Phil "Fang" Volk playing "Louie Louie" with the Kingsmen

Phil "Fang" Volk playing bass guitar and singing "Louie Louie" with the Kingsmen at their Cannery Concert in Las Vegas, Nevada, May 28, 2016. In honor of the late Smitty, original drummer of the Raiders, Fang shouted out: "...grab your woman, it's Louie, Louie time!" heard on the Raider's single of the same song, recorded in the same studio, in the same week in Portland, Oregon over 53 years ago.

[@darellkaiser9859]

I wish that Paul Revere and the Raiders were inducted in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

[@jimtalbott2894]

I liked Paul and the Raiders version. Better singers.

[@melodyehadder240]

Phil got it going! He has a great time playing!

[@DonStouder26812]

Fantastic. Rock on, Fang!

[@jayfulkerson6329]

damn Fang acts like he's 20, I wish I had that much energy

[@biggyfries3346]

He always danced (steps) during the show--it was infectous, everybody wanted to dance too

[@eileenmaryomalley740]

Fang is so coooool , the best Guitar player ever !

[@gosttunter]

😱. Never heard it sung in the key of H # before. Loved Fang

[@arthurleino]

Saw Paul Revere and the Raiders in Portland when I was 12, 64 now. My Brother took me to the concert. Remember them playing this song. They were the first L.P record I got.

[@russellcrawford7453]

Howdy from Dallas Texas. When you saw the Raiders in 1964 wasn't that the year they started wearing the colonial uniforms? Do you remember? Either way I'm sure they were damn good

[@LizzyTexBorden]

Woo hoo! Awesome.....

[@mnpd3]

The Raiders recorded "Louie Louie" at nearly the same time as the Kingsmen. The recordings were so close together that it is argued which band recorded first. In any event the Kingsmen version is the standard because of better marketing (the Raider's label actually hated rock 'n roll). The Kingsmen unfortunately had a short life. Turns out the mother of the drummer decided that HE would become the lead singer. It was a good laugh for the band's members, until they learned that she had registered the band's name as a trademark. It was her band! The result was inevitable.

[@markjasper1127]

KingSmen were first and the two songs are clearly different.

[@billdesinger8604]

PR&R recorded the song in a minor key giving it more of an edge, rather than a garage band sound.

[@patrickarnold4449]

Good ole fang

[@dallaslarue5051]

Cool!

[@russellcrawford7453]

Dallas LaRue Dallas? That is one very cool first name! Howdy from Dallas Texas

[@0426dav]

I didn't understand the the words to this song back then and I still don't.

[@tomjones7309]

check out Jack Ely explains the words ua-cam.com/video/apbzTFN_vUo/v-deo.html

[@w.llawrence86]

This is why I don't go to oldies shows anymore.......Outside of Fang this could be a local band at the Moose Lodge Not good

[@ludannelasyvyus1824]

@W.L. Lawrence
That's usually the case.
There's just no way that the vibe, energy levels, novelty, & innocence can be replicated 50+ years later 🤷

[@w.llawrence86]

@@ludannelasyvyus1824 Some of the Rockabilly revival bands get pretty close

[@charlesanderson32]

Saw the Raiders in Atlanta when I was 13. Great band, but this vocalist is horrible...

[@mnpd3]

Jesus, that was horrible. The instrumentation was fine, but someone needs to put the singer out of his misery.

[@biggyfries3346]

That was EXACTLY the was it was done in 1961. And ever since.

[@stevestronczek4754]

Oh no Man! It is their fun going back in time! He is doing this for him, please let him have the memories, someday it might be you and me.......

[@gosttunter]

I thought he was clowning around. 😳

[@donreed]

Sad. A "cadaver band."

[@gosttunter]

In the key of H#

[@jefbugle6072]

Do it better 😂

[@mikewhite9818]

Horrible band.