{"id":370,"date":"2008-01-14T14:40:23","date_gmt":"2008-01-14T21:40:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.louielouie.net\/blog\/?p=370"},"modified":"2008-01-14T14:58:09","modified_gmt":"2008-01-14T21:58:09","slug":"from-russia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.louielouie.net\/blog\/?p=370","title":{"rendered":"From Russia, the Cafe Blues Band win LOUIE of the Week Award!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.louielouie.net\/pix-2008\/cafe-blues-band.jpg\" alt=\"Cafe Blues Band from Russia\" \/><br \/>\nThanks to my pal <a href=\"http:\/\/louielouieweb.tripod.com\/default.htm\"><strong>Mike Hintze<\/strong><\/a>, I just discovered one of the coolest new versions of LOUIE LOUIE!<\/p>\n<p>The <strong>Cafe Blues Band<\/strong> is a musical group from Russia.  <a href=\"http:\/\/music.lib.ru\/c\/cafe_blu_ban\/\">Their website<\/a> has this description:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>\u0413\u0440\u0443\u043f\u043f\u0430 &#8216;\u041a\u0430\u0444\u0435-blues&#8217; \u043e\u0431\u0440\u0430\u0437\u043e\u0432\u0430\u043b\u0430\u0441\u044c \u0432 \u043d\u043e\u044f\u0431\u0440\u0435 1998 \u0433\u043e\u0434\u0430. \u0418\u0434\u0435\u044f \u0441\u043e\u0437\u0434\u0430\u043d\u0438\u044f \u0433\u0440\u0443\u043f\u043f\u044b \u0432\u043e\u0437\u043d\u0438\u043a\u043b\u0430 \u0441\u043f\u043e\u043d\u0442\u0430\u043d\u043d\u043e, \u043f\u043e\u0441\u043b\u0435 \u043e\u0447\u0435\u0440\u0435\u0434\u043d\u043e\u0433\u043e \u0440\u0430\u0441\u043f\u0438\u0442\u0438\u044f \u043a\u0440\u0435\u043f\u043a\u0438\u0445 \u0433\u043e\u0440\u044f\u0447\u0438\u0442\u0435\u043b\u044c\u043d\u044b\u0445 \u043d\u0430\u043f\u0438\u0442\u043a\u043e\u0432. \u0421\u0442\u0438\u043b\u044c \u0442\u0432\u043e\u0440\u0447\u0435\u0441\u0442\u0432\u0430 \u0438 \u0436\u0438\u0437\u043d\u0438: \u0440\u0438\u0442\u043c-\u044d\u043d\u0434-\u0431\u043b\u044e\u0437. \u041e\u0441\u043d\u043e\u0432\u043d\u044b\u0435 \u043c\u0443\u0437\u044b\u043a\u0430\u043b\u044c\u043d\u044b\u0435 \u043e\u0440\u0438\u0435\u043d\u0442\u0438\u0440\u044b: John Mayall &#038; The Bluesbreakers, Ten Years After, The Animals, Canned Heat, Manfred Mann, Muddy Waters, \u041c\u0430\u0439\u043a \u041d\u0430\u0443\u043c\u0435\u043d\u043a\u043e. <\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>For those of you that don&#8217;t read Russian, or know someone that can translate, here&#8217;s what all those funny looking words mean&#8230;<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>The group was formed in November 1998. The idea of setting up the group emerged spontaneously after yet another drinking bout (&#8220;raspitiya&#8221;) with rather powerful alcoholic drinks. Their style of music is rhythm and blues inspired by the likes of <strong>John Mayall &#038; The Bluesbreakers, Ten Years After, The Animals, Canned Heat, Manfred Mann, Muddy Waters<\/strong>, and <strong>Mike Naumenko<\/strong>.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Their latest CD is called &#8220;<strong>Idlers, Toilers and a Jew<\/strong>&#8220;(or \u041b\u0430\u0434\u0440\u044b\u0433\u0438, \u0440\u0430\u0431\u043e\u0442\u044f\u0433\u0438 \u0438 \u0436\u0438\u0434), and you can download most, if not all of it by <a href=\"p:\/\/music.lib.ru\/c\/cafe_blu_ban\/alb1.shtml#louie_louie\">clicking here<\/a>.  <\/p>\n<p>Their version of LOUIE LOUIE is quite inspired.  It&#8217;s a rendition that uses the <strong>Iggy Pop<\/strong> &#8220;<strong>American Caesar<\/strong>&#8221; lyrics, and features <strong>Veronika Nikiforova<\/strong> providing what I believe is the first female vocals that use the Iggy-style interpretation of the <strong>Richard Berry<\/strong> classic.  I love this version, and I especially love the album cover!   <\/p>\n<p>Congratulations to the <strong>Cafe Blues Band<\/strong> for this excellent new version.  I am happy to award them with a &#8220;LOUIE of the Week&#8221; award, which is something I just made up.<\/p>\n<p>Now, if you excuse me, I think I may to do more research on this term called &#8220;raspitiya.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thanks to my pal Mike Hintze, I just discovered one of the coolest new versions of LOUIE LOUIE! The Cafe Blues Band is a musical group from Russia. 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