Huey Lewis and the Booze

Dique and I joined friends TA and J9 for a fabulous concert at the Mountain View Winery on August 15th. San Francisco golden boy, Huey Lewis, was on the stage singing all the hits we grew up with. It was especially fun because both Dique and TA had been to a Huey show for their very first concert. Even after all that time, the heart of rock and roll is still beating.The night was fantastic. J9 and I boogied the night away, she even gathered quite a following! What do you do when you aren't a super fan like your husband and you can't sing along? You dance!

Also, an awesome summer show is even better when the venue is terrific. Mountain View Winery and Amphitheater is located in the hills above Silicon Valley. In the summer the weather gets very warm, and as the sun sets over the hills the air is still pleasant and the lights below twinkle. It's an out-door arena and it's a good size - there are no "good" or "bad" seats! We had seats in the bleachers, which is even more open, so we bought a couple bottles of the winery's best and took our seats. We drank, we sang along, we were hip to be square. It was a blast.

Huey is 58 and can still rock and roll with the best of them. He might have sung a little softer, scooted across the stage a little slow, but hey. He had Heart and Soul. Okay. I'll stop with the song quoting now. I will send you to this article, which is funny though I disagree with parts of it.

The band is known for being friends with the Joe Montana-era SF 49ers, so the guys were thrilled when Dwight Clark joined Huey on stage for Hip To Be Square. J9 and I looked at each other wondering who that person was and what all the fuss was about, but the gents in the crowd loved it. Afterwards, we four went back to our lovely hotel in Saratoga, enjoyed more wine and a lovely summer evening.