I’ll blame Phil Dirt for finding a rare 1965 recording of LOUIE LOUIE by a band from Dallas, Texas. This week’s LOUIE of the Week goes out to The Rain Kings. Here’s…
RIP: Lance Monthly & No Depression magazine
Two great publications are calling it a day.. (UPDATE: Lance Monthly is back) After ten years of monthly internet postings, Dick Stewart, publisher of the Lance Monthly decided to cease operations. A…
A Tale of Two Pauls
Here’s a funny little mashing of two completely different public personalities. Here’s a frame shot of the official website for Paul Revere & the Raiders – Northwest rock and roll, video pioneers,…
Non-LOUIE videos from LOUIE Central
Things have been busy, crazy, and very hectic at LOUIE Central. I haven’t spent a lot of time on the LOUIE project lately, but I have been busy. A few weeks ago,…
Marching Lumberjacks – LOUIE of the Week
Here’s another fun LOUIE from YouTube. The Marching Lumberjacks perform a bacon-tastic (their description, not mine) LOUIE LOUIE at Davis Picnic Day Battle (Exhibition) of the Bands on April 19, 2008.
Yoko Ono vs Ben Stein
Clearances for documentaries can be a total nightmare. I know these things, as I’ve been working on my LOUIE documentary for many years. Clearances and financing remains a major obstacle. I’ve always…
A Farkin’ Mistruth
Sometimes, folks get information soooo wrong I don’t even want to correct them. It’s actually more amusing this way. Take this example of a frame grab I took from FARK at http://cgi.fark.com/cgi/fark/vidplayer.pl?IDLink=3552784…
Hail Hail Candye Kane!
As the international music community mourns the loss of singer-songwriter Chris Gaffney, who just passed away from liver cancer, I figured I should mention one of his very good friends, who also…
Happy B-Day for Stretch & Iggy Pop- LOUIE of the week
Today, it’s a birthday celebration for Iggy Pop, punk rock icon, and Jeff “Stretch” Riedle, owner of the world’s largest collection of LOUIE LOUIE recordings. Truth be told, I do blame Stretch…
RIP: Chris Gaffney, Danny Federici, and others…
This is very sad. Less than two weeks ago, I posted information about a fund raising effort for Chris Gaffney, a musician that played with the Hacienda Brothers and Dave Alvin &…