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Huey Lewis & The News: Tour Dates & PBS Special

January 13th, 2011 | No Comments

HUEY LEWIS & THE NEWS CONFIRM 2011 US TOUR DATES;
INCLUDING FIRST NYC PERFORMANCE
IN 8 YEARS, FEB 9 AT GRAMERCY THEATRE


Huey Lewis & The News

Huey Lewis & The News will
kick off their 2011 US tour on Jan 21 at L’Auberge du Lac Casino in Lake Charles, LA. Dates extend through April
and include a Feb 9 performance at NYC’s Gramercy Theatre, their first show in Manhattan in eight years. PBS has
also tapped the legendary band for a Soulsville concert special to be filmed at The Bushnell in Hartford on
Feb 8. The performance will air on Connecticut Public Broadcasting later this year. See below for the initial dates,
with more to be announced soon.

Huey Lewis & The News 2011 Tour:

1/21 – Lake Charles, LA @ L’Auberge du Lac Casino

1/22 – Biloxi, MS @ Beau Rivage Casino

1/27 – Memphis, TN @ Minglewood Hall

1/28 – Choctaw, MS @ Golden Moon Casino

2/06 – Mashantucket, CT @ Foxwoods Resort Casino & MGM Grand At Foxwoods

2/08 – Hartford, CT @ The Bushnell (Soulsville PBS Taping)

2/09 – New York, NY @ The Gramercy Theatre

2/12 – Orlando, FL @ Concert Series at Sea World

3/10 – Scottsdale, AZ @ Talking Stick Casino Resort

3/12 – Las Vegas, NV @ Green Valley Casino Resort

3/13 – Cabazon, CA @ Morongo Casino Ballroom

3/18 – Hammond, IN @ The Venue At Horseshoe Casino

3/19 – Milwaukee, WI @ Bradley Center

4/06 – Newport News, VA @ Ferguson Center For The Arts

4/07 – Charleston, WV @ Clay Center For The Arts & Sciences

4/16 – Portsmouth, OH @ Vern Riffe Center For The Arts

6/10 – Chattanooga, TN @ Riverbend Festival

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“Back To The Future” 25th Anniversary Reunion ["TODAY Show" VIDEO]

October 26th, 2010 | No Comments

Fun Fact: Twenty-five years ago on Oct. 25, Marty McFly went Back to the Future. Great Scott! It’s been a quarter century since Marty McFly traveled back in time in a flying DeLorean In a TODAY Show reunion special, see what B2TF stars Michael J. Fox, Christopher Lloyd, Lea Thompson, and Mary Steenburgen — joined [...]

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JamBase Questionnaire: Ryan Montbleau Band

September 24th, 2010 | No Comments

Welcome back to JamBase’s baker’s dozen to the bright lights of the music world. Last time we heard from Spiritual Rez.

Being effortlessly charming and pumping out highly infectious music with a quickness seems to come easy to the Ryan Montbleau Band. For this bunch “pop” isn’t an ugly word. Montbleau’s tunes possess the sort of wide reach that lodges records in car stereos, video countdowns and beloved dorm room stashes. But for all the readily likeable traits, Montbleau’s music possesses an undisguised lustiness and clever streak that recall early Randy Newman, which hints that we’re only in the early stages of what he and his band will become.

Press play on Heavy On The Vine (released September 21) and the hooks just keep on coming, and in a wide variety of styles – pure radio fare, blue-eyed reggae, crooner territory and folksy shuffles – each delivered credibly. The whole band plays with lovely texture and the songs are ripe for live expansion, something the many miles already behind RMB have well prepared them to do. Martin Sexton‘s production accents a warm, group sound but still makes sure to let Montbleau’s crush-ready pipes stand out on every track. His voice marries Jack Johnson’s slacker drawl to Stevie Wonder’s brightness and dexterous way with a melody, and the whole album seems just one good soundtrack placement away from blowing up. Big.

In the meantime, Montbleau and his merry band will keep working clubs and theatres nationwide, as well as backing up Sexton from time to time. This weekend they’ll be in Albany, NY (9/24), Rochester, NY (9/25) and Ithaca, NY (9/26). For full tour schedule pop over here. (Dennis Cook)

Here’s what Ryan had to say to our inquiries.

Ryan Montbleau Band

1. Great music rarely happens withoutÂ…
Listening. Actually, it never happens without listening.

2. The first album I bought wasÂ…
Huey Lewis and the News’ Sports.

3. The last song or album to really flip my wig wasÂ…
“Sissyfuss” by Surprise Me Mr. Davis

4. When I was a kid I wanted to grow up to beÂ…
A pro baseball player

5. My favorite sort of gig isÂ…
A quiet, listening environment, although I enjoy the others, too.

6. One thing I wish people knew about me isÂ…
I just want to get better.

7. I love the sound ofÂ…
The word “book”

8. One day I hope to make an album as fantastic asÂ…
The Beatles’ White Album

9. The best meal I ever had on tour was atÂ…
Tim Hardiman’s catering for us in Utica, NY

10. I always find the coolest audiences inÂ…
The smallest towns, but any show can be great; you just never know.

11. The worst habit I’ve picked up being on the road all the time isÂ…
Drinking more and sleeping later

12. The Beatles or the Stones? Por que?
The Beatles. I just don’t think the Stones can even touch the amount of great songs that The Beatles wrote.

