In addition to posting my own stories, I am hoping this will be a good place to answer questions. So, if you have a question, post it in the comments below.
Here's one I received from Jenn Bosley.
“What made you decide to record all the backing vocals on ‘Do You Believe In Love?’ yourself, as opposed to having all of The News sing backgrounds with you? And to go along with that, were there any other HLN songs where you alone did the backing vocals?”
Truth be told, had I not recently gone through some old JC/HLN archives, you would have gotten the wrong answer!
We received a demo from Mutt Lange that was pretty darned good (except, thanks to Huey, the title ‘We Both Believe In Love’ turned into something else!). Huey changed the hook to something he could sing and believe in (pun intended) and I took our rough demo home and sang all the parts I thought should be on our version. Huey liked it so much, he suggested to the guys I sing all eight parts, ‘Because it sounds like a hit!’ With a little grumbling and grousing we got it done. And yes, the rest is history.
Regarding any other HLN songs I ‘layered’ by myself, thirty-eight years later I did the same thing with ‘While We’re Young’ on our ‘Weather’ release… check it out!
- Johnny
Señor Colla, a few questions:
1. Do you remember the first record you bought and what struck you about it?
2. What was your first instrument and did you have a teacher who turned on that lightbulb of "I can do this"?
3. What was the aha moment in your life that convinced you there was a place in the music business for you?
Hi Johnny
My name is ian seaholm
I’m a disabled police officer from Wisconsin (Oshkosh)…I’ve always been a guitarist and fan of your guitar work
Last year I opened for buddy guy after he saw me play at his club…
I always thought Huey and the news were a killer blues band…would you consider doing online guitar lessons to some of the stuff from Plan B (my favorite album)?