Here’s the official word on the Las Vegas show, direct from the source: The cat is out of the bag. The “Sand Dollar Blues Nightclub and Lounge,” Las Vegas, NV. will be…
Jack Ely & The Courtmen to play special show in Las Vegas
I got an interesting announcement from Jack Ely, the original lead vocalist for the Kingsmen on the infamous LOUIE LOUIE recording: Wednesday evening, October 1, 2008, JACK ELY and the original COURTMEN…
Desgaste Natural – LOUIE of the Week
Here’s the kind of LOUIE just feels really great to listen to. Four guys crammed in a crowded garage. A solid drumbeat. A wailing harmonica. Guitars that are more or less in…
Chip Kinman and PCH – LOUIE of the Week
HEY! Anyone out there remember Rank and File? How about The Dils? Cowboy Nation? All of the bands featured the very talented Chip Kinman, whose name kinda sounds like “Kingsmen” if you…
Rare video of the Calvanes from LOUIE archives
Continuing with more memories from the Hunter Hancock tribute event produced by Doo Wop Society of Southern California of March 4, 2000, I’m sharing another clip from the same show, the same…
Remembering Hunter Hancock
Following up on the Johnny Flamingo footage I posted a few days ago to YouTube, I decided to share more footage from the Hunter Hancock tribute show where Johnny and Jeanette Baker…
Hail Hail, Johnny Flamingo… and Jeanette Baker!
A few weeks ago, I got an email from Joe Drummer, one of my friends in the U.K.: Hi Eric, today one of those strange coincidences that seem to thrive in the…
Working the “internets” – social networking with E.P.
Figuring out how to best utilize the internet, as the internet figures out how to figure itself out, is a very interesting concept to explore. It’s still the “wild west” on various…
Flipper (Oakland 2008) + Kinks (France 1965)- LOUIE (and half) of the Week
Last weekend , I was at a fun party at the Oakland Museum, celebrating the East Bay Express (newspaper) annual “Best of the East Bay” issue. There were six stages of live…
Batmobile at Kingman
Stumbling around the internet tonight, I found myself at GothamGarage.net, the website for a company that creates Batmobile repllica kits. If I had the money, I could build my very own working…