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Sponson Pontoon and the Floaters – LOUIE of Week

Posted on November 15, 2011

This week’s LOUIE is a rare 1980 recording of a band known as Sponson Pontoon and the Floaters, playing at some drunken bash known as “Pig Party” near Yakima, WA.

Larry Baker aka “Sponson Pontoon” is on bass and vocals, joined by John Smestad on guitar, Steve Tytler on guitar, Doug Bennett on drums, and very special guest Barry Curtis, a former member of the Kingsmen, also on guitar.

I wish there were some photographs, but ya take what cha get….

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9PD-2Yj4lYw

UPDATE:

Steve Tytler writes: “Since you didn’t have any photos, I made this web page…”
http://tytler.com/sponson_pontoon/

It looks like a nice introduction to the band! Here’s one of the photos from the webpage….

1 thought on “Sponson Pontoon and the Floaters – LOUIE of Week”

  1. Steve Tytler says:
    November 19, 2011 at 11:29 am

    This is pretty cool!

    Since you didn’t have any photos, I made this web page:

    Photos and info about Sponson Pontoon and The Floaters

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