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Last weekend, I had the opportunity to meet up with my friend Freddie Krc<\/strong>, who was visiting the San Francisco Bay Area. I caught up with him at his performance at one of my favorite music clubs- -Winters Tavern, a fine little dive bar in the town known as Pacifica.<\/p>\n In 2019, I connected with Freddie on a Michael Wilhelm<\/strong> album that he was producing, featuring previously-unreleased music from their collaborations. This album would be released as a musical celebration of Michael, who had recently passed away. Our friend Dennis Loren<\/strong>, who was the art director-designer for this project, contacted me about using one of my photographs for the album cover. I was honored to be a part of this album that would be known as “Rocks & Gravel.” <\/p>\n Freddie did a great show, referencing his histories with Jerry Jeff Walker, Roky Erickson<\/strong>, as well as the early days of his career when the Grateful Dead actually opened for the band that he was part of. Freddie and I had a wonderful chat between sets, and after he told me that he might be recording a new variation of LOUIE LOUIE for our pal Jeff Stretch Riedle<\/strong>, I asked if he would like to share his thoughts on the song for my LOUIE documentary project, which he gladly agreed to do. <\/p>\n Armed with my trusty 4k smarty-phone, I was able to capture this LOUIE LOUIE moment for the documentary. While it’s unlikely that I’ll be sharing this particular segment anytime in the immediate future (I’m still trying to get funding to finish the documentary), I would like to share another clip from Freddie’s Pacifica appearance – a performance of a song originally recorded by the 13th Floor Elevators.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.louielouie.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Michael_Wilhelm_Rocks_and_Gravel_cover_2side_spread-1024x500.jpg\")
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