Milwaukie's finest?

So, here is the 300th post on the Route 1 blog.
I might as well write about something I know... how about Oregon?
Today I have been listening to Kingsmen, arguably the Portland area's most famous band and almost assuredly the most famous band to arise out of suburban Milwaukie, Ore.
Right now, in fact, I am listening to 1964 single "Little Latin Lupe Lu." Given the gargantuan shadow cast over their career by "Louie Louie," it is easy to forget that guitarist Mike Mitchell and the rest of the Kingsmen recorded other songs that also sold admirably well.
The historical significance of 1963's "Louie Louie" cannot be denied, however, as the song that provided a template for the garage rock explosion that would peak three years later. I just heard the Barry Curtis organ intro. So memorable!
The quintet formed at David Douglas High School, on Portland's southeast side and gained a residency of sorts at The Chase, a teen nightspot in the aforementioned suburb of Milwaukie.
Everybody knows the history of their recording of "Louie Louie," about how original singer Jack Ely had already left the band by the time the record began to break on the East Coast, about how the governor of Indiana banned the song for "obscene" lyrics (as if anyone could understand them!) and about how an FBI investigation eventually cleared the band of wrongdoing by deciding that Ely's words were too unintelligible to cause harm.
That's great stuff... mythic, even. And to think this was just a bunch of kids from Milwaukie.
Happy 300th post from Route 1! To celebrate, how about listening to "Louie Louie?"