{"id":54,"date":"2005-08-13T12:07:44","date_gmt":"2005-08-13T19:07:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.louielouie.net\/blog\/?p=54"},"modified":"2006-08-17T11:56:55","modified_gmt":"2006-08-17T18:56:55","slug":"barry-curtis-has-a-website","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.louielouie.net\/blog\/?p=54","title":{"rendered":"The Barry Curtis website + the Nikki Carter benefit"},"content":{"rendered":"

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I just found out my pal Barry Curtis now has a website – BarryCurtis.com<\/a>. <\/p>\n

Barry Curtis joined the Kingsmen back in 1963 after they found success with LOUIE LOUIE. Before that, he was in a Yakima, Washington-based band known as the Redcoats. At different points of his career, he’s been in the Daily Flash, Hoodoo Johnson, Los Orchids, Herb & The Spices, and something called Freddie and the Screamers. When I was living in Seattle in 1996, he had something called The Bowling Stones, which was a fun little bar band he created with Jim Manolides (of the Frantics, James Henry & the Olympics). Since 1963, he’s been a consistent member of the Kingsmen for as long as the band has been together, with the exception of a period from 1966 to 1967, when he served in Vietnam.<\/p>\n

Barry’s a very talented guy, and he composed one of my favorite Kingsmen originals, “That’s Cool, That’s Trash,” which has been the unofficial theme song for my eBay auctions<\/a>. In addition all these bands he’s been a part of, he’s also got a band that is titled simply the “Barry Curtis Trio.”<\/p>\n

If you haven’t met Barry Curtis yet, I would encourage you to seek him out the next time he passes through your town, and say hello. He’s one of the good guys!<\/p>\n

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I just found out about Barry’s website when I got an email from Steve and Lucette Pearson. Steve was part of a great Northwest band known as the Heaters<\/strong>, which I discovered when my friend Neal Skok gave me an excellent CD compilation.<\/p>\n

Anyways, Steve and Lucette Pearson are organizing a benefit for their friend Nikki Carter.<\/p>\n

Here’s what they wrote:<\/p>\n

You and your friends
\nare invited to a benefit to raise money
\nfor our friend Nikki Carter on
\nSunday, August 21st from 1 – 5PM (Over 21 only)
\nat The Swiss Pub in Tacoma
\nThere is a cover charge of $10. and donations will be accepted all afternoon
\nNikki was badly burned and spent a week at Harborview without insurance
\nThe entertainment line-up is”
\nVera, Chuck & Dave (Lucette, Steve & Tim and maybe a drummer)
\nIgneous Rocks (David Dear)
\nThe SODS (Steve, Keith, Mick & Rusty)
\nVoodoo Ranch (Pat Boyle)
\nThe Rangehoods (Steve, Pat, Marc, Billy & Don, Aliment if we can get him out of the house and anyone who ever dreamed of being in the ‘hoods)
\nYes Steve will be quite busy!
\nDon’t be late and don’t miss a minute of this musical extravaganza!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Steve’s website is at http:\/\/www.stevepearson.homestead.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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