Huey Morgan’s musical mind is like a Santa’s grotto full of sonic swag: over 100 years of musical appreciation, from America’s Tin Pan Alley onwards, from swing to punk to afro-funk, the kind of widescreen knowledge which has made him one of Britain’s best-loved Radio DJs (on both BBC 6 Music and the mighty Radio 2).
In 2012, as the ground breaking and multi-million selling Fun Lovin’ Criminals take a temporary breather, Huey brings us his debut solo album, a glorious distillation of what we might call Huey’s Favourite Vibes.
“I wanted to take all the music I love and put it into one record,” he explains. “Can you do a straight-up funk song mixed with country-western, mixed with rock ‘n’ roll, mixed with a ballad and a Bob Dylan-esque song? Yeah, you can. It’s called Huey and the New Yorkers, Say It To My Face.”
Morgan is a rock 'n' roll Renaissance Man, the half Puerto Rican / Irish ex-Marine who, since moving to London in the mid-2000s, has become a charismatic presence across the UK's cultural spectrum - one of Britain's’ best loved radio DJs (on both BBC 6 Music and the mighty Radio 2), winner of a Sony Radio Award too and already multi-million selling as part of the legendary - Fun Lovin’ Criminals, a unique ground breaking rock and soul band that found influences in hip hop, swing, blues and funk. Huey Morgan, force of nature, a man with a paid-for Scottish Lordship (possibly fake), is a long way, now, from the Ladies Man who twinkled his wise-guy way through his incorrigibly Fun Lovin' 90s.
