Huey Lewis & the News - The FORE! Tour (1986)

December 1986 Oakland, CA
Setlist:
Jacobs Ladder
I Never Walk Alone
Bad is Bad
Power of Love
Simple as That
Hip to be Square
Stuck with You
I Know What I Like
Back in Time

[@Cicilo1983]

"Simple As That"... Most overlooked song in their entire repertoire. WIsh the entire performance was there.

[@Raytona500]

I'm with you 1000%! Yes! It's as SIMPLE AS THAT!!

[@StereoMike06]

Who can not like Huey Lewis? This was true 80's main stream rock. Liked from kids to adults, business men to construction workers. What music now of day actually is loved by all? 80's were the last decade of universal enjoyable music.

[@alexsdb9712]

Yes, real mainstream rock and real pop music. That's how far the mainstream today has fallen.

[@alan30189]

I would tend to agree. Huey Lewis was probably the top act of the 80’s. If not, then definitely in the top three. I like darn near every one of his songs. One nice thing about his music is, you can actually understand the lyrics. You don’t have to look them up. It’s just so sad that he can’t perform anymore. I saw him interviewed since he stopped performing. He’s a very nice guy.

[@bethlawson8355]

It really was :(

[@qtheband751]

Yep. A happier time.

[@Mortthemoose]

Universal enjoyable music!! You're right there! A real mix of genres

[@mlehman]

These dudes were on top of the world

[@neilouellette3004]

Back in 1987 I had front row for Huey Lewis and the News @Worcester Centrum, Ma. and sat next to Larry Bird & M.L. Carr. Larry was upset a bit when Huey acknowledged to the crowd that Larry Bird was in the house and pointed him out. Bird just wanted to be left alone.

[@anneendres546]

Chris Hayes is so amazing!!!!!!!

[@chadchesney3858]

This was their ultimate zenith. Doesn’t get any better than this. What a show. Just GREAT!!

[@matrix26uk]

Probably the tightest live act I've ever seen

[@carlosconesa]

Did you see them back in the 80's?

[@matrix26uk]

@@carlosconesa Yeah

[@carlosconesa]

@@matrix26uk I'M JEALOUS.

[@coolcat6303]

Agreed. They sound just as good live as they do on the records.

[@Clasteau]

The more I look at details, the more I thought about how different they are in performing styles, but it works as they fill their spots. Huey is a perfect front man. Johnny is the quintessential band leader. Bill sit s in that pockets and finds his fills, doesn't overdo it, but you WILL feel him when he has his moments, especially kicking off the ToP horns. Chris doesn't so much play solos as he fights the guitar for dominance, wrestling each chord like needing a blessing from God. He wrings each passage out as if he requires it. Sean sits at the middle of it all like a great chain linking them. Then you have Mario, who just sits back, breathes out a bit of smoke and goes "Cooooooooool."

[@metroconcerts6238]

This is how bands should look like. No hard drugs, just good guys. Touring isn’t easy and sometimes it feels like drugs and alcohol are the only thing that’ll help you get through it. So props to them for staying sober

[@kimmygiggler7820]

Not for nothing, but our man Mario lights a cigarette as soon as it's time to get on stage.

[@alexsdb9712]

Exactly. It's all about the music, and in their case, straight-up heart and soul modern rock 'n' roll. And even though they're having tonnes of fun and enjoy you can see that professionalism is a huge factor and approach as well.

[@sadboi7537]

@@kimmygiggler7820 Playing a headless bass like a boss✅ Stands motionless like a statue the entire show✅ Hair greased back like it’s 1955✅ Wearing sunglasses inside✅ I’d say he earned the right to burn a few cigs like a gangster.

[@BrianKitching-wv5nh]

I agree.

[@bluehornet6752]

