{"id":12694,"date":"2021-12-01T15:09:50","date_gmt":"2021-12-01T22:09:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.louielouie.net\/blog\/?p=12694"},"modified":"2021-12-01T15:23:43","modified_gmt":"2021-12-01T22:23:43","slug":"video-of-the-mike-mitchell-memorial","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.louielouie.net\/blog\/?p=12694","title":{"rendered":"Video of the Mike Mitchell memorial"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>At last.. I bring to you,  the full video of the memorial for our friend <strong>Mike Mitchell<\/strong> of <strong>the Kingsmen<\/strong>, which took place on September 26, 2021 in Portland, Oregon.<\/p>\n<p>Here tis&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Celebration of Mike Mitchell\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/EKZNJcKcz5c?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>This video production was created in conjunction with our good friend and associate producer <strong>David Jester<\/strong> of Pro Video Productions, PDX.  <\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_12708\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-12708\" style=\"width: 1008px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.louielouie.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/djester_2021_1896.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1008\" height=\"756\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12708\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.louielouie.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/djester_2021_1896.jpg 1008w, https:\/\/www.louielouie.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/djester_2021_1896-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.louielouie.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/djester_2021_1896-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.louielouie.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/djester_2021_1896-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.louielouie.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/djester_2021_1896-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1008px) 100vw, 1008px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-12708\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">David Jester at studio 2021<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>David&#8217;s got a long history with Mike and the Kingsmen, and here&#8217;s his story..<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The first time I met Mike Mitchell was in 1983, when  I was hired by <strong>Monte Von Struck<\/strong> to produce \u201cLOUIE LOUIE\u201d for MTV\u2026<\/p>\n<p>I had only been producing videos for 5 years and I was a little starstruck that I was working with the Kingsmen.<\/p>\n<p>The band&#8217;s casual demeanor put me at ease and they let me know they were willing to do anything I asked them to do to make a good video\u2026<\/p>\n<p>I recorded 16 takes at the Toga Party from all different angles\u2026<\/p>\n<p>The band must\u2019ve been pretty burnt out by the end of the day but they were still cordial and having fun..<\/p>\n<p>Mike was very nice to me even though I kept requesting \u201cone more take\u201d\u2026<\/p>\n<p>He was always a super gentleman and as I recorded them many more times over the coming years, he was one of the nicest guys that I ever met\u2026<\/p>\n<p>He always made me feel like I was a special friend and that really meant a lot to me\u2026<\/p>\n<p>Over the years the Kingsmen performed for free, at several benefits that I helped to produce, including one for Gary Ewing\u2026<\/p>\n<p>Mike was always a fun guy to hang out with and I\u2019m going to miss him a lot\u2026<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.louielouie.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/portland_Jester-Mitchell_text.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"848\" height=\"571\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-12704\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.louielouie.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/portland_Jester-Mitchell_text.jpg 848w, https:\/\/www.louielouie.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/portland_Jester-Mitchell_text-300x202.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.louielouie.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/portland_Jester-Mitchell_text-768x517.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.louielouie.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/portland_Jester-Mitchell_text-150x101.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.louielouie.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/portland_Jester-Mitchell_text-400x269.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 848px) 100vw, 848px\" \/><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_12702\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-12702\" style=\"width: 863px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.louielouie.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/kingsmen_originals_1993_DJ_.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"863\" height=\"600\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12702\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.louielouie.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/kingsmen_originals_1993_DJ_.jpg 863w, https:\/\/www.louielouie.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/kingsmen_originals_1993_DJ_-300x209.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.louielouie.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/kingsmen_originals_1993_DJ_-768x534.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.louielouie.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/kingsmen_originals_1993_DJ_-150x104.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.louielouie.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/kingsmen_originals_1993_DJ_-400x278.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 863px) 100vw, 863px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-12702\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The original four founding members of the Kingsmen, circa 1993 Portland, Oregon.<br \/>\nFrom left to right:  Jack Ely, Bob Nordby, Lynn Easton and Mike Mitchell<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Here&#8217;s a photo of the video team with the event producer &#8211; <strong>Terry Currier<\/strong> of <strong>Music Millenium \/ Oregon Music Hall of Fame.<\/strong>   Terry is holding the LOUIE LOUIE plaque (2nd one) that was removed from the studio location (Burnside &#038;&#038; 13th) after vandals almost stole that one too &#8230;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_12698\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-12698\" style=\"width: 756px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.louielouie.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/2021-09-28_2030_EP_DJ_TC.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"756\" height=\"1008\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12698\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.louielouie.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/2021-09-28_2030_EP_DJ_TC.jpg 756w, https:\/\/www.louielouie.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/2021-09-28_2030_EP_DJ_TC-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.louielouie.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/2021-09-28_2030_EP_DJ_TC-113x150.jpg 113w, https:\/\/www.louielouie.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/2021-09-28_2030_EP_DJ_TC-400x533.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 756px) 100vw, 756px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-12698\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">David Jester, Terry Currier  and Eric Predoehl at Music Millenium &#8211; Sept 29, 2021<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Here&#8217;s David&#8217;s 1983 music video of the Kingsmen &#8211; the Delta House clip!<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Louie Louie - The Kingsmen at The Delta House - 1983\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Hc4YLdsgsIM?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","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At last.. I bring to you, the full video of the memorial for our friend Mike Mitchell of the Kingsmen, which took place on September 26, 2021 in Portland, Oregon. Here tis&#8230;&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27,2,22,30,76,7,49,11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12694","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-garage-rock","category-kingsmen","category-louie-universe","category-obituaries","category-oregon","category-pacific-northwest","category-portland","category-production-at-louie-central"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.louielouie.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12694","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.louielouie.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.louielouie.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.louielouie.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.louielouie.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=12694"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"https:\/\/www.louielouie.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12694\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12714,"href":"https:\/\/www.louielouie.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12694\/revisions\/12714"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.louielouie.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=12694"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.louielouie.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=12694"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.louielouie.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=12694"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}