Louie Louie: The History and Mythology of the World's Most Famous Rock 'n' Roll Song

by Dave Marsh

Book Overview

A new edition of Dave Marsh's classic work on the three-chord song that rocked the world "A tale as compelling as any John Grisham thriller."-Rolling Stone "Dave Marsh's Louie Louie is part rant, part... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1562828657
• ISBN13: 9781562828653
• Release Date: August 1993
• Publisher: Hyperion Books
• Length: 245 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.5" x 9.6"

Customer Reviews

Northwest rock

Actually the first and best rock version of Louie Louie was on Etiquette records in 1961 by Rockin' Robin Roberts and the Wailers, 2 years before The kingsmen made it a national hit. Robin rewrote tha Richard Berry soul version and it went to no. 2 on the Northwest charts. The kingsmen redid it, exactly as Robin wrote it, but you couldn't understand what they were saying except for about ten words. The wailer's version, and another one, also produced 2 years later, by Paul Revere and the Raiders both outshined the Kingsmen. Wild and Wooly, a fabulous Nrthwest Rock collection has the only available version of the Wailers. Plus about 40 others, all from the great PNW, like The Ventures, The Sonics, Heart, Brave New World, Marilee and the Turnabouts, Nirvana, Pearl Jam, etc, by EMP The Experience Music Project, the majestic PNW rock capital next to the space needle

"LOUIE LOUIE" is a wonderfully written book about a song

"LOUIE LOUIE" is a perfectly fascinating look at the rise of the legend of the purportedly "dirty" song. This is a "MUST HAVE" for those obsessed by rock and roll music and those who simply enjoy a really good read! If you remember the song (and who doesn't?!), you'll LOVE this book.

Great read

I suppose I was always going to say that, having already been converted myself to Louie Louie as "the only rock and roll song you'll ever need" (collected 60+ versions to date). It's just a fascinating journey with so many unexpected twists and turns but the ever present "duh duh duh". And still amazingly relevant today. And funny!

Intrigue, high drama, and twists and turns

A new preface by the author graces the pages of Louie Louie: The History & Mythology Of The World's Most Famous Rock N Roll Song. While it's hard to see how any song, however famous, could earn an entire book discussion, once you delve into Dave Marsh's Louie Louie, with its intrigue, high drama, and twists and turns, it's hard to see what took so long for the full tale to come to light - and yes, it earns its own book. This new edition provides a new preface by Marsh as it covers the complexities of a song which involved even the FBI.

The history of Rock'n'Roll: one song's perspective

Okay--truth be told, I bought this book as a joke. This book is no joke. Dave Marsh, an excellent writer, put together a real page-turner. (...)