i agree 1984 the best ever. My fave Huey song is do you believe in love, and the little guitar lick after the chorus-so catchy. Power of love is sooo great too. Im so fortunate to have grown up in the 80's
I would say 1972 and 1978 are the greatest Pop music singles year ever. I can’t even get into all the great songs that were released in those pivotal years
I don’t agree with 1984 only in that there was too much domination by artists that I really don’t like, I’m not a big fan of Madonna, not a huge fan of Michael Jackson although I loved the Jackson 5 as a kid, Not a huge fan of Prince either,
I agree with 1984 . I was a metal head with metal friends, 1984 had van Halen, twisted Sister, Ratt, and the Scorpions but secretly my favorite song was people are people, I kept the tape hidden in my room so my friends would never know. It was an amazing year
I love Huey, and his Behind the Music documentary might be the most boring Behind the Music ever. Hard working musician makes it big, handles fame well and saves his money knowing it wont last. The end. Refreshing to see someone so grounded
Huey dropped in to visit my niece when she was dying of leukemia in a Portland hospital. It was her Make A Wish. When they were in town he stopped in and spent a couple hours with her. Couldn’t have been easy for him. But I’ll always be grateful. He gave her a day of cheerful distraction when she needed it.
So moving. Condolences. He does seem to be really genuine and the story of how he started in music is incredible ( travelling to Europe and had to sing to raise some money I think, which is where it began).
@@danielfive12 called it. Here's a fun exercise for you to try. I was born in 83 but I move on quickly from music and always need new stuff, try listening to only music from the current year and see if you can't have your best music year ever at 56 instead of the cliched 13-19 period. My favourite is 2011 and I was 28. Ed. Sorry if cliche seemed harsh. Everyone I've ever known has the same general opinion you do, that's why I used the word. It's harder to find the sort of thing you might like based on 84 styles but there is still tons of it being made and some of it is just as good if not better, you just have to search it out. Hope 56 is a great year for you either way.
@@michaelhall5429 You might be hitting it on the head. It's not so much about the music but the time of life. Music was one of the first things teens could say they liked to define themselves and differentiate themselves. It was central to developing and identity. I suspect it is not so much now to the current generation.
When I was in High School, 2 years before my dad died, he showed me the cover of the newest Rolling Stone magazine. It said "Huey Lewis and the News" save Rock and Roll. I laughed. At first. My dad was a HUGE fan of Huey. I wasn't. I became a HL&TN fan after dad died, and haven't stopped loving them since. Thank you Professor! The heart of rock n roll is still beating on your channel!!
It certainly is! Thanks for sharing that memory of your father! Maybe your dad and mine are having a conversation about music on the other side or even better, a listening session.
and yet Rolling Stone ripped the song HRR apart and from then on were always overtly and unfairly critical of HLN. RS and Hip to be Square just don't equate. HLN should be in the RnR hall of fame.
I graduated high school in 1984. I recorded Sports onto a Maxell UDXL2-C90 cassette and wore that thing out on my Blaupunkt car stereo that summer driving back and forth from Columbus to Bedford Heights just outside of Cleveland with a few a of my high school buddies to work a manual labor job out in sunshine. That album was THE soundtrack to our 1984 summer! Great memories! Great album!
One of the most authentic guys in the music business. Great hits although I was never a huge fan of his music - but it's really impossible not to be a fan of the man.
Huey is truly a charming, genuine fellow. I can’t deny, though, that what initially drew me to the band was that I thought Mario was the coolest looking bassist around, with his customary dark glasses and cigarette.
I am from Halifax and was at the concert he referenced. What a great concert! Great to hear that he and the band explored our fantastic bar scene. Halifax is indeed the Heart of Rock and Roll!
I was 10, going on 11 and I picked 2 Huey Lewis albums in my first ever Columbia House/Record Club order.. along with the Ghostbusters soundtrack, Beverly Hills Cop soundtrack, a Duran Duran album and various other selections
I always wanted to see them in the 80s but it just wasn't meant to be. In the late 90s, for work I traveled to San Diego for a week every six weeks for almost a year. The hotel (Inn) we stayed in every time was on Shelter Island... decent enough place but the real advantage was that it was right next door to the amphitheater. It was great that frequently we'd get to the hotel after work, go outside by the pool, have a couple beers, kick back, and listen to whatever was playing next door. One of those nights, yep, it was Huey Lewis and the News! So... only a decade late, and I didn't actually get to *see* them, but I could hear them just fine :)
@shane ...i wanted to see them in the 80's too but didn't get the chance ...I had to wait until 2010 when they did a festival show with Chicago in St Petersburg FL ...
Humphry's by the Bay! I loved that place in my 23 year SoCal stint! Never saw Huey, though,. One of the few acts of that era that slipped through my fingers.
I saw them in 1982 in Denver at the Rainbow Music Hall (a great venue BTW). They showed up in a crummy old passenger van, and they were loading in their own gear. They were touring to support Picture This but they did Walking on a Thin Line from the "new" album (that didn't have a name at this time apparently). What a great show.....
I never got to go see them live but funny enough I was working a catering gig in the early 2000s and Huey was playing for a decidedly pretty lame crowd…I wanted to jump into the fray but didn’t want to get fired…
I absolutely agree Professor! 1984 was such a awesome year! Huey Lewis and the news have always been one of my favorites! Awesome episode! Thanks for keeping the music alive!
All that greatness and we havent even dug in to how amazing "If this is it" was! By far my favorite video of that era....the girl of my dreams....I felt that when she said ..."Tell him...I'm not home" poor Huey lol...what a great episode professor!
My favorite from that album. I lived 30 min away from Santa Cruz and was so excited about seeing the Boardwalk as the setting for that video. Between that video and "The Lost Boys" the Boardwalk became the hippest place to hang out. That was such a great time to be living in that area.
Huey and the News were one of my favorite bands as a kid in the 80’s. So many great songs from all of their albums! Thanks for this content. Brings back great memories!
My first awareness of Huey Lewis was summer 1980, when the rock station in Tucson started playing “Who Cares” from the first album. It was like new wave and swing and rock ‘n roll combined.
Huey Lewis and the News was my first concert. I was in the 4th grade during the FORE! tour. A few years later in high school I would figure out my dad's old record player, despite having a CD boom box of my own, and really dive into the great music on Sports that he had on vinyl.
Huey Lewis was one of the few artists that my mom liked along with me and my siblings. I saw him about seven years ago and he's was still at the top of his game.
I saw them late summer of '84 on the Sports tour. Their energy & showmanship were among the best I've ever seen, and I wish I'd had opportunity to see them again.
