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Oral History of Huey Lewis |
Collection |
Oral History |
Scope & Content |
In this oral history, singer Huey Lewis recounts his life in Marin and his career in music. Born in Manhattan in 1950, Huey's parents Hugh and Magda moved to Marin when he was five years old and the family settled in Strawberry Point. Huey evokes the distinctive character of Mill Valley in the 1950s and '60s. With a musical father and a bohemian mother, Huey first started playing music at the age of 11. Huey attended Strawberry Point School and then Edna Maguire before going to a preparatory school on the East Coast, returning to Mill Valley for the summers. After a year bumming around Europe and North Africa and playing his harmonica, and then a few years at Cornell University, Huey moved back to Mill Valley and started his musical career. Huey recounts his years playing with the local group Clover during the 1970s and then the band that made him famous, Huey Lewis and the News (going on 38 years at the time this oral history was recorded). Huey shares his memories of the bands, clubs, and recording studios that existed during the heyday of Marin's music scene as well as his reflections on how Mill Valley has changed over the decades. |
Audio and Transcript |
Click here to hear recording. Click here to read the transcript. |
Dates of Creation |
2017-10-15 |
Interviewee |
Lewis, Huey |
Interviewer |
Schwartz, Debra |
Extent and Medium |
Transcript: 28pp Recording: 01:08:21 |
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Object ID |
2017.146.001 |
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Recording |
Copyrights |
Transcript and recording copyright Mill Valley Public Library, 2017. Materials are made available for research purposes only; all rights are reserved to the Mill Valley Public Library. Requests for permission to quote for publication or for any other usage must be obtained from the Library. |