Huey Lewis's mid-'70s band Clover played on Elvis Costello's debut album ... and Huey was impressed by producer Nick Lowe's cavalier attitude.
When Clover broke up, Huey took a leaf out of Lowe's book and got together a few mates to play rock 'n' roll on Monday nights in a neighbourhood bar in San Francisco.
They were hot sessions. Pretty soon they had a manager. In '80 they got a record deal. Within a few years their powerhouse boogie was crashing the charts time after time.
Eventually they were playing mega-venues where the dressing rooms alone were bigger than the bar they started out in.
Now after a three year break, they're back with a new album Hard At Play. It's quintessential rough and tumble Huey Lewis And The News rock 'n' roll. Don't cha just love it!
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