I loved your last round of videos/interviews with Huey Lewis and this just cements his likeability even more! As a native Ohioan, I loved his story about Cleveland inspiring The Heart of Rock and Roll! You always bring out the best of the artists you profile. Well done 🙏
Huey Lewis does seem like a pretty genuine guy. I know that our media can make anyone look in any manner it wishes, but still, the guy doesn't radiate any arrogance at all. He really seems like he enjoyed what he did.
I've always had one favorite Huey Lewis: "Do You Believe in Love." Even on days when things seem to be going my way, that one just lifts me up even higher.
To this day, Huey Lewis & The News is one of my favorite eighties bands. Their songs still put a smile on my face. Such great music, vocals and videos! Thanks for sharing this story and bringing back such good memories.
Saw them live a few times and they were awesome. I was (and am) more of a Grateful Dead/Rolling Stones/Yonder Mountain String Band fan but when Huey Lewis and the News hit success, everything they did was pure gold. They ended with an acapella number and even that was golden. I'd never really thought about 1984 being a great year in music because there weren't many bands I enjoyed as much as my sixties & seventies bands (many of which were still going strong) but HL&TN were as great as any, just pure joyous rock music with no pretensions, no explosions, no wild costumes. Pure art, no artifice. Still love 'em and almost forty years later I'd love to see them again.
Sports is such a great album. So many great songs that still hold up today. I actually sang “Walking on a Thin Line” about 2 weeks ago, my first attempt at any Huey Lewis song, and it worked well. I’m always a little surprised when my first attempt at a song goes really well, especially if it’s by a band/singer I haven’t covered before. Yes, I know Huey wasn’t a writer on that one, but he’s the singer who made it famous.
I remember the year 1984 and the music playing on the radio. I was 10 years old and had just gotten into listening to music. I didn't have any favorite groups, I was more song oriented. However, I can clearly remember listening to the Top 20 countdown on Sunday afternoons. I am amazed at how wonderful some of these tunes have held up over the years. The 1980s was my favorite decade for film, tv and music!
Absolutely loved Heart and Soul!! And yes 1984 was such a great year for music! Huey Lewis and the News was and still is one of my favorite 80s bands. In fact, when I graduated high school, I wore a red suit, black t shirt and black Chuck hi tops like what Huey wore in the “I want a New Drug” video at my HS graduation. Thanks for the great content!
Saw Huey years ago in Germany at a 4-5 band fest, all we saw as the crowd was watching the roadies moving everything in & out as the News were setting & warming up and one roadie just wouldn't leave the stage...then he turned around... it was Huey. crowd went wild. totally respect him for that, playing roadie for his band. Great Band
"If This Is It" was the soundtrack to that summer for me. When I was a senior in high school (88/89) the show choir did an all boys and all girls pair of songs during our show. The boys did "Naturally" and I had the lead part. Won second place in the state soloist competition. I lost because I sang with my eyes closed too much. Huey Lewis deserves to get more attention these days. Great stuff. Oh, and the rhythm section for Clover backed up Elvis Costello on My Aim is True.
Never saw the band live, but having seen them on several TV shows, I feel Huey was underrated as a harmonica player - right up there with other blues and country players I admire.
I was 5 years old in 84. I remember hearing a lot of Huey in those days. Songs of summer and boating, etc. We just didn't know how good we had it back then.
1971 was the ultimate explosion of all genres of good music and an example of everything all the surviving 60's bands had learned. Many artists released their peaks that year: LZ IV, Stick Fingers, Who's Next, Tago Mago - CAN, Aqualung, Electric Warrior - T-REX, There's A Riot Goin On - Sly and The Family Stone, Allman Brothers Live at The Fillmore East, Blue - Joni Mitchell, What's Goin On - Marvin Gaye, Fragile & The Yes Album - YES, Nursery Chryme - Genesis, John Lennon & Paul McCartney also had their best post beatles output that year.
I have been a Springfield fan from the start. I remember in high school coming across a song of his that I cherished that none of my schoolmates knew, titled "My father's chair". That song spoke to me because my father had numerous health issues and as a young man I knew he would die too soon. I always swore this song would be played in tribute to my father at his funeral. I got my wish last March when we said good-bye to dad. Thank you Rick for loving your dad and writing such great music, including "My father's chair".
Heart and Soul is like my favorite song ever. In addition to being a great tune, it Just takes me back to when we first got MTV and I probably saw that video 3x a day. Me and some friends who I jam with play it for fun. Really fun to play on guitar. I also love Heart and Soul by T’Pau.
I went to elementary school with Huey in Mill Valley, CA. (Strawberry Point). He was a good singer, even as a little kid. Very satisfying to see his success
Professor, You would like Huey’s first album, particularly “Now Here’s You” and “Some Of My Lies Are True(Sooner or Later)”. Have debut album and Picture This on vinyl.
I used to know a used car salesman in Starkville, MS. He had been a member of the band when they were really struggling and barely able to eat. The band had a shot at going to Europe to try and make it and that's when he decided to bail on them. Of course, it worked out so that they got hot only he left. I'm sure he was always bummed out about that, I know I would be.
The touchstone experience of any 80s teenager in the Milwaukee area was the 1984 Summerfest Mainstage concert of Huey Lewis and the News. I was about to turn 15, and my younger brother and I had to talk my dad into not only letting us go to see "Huey Newton", as he kept calling him (which would have been a very different act) but to actually take us. He relented, and we were among the overflowing crowd of sunburned and dehydrated people overflowing the venue. My dad's, an Elvis and Johnny Cash guy, review? "Pretty good. Sounds like what music would be if the hippies hadn't taken over in the 60s." We didn't have the heart to tell them the band was from San Francisco.
I saw huey Lewis and the news about 2 weeks after the album sports was released, they really put on a good show, he did a bunch of 50.s and 60,s songs to during the concert. Definitely worth goin to see if you get the chance
I had the pleasure in the 1970's of seeing Huey Lewis in the local Marin County band Clover. A couple guys stayed with Huey and became the News. Their lead guitarist John McFee went on to join the Doobie Brothers. They played in a local bar named Uncle Sam's every Wednesday night for $1. We aways knew he'd make it big someday. We saw him play one of his first gigs with his new band. After his encore he said thanks for coming I'm Huey Lewis and you just heard the News.
Excellent interview! Hearing Heart and Soul rocketed me back to my senior year in high school and MTV. One of the few videos the played all the time that I didn't get tired of.
I met Huey Lewis one time. He was extremely nice and personable. I was running sound for a local band named Rock America, playing at a club in Santa Rosa, California. The band did a cover of a Huey Lewis tune, all these years later I don't remember what song it was. After the show he came up to us and complimented the band and said that when they were playing his song he wondered how they were going to do the saxophone part without a saxophone in the band. The organ player used a convincing sax sound to play it.
"Heart And Soul" is my favorite song from Huey Lewis & The News. I found out a few years ago that it was a remake! Exile did the original. Huey Lewis stayed true to the original. They are very similar.
