With the passing of John Prine, I’m gratified to see so much appreciation for his music on the social networks. He was a brilliant singer-songwriter. In the back of my mind, I…
Countdown to LOUIE Day 2020 – 3 days to go
International LOUIE LOUIE Day – April 11th is coming soon! Once again, here’s another fine LOUIE shared by our friend Clay Stabler at the LOUIE LOUIE Party over at Facebook. Today’s version…
Countdown to LOUIE Day 2020 – 4 days to go
International LOUIE LOUIE Day – April 11th is coming soon! Here’s some more tasty ones shared by our friend Clay Stabler at the LOUIE LOUIE Party over at Facebook. A version I…
Countdown to LOUIE Day 2020 – 5 days to go
International LOUIE LOUIE Day – April 11th is coming soon! Here’s a few tasty ones shared by our friend Clay Stabler at the LOUIE LOUIE Party over at Facebook. Today is April…
RIP: Danny Mihm, drummer with Flamin’ Groovies
I’m saddened to report the passing of Danny Mihm, former drummer of the Flamin’ Groovies and the Phantom Movers. This marks the third death of a member of the Flamin’ Groovies within…
LOUIE bits of March 2020 – Clay Day!
As March 2020 comes to close with minimal blog activity, this seemed like a good time to do a little recycling to make up for lost time. Our friend Clay Stabler has…
LOUIE for March 2020
My friend Joe Maccoll shared this one. A fine little meme, it waits for me… UPDATE – MORE VARIATIONS! I just created this subreddit dedicated to all things Louie Louie. https://www.reddit.com/r/LouieLouie/ Also…
a cool Richard Berry photo with Wanda Coleman and Michelle T. Clinton
My friend Heather Harris shared this wonderful photograph on Facebook! For Black History Month, one of the most important persons ever in Rock & Roll: this man wrote “Louie, Louie.” Richard Berry…
The Unlikely Adventure of Emma Berquist
Today’s post may not seem to have any obvious LOUIE connections, but it’s a human story that I thought was worth sharing. This post refers to a scary real life story of…
MIA at the 2020 Grammy Awards? (the forgotten ones)
Many of us were excited when we found out that Iggy Pop would be receiving his lifetime achievement award at the Grammy Awards last Sunday. We figured there would be a special…