Names for Country Singers

Posted on May 20, 2007

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

Posted on May 18, 2007

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!

Posted on May 16, 2007

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…

Grateful Dead and LOUIE LOUIE

Posted on May 11, 2007

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.

Posted on May 9, 2007

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

Posted on May 5, 2007

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

Posted on May 1, 2007

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…