Huey Lewis will interview fellow Eighties legend Jane Wiedlin on the next episode of his Apple Music Hits show, ‘80s Radio with Huey Lewis, airing Saturday, October 3rd, at 11 a.m. Et..
Lewis’ conversation with Wiedlin — which is available to hear in part before the full episode premieres — covers an array of topics, starting with the influence that punk had on both the Go-Go’s and Huey Lewis and the News. Lewis noted that his first band, a country-rock outfit called Clover, was managed by Dave Robinson and Jake Riviera,...
Lewis’ conversation with Wiedlin — which is available to hear in part before the full episode premieres — covers an array of topics, starting with the influence that punk had on both the Go-Go’s and Huey Lewis and the News. Lewis noted that his first band, a country-rock outfit called Clover, was managed by Dave Robinson and Jake Riviera,...
- 10/2/2020
- by Jon Blistein
- Rollingstone.com
“I never should have written ‘Hip to be Square’ in the third-person,” says Huey Lewis of the News fame. The man who has sold more than 30 million records, spawning such ‘80s classics as “The Heart of Rock and Roll,” “I Want a New Drug,” the Oscar-nominated “The Power of Love” and the song he’s fretting about now, a narrative lynchpin in both the book and film of Brett Easton Ellis/Mary Harron’s “American Psycho.” “People though I was singing about myself.”
The 69-year-old, longtime pal Jimmy Kimmel’s favorite rock star, is making a push for his underappreciated legacy with a pleasingly backward-looking blues/R&b, horns-heavy seven-song album, “Weather,” out on Feb. 14 via BMG Rights Management.
The album arrives at a bittersweet time, as Lewis has been suffering from a rare inner-ear disorder called Meniere’s Disease that causes his hearing to suddenly diminish, making it impossible for him to perform.
The 69-year-old, longtime pal Jimmy Kimmel’s favorite rock star, is making a push for his underappreciated legacy with a pleasingly backward-looking blues/R&b, horns-heavy seven-song album, “Weather,” out on Feb. 14 via BMG Rights Management.
The album arrives at a bittersweet time, as Lewis has been suffering from a rare inner-ear disorder called Meniere’s Disease that causes his hearing to suddenly diminish, making it impossible for him to perform.
- 2/4/2020
- by Roy Trakin
- Variety Film + TV
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