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…
Grateful Dead and LOUIE LOUIE
Here’s something kinda fun. Thanks to one of my wonderful spies out in cyberspace, I discovered a page on the official Grateful Dead website that acknowledges the very first performance of “LOUIE…
Still blown away by YouTube.
In the course of my LOUIE LOUIE research, I’ve made a lot of really great friends over the years. One of my friends in particular is a die-hard music collector. His house…
BIG Berlin LOUIE LOUIE Party- Wednesday, May 9
This Wednesday, May 9th, there’s going to be a big LOUIE LOUIE party in Berlin, Germany. One Song. One Night. 1001 Versions! A massive celebration of the 50th anniversary of the song!…
Names for Blues Singers and other thoughts about Blues
MySpace, the time-wasting, but completely addictive network, has re-connected me a lot of old associates. PSPOT, a concept originated by Brian Jenkins, is a rockin’ little MySpace page dedicated to 1960’s Garage…
Rock ‘n Roll Overload – Iggy & the Stooges, the UnBand Documentary
It’s been quite a week to absorb some amazing rock and roll performances. On Saturday, April 21, I caught the reunited Stooges show at the Warfield in San Francisco. As luck would…