Tribute to Huey Lewis and News swings hundreds back to the 80s Rock & Roll era

Ceramic artist Don Rote explains how he made one of his creations to an interested spectator before the Heart of Rock & Roll tribute to Huey Lewis and News at the Santa Rosa Plateau Ecological Reserve in Murrieta Saturday, July 16, at an art show which preceded the summer music event. Valley News/Tony Ault photo
The Heart of Rock & Roll portrays 80s band Huey Lewis and the News, which lived up to its huge YouTube following at a crowd-pleasing concert Saturday, July 16, at the Santa Rosa Plateau Ecological Reserve Pavilion. Dozens of couples, some with their children, danced and waved along with lead singer Roger Langdon, who has a striking resemblance to Huey Lewis. His Heart of Rock & Roll band sang as music echoed through the plateau.Not only did the concert bring back many memories for those who grew up in the 80s but it helped raise funds for the Santa Rosa Plateau Nature Education Foundation, which teaches youngsters to be good stewards of nature and the environment around them. It was SRPNEF’s third summer concert series event, one of the nonprofit’s annual signature events.
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