Brings back memories... In about 1982 or so, right after Picture This came out (I think), my friend's band had a "big gig" opening up for this "band from California" about 50 miles from our home town. We were both drummers, and his band was a rock & roll band with a big PA and lots of gear--and I would help them out when they had a big gig and I wasn't playing. He also used this ginormous drum kit and needed help. So he conned me into schlepping gear that day, as I didn't have a gig. Even though I wasn't a guitar player, the lead guitar player also taught me how to use his electronic tuner so that I could tune his guitars during their show(s). So we go to this venue in this city of like 25,000 people, and it was basically just a glorified bar, with a capacity of like 300 people *maybe*, but even at the that the place was jam-packed. So there was hardly room for the opening act to see the show--so we hung out just out back, like 20 feet from the stage. Since it was summer, everybody was hanging out back there. Well, the band turned out to be Huey Lewis & the News, and we got to talk to them a LOT that afternoon/evening. These guys had only gotten a little airplay by then, and _Do You Believe In Love_ was just hitting the air. I remember talking to Huey Lewis quite a bit that day, but my friend and I (being drummers) really just wanted to talk gear with Bill Gibson, who was playing Sonor drums at the time. Those drums sounded AMAZING, and cost so much that no one around our area could afford them...so we'd never even seen them in person. BG absolutely blew our doors off, to the point that both my friend and I wanted to play 6-piece kits, using traditional grip. I remember he used Sennheiser 421's on the toms, two SM57s on the snare (top & bottom), and a PL20 on the kick--they were to absolutely die for. So a day that started with my friend twisting my arm to schlep gear to open for yet another "next big thing" band (we'd done this before) ended up with us hanging out with Huey Lewis & the News. I remember that HL was a genuinely nice guy, and was really very modest--just another musician to shoot the shit with. They heard my friend's band at soundcheck and were very interested in them as players. Just a great time overall. And these guys could all play their asses off--absolutely not one weak player in the band.

[@BillDavidsonTPS]

Tom B fantastic story, that must have been such a fun experience. Thank you for sharing.

[@christopherpiccirillo8020]

I know it's almost a year later but this is an awesome story and comment! As a drummer myself I totally get geeking out over gear and shooting the breeze with other musos. :)

[@julienverveer748]

Thanks for sharing your amazing story. I'm a young musician and get a lot of inspiration from bands like HL&TN, hearing your story gives me motivation to keep going!

[@BrianKitching-wv5nh]

Thanks for your awesome story,sounds amazing.

[@scubaguy007]

I went to the concert in Atlanta that year. My good friend Stacy Smith took me. I was recovering from a life changing accident where I survived a near fatal car accident. We sat in the wheelchair section. The guys sitting next to me was a quad dude I’d never met before, he asked me to help him light his cigarette, turns out it was no ordinary cigarette. And the usher never asked him to put it out. It was a crazy night, that all I can say. Life is good! Ask any dead man. 😉🖖🏼🤙🏼

[@mr.b7586]

That must have been one mean cat.

[@scubaguy007]

@@mr.b7586 flipped me 4 times and ejected me 40 feet from the vehicle. Compound fractured my left humorous, fractured my left tibia and fibula, fractured my sternum, collapsed my lung, fractured my L1 vertebrae with a spinal cord injury leaving me paralyzed for life. Yes that was one motherfucking mean ass cat! 😉

[@iansnyder274]

Chris Hayes is a very underrated guitarist...he really knows his way around the guitar...

[@finarollerz]

You don't hear his name much, got buried under Neal S. He was one of my fave sounds of 80's and I'm not really into pop.

[@coolcat6303]

He kinda looks & plays like a real life Marty McFly too. Haha.

[@defiverr4697]

Met him at length at LA Fairgrounds concert. Super nice guy.

[@AllThingsHalloweenChannel]

He always reminded me of Jimmy Vaughns style of guitar

[@nmarks]

Whenever I see Michael J. Fox play the guitar was the 'Enchantment Under The Sea' dance in Back To The Future, it reminds me of Chris Hayes.

[@Frantic43]

Who agrees this was when music was really music, not this crap we have today, seen them in concert 3 times and they were awesome

[@seanswinton6242]

Totally agree! I also only saw them 3 times. I wish it was more. The Picture This, Sorts, and Fore! Tours. I met them on the Fore! Tour when they played my university's coliseum. Great guys. I missed that time in music dearly. Great bands and affordable ticket prices!

[@letsmakemoney8027]

Today's music is worse than crap. No Talent at all

[@ryansmurda1552]

One of the coolest 80s bands. Maybe the coolest 😎.

[@ZoeSummers1701A]

This concert and watching Chris Hayes inspired me to learn guitar. Love these guys.

[@seanswinton6242]

Chris Hayes is a phenomenal and very underrated guitarist and composer. He was on fire at that time with his work. I missed seeing him later tours of Huey Lewis and the News.

[@BigHeinen]

Tower of Power is AWESOME!

[@garyolshan4177]

Huey and the News music sounds as good in 2023 as it did nearly 40 years ago. What do they say, a good song is a good song.

