{"id":2022,"date":"2010-05-12T01:10:52","date_gmt":"2010-05-12T08:10:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.louielouie.net\/blog\/?p=2022"},"modified":"2010-05-12T03:02:03","modified_gmt":"2010-05-12T10:02:03","slug":"victoria-williams-pappys-all-stars-louie-of-the-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.louielouie.net\/blog\/?p=2022","title":{"rendered":"Victoria Williams with Pappy & Harriet’s All-Stars – LOUIE of the Week"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sometimes, in the course of my adventures, I literally walk into unexpected LOUIE LOUIEs. Last month, I attended a comic book convention where I witnessed Spider-Man<\/strong> dancing to Iggy Pop<\/strong>‘s version of LOUIE LOUIE.<\/p>\n

This time, it was a just a casual little mention of my project that led to an entirely new version of the song. A few weeks ago, I was in Southern California, visiting a friend. We decided to check out Pappy & Harriet’<\/strong>s, a little honky tonk restaurant-bar near Joshua Tree Park. I heard that Victoria Williams<\/strong>, a singer I’m quite fond of, was playing with Pappy & Harriet’s All-Stars<\/strong>, a loose group of local musicians that liked to jam every Sunday night at Pappy & Harriet’s. It’d been quite a few years since I’d seen Victoria, including a handful of shows in the San Francisco area, and a Bumpershoot appearance in Seattle.<\/p>\n

Sure enough, she was part of this Sunday night show, and it was great to hear her perform again. During a set break, I had a chance to yack with her, and reintroduce myself. Just like the last time I talked with her, she was extremely cordial, friendly, and absolutely charming. When I mentioned my LOUIE LOUIE project, her eyes lit up, she told me she loved the song and wanted to record a special version for me!<\/p>\n

Then, during the next set… she surprises me with a spontaneous version of the song, so I pull my little camera out of my pocket, and capture this version for posterity….<\/p>\n

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Victoria is a singer-songwriter that was born in LOUIsiana. In 1993, her life took a dramatic turn when she learned that she was suffering from multiple sclerosis. As she didn’t have health insurance, word got out about her condition, and a whole bunch of artists, including Pearl Jam, Lou Reed, Maria McKee, Soul Asylum, Lucinda Williams<\/strong> and others, joined together to record some of Williams’ songs for a tribute\/benefit project called Sweet Relief: A Benefit for Victoria Williams<\/strong>. This led to the creation of the Sweet Relief Fund<\/strong>, a charity that aids professional musicians (of any stature) in need of health care.<\/p>\n

As it turns out, she’s actually doing pretty good, health-wise, these days, which is GREAT!<\/p>\n

Check out this video clip of my favorite Victoria Williams<\/strong> composition – “You Are Loved.”<\/p>\n

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I second that emotion! LOVE YA, VICTORIA<\/strong>!<\/p>\n

Go visit her at
\nVictoriaWilliams.net<\/a><\/p>\n

… or Pappy & Harriet’s<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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