Huey Lewis | Mill House Podcast - Episode 82

Huey Anthony Cregg hit it big in the early 80’s with his band named "Huey Lewis and The News." Many of their songs went large on the Billboard hits, but you can’t get any bigger than the bands #1, Grammy winning song, "The Heart of Rock and Roll!” In 1984, his “Sports” album was a number one seller, a year when Bruce Springsteen, Michael Jackson and Prince were all over the airwaves and MTV was in its prime.
Huey is 72 now - He was traveling, singing, and performing 75 shows a year until 2018 when Meniere's Disease stole his hearing in a matter of seconds at an event in Dallas. It was lost for good. Gone was the music, but also too was the greatness of sound itself. Hearing loss became a war he’ll most likely wage for the rest of his life. Today's podcast is a human interest story that not only shares Huey’s life in music but the great evolution of music in America. How Jazz, the blues and rock evolved profoundly through legendary black singer-songwriters like Chuck Berry. But, more importantly, we understand how fishing has kept this music giant in the game of life now that he can no longer perform.
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[@ylwf5486]

I love them in the 80s, and now I've started listening to them again (2024). Really blows me away how much I missed them.

[@user-sl7fg7no9n]

A great interview, absolutely love Huey Lewis and the News, what a great guy ❤

[@SirFixAlot72]

Huey is on my Mt. Rushmore of all time greats in music.

[@jarrodgoldberg4904]

Great interview ! I could listen to this man all day . I grew up in the 80’s and Huey wrote the soundtrack to my adolescence. I idolized Huey Lewis and the News .Huey and the band should all have already been in the RnR HOF years ago and it has no legitimacy until they are inducted . I still listen to everything he’s ever written . Anytime I’m down his songs cheer me up . Huey is a real student of music history and an amazing guy . Nobody on the planet I’d want to meet more . He is absolutely the blackest white guy on the planet , I wish I could be as cool as him ❤

[@djdibibar516]

Love your music Huey! Thanks for the songs! And thanks for keeping TOP involved. They were my first concert with my dad who played trumpet…thanks!

[@terribock8925]

I love Huey so much, I wish I could have seen him/ them in person. I love his fishing stories as well. My Uncle had a televised fishing show for years called Jackson’s Lodge. What a wonderful person he is. I too have hearing issues and it sucks!!

[@Sean-nl4of]

HLATN have been the soundtrack of my life, I'm 50 years old now. Thank you for this amazing, in depth interview. You really asked some questions that i have never heard asked of Huey. Great interview.

[@jarrodgoldberg4904]

I said the same thing ! We are near the same age . Nice to know someone else feels the same as I do . Yes, it was a great interview, learned some things I never knew about Huey too

[@Albertstan]

Met Huey a couple of times when he was touring the UK with Clover supporting Thin Lizzy and Lynyrd Skynyrd. He took time out to sit and talk to me and recognised me a year on. He was a perfect gent then and still a perfect gent now. All the best with the hearing Huey.

[@20thcenturyboy85]

Thank you very much for this generous interview! LOVE the Music. So Inspiring!

[@leonardjanda6181]

Always loved and still love his music brings back my teenage years, he’s simply Great ❤

[@bradstaples1622]

Another special interview, thanks for making these podcasts!!

[@11bravo18]

👍Black Jitterbugs on moonless nights in canals and farm ponds on warm nights. Huey is a compendium of nonstop musical knowledge. Much respect.

[@walleyechannel]

Huey, I saw you in Knoxville in Stockley Athletic Center in 1987. Front row and in the competition of great concerts of the 80s and to this day. The best most memorable concertI have ever seen.

[@MC-vy4km]

This was such a great session. I think one of the top 10 Mill House Podcasts I've listened to. Huey Lewis is an inspiration for how he is dealing with his hearing loss and reminding us that there are always people less fortunate.

[@robertirving6326]

This is an excellent interview! It popped up in a suggested video for me, fantastic! Good dialogue and a great guest. Well done.

[@colindowd9756]

What a fantastic gentleman Huey is ❤ I've seen him twice in Ireland and have everything they've done ❤ Get well soon Huey

[@LMarkWeeks]

Had the pleasure of fishing with him in Louisiana last year. A real delight.

