Huey Lewis and the News - 8/17/04

[Railyn]

This was my 2nd Huey Lewis show, and once again, he did not disappoint.

We had excellent 2nd row seats, but when we walked in to the Community Arts Center, we found out cameras were banned......

Huey has most of the original News, and has added a few people to his horn section. He does most of his big hits, some minor hits, and some old doo-wop and Mowtown-type music.

Even in his mid-50's, he's high energy and a lot of fun. We were dancing in the aisles and screaming all night long. It was a near sell out, and most of the people there were big fans.

He has an incredible lead guitar player who was not a member of the original News. The guy blew me away all night.

Featured songs:

Heart Of Rock and Roll (opener)
Heart and Soul (MY FAVORITE!)
If This Is It
But It's Alright (alright girl, you can hurt me.....)
It's Alright (have a good time....done a capella)
Stuck With You
I Want A New Drug
Jacobs Ladder
Hip To Be Square (which is now Too Hip To Be Square)
Power Of Love
Workin' For A Livin' (the finale)
Do You Believe In Love (which he's changed a bit from the original - not sure if I like it)
And others too numerous to mention.

The show runs about 2 hours.

We saw him as Musikfest in 2001. That was an exceptional show because it was the last one of his tour. Because he didn't have to be anywhere, he stayed an extra hour and took requests.

In conclusion, Huey is definately worth the time if you like that kind of music. He sounds great live (just like on his albums) and his band is phenomenal.


**I may be wrong - it appears the guitar player was with the News back in the late 80's and may be the original guy - it's hard to tell from the pictures on the cd's**

[SAT-I need more room!!]

I'm not the biggest Huey fan, but this sounds like it was good!

Do you know which members weren't originals?

Glad to hear that he did Power of Love and especially Do You Believe in Love? (His best, IMO) The acapella It's Alright sounds good too.

I think the best thing about this review is that the "no camera" rule sent you through 7 different emotions! LMAO!!

Good review!

[Railyn]

SAT-Laney's said:

I'm not the biggest Huey fan, but this sounds like it was good!

Do you know which members weren't originals?

Glad to hear that he did Power of Love and especially Do You Believe in Love? (His best, IMO) The acapella It's Alright sounds good too.

I think the best thing about this review is that the "no camera" rule sent you through 7 different emotions! LMAO!!

Good review!

I was ticked about the cameras. I would have gotten good pics. I know that Mario Cippolini (last name?) is no longer with them (tall thin guy who always wore sunglasses - played bass, I believe). It appears the rest may be original, except for the added horn players, and the guy who took Mario's place. I'm not 100% sure about the good guitar player - Chris. He was on the 4 Chords and Several Years Ago cd, which came out in the early 90's and appears to be on my greatest hits cd, but that came out later and it may not be a pic of the originals (it's a special 3 cd set - not his official GH release). Johnny Colla is still with them, it's still the original keyboard player, and the drummer is definately the same. He has an african american sax player who is really good and added another saxophone player because Johnny floats between sax and guitar. The only one I'm not sure about is Chris. He was REALLY good.

I elaborated on the It's All Right songs because they are 2 different songs with very similar names. They do a fabulous do-wop. Excellent harmony. I bet you'd have a good time.

He was cracking funny jokes. Talking about how he was surprised to see a number of older people there (his age) and asking if they were all doing....Lipitor, and hanging out in the lobby trying to score some Lipitor. It was cute "I can give you 20 mg, but not 40 - I won't have enough to get me through the weekend"....

[lora]

And Huey did MY favorite song: If This Is It! Love that one.

I finally heard I Need A New Drug on the radio today. (I'm already loving the stations up here WAY better than the ones at home.) Not bad at all. I always figured from the title that it would be kind of dumb.

[Railyn]

Lora said:

And Huey did MY favorite song: If This Is It! Love that one.

I finally heard I Need A New Drug on the radio today. (I'm already loving the stations up here WAY better than the ones at home.) Not bad at all. I always figured from the title that it would be kind of dumb.

It's a misunderstood song. The drug he talks about simply doesn't exist, and that's the point. So it's pretty much an anti-drug song.

I've always liked it. It was a mega hit when I was in middle school. I'm surprised you've never heard it before.

[lora]

Railyn said:

It's a misunderstood song. The drug he talks about simply doesn't exist, and that's the point. So it's pretty much an anti-drug song.

I've always liked it. It was a mega hit when I was in middle school. I'm surprised you've never heard it before.

Not a lot of radio other than top 40 or country where I'm from! I miss out on a lot of really great music because of that.

I heard my favorite Paul Simon song on the radio earlier today though. The stations are so much better here close to campus! Anyway, it's Call Me Al. I love that video!