[@REACHMUSIC1]

SOLID! The Whole Band! Those vocals are SOLID!

[@jamomo1371]

Every one of these cats paid serious dues. That's how you get up on a stage like that and just f'n nail it.

[@c_farther5208]

He always either turns his back and stays in the background so the other guys get their limelight. What a great guy. What a talent. He knows his music, every beat, every note. What a talent.

[@imandan1966]

I was in the pit and when they kicked into Power of Love all hell broke loose!! I still have scars...

[@ghostrider2664]

I remember watching this concert at school in 5th grade.....for some reason they had us watch it......thankful for that......they sounded amazing here

[@dobb673]

Johnny Colla is absolutely smokin vocals/sax/guitar/you-name-it. Talk about the cool cat.

[@coolcat6303]

Yeah great all around musician. I always thought he kinda looked like Dana Carvey, the comedian, who is also from San Francisco.

[@drumstud4u]

yeah, Johnny was a big part of their overall sound. No matter who else was in the mix, he and Huey were always a perfect harmony. When you have a foundation that strong, everything else is icing on the cake...

[@robertoetojo5861]

THE TOWER OF POWER HORN SECTION .. BEST CONCERT EVER..

[@sadboi7537]

This crushes so hard. Truly a mesmerizing time in music history. Wish we could go back where music was honest, pure and kicked genuine ass.

[@DT-5150]

Huey had such a unique voice. I love the punch he had when he accentuated lyrics. Record companies said he couldn’t sing and passed on signing these guys when they first started. Must suck to have been that epically wrong and missed signing one of the biggest bands of the 80’s.

[@colinm3130]

In fairness everyone gets turned down by record labels. Most artists don't succeed so the label has a better chance not signing someone than signing them. I have worked with a lot of big artists and never met one that didn't get turned down by many labels. Heck Damn Yankees had an all star line up. They could not get any labels to sign them for a long time.

[@jameswilliams-zr8co]

..so awesome the 49ers and joe montana came out on "hip to be square ! "

[@monty4336]

The Beatles got rejected from almost every label in London and George Martin said had he knew about it he would've passed on them based on that alone. Makes you wonder how any groups ever get pass the starting line with that much working against them.

[@therhino1207]

Cannot deny. Huey one of the best singers of all time.

[@EatPezzzz]

My first concert!!! My parents let me skip school the next day because it was a 2 hour drive. I remember telling one of my teachers and she said, "Wow, your parents must be real swingers." (lingo you don't hear anymore. ha.) I've still got the ticket stub. $16.00.

[@hollinsd]

Best band of the 80s. Sports and Fore were awesome.

[@DT-5150]

$16 doesn’t buy you a beer and a hot dog at an arena show now… let alone get you a seat. My how times have changed.

[@BrianKitching-wv5nh]

​@@DT-5150True.How much would that cost now?

[@BrianKitching-wv5nh]

​@DT-5150 how much would a beer and a hot dog at an arena concert cost now if it was $16 in 1986/7?just curious.

[@saltywinchester1600]

I think Marty McFly wanted to be Chris Hayes. :)

[@elecshoryukenii3207]

Jacobs Ladder - 1:32 I Never Walk Alone - 5:52 Bad is Bad - 10:52 Power of Love - 15:30 Simple as That - 20:22 Hip to be Square -25:38 Stuck with You - 30:11 I Know What I Like - 35:01 Back in Time - 39:50

[@caramelhoney29]

Thanks

[@claertonarcoverde7053]

Elec! Thanks your job.👍

[@georgehenderson7783]

Thanks for the time stamps!

[@seanswinton6242]

Great job! One of my favorite tours ever! I have another filmed concert of this tour. I think the date is 1986. The one I have on VHS doesn't feature the 49ers. The song selection is slightly different. It has an extended version of I Want A New Drug featuring Stephen Doc Kupka of T.O.P. having fun playing off of the crowd. I wish I could buy it as I did before. It like many concert and music documentaries on VHS tapes, were never reissued on DVD or Blu-ray. It also can't be transferred to DVD either which stinks.

[@g.marksman1769]

Thanks

[@francisroot6619]

Great live performance. Huey's vocals are fantastic

[@beng4151]

That is a HUGE stadium.

[@paredez8562]

man they sounded great live ..awesome..

