In episode 98 of “Have Guitar Will Travel”, presented by Vintage Guitar Magazine, host James Patrick Regan. speaks with Chris Hayes, Guitarist with Huey Lewis & the News throughout their rise to fame. In their conversation they cover: . Growing up in the San Francisco Bay Area and attending Blue Bear School of Music. . They talk about his first guitars a Guild Starfire and then a ‘68 Gibson Les Paul Standard… and the guitars that got away. . They discuss Chris’s band experiences before “the News”, with organist Merl Saunders (Jerry Garcia Band) and with Saxophonists Dave Liebman and Alfred “Pee Wee” Ellis (James Brown) in the Ellis/Liebman band. . They discuss him auditioning for Huey Lewis joining the band and how Huey mentored him in the beginning and their endless club gigs for the first few years. . They talk about being on MTV and their early videos and their rise to fame opening for .38 Special and returning the following year as a headliner in the same venues… and the “party days”. . They discuss his departure from Huey and his reasons for that departure. And his choice for a replacement (Stef Burns, episode 24) and they discuss what Chris is doing musically now. . Please like, comment and share this podcast! . . . . #VintageGuitarmagazine #VintageGuitar #guitar #Guitar #ChrisHayes #HueyLewis&theNews #HueyLewisandtheNews #theDeadlies #theNews #HueyLewis #MerlSaunders #JerryGarciaBand #PeeWeeEllis #EllisLiebmanBand #DaveLiebman #haveguitarwilltravelpodcast #guitarcollector #Travelwithguitars #haveguitarwilltravel #hgwt #HGWT .
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