{"id":10577,"date":"2019-06-13T09:04:00","date_gmt":"2019-06-13T16:04:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.louielouie.net\/blog\/?p=10577"},"modified":"2019-06-13T10:06:13","modified_gmt":"2019-06-13T17:06:13","slug":"louie-production-update-june-2019-with-don-gallucci","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.louielouie.net\/blog\/?p=10577","title":{"rendered":"LOUIE production update – June 2019 with Don Gallucci"},"content":{"rendered":"
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photo by Laurelish Rudy<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

About a week and a half ago, I had an opportunity to visit with the man formerly known as Don Gallucci<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Don’s kinda like the lost and forgotten member of the original Kingsmen<\/strong> that recorded LOUIE LOUIE back in 1963. His keyboard playing is the very first sound you hear in that iconic recording. <\/p>\n

It’s been awhile since Don’s been involved with any big events that acknowledged his musical heritage, but we were fortunate to help him break that cycle with a little followup interview for the LOUIE documentary project.<\/p>\n

In addition to playing keyboards on the world’s most popular version of the world’s most performed rock song, Don was also…<\/p>\n

– the producer of The Stooges<\/strong>‘ second album, “Fun House<\/a>“, featuring a relatively unknown singer at the time, Iggy Pop<\/strong>, aka James Osterberg<\/strong>;<\/p>\n

– the creative force behind “Touch<\/a>“, the self-titled album considered to be the very first progressive rock album; <\/p>\n

– the producer\/arranger of probably the very first professional recordings of Tom Waits<\/strong>, which were eventually released as part of the two “Early Years<\/a>” compilations released by Rhino Records<\/strong> in the early 1990s… without proper credit.<\/p>\n

Despite these associations, up until a recent interview with some folks at WBEZ Radio of Chicago<\/a>, Don had no idea about Iggy’s uniquely inspired renditions of LOUIE (refer to 1974 “Metallic K.O.<\/a>” + 1993 “American Caesar<\/a>” albums), much less both Iggy and Tom’s cinematic adventures<\/a> with Jim Jarmusch<\/strong>. <\/p>\n

(I did tell Don about the new zombie film – “The Dead Don’t Die<\/a>,” which sounds like a total blast!!)<\/em><\/p>\n

Needless to say, it was a very enjoyable and entertaining afternoon!<\/p>\n

Don dropped out of the music biz ages ago, changed his last name to Caverhill<\/strong> and wound up doing quite well with a career in real estate. <\/p>\n

Anyone want to buy his beautiful Beverly Hills hilltop home<\/a>?<\/p>\n