King Louie Bankston (a.k.a. King Louie, born Louis Paul Bankston) is an American rock and roll musician from New Orleans, Louisiana, United States. Associated early on with garage punk, he abandoned the genre in 1998 and has focused on Louisiana swamp pop, boogie woogie, boogie rock and power pop. He is best known for his work in the Royal Pendletons, The Persuaders, The Exploding Hearts, and The King Louie One Man Band. Bankston has toured Europe and the United States since the very early 1990s. He has released 53 records in the vinyl format. Louis currently plays music based out of Oakland, California, and lives in a suburb of New Orleans. Bankston has lived in New Orleans, Portland, Oregon, and Memphis, Tennessee.