The first album he played on was “Deirdre Wilson Tabac” in 1970. In 1973 Huey was introduced to Steve Goodman by drummer Steve Mosley and Guitarist Steve Burgh. Huey played on several of Goodman’s albums and continued to work with him until Goodman’s death in 1984.
Another artist Huey was introduced to by Mosley and Burgh was Philadelphia-born guitarist David Bromberg. Huey joined the David Bromberg Band and started touring.

In 1980 Huey moved from Cambridge, where he had been living for 6 years, to New York. He started working at Power Station, a studio owned by Tony Bongiovi, Jon Bon Jovi’s cousin.

There he was asked to play the bass on one of Jon’s demos: “She don’t know me”.
Shortly after that he recorded “Runaway”, as part of the All Star Review studio band. The link with Bon Jovi was made...

Huey was hired to play the bass on the album “Slippery When Wet”, and played on every Bon Jovi album after that, though he never got credit for his work. He continued working with other artists as well, such as Michael Bolton, Cher, Alice Cooper, Mary McCaslin,...
His relationship with Bon Jovi changed when “official” bassist Alec John Such was fired in 1994. Huey was asked to join the band for a Christmas benefit and TV performances. After that, he joined the band on their world tour. However, Jon did not want to replace Alec John Such as a band member, so Huey’s role in the band became somewhat confusing...
He finally got full credit for his work on the album “These Days” (and every album after that) and he got to play his bass lines live on tour. But officially Bon Jovi became a band of four, leaving Huey out of the photo shoots, interviews, cd covers,...

although every now and then he does appear in a picture or an interview... and to make the confusion complete he is left out of some video clips (like “Thank you for loving me”) , but appears in others...

In 1997 Huey played on Jon Bon Jovi's solo album 'Destination anywhere' and went on tour. JBJ's band was called 'The Big Dogs' and also included Bobby Bandiera on guitar, Jerry Cohen on keyboards, Everett Bradley on percussion and Shawn Pelton on drums.

By the end of 1998 Huey joined Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes, replacing David Hayes. After a year of concerts, he left again in the fall of 1999 to re-join Bon Jovi.

Today his status with Bon Jovi is still one of “unofficial” member, although the fans worldwide consider him a part of the band. And despite his busy schedule with Bon Jovi, he still finds time to work with other artists like Jaci Velasquez and Ricky Martin