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But wait, there’s more! So much more to Huey Lewis and The business to play music,” are words Huey lives by. Ultimately, he
News and the rockin’ shows they have been performing for more feels that allows him to make choices which speak for him cre-
than three decades: A marvelous creative ride selling over 20 mil- atively.
lion albums. They are Grammy Award winners and have written
and performed their Top 10 hits such as, “If This Is It”, “I Want A His creative juices starting flowing at a young age: His Dad, who
New Drug”, “Power of Love” and the ever-lovin’ “Doing it all for my was a radiologist, was also an amateur musician; he played both
Baby”. They ended 2013 with a successful tour marking the 30th drums and the piano. The family’s living room (when he was grow-
anniversary of “Sports” and the release of an expanded commemo- ing up) always had a set of drums in it. Huey remembers it looked
rative 2 CD set featuring live performances on one disc and studio like the cool thing to do, plus there was always music around
recorded releases on the other. Huey said, “The tour went great, him. In high school he started playing the harmonica and then he
we played the entire album front to back and it was fun to do and crossed paths with Billy Roberts, a folk singer and songwriter. One
very well received.” Huey Lewis and The News brought yet another of Billy’s songs is the Jimmy Hendrix rock classic ‘Hey Joe’. Billy
great performance to Pechanga Casino and Resort in Temecula rented a room from Huey’s Mom after his parents divorced. He
on March 7th. They are a band with “Heart & Soul” and just keep would play the harmonica around the house and one day gave one
getting better. to Huey. “He sent me on my way with my first harmonica.” In his
early days, Huey was inspired by Ray Charles, Otis Redding and
Huey lives part of the year in San Diego. He was very excited Little Walter. He recalls, “In the 1960’s when I heard Otis Reading
about doing the show in Temecula. “To play and have people show live his music blew my mind.”
up is the greatest challenge because ultimately you stay in the