Sammy Hagar
The 5 Best Sammy Hagar Moments to Pair With Santo Cocktails
For decades, Sammy Hagar’s raspy, soulful voice has been one of the most recognizable sounds in hard rock, from his early hits as a member of Montrose and a solo artist to his multi-platinum run as Van Halen’s frontman in the ‘80s and ‘90s. In recent decades, he’s built a successful brand out of his love of good drinks and good times. Santo is Sammy Hagar’s joint venture with his longtime friend celebrity chef Guy Fieri, who is widely known for making the most of life and not taking himself too seriously. Here’s a look back at some of the greatest songs from Hagar’s five decades of music, alongside recommendations of complementary cocktails featuring Santo Mezquila or Tequila. Red Saint with “Red” (1977) [embedded content][embedded content] The crimson artwork of Sammy Hagar’s self-titled ...
5 Albums I Can’t Live Without: Sammy Hagar
Name Sammy Hagar Best known for Making tequila and bringing it to the masses—plus I’m a singer and songwriter. Current city San Francisco Really want to be in In Cabo eating tacos, drinking margaritas and jamming on stage with friends at the Cabo Wabo Cantina! Excited about I’m excited that my new album with The Circle, Crazy Times, which was produced by Dave Cobb is coming out this week (Sept. 30)! My current music collection has a lot of A lot of blues, soul and old country. And a little bit of Jazz. Preferred format I like vinyl for the old blues, great classic rock albums (see below) and jazz. I stream mostly new releases and singles. It’s an easy way to stay current, hear what my friends are putting out–and to keep up with wh...
Watch Sammy Hagar and the Circle Honor Taylor Hawkins With ‘My Hero’ Cover
For the first time in ages, there were festivals all over the country. New Orleans Jazz Fest, Shaky Knees and Memphis’ Beale Street Music Festival. Foo Fighters were slated to headline Saturday night in Memphis and Sunday in New Orleans. but were replaced by Sammy Hagar and the Circle and Red Hot Chili Peppers, respectively. In memory of the late Taylor Hawkins, Hagar and his band covered “My Hero.” In a post on Instagram, Hagar explained how it all came together and explained the band’s initial apprehension about replacing the Foos. When we were asked by the promoter to fill in for the Foo Fighters at the Beale Street Music Festival, my first reaction was ‘No fucking way!’ We discussed it as a band, & we came up with ‘Why not! Let’s just go play music and you’re at a big ass Circle pa...
SPIN Presents Lipps Service With Sammy Hagar
On this week’s episode of SPIN Presents Lipps Service, host Scott Lipps caught up with none other than former Van Halen singer Sammy Hagar. As usual, the gregarious singer didn’t hold back. In their conversation, they discuss all things Van Halen, including Hagar’s views on David Lee Roth, meeting Eddie Van Halen for the first time, his reconnecting with Van Halen, the Van Halen reunion that never happened and a whole lot more. Hagar has a Vegas residency upcoming at the Stratosphere beginning in October. Since its beginnings in 2018, the acclaimed podcast has featured many of the biggest voices and personalities in music, including exclusive interviews with Red Hot Chili Peppers singer Anthony Kiedis, David Lee Roth, Shepard Fairey, Courtney Love, Dove Cameron, Mick Fleetwood, P...
David Lee Roth and Sammy Hagar Would Have Been Part of Van Halen ‘Kitchen Sink’ Reunion Tour
If Eddie Van Halen’s health hadn’t deteriorated, then he — along with singers Sammy Hagar and David Lee Roth — would have reunited in a “kitchen-sink tour,” Eddie’s son Wolfgang said. “If only things had been better,” Wolfgang told Howard Stern on his SiriusXM radio show (via Rolling Stone), “it would have been amazing.” Eddie Van Halen died on Oct. 6, following a long battle with cancer. In the interview, Wolfgang admitted that he convinced his dad to think about touring with both Hagar, Roth — and even bassist Michael Anthony, who Wolfgang replaced in 2006. They even reportedly considered bringing out former Extreme vocalist Gary Cherone, who sang on one Van Halen album, 1998’s Van Halen II. While there haven’t been any public c...
Sammy Hagar and Michael Anthony Share Video Tribute to Eddie Van Halen
Sammy Hagar’s birthday bash always takes place in Cabo San Lucas around this time. This year, obviously, due to the pandemic, that changed. Hagar and his band, the Circle, are performing on Catalina Island off the coast of California (and home of the Catalina Wine Mixer). Former Van Halen bassist Michael Anthony is in Hagar’s band (following his own departure from the band), so when the news of Eddie Van Halen’s death hit, they were obviously together. The two paid their respects to Van Halen on social media, but they’ve since recorded a video honoring their former bandmate. In it, Hagar says that hearing about his former bandmate’s death — who he had just started talking to again earlier this year after years of acrimony — hit him like a “freakin’ Mack Truck” and said that perfo...
Sammy Hagar Clarifies Coronavirus Comments: ‘Watch and See Over the Next Few Months’
Earlier this week, Sammy Hagar said that he was willing to do almost anything in order to get the economy restarted, even sacrificing himself. In an Instagram post, Hagar clarified the comments he made to Rolling Stone. He said that the interview, which was part of a compilation piece done with artists on how they were doing in quarantine, took place in May and that things have changed since it took place. “I did that interview May 8th when we were already several weeks into the stay-at-home, which my family and I took very seriously, and things were starting to look up, the curve was beginning flattening,” he said. So when I was asked if I’d be comfortable enough to get back onstage before a vaccine was out, I was cautiously optimistic. I said, ‘Yeah, not too soon. I want to mak...