Hey Professor! You need to do an episode dedicated to the most underrated band on the 1980s: Was (Not Was). There is WAY more to them than "Walk the Dinosaur" (which itself is great).
Do You Believe In Love is probably my favourite Huey song, love that intro in both theirs and ELO's version. They did so many great songs though and it was nice to hear something a little more traditional from 80's rock, with their doo-wap sound.
What really made Huey Lewis and the News so great was that in a time of Spandex, moosed up hair, over the top guitar solos and mammoth stage shows they just relied on their amazing talent. Huey Lewis is an exceptional vocalist and The News is a crazy talented band. It was real rock at it's purist and it still sounds as great in 2020!
....Who YOU tellin!? ...I refer to EVERYTHING in my life, because of that Decade...' 'Spring, '83', 'Summer, '87..', 'Fall, '89'....my Family think I'm NUTS...moreso than USUAL! ...ha-HAA!! >OldMan80's
I absolutely love Huey and his band. "Fore" was one of my favorite albums ever. I still listen all the way through these days....and it helps me time travel.
Huey Lewis and the News was my favorite band in the 80s as a teen. They didn't steal it. They earned it! This is the first time I've seen your channel. And your format and dialogue is incredibly exceptional! Subscribed!
Amazing nod to my town, Tulsa, OK from Huey! We have a killer live music scene with an overall quality & diversity that I would pit against anywhere. On just about any night (was any night before C19) you can see people performing live that are as good, or better than a LOT of the stuff on the radio. Tulsa radio stations were among some of the first to play HL&TN. They almost always came through when they toured. I got to take my daughter (now 21) and wife to see them back around 2014. They still put on a killer show then! My daughter was "meah" about them before that show . She is a pretty die hard fan since then. She almost cried when I told her about Huey's hearing problems.
Prof, must say the interview part with Huey is amazing, Great to see him in good health and very lucky to have a chance to interview him! Heart of rock and roll is a classic
Sports is one of my most treasured Vinyl albums. I bought it the first day it was out and I can't even count how many times I've played it over the years.
The first rock concert I ever attended was to see Heart on their "Private Auditions" tour. The opening group was a relatively unknown band named, "Huey Lewis and The News". They got booed at first, but once they got going and the guitar started shredding and the saxaphone began to wail, the crowd changed and by the end of the set, they were cheering.
Love the story about Halifax,NS as the Heart of Rock & Roll as this is my hometown!..Heart & Soul is my personal fave...just a great straight on pop/rock banger...crank it up everytime I hear it played..transports me right back to my senior year of high school 83/84..thanks for the interview Adam!
Huey Lewis and the news was the first tape I ever bought, I was in elementary school! I will always love that album & I loved growing up in the 1980's!! It seemed something cool was happening everyday back then, Im proud to say I have a emotional attachment for the 80's!!!!
Huey Lewis and the News was my first big concert. Saw them at Alpine Valley,Wi. One of my favorite bands and a hell of a show! So glad I found this channel. All the music of my youth. Thanks Professor!
I'm HS Class of '84...you ain't kidding, that was the absolute best ever for music. Come to think of it, the entirety of my HS music was excellent - 1980-1984. Feel so lucky to have been a teen in the '80s! Almost forgot to add that in 1982, when "Do You Believe in Love" had just come out, my best friend & our boyfriends were hanging out in DC and had just bought cool sunglasses at Commander Salamander, when we happened upon a huge street crowd and a temporary stage in the middle of the street in thr posh Georgetown neighborhood. Minutes later, Huey Lewis and the News jumped onstage and played for an hour...mind blown! (I think they were aiming for live footage (later for MTV), something so new back then that we just thought the band was there to do us a favor. And it really was a big deal to us!! Once in a lifetime
Huey Lewis and the News is one of my favorites. I’m from Cleveland, and to hear that story made me feel good. Glad they came by. And to play at The Agora!
I was 15 when Sports dropped and I immediately became obsessed with all things Huey. Dressed like him, hung his albums on my wall, even took a trip from Canada to Mill Valley to see the 2AM Club depicted on the cover (bought a t-shirt). Saw the lads on the Fore! tour with Tower of Power horns and you've never seen a happier teenager. I still play guitar and sax to this day, just like Johnny Colla! Sad to learn of Huey's recent hearing issues, and wish him all the best. Absolute legend, great musician, and from the hundreds of interviews I've seen, also a wonderful guy. Couldn't have picked a cooler guy to idolize in those formative years. One last thing...my high school yearbook quote was: Across the street, a neon sign All you can eat for a $1.99 'Our soul stew is the baddest in the land' But $1.00 worth was all that I could stand Too cool for school?
Love Huey Lewis and the News more and more and I've been a fan from the start. Great interview but way too short! lol I can listen to you two for hours. It's 2022 and I'm still digging into their songs and really appreciate their vision. As a guitarist myself I'm really diggin' John Collas work , he shreds!
Being a harmonica player, it was great to see a front man playing harp and being super successful doing it! I’ve always LOVED this band. Incredible stuff.
Grew up on this album when i was a kid. Later learning Huey was big in marin county/sf, mill valley 2am club bar on the album cover which is still open and hasnt changed much. Very chill dude i met huey once at an album signing circa 2009 at borders books sacramento fair oaks blvd near howe. He was super cool talked and sat with every single person that came in and supported him. Took photos. Such a legit cool dude. He made a big splash on the joe montana 49ers story cool under pressure on peacock too 🤘
I've been waiting patiently for you to feature this band! Happy to see Huey doing an interview and hoping he beats menieres, what an inspiration that would be to see him on the road again! Along with Prince these guys defined 80s music for me. Sports was a monster and the Heart of Rock and Roll was just a majestic song for me, it's between that one and Power of Love that are my favorites by HLN. I grew up in Jamaica so I got some MTV on satellite TV back in the day and saw their famed videos especially "If this is it" which isn't mentioned here. When I went to the US as a freshman I ended the 93-94 school year by seeing them in concert for the first time at Sunfest in West Palm Beach, FL it was in support of their Oldies cover album 4 chords and several years ago. That was the first of 3 times I'd see the band live and they were always excellent. Very underrated because of their immense pop success and they departed from that in 88 with Small World playing a bit of everything including reggae which made this Jamaican very happy, it was an underrated and very brave album for them to make at the peak of their success. Still one of my favorite groups ever!
Everytime I hear the the heart of rock'n'roll is in Cleveland, it brings a tear of pride and joy to my eyes. Great memories at the Agora in the 70s and 80s. Long live Johnny Revere.
I was born in 84 and I always said to my friends that this was a musically magical year because of the songs and albums you cited in the video. Discovered your channel today and already subscribed. Keep the good work. Kudos from Brazil.
