Johnny Colla

"Why did you choose not to use members of ‘Huey Lewis and The News’ to make ‘Lucky Devil’?" 

I didn’t use the guys probably for the same reasons Huey didn’t use HLN during his hiatus in 1993-94. I wanted…

There are those folks for whom music is just a soothing background soundtrack to their lives, and there’s nothing wrong with that. They hear a song and it makes them feel a little happier while they’re cooking, cleaning, changing a…

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"Who are the players and singers on ‘Lucky Devil’?"  

John Mader - drums 

Glenn Letsch - bass 

Ric Wilson - guitar 

Garth Webber - guitar 

Gary…

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"Why did you choose to record 'Time Ain’t Money’ for the 'Lucky Devil' album?" 

I’m probably going to bruise a few egos, but in spite of John McFee’s burning, stunning…

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"How did the songs for ‘Lucky Devil’ come about?" 

You know, after a couple decades of songwriting in earnest, by the early nineties I had written and accumulated a lot…

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"What was going on back in 1993 with Huey Lewis & The News when you started work on 'Lucky Devil'?" 

Interesting question! After our ’Small World’ release (and thirteen years…

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"What inspired you to make your own record?" 

Well shoot . . . it’s no secret I’ve always been 'The Guy Who Wanted To Be A Singer In A Band’’…

Johnny: What more could a guy ask for? And thanks for all the birthday wishes.

While putting together my upcoming album “I Hear Other Voices!! (Hardly Strictly A Cappella),” I found an unfinished track . . . BONUS! Huey and The News fans might recognize my arrangement of The Shirelles' “Mama Said” because that’s…

I never really had a lot of vocal "character" until I got older and started beating my voice up a good deal. A lot of singers do that, start smoking and screaming a lot in the shower, all that…

For my solo projects, I could easily sing the lead vocal and all the backing vocals myself, but then it would just sound like 19 Johnny Collas… the sound becomes very homogenous. So the fun for me is to…

"For your solo projects, what do you look for in a backup singer?" 

Johnny: I consider the song. What's the genre? What’s the song’s attitude and the message in the lyrics? What’s the song itself ’telling me’…