Last week, there were news articles that mentioned that Etta James was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease. This afternoon, I did a Google search for “Etta James Alzheimer’s” and noticed there were 36,500…
Evolved – LOUIE of the Week
Evolved of Italy performs a version of the song, winning this week’s LOUIE of the Week award! Congratulazioni!
Otis Day of “Animal House” Live in Chicago 2010 – LOUIE of the Week
This week’s LOUIE of the Week is a recent performance of Otis Day of the movie “Animal House” performing LOUIE LOUIE at Faith & Whiskey in Chicago during John Belushi‘s Birthday Weekend,…
Asterisk (Bradley Middle School 8th Graders) – LOUIE of the Week
Over at YouTube, I found out about a band of young kids from San Antonio (Texas) known as Asterisk. Dylan Sterling, Ryan Shull, Clay Kuglen, and Mason Moreno are the members of…
Richard Berry radio special in the Netherlands
Here’s a little email I just received that I thought I’d share… Dear Mister Predoehl, Maybe it’s nice for you to know that there will be a Richard Berry radio special on…
Willie Vega- LOUIE of the Week
This week’s LOUIE is a reggae-style version from Willie Vega on YouTube.
RIP: Willie Mitchell, musician, producer, record label owner
We just lost another musician. Willie Mitchell died on Tuesday, January 5, 2010. The All Music Guide provides a nice overview of his career, of which I’ll share the first paragraph: Best…
The Louie Swift Collective – LOUIE of the Week
It’s time for this year’s first LOUIE of the Week! Here’s the Louie Swift Collective performing LOUIE LOUIE at Yorkshire Coast College, which I believe is in Scarborough, UK. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PJFQc1ADZt8
Remembering Those We Lost in 2009
As 2009 can now be considered history, I’d like to pause and reflect on those that we lost last year… First, there’s the artists that were a direct influence on this ongoing…
RIP: Rip Spencer of Marvin & Johnny, the Valiants, more..
“Rip” Sheridan Spencer of Marvin & Johnny, The Valiants, the Chavelles, the Sabers, the Gents, and the Untouchables is dead. The Los Angeles Times had a simple obituary with no real mention…