[@michaeltaylors2456]

paredez8562 .. that’s what I’ve heard, sad I missed these guys . Great video at least

[@BF-fe6gc]

I remember Huey Lewis And The News at Frankfurt/Main, Germany on 12 November 1986. It was one of my first concerts and it was just amazing without any Bling-Bling around , real handmade Music!!! Still today l love this brillant band. Chapeau!💐🇦🇹

[@maridepp53]

Always loved Huey Lewis. So sad what he’s going through currently. Prayers to you Huey!

[@alexsdb9712]

God bless Mr. Huey Lewis!

[@BuscaLoEsencial]

What is he going through? 🥺

[@maridepp53]

@@BuscaLoEsencial: Taken from an article: The singer suffers from Ménière's disease, an inner-ear disorder, and can no longer hear music frequencies or hold vocal pitches. Sometimes his hearing abruptly disappears, as it did just before he went onstage in Dallas on Jan. 27, 2018, forcing him to cancel the show and the rest of the tour. They'd finished the album before this turning point; he'd previously been able to hear fairly well with his left ear. Since then his hearing loss has been much worse, often fluctuating unpredictably.

[@BuscaLoEsencial]

@@maridepp53 I'm so sorry! I hope he gets better 🙏🏼

[@jimcolburn6401]

I was at this show and actually saw myself twice in the crowd. Eight of us went, nearly 28 years ago, and I remember it like it was yesterday. Great show! Thanks for sharing!

[@pattiosmith8963]

Jim Colburn was this New Years EVE??? 6 of us went to see him and the 49ers came out , and this looks like the concert . It was an awesome concert! I use to see him when he was in a band called CLOVER . They played all over the Bay Area.They were great and u could tell they were going somewhere and they did!

[@user-ed4fv9nd3b]

Jim Colburn I was at the show in Oakland on Sunday December 28, 1986 when they were doing live filming. I still have the program and the ticket stubs. It was only $17.50 for a seat in section 3. I'm not sure if it was the same concert in this video or on a different day.

[@natecallens]

How awesome to be able to watch the concert you were at 28 YEARS LATER!! Jealous!

[@chslaw]

I saw them at the San Diego Sports Arena on the same tour. The opened the show the same way and I swear he wore the same clothes for that show.

[@kenyoung6245]

@@pattiosmith8963 I thought I saw Joe Montana.....And Dwight Clark.

[@mrthunder8190]

The high point of my musical career was being in the band that opened for Huey Lewis and the News in Seattle, at The Showbox Theater, 1980. Their first album had just come out, they were still up and comers. We could tell they were on a trajectory, without having any idea how huge they would become. They were all super nice - especially Huey, and supportive of our efforts. It was a revelation to play with musicians of their caliber. We were tight, but it was humbling to share a show with them, even at that stage of their career. Saw them play again sometime in the mid-80's and thought: "Geez, I knew them when..."

[@smonkey957]

Bill holds this whole shit together like nobody

[@bloozedaddy]

he's a badass drummer.

[@TastyAF347]

Yeah. He is so underrated.

[@jamesburbidge7056]

I was at this gig..on holiday from Ireland!

[@victaylor1]

I think Hueys voice is really underappreciated. Sad to hear of his troubles but a brilliant front man.

[@7Earthsky]

I wasn't there but at age 16 Huey Lewis and the News were the first band i ever saw...It was at Wembley arena and despite seeing other top bands and names since,; including Prince, twice, I think i'll always remember his band the most fondly

[@b9bot148]

Saw this show in Oakland I believe in December. Just awesome!

[@kevinkreager6849]

Saw these guys at the Greek Theatre on the UC Berkeley campus June 1984...a great venue, a great show! Man, it sucks getting old.

[@wyzrd777]

They had the best tight live shows back in the day.

[@perfectlightphotography3429]

Was at this very show for my 21st birthday. Awesome performance! Bonnie Raitt opened for him that night!

[@rc121crx]

I will always remember hearing Power of Love on 8 track back when I was a kiddo . Now I can just drown myself in nostalgia.

[@caringguy32]

Back to the future, it brings back memories, great music and memories, Power of love

[@chickenhappy3607]

Luckily I'm old enough to remember them..True Legends

[@cns7139]

Love the fact that this core group stays together over the decades! So much talent! 💙🎵

[@LarryLeeMoniz]

I was at this very concert! After "Back In Time", there was a break. Just before midnight, the band came back out Huey counted down the clock to the new year (1987)! A bunch of balloons dropped on the audience, and they played an entire new set with all of they're best songs! It really was remarkable. The band at its best!

