Edwin McCain:I’m such a huge fan of Huey Lewis & The News. No one gets how beautiful the songwriting is, how intricate the chord changes are, and how difficult it is to write songs like they did. And have them connect with a pop audience, but then also have the respect of musician...
Every rom-com needs a great song list. In the Huey Lewis and the News jukebox musicalThe Heart of Rock and Roll, the band's hit songs from the '80s are seamlessly threaded into the lighthearted love story of coworkers Bobby (Corey Cott) and Cassandra (McKenzie Kur...
Between his Broadway musical and ‘The Greatest Night in Pop,’ it’s been a fabulous 2024 for Huey Lewis. In our newest Superlatives column, the musician reflects on his band’s legacy: ‘We were always told that we weren’t edgy enough.’
I must admit, back in the 1980’s I didn’t pay much attention to Huey Lewis and the News, though I did own the Fore! album on cassette. But here it is almost 40 years later, and I’ve just discovered “Workin’ for a Livin’”. My mind is blown. The video of you all at ...
AsHuey Lewisand the News approached their fourth album, they were teed up for more success — or a shank into the woods. Fore!, released in the summer of 1986, changed the rules for Lewis and his seven-year-old Bay Area band. "We had never released a record to any expectations befor...
Lewis was hard at work on the first album of originalHuey Lewis and the Newssongs since 2001’sPlan B. New music hadn’t been a priority for him in quite a while. His most recent Top 40 hit was 1991’s “It Hit Me Like a Hammer,” and he had more than enough classics to fill...
You alsocouldn't go to the movies(or later, turn on cable television) without hearing a Huey Lewis tune either. That's just how it was. Though his faithful band, The News, may look slightly different than they did in their 80s heyday, Mr. Lewis dropped by Morning Joe today to remind...