Few rock’n’roll stars have a backstory like Huey Morgan, the founding father of Fun Lovin’ Criminals. From models to the mean streets of New York’s toughest, from an early life of crime to serving in the US Marines, from successive platinum records to jail terms – Huey Morgan has experienced every twist and turn during one of the most remarkable rock’n’roll life stories of the past 30 years. He was the guy who sang about crime gang bosses and stick-up jobs – because that’s the life he’d led before becoming a bona fide pop star.
He was the dude with a taste for beautiful women, whose notoriety made him a mainstay of the tabloids. And he was the guy who served his nation’s military, having served time in jail. A judge had told him ‘son you better make a decision’, so he chose the military rather than a lifetime in prison.
Martin Scorsese made millions of dollars making movies about guys like him. Oh yes, and did we mention that he spent his first big pay cheque on a garbage company? And then there was the nightclub, and the pizza bar, and the tattoo studio..
. Morgan is truly a player whose story makes the fictional characters of The Sopranos look like lightweights. The creative story is just as remarkable – actually, it’s more.
Music and literature flood from a man who sold a million records so that he could spend more time in the studio. Morgan is the OG. He’s the original whose mother bought him a four-track studio at the age of 12.
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