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Before the Kingsmen<\/strong> ever recorded LOUIE LOUIE, there were two other musicians that recorded their own versions of the immortal song by Richard Berry<\/strong>. One of them was by Rockin’ Robin Roberts<\/strong>, who was backed by the Wailers<\/strong>, and released on the Etiquette label in 1961.<\/p>\n The other musician that recorded LOUIE LOUIE in 1961 was Bill Engelhart<\/strong>, who released his version under the name of Little Bill with the Adventurers and the Shalimars<\/strong> on the Topaz label. His original band, The Bluenotes<\/strong> actually featured both Rockin’ Robin Roberts and Buck Ormsby<\/strong>, who went on to the join the Wailers.<\/p>\n Bill’s one of the guys you truly label a “genuine legend” up in the Pacific Northwest. He had a major hit with “I Love An Angel” in 1959, and he’s been playing gigs ever since. He’s lived a very interesting life, and has written some columns for Blues To Do<\/strong><\/a>, a local blues newspaper that evolved into a couple of very entertaining books about his trials and tribulations. <\/p>\n Yesterday, I checked out his website<\/a> to see what he was up to, and found out that someone produced a really nice little documentary about his life. Producer-Director Rich McAdams<\/strong> created an excellent 30 minute documentary for the Seattle Community College TV<\/strong> network that you can view for FREE via Bill’s website<\/a>.<\/p>\n Bill’s a great guy, and I’m glad I’ve got his story for my upcoming MEANING OF LOUIE documentary. He described a particularly funny moment when he got into a lot of trouble with the Tacoma police for playing a very long version of LOUIE LOUIE back in the early days.<\/p>\n If you find yourself up in the Seattle area, I would highly recommend that you go see Little Bill perform, as he’s definitely worth the extra effort. Check out his website<\/a> for details on where’s playing, and I guarantee you will not be disappointed.<\/p>\n Long may you run, Little Bill!<\/p>\n * * * * * * * *
\nFor those of you having troubles watching the streaming video at the SCCTV.net website<\/a>, here’s a little tip. If you’re using Firefox as your browser, go to the website, and allow the video clip to fully load. When the status bar is fully loaded, right-click the mouse on the video (or control-click if you’re using a one-button Mac), and you should be able to save this video as a Quicktime file. You can use this trick for a lot of other webpages that use streaming video.<\/p>\n