{"id":12052,"date":"2020-12-22T01:00:56","date_gmt":"2020-12-22T08:00:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.louielouie.net\/blog\/?p=12052"},"modified":"2020-12-24T22:10:42","modified_gmt":"2020-12-25T05:10:42","slug":"12-days-til-louie-louie-2020-christmas-day-9-rockin-robin-roberts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.louielouie.net\/blog\/?p=12052","title":{"rendered":"12 Days ’til LOUIE LOUIE 2020 Christmas \u2013 Day 9"},"content":{"rendered":"

It\u2019s the 9th day of the 12 days \u2019til LOUIE LOUIE 2020 Christmas, and we’re thinking about…<\/p>\n

Rockin’ Robin Roberts<\/strong><\/p>\n

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For many people, especially in the Pacific Northwest, Rockin’ Robin Roberts<\/strong> provided the definitive version of LOUIE LOUIE in 1961. Backed by the (Fabulous) Wailers<\/strong> of Tacoma, Washington, this was THE version that transformed Richard Berry<\/strong>‘s composition into an extremely popular regional hit record that created the prototype for the Kingsmen<\/strong> and Paul Revere & the Raiders<\/strong> to follow.<\/p>\n

Today is the 53rd anniversary of the tragic death of Rockin’ Robin Roberts. He died in a terrible auto accident on December 22, 1967 in San Mateo, California three days before Christmas.<\/p>\n

In 2006, I wrote a blog post entitled “Thinking about Rockin Robin, the holidaze, and lost ones<\/a>,” which discussed his passing and the sadness that so many of us face during the holiday season.<\/p>\n

There’s certainly been no shortage of tragedy in 2020, as so many of us have lost loved ones, and this truly has been a very challenging year.<\/p>\n

Please remember that you are not alone in your sadness…. especially now… more than ever.<\/p>\n

Thank you for reading this.<\/p>\n

– E.P. of LouieLouie.net<\/p>\n

P.S. I was reminded by my friend Stretch Riedle<\/strong> about our little road trip to Tacoma in August 1998. It was a day or two after our LOUIE panel at the NXNW Festival in Portland. We needed to pay a visit Robin’s gravesite. It was quite a feeling to be standing in the presence of the man who helped put LOUIE LOUIE on the map forever. We honored his memory with a bottle of LOUIE LOUIE Wine Cooler, and raised a toast with our own impromptu, unrecorded rendition.<\/p>\n

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