THE HEART OF ROCK AND ROLL Musical Announces It’s Closing

We are sad to announce that The Heart of Rock and Roll Muscal will be closing it’s doors with it’s final performance being this Sunday, June 23rd. We are so thankful for the amazing support and reviews it has gotten and look forward to continuing the journey!

A NOTE FROM HUEY:
Although we’re very disappointed that the show is closing on Sunday, we’re still very proud of it. It was the best reviewed show of the season and got much better reviews than the musical that won the Tony. We got slighted with no Tony nominations (politics, jukebox musical) and that was too big of an obstacle to overcome with as many shows as there are.

Nonetheless, we’ve had extremely good offers for the tour and for stock/amateur shows. And, International interest is very good. It looks like we will tour America with the show in 2025, and then hopefully put it up in London in 2026.

You can’t keep a good show down.

– Huey

Johnny Colla’s ‘VOICES ONLY!!!’ CD Now Available!

Johnny Colla’s ‘VOICES ONLY!!!’ CD is now available at www.johnnycolla.com !!!! The CD is the last of his ‘Voices’ trilogy, spotlighting the backing vocals from his ‘I Hear Voices!’ release. “Over the years, I’ve had so many requests from both fans and musicians as to how I put my BVs together, so I finally released a sort-of ‘how-to’ that might help explain it all.” Johnny went on to say that the collection also includes some ”dribs and drabs” that weren’t audible on the first two ‘Voices’ releases, “…purely for entertainment purposes! This final release lets my amazingly talented backing vocalists do all the talking…uh, SINGING!”

Huey Discusses Phil Lynott in this American Songwriter Interview

For several years before he co-founded Huey Lewis and the News, Lewis co-fronted the San Francisco-adjacent rock band Clover, which formed in 1967 and brought him aboard as co-lead vocalist in 1972. He appeared on their last two studio albums, Unavailable and Love on the Wire, both released in 1977 and produced in the UK by future studio legend Robert John “Mutt” Lange. Clover moved to England in 1976 and toured with the likes of Lynyrd Skynyrd, Graham Parker and the Rumour, and Thin Lizzy. It is while opening for Thin Lizzy that its frontman, the late Phil Lynott, became a mentor to Lewis. Read Full Article