First off, note this isn't technically an episode of "PBS Soundstage." The program ran from 1974 to 1985 in its initial run. It would be revived in 1992 to 1993 under the name "Center Stage," but otherwise identical, and then revived again from 2003 to 2018. This concert is an anomaly, because it's the only one from 1994. I found an article in an old newspaper archive that explained what happened. Basically, Huey Lewis liked the old show, and wanted to do a concert on the show when it was revived for a season in 1992 to 1993, but the show had been cancelled again by the time he went to tour to support his next album. But he talked the producers of the show to make a single special episode called "Four Chords Live," which is this. Other than the name, it's exactly like a typical "Soundstage" episode, including the venue, length, and the appearance of special guests.
That name references his 1994 album, "Four Chords and Several Years Ago." It consists entirely of covers of R&B covers from the 1950s and 60s. So most of the songs performed here are covers, with just three songs that were hits for Huey Lewis and the News sprinkled in: "The Heart of Rock and Roll," "The Power of Love," and "I Want a New Drug." Given the emphasis on covers from that earlier era, it makes sense that the two special guests were Sam Moore and Lloyd Price. Moore was half of the famous 1960s R&B music duo Sam and Dave. Price had some R&B hits in the 1950s, especially "Lawdy Miss Claudy" and "Personality."
The episode began with about 30 seconds of Lewis and his band rehearsing a song. I cut that out since it wasn't part of the concert. I also had to make some edits between a few songs, when the applause after a song was immediately cut off. Probably those were where commercials were inserted. I patched in more applause from elsewhere to make those transitions sound natural.
This album is 58 minutes long.
01 The Heart of Rock and Roll (Huey Lewis & the News)
02 talk (Huey Lewis & the News)
03 Stagger Lee (Huey Lewis & the News)
04 Blue Monday (Huey Lewis & the News)
05 Some Kind of Wonderful (Huey Lewis & the News)
06 talk (Huey Lewis & the News)
07 I Thank You (Huey Lewis & the News with Sam Moore)
08 Little Bitty Pretty One (Huey Lewis & the News)
09 talk (Huey Lewis & the News)
10 Good Morning, Little Schoolgirl (Huey Lewis & the News)
11 Shake, Rattle and Roll (Huey Lewis & the News)
12 Searching for My Love (Huey Lewis & the News)
13 talk (Huey Lewis & the News)
14 Personality (Huey Lewis & the News with Lloyd Price)
15 talk (Huey Lewis & the News)
16 Don't Ever Break My Heart (Huey Lewis & the News with Lloyd Price)
17 The Power of Love (Huey Lewis & the News)
18 I Want a New Drug (Huey Lewis & the News)
19 Function at the Junction (Huey Lewis & the News)
20 But It's Alright (Huey Lewis & the News)
21 Better to Have and Not Need (Huey Lewis & the News)
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The cover is from this exact concert.
Love the PBS shows you're posting. Hope you can do the Doobie Brothers show. it does have an annoying interview over a song segment. Thank You for your hard work.
ReplyDeleteThere actually are two and a half Doobie Brothers shows, and I plan on doing all of them. One is from 1977 and another is from 1979. Then there's a Michael McDonald show from 1994. But he's joined by Patrick Simmons & Tom Johnston of the Doobie Brothers for over half of the show, which is why it's kind of half a Doobie Brothers show.
DeleteThose all sound great. I'm looking forward to them!
DeleteThank you, keep the Huey coming!
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