[@thomaslytle5519]

Mustve been awesome! I was wondering why their best songs weren't in this clip!

[@TastyAF347]

I didn't care much for them in the 80's, but these days I realize how great they were. I wish I could go 'Back in Time" to see this show. :)

[@coolcat6303]

I'm jealous. I bet you guys went absolutely nuts when the 49'ers came out to sing. Haha!

[@pattiosmith8963]

I was there too! It was the best concert I had been to in a long while, and New Years Eve! Wasn't this the concert that Los Lobos opened up for Huey, and they got booed off the stage? Pretty sure, Not positive. Los Lobos was new at the time, and really just wasn't the band to be opening for Huey who was #1 at the time.. Could you verify??

[@jonolson9532]

@@coolcat6303 I was there as well. When the 49ers came out the crowd went insane. I've been to hundreds of concerts over the years representing a variety of artists/genres, and I've never seen an audience pop like that. It was so amazing and having the 49ers there during their amazing 80s run made it a once-in-a-lifetime event

[@michaelcovel3793]

Damn, I gotta plug my phone into one of those Doc Brown amplifiers to hear this, tho!

[@Cerph]

It was a blessing to live in the Bay Area back then. I actually had the experience of seeing Huey run past me, while hiking on Mt. Tam, in Mill Valley. And to see Joe Montana and the 49's, joining in on the fun- it doesn't get better than that.

[@coolcat6303]

That’s pretty cool. My Aunt, who lives in Montana, told me that she sometimes sees Huey at her local golf course cuz he has a summer home there.

[@lauralove9090]

Actually, when Tower of Power toured with them, it was fantastic! Love the News. Love Huey. #houston

[@carlsmukall9636]

Huey Lewis & The News with the San Francisco 49ers on backing vocals - what a moment in time!!

[@MrRonskiman]

The drums have such a great tone in this show. Loads o' fun!

[@jjlwis]

The 80's rock drum sound! Classic tuning!

[@WilliamNeish]

Get Huey Lewis and the News in the rock n roll HOF immediately!

[@Rikrik1138]

That bass player is in the pocket this entire set. The whole band is tight!

[@colindowd9756]

Each a world class musician in that band!

[@troyhonda71]

Mid to late 80s summers didn't seem complete without Huey Lewis and the News playing on the radio

[@smashogre4766]

Gotta admit, I didn't know this concert film even existed! I caught this show in '87 in Tallahassee FL (anyone else?) while a freshman in college. Robert Cray was the support band (also damned good!) To this day, this show remains one of the top three best concerts I've seen. At the time, I was blown away by how GOOD they sounded... and now I see that I was right! Ah, memories, they come a-floodin' back! Wow.

[@7789rc]

I saw them in ft myers in 87. But I can’t find that tour date anywhere been looking for it

[@7789rc]

Robert cray band opened for them

[@7789rc]

Or was 86. Might of been as Robert cray opened etc. I was in tally in 94 going to fsu then

[@clarkehylton]

Robert Cray was a good pick for an opener. I think Chris Hayes' brother was Robert Cray's drummer. When I saw the band about two weeks before this video in Oakland, they were in Portland--first show back in the U.S. after their European tour. Bruce Hornsby and the Range was the opening act.

[@The68lespaul]

I Know Exactly What you Mean !! Growing up Poor as Dirt, I taught myself How to play the Guitar to escape my misery, I was a 4 year old lil Brat, in 1990 Heard Huey Lewis in a friend of mines basement, he had a tape of the FORE Album, ill never forget it, i got my 1st real an Ibanez LesPaul , lawsuit copy, I Taught myself a few of the songs I liked the most off this record, by the age of 12 , I got Mad inspiration from the FORE Tape !! it Kept me going, W.H.W. 4-14-23

[@freez092also]

Fuck these guys were good.. I always loved listening to ALL their albums on cassette when I was young and grew up in a small town so I never did get to see much of the live footage until KZbin came out. I get a rush just watching this from beginning to end and can't imagine how much better it would have been to be there!! Rock on HLN!!!

[@thedys70]

Totally Brad, I bought their first five albums on cassette during the 80s, and just played the living shit out of them. Still have them archived - why would you throw them out?

[@TysonSeal]

One of the best voices in the music industry!

[@catsinflames4598]

God this is so good, I feel like I'm there. I feel the energy. I feel alive.

