{"id":320,"date":"2007-09-27T00:22:53","date_gmt":"2007-09-27T07:22:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.louielouie.net\/blog\/?p=320"},"modified":"2008-09-30T16:57:33","modified_gmt":"2008-09-30T23:57:33","slug":"rare-photos-of-jack-ely-courtmen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.louielouie.net\/blog\/?p=320","title":{"rendered":"Rare photos of Jack Ely & Courtmen"},"content":{"rendered":"

Here’s a little test… See how many differences you see between the photo on the right and the photo on the left?<\/p>\n

\"Jack<\/p>\n

OK, here’s another set of images. How many differences did you see this time?<\/p>\n

\"Jack<\/p>\n

Both of these sets are near-identical photographs of Jack Ely & the Courtmen<\/strong>, the group created by the original singer of the Kingsmen<\/strong> after he ran into some problems with the other Kingsmen when he toured with a band he called “Jack Ely & the Kingsmen<\/strong>.” Jack had to change the name of his band, so he decided to call it The Courtmen<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

I’ve been scanning a lot of images for this upcoming documentary. I’ve collected a lot of photographs, handbills, newspaper clippings, posters, and odd bits of LOUIE-related memorabilia. As I continue to gather images, I often get upgrades of photos I’ve already collected. In some cases, I get some near-identical variations of the same image. I thought this batch of variations was particularly interesting, so I decided to share what I discovered. <\/p>\n

Photo retouching certainly has come a long way since the 1960’s, hasn’t it? I’m guessing the retouching on these photos was done with a razor blade and a can of rubber cement.<\/p>\n

Here’s another variation of the first photo. Back in the 1980’s, there was a series of not-entirely-authorized music compilations celebrating semi-obscure garage rock recordings. This particular album, “Highs in The Mid-Sixties- Volume 07: The Northwest<\/strong>” featured Jack’s 1966 re-recording of his big hit song, named simply “Louie Louie ’66.”<\/p>\n

\"Highs<\/p>\n

If you want to hear “Louie Louie ’66” I’d recommend obtaining the Ace Records CD “LOVE THAT LOUIE<\/strong><\/a>,” which includes that re-recording, as well as a lot of other great versions of LOUIE LOUIE. Click on the button on the right column<\/a>, buy the CD, and you’ll provide a small donation to this website. Or talk your local library into buying this CD, and let others share this great music!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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