Their song “Some of my lies are true” from the first album was and still my favorite song. When I first heard and saw their video I was hooked. Their style and sound was the coolest. Check out the video here on UA-cam. Running in place gets me all the time. I used to run home after school, call our local radio station and request it daily. It wasn’t on their playlist at first but the dj found it and played the for me everyday. He used to laugh whenever he heard my request saying he knew I would be calling. Love these guys! Thanks Professor
Dude you have one of the best channels on UA-cam. You are very professional and and always in depth whereas similar channels come off as slightly (or sometimes very) biased. Thank you.
I met Huey backstage at a Bruce Hornsby concert at Concord Pavilion in Northern California in 1990. I wasn't sure about even going to the concert but it ended up being a GREAT show. Huey played a couple tunes with Bruce and I remember Bruce playing basketball on stage... wild. Anyway, Huey was such a down to earth, kind and patient man with all the fans and made time for everyone. I never got to see Huey and the News live but loved their music. Certainly part of my high school soundtrack. Appreciate all your episodes Professor!
My favorite band of the eighties! It’s outrageous that they aren’t in the Rock n Roll HOF! 84 was so amazing for music, 85 may be my second favorite year for music.
New subscriber! I wore out Huey Lewis and the News tapes in the 80's on bus trips to basketball and football games in high school. Every time i hear any of those songs i smile. And now i have them on vinyl. 🙂
One of the more memorable live performances of Huey Lewis and the News was singing the National Anthem at a baseball game. It might have been a playoff game. I remember how incredible the harmony was. Great video and interview.
I saw Huey Lewis and the News in the early 90's with my brother, fantastic band. Back in my college days I made a claymation short film with the song Do you believe in Love. I invited Huey Lewis, I wrote him a letter and asked if he wanted to come to my college in NY to preview the film. I actually got an award/certificate for the little film too. Huey responded, wrote me back and said, sorry can't make it to your claymation debut, wish I could be there. Man that made my day more than the award. Good times. Thank you Mr. Lewis for being apart of my youth.
Thanks for the shout-out to my hometown, Tulsa, OK! It IS a big city for music! Leon Russell, David Gates of Bread, members of Eric Clapton's bands, the Dwight Twilley Band with Phil Seymour, a guitar player that rivaled Stevie Ray Vaughn, Steve Pryor. Also, a rock and roll band, the Jacks. It was founded by my friend who opened for Huey Lewis and the News in 1983 at Cain's Ballroom. He said they came out, blew the crowd away, and Huey Lewis was not pleased. After hearing this mention, I think that may have been a misread on my friend's part..
Last in line from Dio, Powerslave from Iron Maiden, Defenders of the faith by Judas Priest, Love at first sting by the Scorpians, Midnight Madness by Night ranger, Grace Under Pressure-Rush, Thunder 7-Triumph, Condition critical from Quiet Riot, the WASP debut, Armored Saints March of the saint, Ozzy's bark at the moon etc. etc. Just a huge year for heavy rock and metal and so was the previous year. Metal and rock at its peak.
I love Huey. I wasn't the biggest fan of their music, but they were and still are GREAT musicians. They worked really hard for everything they got. They also symbolize a great time in my life.
Shows you how down to earth Huey is. The prof mentions accomplishments he had that he didn't know about and his facial expressions are truly appreciative. Great guy.
You brought back so many, many memories with this that I'm a literal wreck right now. My Senior Year, my most intense love (which became my most intense break-up a year later... even one of my biggest mistakes - ditching the right girl for the wrong one (hence, the aforementioned intense break-up). Such good music and so many memories tied to it - especially Time After Time. Thanks, Professor.
Poll: What is your pick for the greatest year in music and what are the bands, songs and albums that support your answer?
i agree 1984 the best ever. My fave Huey song is do you believe in love, and the little guitar lick after the chorus-so catchy. Power of love is sooo great too. Im so fortunate to have grown up in the 80's
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I would say 1972 and 1978 are the greatest Pop music singles year ever. I can’t even get into all the great songs that were released in those pivotal years
I don’t agree with 1984 only in that there was too much domination by artists that I really don’t like, I’m not a big fan of Madonna, not a huge fan of Michael Jackson although I loved the Jackson 5 as a kid, Not a huge fan of Prince either,
I agree with 1984 . I was a metal head with metal friends, 1984 had van Halen, twisted Sister, Ratt, and the Scorpions but secretly my favorite song was people are people, I kept the tape hidden in my room so my friends would never know. It was an amazing year
I love Huey, and his Behind the Music documentary might be the most boring Behind the Music ever. Hard working musician makes it big, handles fame well and saves his money knowing it wont last. The end. Refreshing to see someone so grounded
I agree. Boring is best sometimes.
Makes it very refreshing. :)
And Weird Al had a boring one, too.
Lesson: it's a blessing to be boring
boring = good
Huey dropped in to visit my niece when she was dying of leukemia in a Portland hospital. It was her Make A Wish. When they were in town he stopped in and spent a couple hours with her.
Couldn’t have been easy for him. But I’ll always be grateful. He gave her a day of cheerful distraction when she needed it.
Sorry for your loss. 🙏
So moving. Condolences. He does seem to be really genuine and the story of how he started in music is incredible ( travelling to Europe and had to sing to raise some money I think, which is where it began).
A whole new respect for Huey, God bless you and your Niece...
That is an amazing story
Thank You For Sharing Respect And Prayers
Sports was the first rock album I ever bought. Huey really introduced me to the timeless music I still love today.
Such a GREAT time to be alive and a teenager in the 1980s!! Simpler times, FANTASTIC music. Love, love, LOVE Huey Lewis and The News!!
I've been telling my friends for years that 1984 was the best year, and 80's the best decade for music
10 bucks says you were born between 1965 and 1971.
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@@danielfive12 called it. Here's a fun exercise for you to try. I was born in 83 but I move on quickly from music and always need new stuff, try listening to only music from the current year and see if you can't have your best music year ever at 56 instead of the cliched 13-19 period. My favourite is 2011 and I was 28.
Ed. Sorry if cliche seemed harsh. Everyone I've ever known has the same general opinion you do, that's why I used the word. It's harder to find the sort of thing you might like based on 84 styles but there is still tons of it being made and some of it is just as good if not better, you just have to search it out. Hope 56 is a great year for you either way.
@@michaelhall5429 You might be hitting it on the head. It's not so much about the music but the time of life. Music was one of the first things teens could say they liked to define themselves and differentiate themselves. It was central to developing and identity. I suspect it is not so much now to the current generation.
In a kind of way the 80's were the new 60's. Music was colorful and experimental.
