A crush that has lasted almost her entire life, Samantha is a self-described Huey Lewis and the News historian, passionate about spreading the FAQs about front man Huey's weird and wonderful life. Learn a little or a lot about Huey Lewis as your totally normal host explores his extensive Wikipedia page with a guest.
On this fifth episode, Samantha explores HLN’s FORE! with her guest, viral Commodore 64 hit maker, this podcast's theme song maker and musician Mitch. They discuss Mitch growing up in the 80s as a Huey fan, their fave FORE! bops, going viral, and the mythical Exodisco.
You can find Mitch on twitter @JMA48Mithc and this podcast @hueylewisfaq
Our revolving theme songs are by the same very awesome Mitch who recreated a bunch of HLN tracks on his Commodore 64 as a teenager in the 1980s! They can all be found here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLZcGk0AkxzZTfZA6Mi5ksIB234sLmsjlo (https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLZcGk0AkxzZTfZA6Mi5ksIB234sLmsjlo)
24 Apr 2020
Huey Lewis - Sports
On this very special fourth episode, Samantha explores HLN’s quintessential album Sports with her guest, the iconic Canadian music journalist, TV and radio host George Stroumboulopoulos. They discuss the eternal coolness of Huey, the power of radio, Ghostbusters, DJing, and grown ups writing great songs.
You can find George on twitter @strombo and this podcast @hueylewisfaq
Our revolving theme songs are by the awesome Mitch (twitter: @JMA48Mitch), who recreated a bunch of HLN tracks on his Commodore 64 as a teenager in the 1980s! They can all be found here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLZcGk0AkxzZTfZA6Mi5ksIB234sLmsjlo (https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLZcGk0AkxzZTfZA6Mi5ksIB234sLmsjlo)
10 Apr 2020
Huey Lewis - HLN and Picture This
Samantha and her guest, the fantastic funny dude and quiz master Luis Ramirez discuss HLN's first two albums, their music videos, working in radio, and a lyric they've both been getting wrong this whole time.
You can find Luis on twitter @luis_dot_com and this podcast @hueylewisfaq
Our revolving theme songs are by the awesome Mitch (twitter: @JMA48Mitch), who recreated a bunch of HLN tracks on his Commodore 64 as a teenager in the 1980s! They can all be found here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLZcGk0AkxzZTfZA6Mi5ksIB234sLmsjlo (https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLZcGk0AkxzZTfZA6Mi5ksIB234sLmsjlo)
27 Mar 2020
Huey Lewis - Early Music Career
Samantha and her guest, the wonderful Canadian in LA comedian and host of Bad Boy Pod Julia Davidovich discuss H-Dogs musical career before HL and the News. Recorded just as all the social distancing stuff started happening, they chat about disco, Ireland, and (spoiler) Huey's current life.
You can find Julia on twitter @juliadavidovich and this podcast @hueylewisfaq
Our revolving theme songs are by the awesome Mitch (twitter: @JMA48Mitch), who recreated a bunch of HLN tracks on his Commodore 64 as a teenager in the 1980s! They can all be found here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLZcGk0AkxzZTfZA6Mi5ksIB234sLmsjlo (https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLZcGk0AkxzZTfZA6Mi5ksIB234sLmsjlo)
13 Mar 2020
Huey Lewis: The Beginning
ON THIS VERY FIRST EPISODE! Samantha and her guest David Emery, who is also her husband, chat about the early days of Huey Lewis. In this episode we learn that Huey has some beatnik poet connections, is amazing at math, and had a lot of jobs before he was famous.
Our revolving theme songs are by the awesome Mitch (twitter: @JMA48Mitch), who recreated a bunch of HLN tracks on his Commodore 64 as a teenager in the 1980s! They can all be found here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLZcGk0AkxzZTfZA6Mi5ksIB234sLmsjlo (https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLZcGk0AkxzZTfZA6Mi5ksIB234sLmsjlo)
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