[@jaybee9269]

This is like the best bar band in the history of ever!

[@thunderstick5775]

I was there and remember that their opening number was Heart of Rock & Roll. The band came out and started vamping, then Huey appeared in a Cable Car that was lowered to the stage level and he then jumped off and joined in.

[@bigmaxy07]

Solid, solid band these guys were. Total professionals all of them and the sound they got is evidence of this. High School was soundtracked by these guys for me.

[@seanswinton6242]

bigmaxy07 Ssme here. High School and college. From Picture This to Perfect World and everything in between!

[@bobf.5538]

45 minute concert ? Why s short? What was edited out .?

[@smithjones569]

Back up singers .The SF. 49's wow

[@dustyjoe71]

What a show and what a band. I dare say that Huey Lewis & the News very ably occupied the empty space left by the Eagles when they went on their 80s hiatus.

[@hueyfann1]

FORE was the best concert i have ever seen

[@arrowguy173]

REAL talent. Glad I grew up with this band. ❤

[@ticianocostajordao8409]

Chris Hayes really rocks in the guitar solo in Jacob's Ladder!!! Such great performance of this great band in this video.

[@bluevictory1010]

Flawless live!! Bands back then had real talent as they were real musicians and singers. Glad I grew up in the 70's and 80's to witness it!

[@rockahbilly76]

The tightest band ever! Huey was perfect for this outstanding combo.

[@drewsfoodreviews]

I was at this new years eve concert in oakland arena in 1986 watched them ring in the new year fireworks baloons at midnight and thd 49ers singing hip to be square one of the best concerts i ever attended . I remember it like it was yesterday

[@nickyfarrell3024]

One of the best concerts that I’ve seen on KZbin.

[@L.A.Tex_Norway]

What an incredible band 💖

[@waynep1178]

1986, I was 17 yrs old. What a time! And while I was into the metal age, I found that over the years the music came and gone. And no matter how much you thought you loved it at the time. Over the years it just didn't seem to matter any more. Then there's these guys, HL&N. Music that stands the test of time. 32 yrs later...and they still sound great. To me, this is what it's all about.

[@jaybee9269]

Definitely. You ought to check out Rival Sons...I can’t believe they aren’t famous.

[@tracimecca8695]

I love theses guys in concert from the Sport Tour in 85 to the Four Tour in 86 this was true music Huey Lewis and the News were always great straight Rock and Roll no Gimicks and always from the Heart love you Huey and the News Thank You making the 80,s so fun listen to and still listening in 2021 and much much then Today,s music

[@charlesc7950]

Saw them on the small world tour. I was stunned at how good they were. Great live act.

[@Mortthemoose]

Wow! I'm so jealous!! I'm 58, and I never got to see them! Still my favourite band!

[@bigred3096]

Huey and the News were one of the all time underrated greatest performance live bands, ever. It’s a shame they weren’t fully recognized for the incredible band they truly were.

[@gregorylpetrie]

These guys were so tight when they were in the top of their game. Chris,Some of the sweetest and tastiest runs I’ve ever heard on the guitar.

[@erictoniaschwab1009]

I don’t know how the heck I missed this concert. I lived in the Bay Area at the time. I got to see them New Years Eve 1988 in Sacramento though. Such a great band.

[@coolcat6303]

Well at least you got to see them during their Small World tour (I would've killed to see that). I didn't get to see them live until many yrs later. They were still good but only doing their biggest hits & 60's covers at that point.

[@chrisgreulich]

Best band of the 1980's. Top 3 all time, in my opinion. Stuck with you is my favorite sing he sang and my favorite video he did.

[@wscottparks]

Huey Lewis & the News was my first concert, in fact The FOE! concert in Omaha Ne. I will never forget seeing Huey walk out onto the stage at the beginning while hearing the band play the extended version of Jacobs Ladder. This was when music was still great.....

[@elbassman416]

Love it wish I was there

[@alencarmac]

1:26 - Jacobs Ladder 5:51 - I Never Walk Alone 10:50 - Bad is Bad 15:33 - Power of love 20:20 - Simple as That 25:38 - Hip to be Square 30:10 - Stuck with You 35:00 - I Know What I Like 39:42 - Back in time

[@brianambrosemcmahon8531]

Such a lot of talent in one band . So wish I had seen them live . They are simply sensational on this video 🙏🏼

[@lhart99]

Thanks for posting. This was a great lineup of songs.

