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    1. Scot Bertram‏Verified account @ScotBertram 5 Jul 2019

      Around this time, Mario became the first band member to leave. The first personnel change for the band. Huey did some acting, including a little movie called DUETS. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E4gxSnP7RKc …

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    2. Scot Bertram‏Verified account @ScotBertram 5 Jul 2019

      A greatest hits package was released around this time, including the *very good* new song "100 Years From Now"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pb4Jujwr8Qc …

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    3. Scot Bertram‏Verified account @ScotBertram 5 Jul 2019

      PLAN B, an album of new material, arrived in 2001. It's ... fine. I mean, the band is a bunch of pros by now. They were (and still) working the summer fairs and lucrative corporate gigs.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OFjYgji47eY …

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    4. Scot Bertram‏Verified account @ScotBertram 5 Jul 2019

      Chris Hayes left around this time to spend more time with his kids. He's on friendly terms and occasionally plays with the band at a show. SOULSVILLE, another album of covers, dropped in 2010.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tc76cxiiaPc …

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    5. Scot Bertram‏Verified account @ScotBertram 5 Jul 2019

      There are many talks and discussions about an album of new material. Some work has been done, but with Huey's hearing problems, who knows when that might be released.

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    6. Scot Bertram‏Verified account @ScotBertram 5 Jul 2019

      Oh, and before I wrap up I should tell the GHOSTBUSTERS story. Which is pretty simple. The movie's producers originally wanted "I Want A New Drug" for the movie. Huey declined.

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    7. Scot Bertram‏Verified account @ScotBertram 5 Jul 2019

      The producers then recruited Ray Parker, Jr. to write a song that stole the bassline from IWAND for "Ghostbusters". I mean, listen to them both. It's pretty obvious. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TaV1r341wYk …

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    8. Scot Bertram‏Verified account @ScotBertram 5 Jul 2019

      Huey won a reportedly large settlement. Then he apparently beached a confidentiality agreement on BEHIND THE MUSIC. Parker sued. I cannot recall what happened with that legal action.

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    9. Scot Bertram‏Verified account @ScotBertram 5 Jul 2019

      And there's now a musical built around Huey's songshttps://www.wsj.com/articles/a-new-stage-for-huey-lewiss-revival-11553961600 …

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    10. Scot Bertram‏Verified account @ScotBertram 5 Jul 2019

      It's hard to hear Huey's music these days on the radio. "If This Is It" stayed in rotation on soft A/C stations for a long time. But living on that weird line between rock and pop in the 1980s means there's not a great format for those songs now.

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      Dan McLaughlin‏Verified account @baseballcrank 6 Jul 2019
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      If This Is It is the one I still hear in stores sometimes, also Heart and Soul.

      10:06 AM - 6 Jul 2019
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        2. Scot Bertram‏Verified account @ScotBertram 6 Jul 2019
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          "If This Is It" has had the longest tail. The song they did for the Curtis Mayfield tribute, "It's Alright," sticks around in weird places too. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t-hqR1_V44s …

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        3. Terry Teachout‏Verified account @TerryTeachout1 6 Jul 2019
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          I ALWAYS liked those guys. I have a weakness (which is not a weakness!) for good, solid meat-and-potatoes rock.

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