More on ‘Naturally’ . . . 

Before we were writing songs for what became "Fore!" I had an 8-track recording rig at my home; that's what I cut “Birds & Bees” on (the inspiration for “Naturally”). In 2012, when I was recording my album "I Hear…

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"Local Legends" Interview

FRESH INTERVIEW! Johnny sits down with ‘Local Legends’ host (and good friend) Tony Wade. They discuss the new album, the project he is working on now, early bands, going on his first tour with Van Morrison, and, of course, his…

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Naturally

"With 'Naturally,' what were you looking to do differently from the a cappella version on Huey Lewis & The News' 'Fore' album?” 

Johnny: EVERYTHING!!! It wasn't so much what I wanted to do differently, but more about returning to my…

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Kind Words From Jamie Kent

"I always knew Johnny was a legend when it came to songwriting, playing and arranging; now I've got to add singing to the top of that list. Damn man, save some talent for the rest of us!" 

-- Jamie Kent…

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BBC Radio

Thank you to BBC Radio Cumbria for having me on to talk about the song "Working Over Christmas" by Wox...

Album Signing Event

Who says “YOU CAN NEVER GO HOME AGAIN”??? Johnny’s doing just that - along with CD signings and selfies - at his one-and-only hometown Suisun City, California, smack-dab between his childhood home and ‘Grandma’s House’!

Christie-Claire

"This version of 'Mama Said' on 'I Hear Other Voices' is also different because you threw in a flirting reference to your wife." 

Johnny: Singing this from a guy's perspective, it was only fitting I use a feminine name…

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A Different Sound And Texture

"Some of these songs on "Voices" were staples of the Huey Lewis & The News a cappella set. Did you approach these differently / write up the charts for these differently for "Voices" than you did for HLN?" 

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"Mama Said"

As I was making the first "Voices," "Mama Said" was just a dead fish. It just laid there . . . no spark, no fire. It just wasn't ringing like all the other tracks. But when I took the instrumentation…

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"Slow Twistin'"

Check out the new lyric video for "Slow Twistin'", the first single from the album "I Hear Other Voices!! (Hardly Strictly A Cappella)"! Buy the CD via the website! Download and streaming options available soon!

Power Of Love

The first “Power Of Love” song pitch to “Back To The Future” writer/director Robert Zemekis was a demo Huey and Chris Hayes worked up, now long lost. It didn’t get an outright ‘rejection’ - more along the lines of 'keep…

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