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Huey
Lewis’s
Health
Battle
LOSING
THE
T H E ’ 8 0 S R O C K I C O N
O P E N S U P A B O U T
T H E D I S E A S E T H A T ’ S
S T O L E N H I S A B I L I T Y T O
H E A R — A N D P E R F O R M
B y J O R D A N R U N T A G H SOUND
OF
MUSIC
On Jan. 27, 2018, Huey Lewis was back-
stage, gearing up to sing his ’80s hits
like “The Power of Love” and “Hip to Be
Square” to a packed crowd in Dallas.
Then he heard a sudden, ear-splitting
sound—and it wouldn’t stop. “It was
like a jet engine or something,” he re-
calls. No one else in his band, the News,
TAWNI BANNISTER heard a thing. “That’s when I knew
something was wrong.” He went on-
stage minutes later, but making music
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