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Huey Lewis

The son of an Irish father and a Polish mother, Huey Lewis was born in New York and brought up in California, teaching himself harmonica while hitch-hiking across America, often sleeping rough. He also busked his way around Europe playing blues songs and, on returning to the US, gigging in the San Francisco Bay area. Lewis joined the band Clover, recording two albums with them, and changed his name to Hughie Louis - later adapted to Huey Lewis. He also played harmonica on Thin Lizzy's Live & Dangerous album and was subsequently signed by Phonogram Records and formed The News as h...