[@hoopsheavenpa]

Chris Hayes is the most underrated guitarist in the world. He also wrote the music for some of their top songs (I Want a New Drug and Power of Love).

[@sophiaspapi2003]

I had the pleasure of seeing these chaps 5 times. Back in the 80's. I have rarely heard a band as tight. Every show blew our minds.

[@nickchristopher7996]

Such an amazing guitar player...soooooo underrated. One of the best.

[@locovel10]

Word, Chris was the reason i became a fanzine HLN fan.

[@voiceshow9]

Real clean performance. Good times all around.

[@kevindoran9271]

Just great fun and rock and roll.

[@Warbird-Aviation]

Something of the best Ive ever heard!! This is music for me!!!

[@johnryan3374]

Such a great album/tour. Solid, rocking musicians! Better than 95% of the music I hear today...

[@JuanDiegoS33]

wise words

[@seangill898]

95? who are the five that are better. huey lewis and the news are good but better than 95 percent of todays musician?

[@jodylucas2363]

Totally agree. Todays "music" SUCKS!!! They should be working the snack bar.

[@wolfschoen8057]

@@seangill898 the word "musicians" doesnt really apply today... It died after 1995 in my opinion. ( but - thats just mine )im from geezer rock 1970-95.

[@rich45YouTube]

Love this band! Saw them (this tour) in Charleston, WV. They were great. Robert Cray, the blues guitar guy opened for them. He was great too. Huey pulled out the "little red wagon" at that show too.

[@philb4462]

Damn, I wish they'd release this whole concert.

[@CairnTerrier69]

Saw these guys on this tour in May of ‘87 in Hartford. They killed it! Still one of the best shows I’ve been to.

[@stefanalgar3404]

CairnTerrier69 we saw them at Hammersmith and just love vs watching this video and remembering that brilliant concert

[@vegasraiderspetef9883]

nobody does music like this anymore which is why we alll love it so much,power of love got the crowd crazy..

[@williammclauchlan2610]

Absolutely awesome,no other words.

[@JLH_LetsPlay]

I got to see this tour in Wichita. I LOVE Huey!!!

[@DrummerDanVa]

Listen how good this sounds live and they aren't using in-ear monitors and a lot of other engineering technical stuff available today. Oh wait.... they have talent! :-)

[@bigmaxy07]

They were total pro musicians. Played the instruments well, rehearsed and sang well. Worked hard night after night until they became stars. What an interesting concept for today's pathetic lot.

[@prof.j.m.partinnin-lowe5800]

Oh wait.... they have talent! :-) . . . and, The Tower of Power ain't bad either! Good show!

[@c_farther5208]

I know this is an old post, but you said it all!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@morsteen]

Yeah it's so hard to harmonize like that with old school monitors

[@pher35]

They were great, but remember this has likely to have been audio remastered and mixed. Sometimes the vocals will even be re-sung in studio and matched to the video for the live videos for sale. Much better than the live performance. Regardless, a great band. I know I'm gonna get shit for pointing it out, sorry!

[@yumha38]

Being a musician was very hard work back in the day. Its not like the guys are sipping iced tea by the pool all day and then do a gig. Its basically new town almost every day, get maybe 2 hours of sleep, do promo, interviews in the AM and off to soundcheck. That is part of the reason why people age faster. Lots of hard work, lack of sleep, pressure of changing time zones.....and on top all of that, put on a energetic show night after night, and at the end of the tour maybe have a week off, and back in the studio for another album, IF the tour was a success. No such thing as 'easy money'.

[@tomraspanti2755]

Lol sounds like you have personal experience doing that.

[@Rangernewb5550]

But I want my money for nothing and my chicks for free

[@bobbybillymiller]

yes thats the trade for fame.. the dark side of fame is .. you die a lot faster period. No Questions asked. It's the real deal trade off. Touring is hell. It's worse than any job out there ... grooling schedules... and it's a in a flash of time... unreal being on the road... you have to love to do it or it's absolutely NOT FOR U. AND YOU HAVE TO BE FUCKING THE BEST AT UR GIG PERIOD.

[@bobgomez9481]

Thanks Coach. Yes, the road...

[@Paul-bh5bf]

The whole album has a clear, crisp sound, and a new sheen of consummate professionalism that really gives the songs a big boost. He's been compared to Elvis Costello, but I think Huey has a far more bitter, cynical sense of humor.