When I was in High School, 2 years before my dad died, he showed me the cover of the newest Rolling Stone magazine. It said "Huey Lewis and the News" save Rock and Roll. I laughed. At first. My dad was a HUGE fan of Huey. I wasn't. I became a HL&TN fan after dad died, and haven't stopped loving them since. Thank you Professor! The heart of rock n roll is still beating on your channel!!
It certainly is! Thanks for sharing that memory of your father! Maybe your dad and mine are having a conversation about music on the other side or even better, a listening session.
Because we are keeping the music alive! The heart of rock and roll still beats indeed.
@@GLAMSUNSET87 Thank you for saying that ❤️!
Sorry for your loss at such a young age. Sounds like a cool guy!
and yet Rolling Stone ripped the song HRR apart and from then on were always overtly and unfairly critical of HLN. RS and Hip to be Square just don't equate. HLN should be in the RnR hall of fame.
Heart and Soul is just on a different level for me. It really holds up. Never knew it was a remake but they put their foot in it.
I graduated high school in 1984. I recorded Sports onto a Maxell UDXL2-C90 cassette and wore that thing out on my Blaupunkt car stereo that summer driving back and forth from Columbus to Bedford Heights just outside of Cleveland with a few a of my high school buddies to work a manual labor job out in sunshine. That album was THE soundtrack to our 1984 summer! Great memories! Great album!
One of the most authentic guys in the music business. Great hits although I was never a huge fan of his music - but it's really impossible not to be a fan of the man.
Great way of putting it.
Huey is truly a charming, genuine fellow. I can’t deny, though, that what initially drew me to the band was that I thought Mario was the coolest looking bassist around, with his customary dark glasses and cigarette.
I am from Halifax and was at the concert he referenced. What a great concert! Great to hear that he and the band explored our fantastic bar scene. Halifax is indeed the Heart of Rock and Roll!
So weird....i just started reading your comment and he said Halifax at the same time i was reading it
I am from Nova Scotia and went to university in Halifax. I laughed when he called it "a great little town"
I was 10 in 1984 and feel very privileged to have remembered such great music. Amazing time to be alive.
I was also 10 in 1984. It was an amazing time- the weather, the music... there was a magic in the air, literally
I was 8 and I've just had the epiphany that my childhood was probably more similar to my grandparents' than my own kid now.
I was 10, going on 11 and I picked 2 Huey Lewis albums in my first ever Columbia House/Record Club order.. along with the Ghostbusters soundtrack, Beverly Hills Cop soundtrack, a Duran Duran album and various other selections
Boy, all of you are so OLD. I was only 7.
Me too! I get chills just remembering that time in history.
I always wanted to see them in the 80s but it just wasn't meant to be. In the late 90s, for work I traveled to San Diego for a week every six weeks for almost a year. The hotel (Inn) we stayed in every time was on Shelter Island... decent enough place but the real advantage was that it was right next door to the amphitheater. It was great that frequently we'd get to the hotel after work, go outside by the pool, have a couple beers, kick back, and listen to whatever was playing next door. One of those nights, yep, it was Huey Lewis and the News! So... only a decade late, and I didn't actually get to *see* them, but I could hear them just fine :)
@shane ...i wanted to see them in the 80's too but didn't get the chance ...I had to wait until 2010 when they did a festival show with Chicago in St Petersburg FL ...
Humphry's by the Bay! I loved that place in my 23 year SoCal stint! Never saw Huey, though,. One of the few acts of that era that slipped through my fingers.
I saw them in 1982 in Denver at the Rainbow Music Hall (a great venue BTW). They showed up in a crummy old passenger van, and they were loading in their own gear. They were touring to support Picture This but they did Walking on a Thin Line from the "new" album (that didn't have a name at this time apparently). What a great show.....
back to the future would be shit without Lewis
I never got to go see them live but funny enough I was working a catering gig in the early 2000s and Huey was playing for a decidedly pretty lame crowd…I wanted to jump into the fray but didn’t want to get fired…
I absolutely agree Professor! 1984 was such a awesome year! Huey Lewis and the news have always been one of my favorites! Awesome episode! Thanks for keeping the music alive!
All that greatness and we havent even dug in to how amazing "If this is it" was! By far my favorite video of that era....the girl of my dreams....I felt that when she said ..."Tell him...I'm not home" poor Huey lol...what a great episode professor!
My favorite from that album. I lived 30 min away from Santa Cruz and was so excited about seeing the Boardwalk as the setting for that video. Between that video and "The Lost Boys" the Boardwalk became the hippest place to hang out. That was such a great time to be living in that area.
If this is it is an incredible song. I love it.
My favorite by him
If This Is It is my all time favorite pop song!
I ADORE Huey!!! This band played a big part of my high school years!! I will always love them. Great memories, thanks Huey!!
1987 saw Huey Lewis and the News in Rapid City. They had The Tower of Power playing with them. FANTASTIC show!
Huey and the News were one of my favorite bands as a kid in the 80’s. So many great songs from all of their albums! Thanks for this content. Brings back great memories!
You can really tell Huey is a nice guy. I wish him well with his intermittent hearing loss. It was a shame to hear that a couple years back.
My first awareness of Huey Lewis was summer 1980, when the rock station in Tucson started playing “Who Cares” from the first album. It was like new wave and swing and rock ‘n roll combined.
1984 was an amazing year with some of the most celebrated icons of the music era!
No doubt. Tina Turner Private Dancer! Yes Owner of a Lonely Heart. The Cars Hearbeat City. the list goes on and on.
@@ProfessorofRock Duran Duran, The Cure, The Smiths, Def Leppard, ZZ Top, David Bowie.....
From Prince to Tina Turner to Cyndi Lauper, that year had some bangers for sure!
Nobody gonna mention "1984" from 1984? Eddie deserves better...
@@spddiesel Exactly.
Huey Lewis and the News was my first concert. I was in the 4th grade during the FORE! tour. A few years later in high school I would figure out my dad's old record player, despite having a CD boom box of my own, and really dive into the great music on Sports that he had on vinyl.
They were my first concert too. Also the Fore! tour . I was a junior in high school
Mine too I was 13
I got to see this fabulous band in 1987 on their "Fore" tour. They were phenomenal live! Very professional musicians, and Huey is so down to earth
I’m jealous cuz I would’ve killed to goto that show. But at least Huey’s Fore tour and other 80’s tours are here on UA-cam.
@@coolcat6303 Yeah, they were on point that night!
First arena concert I ever saw
Huey Lewis looks like a thinner version of my dad
Nice. I saw them live in 2004. Not all of the original members, but still really good.
Huey Lewis was one of the few artists that my mom liked along with me and my siblings. I saw him about seven years ago and he's was still at the top of his game.
He's like that. I've never met anyone who didn't like him.
I saw them late summer of '84 on the Sports tour. Their energy & showmanship were among the best I've ever seen, and I wish I'd had opportunity to see them again.
