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Johnny just finished producing and mixing a track for his next-door neighbor’s band ‘El Cajon’! Practicing safe social distancing protocol, Johnny ran cables over the fence from one house to the other to capture the lead vocal track . . . enjoy!

JOHNNAAAYYYYYYY!!! For the first time ever, Johnny’s long lost 2002 release “LUCKY DEVIL” is now available for download worldwide via iTunes, Spotify, and all the usual download and streaming sites. ALSO . . . a handful of hard copies have recently been unearthed, and there’s a great rendition of HLN’s “Time Ain’t Money” that (according to Johnny) is closer to his original conception of the song. CHECK IT OUT HERE!!!

See new interviews, new never-before-seen footage on this Paramount+ Original documentary featuring Huey Lewis. Season 1, Episode 3.

From Deadline.com: EXCLUSIVE: In a competitive situation, Fox has landed an hourlong anthology series from 1980s music superstar Huey Lewis, Hart of Dixie creator Leila Gerstein and Aaron Kaplan’s Kapital Entertainment. The project, a co-production of Fox Entertainment and Kapital Entertainment, has received a script-to-series commitment.

Written by Gerstein, each season of the Untitled Huey Lewis Project is a self-contained romantic comedy inspired by the music of a beloved pop star. Huey Lewis sets the beat as the inspiration of Season 1, which interweaves a present day love story with a teen rom-com set in 1986. It is conceived as an homage to the great rom-coms of the ‘80s and ‘90s and a reminder that the Power of Love is, indeed, a curious thing.

Lewis and Gerstein executive produce with Kaplan and Dana Honor of Kapital Entertainment.

The anthology series is based on an idea by Kaplan, who considers Lewis a true idol of his growing up. He pitched it to Lewis during a meeting set up by Lewis’ agency, Paradigm, and the singer-songwriter agreed to partner with Kaplan on the project in the room. The duo approached Gerstein, with whom Kapital developed legal dramedy The Underlings at Fox during the 2016-17 season. Lewis and Gerstein instantly hit it off creatively, and she came on board as a writer.

After creating and showrunning Hart of Dixie for four seasons, Gerstein went on to work on such shows as Mrs. America, The Handmaid’s Tale and Looking For Alaska. She’s written projects for Hulu, HBO and Apple, and is currently developing an original show at Netflix with Michael Green. She is repped by WME, Kaplan/Perrone and Morris Yorn Barnes Levine.

Grammy-winning and Academy Award-nominated Huey Lewis and his band Huey Lewis & The News have sold over 30 million albums and netted a slew of Top Ten singles over the years with hits like “The Heart of Rock & Roll,” “I Want A New Drug,” and the Oscar-nominated “Power of Love” (You can watch the official music video below.) Launching to international superstardom in the early 1980s, they remain one of popular music’s most enduring and beloved acts, and were included on Billboard’s list of the Top 125 Artists of All Time. In February 2020, the band released Weather, recorded at the band’s own Trout Farm studio in Marin County, CA, their first new album of original material in nearly two decades.

As an actor, Lewis played Billy Flynn in the musical Chicago on Broadway. He also appeared in the movie Duets with Gwyneth Paltrow, and guest-starred multiple times on the sitcom Hot in Cleveland. Lewis is repped by Paradigm.

At Fox, Kapital has the upcoming animated series Housebroken, comedy pilot Pivoting and a crime drama procedural in development based on the true-life experiences of professional medium Tina Powers.

By Nellie Andreeva
Co-Editor-in-Chief, TV at Deadline.com

Schnee produced HLN’s first album back in 1980, and in his new book, he discusses the early days of going to Uncle Charlie’s to see a hot new band called Huey Lewis and American Express. It features lots of inside ‘water cooler stories’ about the guys in their early days, and Bill even touches on Johnny’s culinary skills. Check it out!

See a sneak preview here!

“We’re Not Here For A Long Time (We’re Here For A Good Time)” – have yourself a good time this weekend and pick up long out of print albums Plan B and Soulsville, now available on CD.

“When This Ends” by Marin County, CA brothers, Ray and Paul Holmberg speaks to how pandemic is affecting youths. They also happen to be Johnny’s next-door neighbors. Here’s a recent article on two very cool, thoughtful, heartfelt young men Johnny had the pleasure of producing…and Johnny says, “They’re gonna be HUGE!!!!”

https://www.marinij.com/2021/01/14/marin-brothers-song-speaks-to-how-pandemic-is-affecting-youths/

HLN’s own Johnny Colla was recently asked by Nathan Nicholson – frontman of The Boxer Rebellion – to contribute a sax solo for Big Ideas‘ latest release “The American Dream” . . . Enjoy!