He can't drive 55 and he's not gonna let the past road block his heart. Sammy Hagar's Classic Rock career is one big party. Who better to know that than the fans and other musicians that helped bring him to the forefront of delivering quality writing and production. Sammy's got a new cd. Sammy Hagar and Friends. It'll hit I Heart Radio Sept. 24th. The question is... who hasn't been jamming with Hagar? This monster of rock collection of brilliant writing and performance includes Denny Carmassi and Bill Church of Montrose, Michael Anthony and Joe Satriani of Chickenfoot and other famous creatives like country star Toby Keith and bluesman Taj Mahal. Sammy says he had a goal to cover, "To make an all-star celebration of his career — past, present and future." The mighty Red Machine says, "The record is “a celebration of my whole career and bringing it to where I am now, but not losing touch of where I started in ’72 with Montrose. Once I got into the studio with these guys, the Montrose guys and the Wabos and Mickey Hart and people like that … once we all got together to start recording this music, it really took on a special life of its own. I was inspired enough by these guys to write more songs, and then I got other people to write for me, which was great.”
Sammy Hagar & Friends’ truly does feature a long list of well respected buddy buddy systems. Nancy Wilson of Heart (who says “me and Sammy go way back”) and Journey‘s Neal Schon, who good-naturedly complains that Hagar interrupted a quiet Sunday night at home to get him down to the studio. It also features some behind-the-boards perspective from producer John Cuniberti, who says, “I’ve never seen someone having so much fun making a record like a 15-year-old filled with enthusiasm every day … As soon as he walks in the building, everybody lightens up and starts having fun.”
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