months after the Ventures performed with the Fabulous Wailers at the Moore Theater in Seattle to celebrate their new collaboration “Two Car Garage,” Bob Bogle, founding member of the Ventures has…
Record LOUIE LOUIE, make some money!
Here’s a project that I like a lot … The official description from CDFreedom: Here it is…the ongoing collection of The Kingsmen’s famous “Louie Louie” done by the masses. . Got a…
Motorhead in 1978 – LOUIE of the Week
Here’s a nice treat. Someone posted the 1988 Top of the Pop appearance of Motorhead to YouTube. This clip was the first ever TV appearance of Motorhead, promoting their first-ever record release…….
RIP: Sam Butera, singer/saxophonist with Louis Prima
We just lost another musical icon. Sam Butera, a singer/ saxophonist with of the LOUIS Prima band, has passed away at the age of 81 years old. Sam Butera was born Aug….
Stanley Clarke & George Duke Project – LOUIE of the Week
In 1981, Stanley Clarke & George Duke, two great jazz musicians, got together to create a very cool album together. I just found a video clip of their performance of LOUIE LOUIE…