13. The craziest thing I ever saw wasÂ…
I don’t knowÂ…Davy Jones from The Monkees at one of our gigs in Knoxville, TN? That’s a tough one.

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Labor Day Videos

September 6th, 2010 | No Comments

WORKERS OF THE WORLD UNITE AND HAVE A COLD ONE WITH PALS!

We have President Grover Cleveland to thank for making today a national holiday in the United States. The catalyst, as with many positive changes in U.S. history, involved bloodshed – the deaths of workers during the infamous Pullman Strike – but few things worth having happen without some loss. Now, Labor Day marks the beginning of football season and a long weekend for (some) laborers nationwide. Without getting all heavy on you, we thought we’d offer some tunes about work and a tiny encouragement to pause and reflect on those still struggling to get a day of rest and fair treatment in their labors. (Dennis Cook)

Here’s the man who wrote the tune Tennessee Ernie Ford made so famous to get us started.

We time travel back to 1982 for Huey Lewis and the News backed by the Tower of Power horns.

Fans of the Drew Carey Show will know this one. Such a nifty sway!

Perhaps forgotten by anyone outside of the U.K. and hardcore 80s music nuts, this is a quality rocker for the blue collar set from a band that never quite got their critical due.

Johnny Paycheck may have gotten the big hit but this is the man who penned this classic.

Beatles’ covers don’t come any sillier than this.

No way we could skip BTO in our little Labor Day song cycle.

Workers around the world have been singing “The Internationale” since it was composed in the late 1800s. It is sung in many languages but means the same thing the world over – a cry for justice and equality and fairness. There are many, many variations on the basic tune & lyric, and here’s a couple fine takes.


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Huey Lewis and the News: Soulsville

September 2nd, 2010 | No Comments

FIRST ALBUM IN NINE YEARS


Soulsville

Soulsville is the first new album in nine years from Huey Lewis and the News. The new
album was recorded in the city’s historic Ardent Studios. Recorded with their long time horn section in Memphis,
Soulsville features 14 classic songs from the vault of Stax Records, including “Respect Yourself” and “Got To
Get You Off My Mind.”

For the album cover, Memphis folk artist Lamar Sorrento has created a striking, affectionate caricature of
a Memphis street corner. Complete with musicians, rib joints, and, of course, WDIA, the country’s first black radio
station, Sorrento captures the sprit and energy of Memphis just as vibrantly as Lewis and the News do on their new
album.

Soulsville is out November 2.

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15 Movies that Killed People

August 18th, 2010 | No Comments

According to overbearing parents and politicians who are so hopelessly out of touch, violent and sex-filled movies will turn you into a homicidal anarchist, or god will strike you dead from sheer blasphemy. We all know they’re crazy, reactionary and no one has ever died or killed someone because of a movie. Uh…except when they kind of did.

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Norton Buffalo Tribute To Feature Steve Miller, Doobie Bros, Raitt

November 11th, 2009 | No Comments

A CELEBRATION OF A LIFE: TRIBUTE TO NORTON BUFFALO

LIVE AT THE FOX THEATER OAKLAND, SATURDAY, JANUARY 23, 2010 AT 7:00PM
Featuring Steve Miller Band and The Doobie Brothers, with very special friends

Bonnie Raitt, Huey Lewis, George Thorogood, Elvin Bishop, Roy Rogers, Charlie Musselwhite, and The Knockouts

Steve Miller

Musicians and friends are coming together on Saturday, January 23, 2010 at The Fox Theater Oakland to honor and celebrate the life of Norton Buffalo. Norton Buffalo appeared on more than 180 albums, performing with numerous artists over the course of his storied career, and spent 33 years as a member of the Steve Miller Band.

On January 23 at The Fox there will be a benefit concert with many of Norton Buffalo’s friends, including The Steve Miller Band, The Doobie Brothers, Bonnie Raitt, Huey Lewis, George Thorogood, Elvin Bishop, Roy Rogers, Charlie Musselwhite, and The Knockouts.

100% of net proceeds from this concert benefit the Buffalo family. Tickets are a non-deductible contribution.

Special presale tickets are available online from Wednesday, November 11 at 10:00 a.m. through Saturday, November 14 at 10:00 p.m. here and here.

Public on sale begins Sunday, November 15 at 10:00 a.m., and tickets are available here and here.

On September 2, 2009 Buffalo was diagnosed with stage 4 lung cancer which had spread to his brain. Norton retired to his home in Paradise, California where he sought treatment at Feather River Hospital. He died on October 30, 2009, aged 58.


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