In an interview with soultrain.com, here’s Louie speaking on his fondest memory:

“During a break from recording the show. Someone told me New Edition was fans of mine and they wanted to meet me. There was Bobby, Ronnie, Mike, Ricky and Ralph – I think they were 16 or 17 at the time – all sitting there lined up in the chairs. So I went up and shook their hands and asked, “Where are you all from?” And they said “We’re from Boston.” So then I said “welcome to the Train!” And they had these BIG smiles on their faces; and remember I’m 6’5” [Laughs] so they’re looking up at me and I’m looking down at them. They told me they made it a point to meet me if they ever got on Soul Train. They wanted to know where my dancing and style came from.

They were, but they didn’t even know my name! [Laughs] Ricky said, “We asked this one dude and he said your name was George! So whenever we saw you dance we’d be like ‘Yo, there’s George! Look at George! What’s George gonna do today?!” [Laughs] They bought suits like I used to wear and called them “George”. So they said they wanted to do something with me, and asked me to come on stage with them when they sang “Candy Girl”. I was more than excited; I’m just a cat from Inglewood who used to watch Soul Train from his living room and wanted to make my mark. But I told them whatever you do, don’t tell Don Cornelius. He would have stopped it.

I came on and did my thing. Did my famous Lou Ski Kick in the back, I jumped up like I was touching the logo, landed in between them and kicked my leg like Mike does, pointed to my socks, they pointed to their socks, the rest is history! Don comes on and says, “Hey Big Lou, don’t come on stage no more with the singers.” All the other dancers was in an uproar because they’d never seen anything like that. I’d never been a part of anything like that. It was huge for me, it was huge for the Train, and it was huge for New Edition.”

How cool! From there Louie became friends with New Edition, as he became their center for their basketball team, they traveled the world together while on tour with New Edition. Furthermore Ricky Bell remains one of Louie’s best friends today. He seems to not have any regrets about his run with Soul Train, in fact he said, “Dance has never left me. The dance of a character, the music inside him, how he moves, these ideas come to me quickly. I put down roots with Soul Train; the tree grew from there.”

You can check out Louie’s website here: louieskicarr.com