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Clover Biography
The Clover story begins during the "Summer of Love" of 1967 when the band played their first gig. Before we go any further however, it might be prudent to say that although many people regard Huey Lewis as the main member of Clover, mainly due to the subsequent success of Huey Lewis and The News, he didn't join the band until 1971. In fact Huey doesn't even feature on the band's early albums recorded for Fantasy.
The band played a number of gigs with an amazing array of high profile artists including, Canned Heat, The MC5 and Steve Miller Band. Signing to Fantasy Records in 1969, where the band became label mates of Creedence Clearwater Revival, The Clover recorded their debut self titled album. In the meantime Hugh Anthony Cregg III, joined the line up initially playing harmonica and occasionally stepping up to the microphone for vocals. Hugh Anthony Cregg III of course was Huey Lewis, although initially he called himself Hughie Louie after two of Donald Duck's nephews! With Huey on board the band continued
In 1976, following a gig in a club in San Francisco, which was witnessed by Nick Lowe, the band were persuaded to up sticks and move to the U.K., where the "Pub Rock " scene was well established. The band soon secured a deal however with Phonogram records. The Clover, recorded two albums for Phonogram, with the second being produced by a young Mutt Lange. Neither album was a success and despite being the backing band for the Elvis Costello album, ‘My Aim Is True’, they headed back to America and split in 1978. Both Huey and John McFee would go onto bigger success. Huey, with Huey Lewis and the News and John with the Doobie Brothers.
