Huey Lewis

Huey Lewis is an American singer and songwriter, frontman of Huey Lewis and the News, a rock band that achieved massive commercial success in the 1980s with hits like "The Heart of Rock & Roll," "I Want a New Drug," and "The Power of Love" from the *Back to the Future* soundtrack.

Their music is quintessential eighties pop-rock.

artist

singer

Vocal music performer

songwriterOne who composes music
vocalistOne who sings professionally
frontmanLead performer of group

performer · entertainer · harmonica player · bandleader · actor · San Francisco · hip replacement · hearing loss · blues · rock

eighties

Back to the Future

MTVYouth-oriented video network
yuppiesMaterialistic city professionals
power suitFormal clothing conveying authority

cassette tapes · Walkman · boombox · VHS · music video · Top 40 · Billboard · arena rock · soft rock · blue-eyed soul

band

Fore!

Golfer's danger call

Picture ThisInvitation to imagine
Small WorldInterconnected social networks
Plan BSecondary course of action

harmonica

blues harp

Ten-hole diatonic harmonica

diatonicSeven-tone scale-based
chromaticRelating to color
amplifiedIncreased in strength

bending · solo · jam · reed · mouthpiece · blow · draw · instrumental · acoustic · tremolo

Categories

Back to the FutureDeLorean, Doc Brown, Marty McFly, flux capacitor, time machine
Famous Lewises
Harmonica Players

Opposites

musical style and cultural positioning

Huey LewisMarilyn Manson

Black Flag · Dead Kennedys · Ozzy Osbourne · Sonic Youth · Alice Cooper

musical complexity and ambition

Huey LewisFrank Zappa

Brian Eno · experimental music · Talking Heads · Kate Bush · Peter Gabriel

Family

Huey, Lewis, hue, hues, hued

Familiarity: Top 500,000
Profile: Mostly American · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G