Huey Lewis Takes Stage for Throckmorton Q&A

The man who sang "the heart of rock and roll is still beating" more than 25 years ago is still in the game, and will discuss the ever-changing music business in a discussion at 142 Throckmorton Theatre Aug. 9.

Huey Lewis, Mill Valley native and frontman for Huey Lewis and the News, will sit down with author and journalist Joan Ryan as part of the Throckmorton's new A List Series of conversations with "authors, artists, athletes, adventurers, academics and anarchists."

Lewis attended Strawberry Point School and got his start in Mill Valley jazz-funk band Clover in the 1970s. He and Clover keyboardist Sean Hopper later formed Huey Lewis and the News and by 1985, they were riding a wave of four Billboard 100 top ten singles and loads of MTV airplay for the album Sports.
The band is celebrating their 30th anniversary this year with their ongoing "Still Workin' For a Living" tour, which includes a stop at Wente Vineyards in Livermore tha day after the Throckmorton event.

Lewis and Ryan will discuss the evolution of the music business in the age of iTunes and mobile Internet radio, which have redefined the business model of music once again. They will address the definition of success for an artist today and whether or not music plays a different role in popular culture than it once did.

The event is at 7:30pm. Tickets are $15 ($12 students/seniors and can be purchased by calling the box office at 415.383.9600 or on the Throckmorton's Web site.