I loved your last round of videos/interviews with Huey Lewis and this just cements his likeability even more! As a native Ohioan, I loved his story about Cleveland inspiring The Heart of Rock and Roll! You always bring out the best of the artists you profile. Well done 🙏
Glad you enjoyed it! Thank you dearly Allison!
Native of Cleveland here too ❤️. Love my hometown
@Allison Ringold ...I'm originally from Oklahoma and i always thought it was cool when i heard the lines "Tulsa, Austin, Oklahoma City...."
I'm from Ashtabula!!! And the 💖 of rock n roll is still beatin', in Cleveland!!!
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Huey Lewis does seem like a pretty genuine guy. I know that our media can make anyone look in any manner it wishes, but still, the guy doesn't radiate any arrogance at all. He really seems like he enjoyed what he did.
I've always had one favorite Huey Lewis: "Do You Believe in Love." Even on days when things seem to be going my way, that one just lifts me up even higher.
To this day, Huey Lewis & The News is one of my favorite eighties bands. Their songs still put a smile on my face. Such great music, vocals and videos! Thanks for sharing this story and bringing back such good memories.
Saw them live a few times and they were awesome. I was (and am) more of a Grateful Dead/Rolling Stones/Yonder Mountain String Band fan but when Huey Lewis and the News hit success, everything they did was pure gold. They ended with an acapella number and even that was golden. I'd never really thought about 1984 being a great year in music because there weren't many bands I enjoyed as much as my sixties & seventies bands (many of which were still going strong) but HL&TN were as great as any, just pure joyous rock music with no pretensions, no explosions, no wild costumes. Pure art, no artifice. Still love 'em and almost forty years later I'd love to see them again.
Sports is such a great album. So many great songs that still hold up today. I actually sang “Walking on a Thin Line” about 2 weeks ago, my first attempt at any Huey Lewis song, and it worked well. I’m always a little surprised when my first attempt at a song goes really well, especially if it’s by a band/singer I haven’t covered before. Yes, I know Huey wasn’t a writer on that one, but he’s the singer who made it famous.
They had amazing production. Their instruments sound so clean and crisp on the record.
I remember the year 1984 and the music playing on the radio. I was 10 years old and had just gotten into listening to music. I didn't have any favorite groups, I was more song oriented. However, I can clearly remember listening to the Top 20 countdown on Sunday afternoons. I am amazed at how wonderful some of these tunes have held up over the years. The 1980s was my favorite decade for film, tv and music!
Absolutely loved Heart and Soul!!
And yes 1984 was such a great year for music!
Huey Lewis and the News was and still is one of my favorite 80s bands. In fact, when I graduated high school, I wore a red suit, black t shirt and black Chuck hi tops like what Huey wore in the “I want a New Drug” video at my HS graduation.
Thanks for the great content!
Saw Huey years ago in Germany at a 4-5 band fest, all we saw as the crowd was watching the roadies moving everything in & out as the News were setting & warming up and one roadie just wouldn't leave the stage...then he turned around... it was Huey. crowd went wild. totally respect him for that, playing roadie for his band. Great Band
"If This Is It" was the soundtrack to that summer for me. When I was a senior in high school (88/89) the show choir did an all boys and all girls pair of songs during our show. The boys did "Naturally" and I had the lead part. Won second place in the state soloist competition. I lost because I sang with my eyes closed too much. Huey Lewis deserves to get more attention these days. Great stuff.
Oh, and the rhythm section for Clover backed up Elvis Costello on My Aim is True.
Never saw the band live, but having seen them on several TV shows, I feel Huey was underrated as a harmonica player - right up there with other blues and country players I admire.
I was 5 years old in 84. I remember hearing a lot of Huey in those days. Songs of summer and boating, etc. We just didn't know how good we had it back then.
1971 was the ultimate explosion of all genres of good music and an example of everything all the surviving 60's bands had learned. Many artists released their peaks that year: LZ IV, Stick Fingers, Who's Next, Tago Mago - CAN, Aqualung, Electric Warrior - T-REX, There's A Riot Goin On - Sly and The Family Stone, Allman Brothers Live at The Fillmore East, Blue - Joni Mitchell, What's Goin On - Marvin Gaye, Fragile & The Yes Album - YES, Nursery Chryme - Genesis, John Lennon & Paul McCartney also had their best post beatles output that year.
I have been a Springfield fan from the start. I remember in high school coming across a song of his that I cherished that none of my schoolmates knew, titled "My father's chair". That song spoke to me because my father had numerous health issues and as a young man I knew he would die too soon. I always swore this song would be played in tribute to my father at his funeral. I got my wish last March when we said good-bye to dad. Thank you Rick for loving your dad and writing such great music, including "My father's chair".
Huey, your music is GREAT, but beyond that, it is uplifting. Pure fun! Thank you!
Huey Lewis is still one of my favorites. Thanks for the interview and highlighting his awesome music.
Heart and Soul is like my favorite song ever. In addition to being a great tune, it Just takes me back to when we first got MTV and I probably saw that video 3x a day. Me and some friends who I jam with play it for fun. Really fun to play on guitar. I also love Heart and Soul by T’Pau.
I went to elementary school with Huey in Mill Valley, CA. (Strawberry Point). He was a good singer, even as a little kid. Very satisfying to see his success
Professor, You would like Huey’s first album, particularly “Now Here’s You” and “Some Of My Lies Are True(Sooner or Later)”. Have debut album and Picture This on vinyl.
I have Small World on vinyl, unopened. As the compact disc was taking off, I bought both & decided to preserve the former by leaving it sealed.
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It's nice to know I'm not alone in my adoration for Heart and Soul! I love that tune! always have....
I used to know a used car salesman in Starkville, MS. He had been a member of the band when they were really struggling and barely able to eat. The band had a shot at going to Europe to try and make it and that's when he decided to bail on them. Of course, it worked out so that they got hot only he left. I'm sure he was always bummed out about that, I know I would be.
The touchstone experience of any 80s teenager in the Milwaukee area was the 1984 Summerfest Mainstage concert of Huey Lewis and the News. I was about to turn 15, and my younger brother and I had to talk my dad into not only letting us go to see "Huey Newton", as he kept calling him (which would have been a very different act) but to actually take us. He relented, and we were among the overflowing crowd of sunburned and dehydrated people overflowing the venue.
My dad's, an Elvis and Johnny Cash guy, review? "Pretty good. Sounds like what music would be if the hippies hadn't taken over in the 60s." We didn't have the heart to tell them the band was from San Francisco.
I saw huey Lewis and the news about 2 weeks after the album sports was released, they really put on a good show, he did a bunch of 50.s and 60,s songs to during the concert. Definitely worth goin to see if you get the chance
I had the pleasure in the 1970's of seeing Huey Lewis in the local Marin County band Clover. A couple guys stayed with Huey and became the News. Their lead guitarist John McFee went on to join the Doobie Brothers. They played in a local bar named Uncle Sam's every Wednesday night for $1.
