Dick Peterson: A Music Legend/ Member/Drummer of The Kingsmen/ Louie Louie

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A music legend that is a drummer and a member of The Kingsmen
since 1963. The group best known for the hit, Louie Louie.


We begin the show learning about when Dick started playing for
the drums and how he was in the right place at the right time to
join the group, The Kingsmen in 1963. He gives the background of
how the group started touring and Louie Louie being banned!


He tells us what the music scene was like in Portland, OR in the
sixties that had groups such as The Wailers, Paul Revere &
Raiders, and others. Richard Barry wrote Louie Louie, recorded it
and wrote the song and sold all his rights for $750! Dick gives
story how he changed the music industry where record companies
must pay their royalties in four year or lose it. 


The number of times he has played the hit song which was named
the worst record at one time. Are the FBI the reason the song
stayed alive? What is the longest time the song has been played
consecutively? Dick explains going from high school to buying a
Ferrari due to this pandemonium. What are the lyrics!?


How it became the official state song in Washington and played at
all Seattle Mariners home games during the 7th inning
stretch. 


Book- “Louie Louie, Me Gotta Go Now” (see show notes). The other
songs The Kingsmen have recorded charted in Billboard. He tells
us about Mike Mitchell whose guitar break you hear at beginning
of the song. 


Wolfman Jack, his legacy, and songwriting wraps this fantastic
episode up. 


 


Dick Peterson Links:


Website: https://louielouie.org/


Buy Book-Louie Louie, Me Gotta Go Now:
https://www.amazon.com/LOUIE-Me-Gotta-Go-Now/dp/1420856103


 


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