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Mike Mitchell, guitarist and founding member of the garage rock band The Kingsmen, has died. I remember reveling in the scandal in 1963 around their hit, Louie Louie, when I was in my mid-teens and just discovering the female gender. Like others, I was certain that their song had dirty lyrics. Other hits of that year that I loved included Sugar Shack (Jimmy Gilmer & The Fireballs), Surfin' USA (Beach Boys), He's So Fine (Chiffons), Blue Velvet (Bobby Vinon), and Fingertips Pt. 2 (Stevie Wonder). I was underage but somehow managed to get into the notorious Marina Palace in Seal Beach, California, to hear Stevie perform that and watch him dance on top of his piano. Days of innocence...
