{"id":11645,"date":"2020-05-22T14:37:59","date_gmt":"2020-05-22T21:37:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.louielouie.net\/blog\/?p=11645"},"modified":"2020-05-22T14:37:59","modified_gmt":"2020-05-22T21:37:59","slug":"the-confidentials-rarely-seen-louie-from-early-80s","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.louielouie.net\/blog\/?p=11645","title":{"rendered":"The Confidentials &#8211; rarely-seen LOUIE from early 80s"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.louielouie.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/confidentials_6.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"809\" height=\"603\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-11648\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.louielouie.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/confidentials_6.jpg 809w, https:\/\/www.louielouie.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/confidentials_6-300x224.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.louielouie.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/confidentials_6-768x572.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.louielouie.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/confidentials_6-150x112.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.louielouie.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/confidentials_6-400x298.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 809px) 100vw, 809px\" \/>\u200e<\/p>\n<p>Yesterday, my friend <strong>Monte Von Struck<\/strong>\u200e shared this one on his Facebook feed..<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Look what David Jester, just uncovered !<br \/>\nLouie Louie by the Confidentials back in &#8217;82<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Confidentials-Radio On 1982\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/w018BQVysmo?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>I had to ask my friend and LOUIE associate producer <strong>David Jester<\/strong> &#8220;Who are (or were) <strong>The Confidentials<\/strong>?&#8230; to which he replied..<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>This was a Power Band in the early 80&#8217;s and was pre-grunge, pre-punk, raw talent exploding on the stage at every gig&#8230;<br \/>\nThe girls always liked the bad boys&#8230; LOL&#8230;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Our friend <strong>SP Clarke<\/strong>,  formerly of the Two Louies magazine, also chimed in..<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Confidentials appearing in this line-up are <strong>Darrel Strong<\/strong>, lead singer\/guitar, <strong>Alec Burton<\/strong> drums, and it appears <strong>Tim Clift<\/strong> on bass. (Clift replaced <strong>Ken E. Cooper<\/strong>). Both these songs are covers. First is Louie, Louie, of course. Second song is &#8220;Roadrunner&#8221; by <strong>Jonathan Richman and the Modern Lovers<\/strong>, not &#8220;Radio On.&#8221; I don&#8217;t remember a whole lot about the Confidentials anymore. This video is probably the best example of the band back in the day:<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Confidentials - Heartache\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/IuS6V_bT0Wc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>I asked about the date of this performance, as the video has a 1981 date embedded in the graphics, but the YouTube description labels this as a 1982 performance.  The consensus is that this performance probably happened in 1982, when the band was fully active.  It also appears that it&#8217;s been quite a few years since their last performance.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s a flyer from what might have been one of the shows when this particular LOUIE performance took place..<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.louielouie.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/confidentials-1982-October-flyer.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"960\" height=\"806\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-11650\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.louielouie.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/confidentials-1982-October-flyer.jpg 960w, https:\/\/www.louielouie.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/confidentials-1982-October-flyer-300x252.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.louielouie.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/confidentials-1982-October-flyer-768x645.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.louielouie.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/confidentials-1982-October-flyer-150x126.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.louielouie.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/confidentials-1982-October-flyer-400x336.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Alec Burton<\/strong>, the drummer, commented on his Facebook page:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>I didn\u2019t know this video existed! We never actually rehearsed these songs but would sometimes pull them out for an encore.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u200e Yesterday, my friend Monte Von Struck\u200e shared this one on his Facebook feed.. Look what David Jester, just uncovered ! 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