Otis Day of “Animal House” Live in Chicago 2010 – LOUIE of the Week

This week’s LOUIE of the Week is a recent performance of Otis Day of the movie “Animal House” performing LOUIE LOUIE at Faith & Whiskey in Chicago during John Belushi‘s Birthday Weekend, just a few days ago on Saturday, January 23, 2010.

This particular version is dedicated to one of Chicago’s finest, Mrs. […]

January 26th, 2010 | Category: Garage Rock, Louie of Week, LOUIE Universe, Motion Pictures, Music Therapy, New Versions, Old Versions | One comment

Asterisk (Bradley Middle School 8th Graders) – LOUIE of the Week

Over at YouTube, I found out about a band of young kids from San Antonio (Texas) known as Asterisk. Dylan Sterling, Ryan Shull, Clay Kuglen, and Mason Moreno are the members of this band.

Here’s a clip of Asterick as 8th graders from Bradley Middle School, performing LOUIE LOUIE at the rock club White […]

January 19th, 2010 | Category: Louie of Week, LOUIE Universe, New Versions | Leave a comment

Richard Berry radio special in the Netherlands

Here’s a little email I just received that I thought I’d share…

Dear Mister Predoehl,

Maybe it’s nice for you to know that there will be a Richard Berry radio special on “Rompin’ Stompin’ Radio” at RTV Mercurius (that’s in the Netherlands). We will be broadcasting it on monday 18 jan. from 17.00 till 18.00 […]

January 16th, 2010 | Category: Radio, Richard Berry | Leave a comment

Willie Vega- LOUIE of the Week

This week’s LOUIE is a reggae-style version from Willie Vega on YouTube.

January 12th, 2010 | Category: Garage Rock, Louie of Week, New Versions | Leave a comment

RIP: Willie Mitchell, musician, producer, record label owner

We just lost another musician. Willie Mitchell died on Tuesday, January 5, 2010.

The All Music Guide provides a nice overview of his career, of which I’ll share the first paragraph:

Best known as the man who signed Al Green to Hi Records and as the producer of Green’s most popular records, Willie Mitchell […]

January 6th, 2010 | Category: LOUIE Universe, Music Biz, Obituaries, Old Versions | Leave a comment

The Louie Swift Collective – LOUIE of the Week

It’s time for this year’s first LOUIE of the Week!

Here’s the Louie Swift Collective performing LOUIE LOUIE at Yorkshire Coast College, which I believe is in Scarborough, UK.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PJFQc1ADZt8

January 5th, 2010 | Category: Garage Rock, Louie of Week, New Versions | 2 comments

Remembering Those We Lost in 2009

As 2009 can now be considered history, I’d like to pause and reflect on those that we lost last year…

First, there’s the artists that were a direct influence on this ongoing LOUIE documentary project…

Drake Levin

It was somewhat ironic that the guitar player for “America’s answer to the Beatles” died on July […]

January 1st, 2010 | Category: Garage Rock, Iggy Pop, Los Angeles - Southern California, LOUIE Universe, Music Biz, Obituaries, Pacific Northwest, Pop Culture, Production at LOUIE Central, Record Collecting | One comment