{"id":2145,"date":"2010-08-09T13:21:45","date_gmt":"2010-08-09T20:21:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.louielouie.net\/blog\/?p=2145"},"modified":"2014-10-13T20:47:35","modified_gmt":"2014-10-14T03:47:35","slug":"ian-lloyd-mary-wilson-louie-of-the-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.louielouie.net\/blog\/?p=2145","title":{"rendered":"Ian Lloyd &#038; Mary Wilson- LOUIE of the Week"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This week&#8217;s LOUIE isn&#8217;t <strong>Richard Berry<\/strong>&#8216;s classic melody, but the song &#8220;Brother Louie,&#8221; which is often mistaken for LOUIE LOUIE.   Originally written by <strong>Errol Brown<\/strong> and <strong>Tony Wilson<\/strong> of the group <strong>Hot Chocolate<\/strong>, this song was a top 10 UK chart hit for the band in 1973, but it didn&#8217;t become a hit in States until it was covered by <strong>the Stories<\/strong>, where it became a Number One hit on the Billboard Hot 100 six months later.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ian Lloyd<\/strong> was the lead singer for <strong>the Stories<\/strong>, which eventually was renamed as <strong>Ian Lloyd and the Stories<\/strong>.   A couple of weekends ago, he was one of the guests at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nationalrockcon.com\">National Rock Con 2010<\/a> in New Jersey, a big rock and roll music festival that featured lots of musicians, including some other folks familiar to these pages such as <strong>Phil &#8220;Fang&#8221; Volk<\/strong> of <strong>Paul Revere &#038; the Raiders<\/strong>,<strong> the Smithereens<\/strong>, <strong>Denny Laine<\/strong> of <strong>Wings<\/strong>, among others.<\/p>\n<p>If you visit YouTube, you can find a lot of great performances from this event, captured for posterity by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/SueGlenwood\">Sue Glenwood<\/a>, who did an excellent job of documenting  this show.<\/p>\n<p>Thanks to her efforts, we get to see Ian Lloyd performing &#8220;Brother Louie&#8221; as a duet with <strong>Mary Wilson<\/strong> of <strong>the Supremes<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Their band for this features <strong>John Ford<\/strong> (of The Strawbs),  <strong>Rich Ranno<\/strong> (Stories \/ Starz),  <strong>John Hawkin<\/strong> (Strawbs \/ Nashville Teens), <strong> Jon Ihle<\/strong> (Ian Lloyd&#8217;s Stories), <strong>Danny Solazzi<\/strong> and <strong>Craig Colandro<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><object width=\"500\" height=\"405\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/3Ax9vl6NzwI&amp;hl=en_US&amp;fs=1?color1=0x2b405b&amp;color2=0x6b8ab6&amp;border=1\"><\/param><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\"><\/param><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\"><\/param><embed src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/3Ax9vl6NzwI&amp;hl=en_US&amp;fs=1?color1=0x2b405b&amp;color2=0x6b8ab6&amp;border=1\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" width=\"500\" height=\"405\"><\/embed><\/object><\/p>\n<p><strong>UPDATE for Tuesday, August 17th:<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>DON&#8217;T FORGET TO WATCH TWO BACK TO BACK EPISODES OF LOUIS CK&#8217;s HIT CABLE COMEDY SHOW  &#8220;Louie&#8221; TONIGHT 11PM on FX NETWORK<br \/>\nIt&#8217;s my FAVORITE NEW SHOW !<br \/>\n[of course I&#8217;m biased because I&#8217;m singing the theme song!!!!!!]<\/p>\n<p>HOPE EVERYONE IS HAVIN&#8217; A ROCKIN&#8217; SUMMER!<\/p>\n<p>IAN LLOYD<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This week&#8217;s LOUIE isn&#8217;t Richard Berry&#8216;s classic melody, but the song &#8220;Brother Louie,&#8221; which is often mistaken for LOUIE LOUIE. 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