19/10/2025

Louie Louie Louie Louie

Back once again, at a new venue (well, not entirely), it was nice to play a set in Shields, at the excellent Engine Room. Intended vibes were rhythm & blues, garage rock, bit of mod and psych, bit of ska and funk, that kind of thing.

What got played (including, partly via requests, some slightly off-theme choices and FOUR VERSIONS OF LOUIE LOUIE) was:

1 - Aaron Neville - Let's Live

2 - Betty Bibbs - Pounds Of Soul

3 - Etta James - 842-3089 (Call My Name)

4 - Ironing Board Sam - Man Of The Street

5 - Lee Dorsey - Give Me You

6 - Jimmy Reed - Baby What You Want Me To Do

7 - Amos Milburn - Down The Road Apiece

8 - Barrett Strong - You've Got What It Takes

9 - Tabby Thomas - Popeye Train

10 - Jean Dushon - Second Class Lover

11 - Sugarman Three - Saddle For Two

12 - Huey 'Piano' Smith & His Clowns - High Blood Pressure

13 - The Syn - Grounded

14 - The Marmalade - Mess Around

15 - The Scenics - Do The Wait

16 - The Beatles - Everybody's Got Something To Hide Except Me And My Monkey

17 - The Bees - Chicken Payback

18 - The Byrds - Born To Rock & Roll

19 - The Sonic Dawn - It's Tomorrow

20 - Witch - Introduction

21 - Jimmy Fraser - Of Hopes & Dreams & Tombstones

22 - Ike & Tina Turner - Crazy 'Bout You Baby

23 - Grey Oblivian & The Tip Tops - Watching My Baby Get Ready

24 - Goat - Golden Dawn (Live)

25 - Aretha Franklin - Save Me

26 - The Zombies - She's Not There

27 - Melanie & The Edwin Hawkins Singers - Lay Down (Candles In The Rain)

28 - The Budos Band - Long in the Tooth

29 - The Kinks - Sittin' On My Sofa

30 - The Dirtbombs - Do You See My Love (For You Growing)

31 - Steppenwolf - Rock Me

32 - The Flies - Stepping Stone

33 - The Wedding Present - Pleasant Valley Sunday

34 - The Jam - Town Called Malice

35 - Flowered Up - It's On

36 - Small Faces - Lazy Sunday

37 - Sam The Sham & The Pharaohs - Wooly Bully

38 - The Sonics - Don't You Just Know It

39 - The Yardbirds - Putty In Your Hands

40 - Willie Egan - Can't Understand It

41 - The Mar-Keys - Pop-Eye Rider

42 - The Meters - Funky Miracles

43 - Rufus Thomas - Walking The Dog

44 - The Bamboos - Tighten Up

45 - Billie Gayles with Ike Turner's Kings Of Rhythm - I'm Tore Up

46 - Professor Longhair - Boogie Woogie

47 - Fats Domino - Mardi Gras In New Orleans

48 - Lloyd Price - Froglegs

49 - The Human Beinz - Nobody But Me

50 - The Prisoners - Whenever I'm Gone

51 - The Knickerbockers - Lies

52 - The Eyes - I'm Rowed Out

53 - Kameleoni - Sunny Cry

54 - Os Mutantes - A Minha Menina

55 - The 5678s - Pinball Party

56 - 13th Floor Elevators - You're Gonna Miss Me

57 - Super Furry Animals - (Drawing) Rings Around The World

58 - Ros Seresyothea - Chnam Oun Dop Praya Mauy (I’m 16)

59 - The BellRays - Making Up For Lost Time

60 - Nazz - Open My Eyes

61 - Barrence Whitfield & The Savages - Katy Didn't

62 - Joan Jett and The Blackhearts - Don't Abuse Me

63 - T Rex - 20th Century Boy

64 - Toots & The Maytals - Louie Louie

65 - The Specials - You're Wondering Now (Kid Jensen Session)

66 - The Slits - I Heard It Through The Grapevine

67 - The Sonics - Louie Louie

68 - The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Purple Haze

69 - ZZ Top - Sharp Dressed Man

70 - Jefferson Airplane - Somebody To Love

71 - Solomon Burke - Everybody Needs Somebody To Love

72 - Flamin' Groovies - Slow Death

73 - The Prodigy - Smack My Bitch Up

74 - Herbie Hancock - Bring Down The Birds

75 - The Animals - The House Of The Rising Sun

76 - The Kingsmen - Louie Louie

77 - The Detroit Cobras - Stupidity

78 - The B-52's - Deadbeat Club

79 - Motorhead - Louie, Louie (alternate version)