We aways knew he'd make it big someday.
We saw him play one of his first gigs with his new band.
After his encore he said thanks for coming I'm Huey Lewis and you just heard the News.
I've always thought that 1984 was the best year in music. I turned 9 that year. Sports was the first cassette I ever bought with my own money.
Excellent interview! Hearing Heart and Soul rocketed me back to my senior year in high school and MTV. One of the few videos the played all the time that I didn't get tired of.
I agree 1984 was an amazing year, I graduated high school that year also, and all these songs bring back great memories.
I met Huey Lewis one time. He was extremely nice and personable. I was running sound for a local band named Rock America, playing at a club in Santa Rosa, California. The band did a cover of a Huey Lewis tune, all these years later I don't remember what song it was. After the show he came up to us and complimented the band and said that when they were playing his song he wondered how they were going to do the saxophone part without a saxophone in the band. The organ player used a convincing sax sound to play it.
"Heart And Soul" is my favorite song from Huey Lewis & The News. I found out a few years ago that it was a remake! Exile did the original. Huey Lewis stayed true to the original. They are very similar.
Also covered by The Bus Boys in 82!
"Walking on a Thin Line" and "Finally Found a Home" are two of my favorite 80's songs. Happy to see this one go up!
I've always loved this band. They are great good time music. One of the many great bands from the eighties.
What a voice. Really great msuic and bands such as Hewy Lewis and the News.
What a voice this gentleman has !
Hey Professor!
You need to do an episode dedicated to the most underrated band on the 1980s: Was (Not Was). There is WAY more to them than "Walk the Dinosaur" (which itself is great).
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We got to see Huey at Cayuga County Fairgrounds. You know it's summer when there rocking in weedsport. He had the tower of power playing with him. Wow
Do You Believe In Love is probably my favourite Huey song, love that intro in both theirs and ELO's version. They did so many great songs though and it was nice to hear something a little more traditional from 80's rock, with their doo-wap sound.
Think I agree with you
Agreed. Thanks Elwaves!
My favorite of theirs is “Heart and Soul”! It’s so infectious and catchy, like an earworm!
@@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 It's a fantastic song and I fully agree that it's catchy.
@@Elwaves2925 Yes, it is! It’s got hooks on top of hooks on top of hooks!
84 was a sweet memory in my childhood, a childhood that was pretty depressing, and “Sports” the album was the soundtrack to 84.
Absolutely love Huey Lewis ,saw him in concert Wow what a great show.
He is awesome live!
@@ProfessorofRock ....I agree....
“You just heard the News!”
What really made Huey Lewis and the News so great was that in a time of Spandex, moosed up hair, over the top guitar solos and mammoth stage shows they just relied on their amazing talent. Huey Lewis is an exceptional vocalist and The News is a crazy talented band. It was real rock at it's purist and it still sounds as great in 2020!
83, 84, and 87 are my favourite year's from the 80's.
Although let's be honest. We love every 80's year, don't we.🤷♂️😂
....Who YOU tellin!? ...I refer to EVERYTHING in my life, because of that Decade...' 'Spring, '83', 'Summer, '87..', 'Fall, '89'....my Family think I'm NUTS...moreso than USUAL! ...ha-HAA!! >OldMan80's
For sure!
@@RBS_ say it loud and proud lol. 80's Rule.🤟😜
I agree!
I absolutely love Huey and his band. "Fore" was one of my favorite albums ever. I still listen all the way through these days....and it helps me time travel.
Huey Lewis and the News was my favorite band in the 80s as a teen. They didn't steal it. They earned it!
This is the first time I've seen your channel. And your format and dialogue is incredibly exceptional! Subscribed!
Amazing nod to my town, Tulsa, OK from Huey! We have a killer live music scene with an overall quality & diversity that I would pit against anywhere. On just about any night (was any night before C19) you can see people performing live that are as good, or better than a LOT of the stuff on the radio. Tulsa radio stations were among some of the first to play HL&TN. They almost always came through when they toured. I got to take my daughter (now 21) and wife to see them back around 2014. They still put on a killer show then! My daughter was "meah" about them before that show . She is a pretty die hard fan since then. She almost cried when I told her about Huey's hearing problems.
Prof, must say the interview part with Huey is amazing, Great to see him in good health and very lucky to have a chance to interview him! Heart of rock and roll is a classic
Sports is one of my most treasured Vinyl albums. I bought it the first day it was out and I can't even count how many times I've played it over the years.
As I tell my kids, Huey Lewis is represents everything good in 80s music... I could tell a story about where I was on most every song his band did.
The first rock concert I ever attended was to see Heart on their "Private Auditions" tour. The opening group was a relatively unknown band named, "Huey Lewis and The News". They got booed at first, but once they got going and the guitar started shredding and the saxaphone began to wail, the crowd changed and by the end of the set, they were cheering.
Love the story about Halifax,NS as the Heart of Rock & Roll as this is my hometown!..Heart & Soul is my personal fave...just a great straight on pop/rock banger...crank it up everytime I hear it played..transports me right back to my senior year of high school 83/84..thanks for the interview Adam!
I was lucky enough to see Huey in concert in 95 and again in 2010 and 2011. Definitely a class act.
Huey Lewis and the news was the first tape I ever bought, I was in elementary school! I will always love that album & I loved growing up in the 1980's!! It seemed something cool was happening everyday back then, Im proud to say I have a emotional attachment for the 80's!!!!
Huey Lewis and the News was my first big concert. Saw them at Alpine Valley,Wi. One of my favorite bands and a hell of a show! So glad I found this channel. All the music of my youth. Thanks Professor!
Adam, this was a dynamite interview with Huey Lewis. Huey is so down to earth and extremely wonderful with his talents!!!
I'm HS Class of '84...you ain't kidding, that was the absolute best ever for music. Come to think of it, the entirety of my HS music was excellent - 1980-1984. Feel so lucky to have been a teen in the '80s!
Almost forgot to add that in 1982, when "Do You Believe in Love" had just come out, my best friend & our boyfriends were hanging out in DC and had just bought cool sunglasses at Commander Salamander, when we happened upon a huge street crowd and a temporary stage in the middle of the street in thr posh Georgetown neighborhood. Minutes later, Huey Lewis and the News jumped onstage and played for an hour...mind blown! (I think they were aiming for live footage (later for MTV), something so new back then that we just thought the band was there to do us a favor. And it really was a big deal to us!! Once in a lifetime
I loved this interview. Great work, professor!
Huey Lewis and the News is one of my favorites. I’m from Cleveland, and to hear that story made me feel good. Glad they came by. And to play at The Agora!
