Louie And The Lovers has been played on NTS in shows including The Uline Catalog w/ Calvin LeCompte, featured first on 19 December 2019. Songs played include I Just Met You.

Salinas, CA, USA
Louie And The Lovers was a Mexican-American band out of Salinas, CA that played a unique blend of well crafted, Latino influenced guitar-based folk rock. Inspired initially by The Beatles and Byrds, singer/songwriter Louis Ortega (guitar, vocals) needed a creative outlet for his music, so in 1966 he formed a band with three of his high school pals - Frank Parades (guitar), Steve Vargas (bass) and Albert Parra (drums).

For nearly…