{"id":201,"date":"2006-10-27T00:48:27","date_gmt":"2006-10-27T07:48:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.louielouie.net\/blog\/?p=201"},"modified":"2008-09-30T17:02:08","modified_gmt":"2008-10-01T00:02:08","slug":"jack-ely-original-kingsmen-vocalist-to-play-north-carolina","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.louielouie.net\/blog\/?p=201","title":{"rendered":"Jack Ely, original Kingsmen vocalist, to play North Carolina"},"content":{"rendered":"

Jack Ely<\/strong>, the original vocalist for the Kingsmen<\/strong>, who hasn’t done a show in ages, is performing at a special event in North Carolina next month. Here’s the word, direct from the man himself:<\/p>\n

It should be announced through the blog that Wendy and I will be attending this: http:\/\/www.cammy.org<\/a> We will be there all weekend and I will be performing LL with some of the bands there. Right now the actual itinerary hasn’t been set in stone so I don’t know exactly where or when, but I have been invited to sing. I know I will sing LL on Sunday at the after show dance and I may just do impromptu sit-ins with other bands on other nights. So now you know what I know.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

It should be noted that Jack hasn’t performed live since 1999, when he was invited to Seaside, Oregon with a reunion of his band The Courtmen<\/strong>. After he left the Kingsmen<\/strong>, the band he founded with Lynn Easton<\/strong>, and Mike Mitchell<\/strong>, he created a new band to capitalize on the success of LOUIE LOUIE. As the song became a massive hit, he never had a chance to tour with the original group that recorded the song, so he created an all-new band known as “Jack Ely & the Kingsmen<\/strong>,” which was later renamed as the Courtmen<\/strong>, after some legal disputes with the other guys.<\/p>\n

Anyways, it should be pretty exciting that Jack is doing this special show in North Carolina. If anyone has some frequent flyer miles they can share, send ’em my way…..<\/p>\n

Here’s a little preview of Jack Ely,<\/strong> live in action on the hottest TV channel of moment- YouTube<\/a><\/strong>. This was from the reunion of the Courtmen<\/strong> at Seaside, Oregon<\/a> on August 21, 1999. For you history buffs, Seaside was the location where the Kingsmen<\/strong> first heard LOUIE LOUIE on a jukebox at the Pypo Club. It also happens to the place where Lewis and Clark<\/strong> ended their expedition to the West Coast. <\/p>\n

Jack is joined by Wally Todd<\/strong> on guitar, Billy Truitt<\/strong> on keyboards, and Gordon Hirsch<\/strong> on drums.<\/p>\n

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