I was 15 when Sports dropped and I immediately became obsessed with all things Huey. Dressed like him, hung his albums on my wall, even took a trip from Canada to Mill Valley to see the 2AM Club depicted on the cover (bought a t-shirt). Saw the lads on the Fore! tour with Tower of Power horns and you've never seen a happier teenager. I still play guitar and sax to this day, just like Johnny Colla! Sad to learn of Huey's recent hearing issues, and wish him all the best. Absolute legend, great musician, and from the hundreds of interviews I've seen, also a wonderful guy. Couldn't have picked a cooler guy to idolize in those formative years. One last thing...my high school yearbook quote was:
Across the street, a neon sign
All you can eat for a $1.99
'Our soul stew is the baddest in the land'
But $1.00 worth was all that I could stand
Too cool for school?
Love Huey Lewis and the News more and more and I've been a fan from the start. Great interview but way too short! lol I can listen to you two for hours. It's 2022 and I'm still digging into their songs and really appreciate their vision. As a guitarist myself I'm really diggin' John Collas work , he shreds!
Being a harmonica player, it was great to see a front man playing harp and being super successful doing it! I’ve always LOVED this band. Incredible stuff.
Grew up on this album when i was a kid. Later learning Huey was big in marin county/sf, mill valley 2am club bar on the album cover which is still open and hasnt changed much.
Very chill dude i met huey once at an album signing circa 2009 at borders books sacramento fair oaks blvd near howe. He was super cool talked and sat with every single person that came in and supported him. Took photos. Such a legit cool dude. He made a big splash on the joe montana 49ers story cool under pressure on peacock too 🤘
I've been waiting patiently for you to feature this band! Happy to see Huey doing an interview and hoping he beats menieres, what an inspiration that would be to see him on the road again! Along with Prince these guys defined 80s music for me. Sports was a monster and the Heart of Rock and Roll was just a majestic song for me, it's between that one and Power of Love that are my favorites by HLN. I grew up in Jamaica so I got some MTV on satellite TV back in the day and saw their famed videos especially "If this is it" which isn't mentioned here. When I went to the US as a freshman I ended the 93-94 school year by seeing them in concert for the first time at Sunfest in West Palm Beach, FL it was in support of their Oldies cover album 4 chords and several years ago. That was the first of 3 times I'd see the band live and they were always excellent. Very underrated because of their immense pop success and they departed from that in 88 with Small World playing a bit of everything including reggae which made this Jamaican very happy, it was an underrated and very brave album for them to make at the peak of their success. Still one of my favorite groups ever!
Everytime I hear the the heart of rock'n'roll is in Cleveland, it brings a tear of pride and joy to my eyes. Great memories at the Agora in the 70s and 80s. Long live Johnny Revere.
I was born in 84 and I always said to my friends that this was a musically magical year because of the songs and albums you cited in the video.
Discovered your channel today and already subscribed.
Keep the good work.
Kudos from Brazil.
Their song “Some of my lies are true” from the first album was and still my favorite song. When I first heard and saw their video I was hooked. Their style and sound was the coolest. Check out the video here on UA-cam. Running in place gets me all the time. I used to run home after school, call our local radio station and request it daily. It wasn’t on their playlist at first but the dj found it and played the for me everyday. He used to laugh whenever he heard my request saying he knew I would be calling. Love these guys! Thanks Professor
Dude you have one of the best channels on UA-cam. You are very professional and and always in depth whereas similar channels come off as slightly (or sometimes very) biased. Thank you.
I met Huey backstage at a Bruce Hornsby concert at Concord Pavilion in Northern California in 1990. I wasn't sure about even going to the concert but it ended up being a GREAT show. Huey played a couple tunes with Bruce and I remember Bruce playing basketball on stage... wild. Anyway, Huey was such a down to earth, kind and patient man with all the fans and made time for everyone. I never got to see Huey and the News live but loved their music. Certainly part of my high school soundtrack. Appreciate all your episodes Professor!
My favorite band of the eighties! It’s outrageous that they aren’t in the Rock n Roll HOF! 84 was so amazing for music, 85 may be my second favorite year for music.
New subscriber! I wore out Huey Lewis and the News tapes in the 80's on bus trips to basketball and football games in high school. Every time i hear any of those songs i smile. And now i have them on vinyl. 🙂
One of the more memorable live performances of Huey Lewis and the News was singing the National Anthem at a baseball game. It might have been a playoff game. I remember how incredible the harmony was. Great video and interview.
I saw Huey Lewis and the News in the early 90's with my brother, fantastic band. Back in my college days I made a claymation short film with the song Do you believe in Love. I invited Huey Lewis, I wrote him a letter and asked if he wanted to come to my college in NY to preview the film. I actually got an award/certificate for the little film too. Huey responded, wrote me back and said, sorry can't make it to your claymation debut, wish I could be there. Man that made my day more than the award. Good times. Thank you Mr. Lewis for being apart of my youth.
Thanks for the shout-out to my hometown, Tulsa, OK! It IS a big city for music! Leon Russell, David Gates of Bread, members of Eric Clapton's bands, the Dwight Twilley Band with Phil Seymour, a guitar player that rivaled Stevie Ray Vaughn, Steve Pryor. Also, a rock and roll band, the Jacks. It was founded by my friend who opened for Huey Lewis and the News in 1983 at Cain's Ballroom. He said they came out, blew the crowd away, and Huey Lewis was not pleased. After hearing this mention, I think that may have been a misread on my friend's part..
Last in line from Dio, Powerslave from Iron Maiden, Defenders of the faith by Judas Priest, Love at first sting by the Scorpians, Midnight Madness by Night ranger, Grace Under Pressure-Rush, Thunder 7-Triumph, Condition critical from Quiet Riot, the WASP debut, Armored Saints March of the saint, Ozzy's bark at the moon etc. etc. Just a huge year for heavy rock and metal and so was the previous year. Metal and rock at its peak.
For sure. 1984 was the top of the heap. Truly.
Great selections!☺️🎸🥁
My Favorite Band, My Favorite Singer! I am SO happy you got Huey Lewis! This is fantastic Adam!
I love Huey. I wasn't the biggest fan of their music, but they were and still are GREAT musicians. They worked really hard for everything they got. They also symbolize a great time in my life.
Shows you how down to earth Huey is. The prof mentions accomplishments he had that he didn't know about and his facial expressions are truly appreciative. Great guy.
You brought back so many, many memories with this that I'm a literal wreck right now. My Senior Year, my most intense love (which became my most intense break-up a year later... even one of my biggest mistakes - ditching the right girl for the wrong one (hence, the aforementioned intense break-up). Such good music and so many memories tied to it - especially Time After Time. Thanks, Professor.
Your reference to songs of 84 brought back many memories of high school. I've always like Huey Lewis songs. Really nice interview.