Huey Lewis on hearing loss and giving his music ‘a good send-off’

HUEY LEWIS AND THE NEWS WERE MY JAM FOR ABOUT 6 MONTHS WHEN I WAS 16....THEYRE STILL COOL.

Their early work was a little too new wave for my taste. But when Sports came out in '83, I think they really came into their own, commercially and artistically. The whole album has a clear, crisp sound, and a new sheen of consummate professionalism that really gives the songs a big boost. He's been compared to Elvis Costello, but I think Huey has a far more bitter, cynical sense of humor.