[@JenniferLynn-no8box]

👍🏻👍🏻

[@flyfishing4therestofus007]

Extremely interesting podcasts, tell Huey that Jermone was part of "Morris Day and the Time" ... keep up the great work !

[@kottan77]

Great Musican 🍀🙏

[@cheyennestanko4559]

I love Huey Lewis and the news music wish I got to see him live before he lost his hearing because idk anyone my age which I'm 36 now that loves his music and I been a fan for a long time❤️

[@SledDog1710]

That's the power of...fishing!

[@The_Preacher_LLC]

What a good dude. Love it.

[@donnaodonnell290]

Good to see an interesting interview.. He looks good. ❤

[@mikemckenna8530]

Fly Fishing and Huey Lewis and the News...both have been huge in my life...cool interview!

[@7Earthsky]

I love Huey Lewis.....His Maniers disease is simply just inner ear damage from all those years of playing live gigs without ear protection......Hearing problems are very common with musicians.

[@3leggedgenes]

Jerome must have meant Jerome Benton as "valet" for Morris Day with the Time.

[@pavelusa3423]

Power to gr8 man and his future ❤

[@ColeSlaw270]

Mill House takes their first L here and it is a big one. Of all the celebrity anglers, why have the one that works so hard to prevent others from fly fishing on the podcast.

[@jdavidcheveallier5109]

Huey- sure enjoyed your podcast. Your humor, openness and passion for fly fishing is inspiring. I’m actually a neighbor of yours in W Montana. I’m just down Willoughby from you. God bless you and I hope you find a cure for your hearing. I have always loved your music.

[@RussShirley1]

Well done guys. This podcast sure brings the light to the heart of fly fishing and to its life-altering and many times, life-saving importance and enlightenment. It truly would be a terrible loss to lose music, especially at his level with all that he's accomplished, really glad he's doing well.

[@paulhereley9749]

Adrian Smith from Iron Maiden is a big fisherman

[@Ghostshadows306]

He sounds like a real cool guy. I always thought he was and this definitely confirmed it.

[@Charlie-zb4yw]

Incredible

[@georgelabonteoutdoors]

This guy is a great entertainer and seems like a pretty regular guy. As far as everyone's personal beefs go concerning his trout water situation in Montana, I've learned later in my life that if you completely discard every person who has a differing viewpoint than your own, you'll have nobody left to talk to. We live in a world completely divided by politics, religion and personality and if you buy into the current narrative being fed to us by the media you'll walk around in a shitty mood for the rest of your life. When it comes to fishing, I leave all of this bullshit at the dock and just enjoy the common interest we all share and keep personal beliefs out of the equation. I'd take this guy fishing any day.

[@sansdefeat]

As someone just getting into Muskie habitat restoration, such as a sloughs that muskies use for spawning, I can appreciate Huey Lewis's stance a little better. Having worked in Yellowstone a couple years in the80s and done quite a few DIY float trips in Montana I can also appreciate Montana's access to the rivers and some of the challenges that landowners face with this access.

[@walleyechannel]

That connection is what I felt yesterday catching barracudas in front of boot key. I made it MillHouse.

[@sansdefeat]

Also, I love when you have folks who aren't guides.

[@wespeterson2020]

We should all float the Bitterroot river in front of his house. Showing Huey that money won't change the laws here in Montana for the public angling

[@the_forgotten_angler]

The Singing Cowboy also fishes, has for 60 years. Sounds like you let the big fish off the hook.....unfortunate.

[@sharonharrison3611]

I'll always love Huey Lewis. But I don't like it when someone takes God's name in vain. Not necessary for someone to make a point to take my Lords name in vain.

[@ricko9879]

Not everyone is deluded

[@mikerutter9060]

Disappointing on a number of levels.

[@adriandifazio3154]

why is that? not trying to attack you, just curious.

[@TylerCourtney]

@@adriandifazio3154 I haven’t listened yet but I suspect due to his stance on restricting public access to water in Montana

[@craigpablo3275]

Disappointing is an understatement.

[@gspdude7183]

Tyler is correct!

[@cockman6368]

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