Huey Lewis and the News- The Boys Are Back In Town Japan '89

[pthornley1960]

huey rules ..... 

[mikeparshall]

it dont matter i think huey rocks i from the 80's

[DrWeirdPro]

As already answered by earlier posts, Phil Is Lynott, the late, great leader of This Lizzy. Huey went off and played harmonica with Thin Lizzy, while many of the rest of Clover went on to back up Elvis Costello on his immortal "My Aim Is True" debut album.

Some of Clover ended up in The News, and some became Doobie Brothers.

On the live Lizzy album, Phil announces the band and refers to Huey as "Bluesy Huey Lewis"

[MrBuc128]

Wow I totally forgot that they used to do a cover of this song.This is a really good cover. Screw those that say otherwise

[RoyKidman3]

The 2 boys who disliked this video got lost on their way back to town.

[WEINBAUER]

Wish they would put this on a compilation cd.

[roddanrocks]

Huey got lots of respect from this!!

[DrWeirdPro]

At the end of this song, Huey always looks to the sky and says (or mouths), "Thank You, Phil".

[jshawn777]

@DrWeirdPro excuse me but who is phil exactly? phil collins?

[daltz5]

Huey and Phil Lynott were great friends. Huey played on "Lizzys" Live and Dangerous album in 78. Nice tribute Huey. This is top drawer.

[TOMBANCROFT]

Not often that I hear cover versions that I enjoy as much as the original, but what a great job the guys made of this - superb!

[pannoni1]

It was sad to see the '80s end (and it seemed like in 1990, we'd hardly hear much about HL&TN in the spotlight).

[rosetokyo]

I'm Japanese,in Tokyo.

Can you hear my scream?!!!^O^

I was in the audience.

can't get this show out of my head.

excellent!!!

Thank you!!!

[bertfrantic]

Agree with all comments about HLN as a live act, I've been fortunate to have seen many of the big names live (McCartney, Clapton, Elton, Fleetwood Mac, Eagles, Dire Straits etc) and HLN are right up there with the best. Shame they don't seem to tour the UK anymore, I'd go and see them like a shot.

[tcs709]

Huey L. And the News ... It's always good to listen. As is well done. ;)

Tonton Doc, TCS-709 Station. France.

[TheHiroleo]

huey lewis manda

[gretsch58]

Never in a million years did i think this song could be butchered like this. lame!!

[kdrew]

This is a tribute as Huey played with Lizzy so you obviously don't have a clue.....

[LifesonFan4Life]

Bang on Kdrew ... you can hear Phil introducing Mr Lewis on Baby Drives Me Crazy off the Live and Dangerous album .. Clover was the opening act and Huey was in that band .. so your right he's paying homage to the great Thin Lizzy !!! .. glad someone else realizes that

[kdrew]

Thanks! You obviously have great taste in music. Any diehard HLN fan knows that they actually were a great rock band that had a much harder sound live.

I had the pleasure of seeing them as a $5 club band.....ahhh, those were the days! Happy holidays!

[LifesonFan4Life]

Thanks kdrew .. I saw HLATN's back in 87 on the FORE tour and it still ranks as one of the best concerts I've attended .. and that includes acts like Pink Floyd , Dire Straits, Rush , and many other big names .. they rocked our arena with 2 hrs and 45 mins of good time rock n roll !!! .. and Happy Holidays back at ya :)

[Mooseboy08]

@kdrew "Huey played with Lizzy"? Huh? Certainly you don't mean that Huey played IN Thin Lizzy. You must mean that Huey's band and Thin Lizzy played a concert, or maybe a tour.

But Huey Lewis did not ever play IN Thin Lizzy.

[kdrew]

@Mooseboy08 Huey played WITH Lizzy as seen on the credits of Live and Dangerous. Thanks for the note! Lizzy rocks

[Mooseboy08]

@kdrew I stand somewhat corrected. Here are the guest artists for L&D: John Earle - saxophone on "Dancing in the Moonlight" Huey Lewis - harmonica on "Baby Drives Me Crazy"

At the time of the recording, John "Irish" Earle was in Graham Parker & the Rumour, and Huey Lewis was in Clover. Both of these groups were support acts for the tours that made up this album. Earle, born in 1944, died on 7 May 2008 in his native Dublin.

So it turns out that we're both right. Thanks, kdrew!

[Mooseboy08]

@kdrew Also, another tiny bit of trivia- John McFee (now with Doobie Brothers) played in Clover with Huey. But you may have already known that. John is a monster musician, to be sure!

[denton908]

@Mooseboy08 Direct quote from Phil Lynott: "Right about this time... I'd like to introduce the band to you. On harmonica... HUEY LEWIS!" If that doesn't mean he played in Thin Lizzy then I don't know what does.

[sneakonproductionz]

woa

[daltz5]

Fantastic! Huey and the crew are total class.

[nogopromo]

Oh this is fantastic. Great song but a great cover.

[bertfrantic]

Fantastic. Saw HLN play this at the NEC in Birmingham on their Small World tour, which must have been 88 or 89. Superb musicians.

[soeffingwhat]

It was November 1988, I have a copy of the Dates from that Tour

[kel1822]

Man this is hot huey need to pit it on cd  man thin lizzy good but this is hot

[Crapgame123]

Wow! Didn't excpect that, this is really good :D Love Thin Lizzy to!

[buscasololoesencial]

Thank you so much for posting this! Never saw them on stage but it made me feel a little bit what it should be like. Priceless!!!

[raingodz]

AFAIK while the rest of Clover were hanging out with Elvis Costello Huey was hanging out with Thin Lizzie, and played on the Live and Dagerouse live album. I loved Huey Lewis and the news and still have all their albums!

[53herbie53]

great version love this band

[denton908]

Huey actually was friends with old Philly. I love Phil Lynott so much it's unbelievable.

[tivedenkung]

Haha, The News playing this cool 70s stuff, and it works!!! Cool, i will ever remember...

[gbilios]

Does anyone have the australian tour 1989

[kdrew]

Of course........

[bobomud]

Great Song. Thx for posting this!

[tdchagas]

He always mention Phil Lynott's name...thanks,Huey.

This is a great song,it doesn't matter who is playing,but this is a great version!

[GoofyBCN]

thanks a lot kdrew! please, share with us more of this great footage!!! :)

[awdre]

good this came up, the other version of this song was taken away..... but the other one was better thou! big credits to huey for his dedication to phil

[evo1137]

That is truly amazing. If you have more I'd love to see it!!!! By the way are you on the HLN forum?