{"id":3754,"date":"2012-02-28T02:29:34","date_gmt":"2012-02-28T09:29:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.louielouie.net\/blog\/?p=3754"},"modified":"2012-02-28T02:32:09","modified_gmt":"2012-02-28T09:32:09","slug":"rip-danny-holiday-seattle-dj-music-historian","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.louielouie.net\/blog\/?p=3754","title":{"rendered":"RIP: Danny Holiday, Seattle DJ \/ Music Historian"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The Pacific Northwest music scene has lost another legend. <\/p>\n

Seattle DJ & music historian Danny Holiday<\/strong>, has passed away after an extended illness. Looking at the various online articles about Danny, I discovered….<\/p>\n

– Danny was born Daniel Prescott Thygesen<\/strong> in March 23, 1943 in Everett, Washington.<\/p>\n

– Danny was a disc jockey at KPUG (Bellingham), KOL (Seattle), KBSG (Seattle)
\nand KZOK (Seattle), where he hosted “The Rock N Roll Time Machine.”<\/p>\n

– Danny worked for several years doing promotion for Columbia Records.<\/p>\n

– Danny was a former President of the “OFC<\/a>,” an organization comprised of many of the legendary SEATTLE radio professionals.<\/p>\n

I once had a phone call with Danny that made me feel like I was talking with an old friend. We talked about the LOUIE LOUIE legacy, and compared notes on LOUIE LOUIE film projects. Danny had some ideas for a LOUIE LOUIE comedy feature film based on some of the events in the Northwest that he personally witnessed. I have no idea how far he got with developing his script, but it sounded like a great project.<\/p>\n

Danny was a prominent advocate of the LOUIE legacy, and was proud to show his support in an appropriate fashion. <\/p>\n

Here’s a nice photo Danny wearing a rather stylish shirt when he met with Roy Orbison<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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Here’s Danny singing LOUIE LOUIE with Paul Revere & the Raiders<\/strong> at the final show at Parker’s (Seattle).<\/p>\n

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…and as far as I’m concerned, anyone that had their picture taken with Groucho Marx<\/strong> was cooler than cool!<\/p>\n

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I’m sorry Danny wasn’t able to finish his LOUIE film or see mine, which I’m hoping to wrap up soon…. powers be willing.<\/p>\n

In the meantime, here’s a nice little video tribute for Danny to celebrate his legacy.<\/p>\n