| Huey Lewis and the News were a bar band that made good. With their simple, straight-forward rock & roll, the San Francisco-based group became one of America's most popular pop-rock bands of the mid-'80s. Inspired equally by British pub-rock and '60s R&B and rock & roll, the News had a driving, party-hearty spirit that made songs like "Workin' for a Livin'," "I Want a New Drug," "The Heart of Rock & Roll," "Hip to Be Square" and "The Power of Love" yuppie anthems. At their core, the group were a working band, and they knew how to target their audience, writing odes to 9-to-5 jobs and sports. ... |
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