The lead guitar player for The Kingsmen of Louie Louie fame died Friday at 77. I met him about five years ago at the cigar shop near Portland where he worked. Heck of a nice fellow.

Rolling Stone

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The "B" side.

When I was in a garage band, Louis Louie was our big number. The singer and I worked like crazy to figure out the dirty version. We were playing at the Baptist Church youth gathering after a football game. Out singer's dad was big in the church and got us the gig. Well, instead of singing the words unintelligibly like on the record, the singer sang them as clear as possible - "Stick.....stick my finger in that ......" His dad rushed to the stage and told him to tone it down.