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Yes, it's true that Huey Lewis hasn't been the boldest of rock stars. Think of him as Springsteen Lite: one-third less challenging than the average socially conscious rocker.
But all that changed Friday in the first of two nights Lewis & the News played at the Pacific Amphitheatre. Daringly abandoning his non-threatening, boy-next-door image-the kinda guy whose idea of a great time is sipping a cold beer at a good baseball game-Lewis went public with his controversial and, for this crowd, decidedly unpopular stand on a hot topical issue.
Lewis admitted he's a Celtics fan.
So you were expecting maybe Bob Geldof? No, the Bay Area man with the cleftest chin since Robert Mitchum knows his strengths-and limitations-and isn't about to tinker with a hit-making...