BBC Radio 2 will be broadcasting a program about LOUIE LOUIE and the F.B.I. Steve Van Zandt of Little Steven’s Underground Garage and The Sopranos will be narrating this thing. This one…
Hawaiian Kingsmen
Things have been super-busy at the headquarters. I’ve barely been able to do much editing on the documentary this past month, much less add anything new to the LOUIE REPORT blog. I…
Winner of the “That’s Cool- That’s Trash” fashion category
San Francisco rock legend Russell Quan (the Mummies, Phantom Surfers, BobbyTeens, and way too many other bands) demonstrates a great sense of rockin’ fashion at a recent Roy Loney (ex- Flamin’ Groovies)…
Another Jack Ely YouTube clip
Do you remember how I once mentioned that Jack Ely, original vocalist for the Kingsmen‘s LOUIE LOUIE was scheduled to perform a show in North Carolina last November for the Carolina Beach…
RIP: KPIG co-founder Laura Ellen Hopper, and way-too-many American soldiers
Monday was Memorial Day in the United States of America. A national holiday to remember the brave men and women that sacrificed their lives for the good of their country. A time…
ULTRA-RARE KingsMen film clip!
Here’s a very obscure film clip of the KingsMen performing “The Hut Sut Song” many years before “LOUIE LOUIE” became a big hit song. I love the opening of this clip –…
Names for Country Singers
Earlier this month, I recycled a fun little game from PSPOT on how to get your “blues singer name.” Now in the same spirit, my friend Jose Segue of the HicksWithSticks.com alt-country…
The Big Dirk Fest
I’m not sure if this is really LOUIE-related topic, but next month, there’s going to be a major 2-day celebration to honor the late Dirk Dirksen, the “pope of San Francisco punk…
I Just Want to Rock and Roll!
My friend Andy Martello is a very talented man that appreciates good music. He makes his living telling jokes, spinning plates, throwing objects up in the air, and he happens to maintain…
Who is Dennis Mitchell, and what does he have to do with LOUIE LOUIE?
You may have heard of Dennis Mitchell. As it turns out, there’s actually more than one. The most popular Dennis Mitchell is not a real person, but a comic strip character. He’s…