Previews
Nothing new about Huey and the News
Grab Grandma and
Grandpa, wake the chil
dren, break out the Apple
Pie...Huey Lewis is com
ing to town!
Performing Sunday,
September 21 at G. Rollie
White Coliseum, Huey
Lewis and the News will
deliver the wholesome
sound they are famous for
— upbeat, bip-boppy mu
sic that’s easy to sing
along with, great to dance
to, and just a heck of a lot
of fun.
However, if Huey’s
newest album, “Fore!” is
any indication, fans
should not expect any
thing new and different
from this middle-aged
pop musician. Despite his
demonstrated versatility,
Huey is just doing more of
the same old stuff.
Granted, the same old
stuff is really good music.
His previous album,
“Sports,” is a hard act to
follow, featuring hit tunes
like “I Want a New Drug”
and “If This is It.”
Besides, why should
Huey try originality when
he already has success? It
took him a lot of trial and
error to create an image
and a sound that would
appeal to the masses, and
chances are he just
doesn’t want to tamper
with a good thing.
In an interview with
“People” magazine, Huey
admitted that he has com
promised himself in cre
ating music that will sell,
labeling what his band
produces as “good music
that is commercial. ”
The name (he was
born Huey Anthony
Cregg III), the hairstyle
(he used to wear it long
and scraggly), even the
clothes and the on-stage
antics have all been care
fully put together to
please his audience.
Huey told Michael
Goldberg of “Rolling Sto
ne” magazine that a band
must market itself, “make
deals with the devil,” in
his words, in order to get
signed and earn a living.
That’s not to say that
Huey completely lacks
sincerity. His theme is a
positive one, his music is
uplifting and full of hope.
One track from that al
bum, “Stuck With You,”
is already climbing the
charts.
Students lined up for
hours when tickets for the
Sept. 21 performance of
Huey Lewis and the News
went on sale, attesting ei
ther to the band’s popu
larity, the lack of quality
musicians that actually
visit College Station, or
perhaps a combination of
the two. Whatever the
case, Huey is a dynamic
performer on stage. And
Sunday night’s concert
is sure to be a success.
Duane Eddy & the Rebels
will open the show, which
begins at 8 p.m. in G.
Rollie White Coliseum.
Dana Davis to perform
mixed bag at Rumours
If Dana Davis packs as
much energy and enthu
siasm into performances
as she packs into inter
views with reporters, the
crowd at Rumours Sept.
18 is in for a rockin’ night.
The part-Irish, part-
Welsh singer and guitarist
will mark the return of live
music to Rumours with
her soulful versions of
tunes that run the gamut
from hard rock to jazz to
country and western. Da
vis is so versatile that even
she doesn't try to pin
down her exact style of
music.
“I started singing pro
fessionally at 13 — about
10 years ago. My very first
stuff was pop and coun
try,” says the native
Houstonian. “Then, I
branched into rock and
hard rock. Now I'm doing
acoustic rock.
“I guess the best way to
say it is that I’m back into
denim again.”
But before she got
“back into denim,” Davis
went through her “lea
ther” stages during a two-
year tour with hard rock
bands in New York and
Connecticut. Davis says
that although she enjoyed
her time up North, she’s
glad to get back to Texas.
“The music scene is
very different there. In
New York, marketing
matters more than the
music,” she says. “And
besides that, everyone up
there is trying so hard just
to pay the rent that you
don’t get the kind of cam
araderie you do in Hous
ton.”
In spite of Davis’
Southwest roots, she finds
inspiration for songwriting
in things not usually asso
ciated with cowboys or oil
millionaires.
She’s inspired by old
movies with lots of gore
and people going insane.
“I write a lot about
madness. Maybe that’s
because I’ve been called
crazy before,” she ex
plains.
And, after hearing Da
vis interrupt the interview
to describe a sunlit rain
storm outside her win
dow, it’s hard not to won
der if her creative genius
does get a little carried
away occasionally. But,
she points out, she writes
about love and human
relationships, too. Love is
something Davis talks
about quite a bit — espe
cially when she’s referring
to her career.
“Well, of course I want
to be rich and famous, just
like everybody else wants
to be rich and famous,”
Davis says, “and I’m chas
ing after that ever-elusive
record contract.
“The most important
thing, though, is that I
want to do my music for
the rest of my life. There’s
nothing I want to do mo-
Davis’ show, which is
part of the MSC Town
Hall Night Gallery concert
series, starts at 8 p.m. at
Rumours, just behind the
MSC Post Office. Tickets
are $2 and are available at
MSC Box Office and at
the door. If you don’t
want to commit the big
two bucks without know
ing exactly what you’re in
for, Davis will perform a
few of her songs Sept. 17
at noon by Rudder Foun
tain.
Rumour has it that both
performances will be top
flight.
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