Louie and the Lovers are one of the great under appreciated bands of the rock era, in my opinion. Their one and only album is loaded with great songs, and Louis Ortega has one of the great rock and roll voices, which is very evident on this, the lead cut on the aforementioned album:
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I thought this sounded familiar.
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=127210884
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Thanks for the link. I discovered the band when I stumbled on their album in a bargain bin in a second hand record store on Yonge Street in Toronto back around 1985. As a Doug Sahm fan, his production credit is what caught my attention, and I was not disappointed. The fact I can remember exactly where I discovered it gives you some idea of the impression it made.
Dr. John
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