{"id":4764,"date":"2013-05-07T00:11:21","date_gmt":"2013-05-07T07:11:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.louielouie.net\/blog\/?p=4764"},"modified":"2013-05-07T00:11:21","modified_gmt":"2013-05-07T07:11:21","slug":"rue-66-roller-girl-louie-of-the-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.louielouie.net\/blog\/?p=4764","title":{"rendered":"Rue ’66 “Roller Girl” – LOUIE of the Week"},"content":{"rendered":"

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This week, we point the LOUIE spotlight at what my fellow LOUIE enthusiasts in the LLAMAS community<\/a> refer to as a “LOUIE Mutant” or a “LOUIE Clone” – a song that isn’t technically LOUIE, but one contains so much in common with LOUIE LOUIE that it feels like a blood relative.<\/p>\n

The song is a Serge Gainsbourg<\/strong> composition entitled “Roller Girl” and it’s performed by Rue ’66<\/strong> – a San Francisco-based band that specializes in peforming French pop songs.<\/p>\n

The event was a big benefit show for Norton Records<\/strong>, a record label that suffered some damages with Hurricane Sandy. Rue ’66 was one of the bands that performed at the Elbo Room on December 16, 2012, along with Roy Loney & the Phantom Movers, Overwhelming Colorfast, The Chuckleberrys, The Tomorrowmen, The Devil-ettes<\/strong>, and The Dirty Robbers<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Cyril Jordan<\/strong> of the Flamin’ Groovies<\/strong> was a special guest that night, sitting in with Rue ’66, Overwhelming Colorfast, and his old bandmate Roy Loney. In this clip, you can see him playing guitar on “Roller Girl.”<\/p>\n

This particular video was actually produced by yours truly – the team responsible for the LouieLouie.net experience- Eric Predoehl<\/strong> and Jesse Block<\/strong>. Our friend Ken “Easy Ed” Edwards<\/strong> provided audio recording for this video, and our pal Ken Kaffke<\/strong> provided some assistance with cameras.<\/p>\n