Sammy Hagar - Wikipedia

Thank you, my friend Maj Marty Hogan for making us aware that October 13 is the anniversary of the birth of American rock vocalist, guitarist, songwriter, musician and entrepreneur Samuel Roy Hagar who "came to prominence in the 1970s with the hard rock band Montrose."
Happy 72nd birthday Samuel Roy Hagar.

I Married... Sammy Hagar VH1 2005
"The Hagars describe their lives in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico, as they celebrate Sammy Hagar's 57th birthday with a huge party at his club, the Cabo Wabo Cantina.
In addition to giving the cameras access to the life of a rock star, the couple discusses the unlikely story of their meeting, the challenges of living and raising two young children on the road, the musician's time with Van Halen and the sacrifices both made to ensure their marriage succeeded."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d233TCVmylE

Images
1. Sammy Hagar as Grand Marshal on June 3, 2013 at Fontana's 100th Anniversary at Veteran's park.
2. Montrose was a California-based band that originally featured Ronnie Montrose on guitar and future solo artist and Van Halen frontman Sammy Hagar. Rounding out the original foursome were bassist Bill Church and drummer Denny Carmassi.
3. December 25, 2013 Happy Holidays from the Sammy Hagar family wife Kari Hagar and daughters Kama & Samantha Hagar.
4. Sammy Hagar extended family portrait June 1, 2013 at Fontana's 100th Anniversary at Veteran's park

Biography
1. All Music
2. IMDB

1. Background from allmusic.com/artist/sammy-hagar-mn [login to see] /biography
"Artist Biography by Stephen Thomas Erlewine
After spending several years as the lead vocalist and rhythm guitarist for the mid-'70s hard rock band Montrose, Sammy Hagar began a solo career that produced several hits and made him an album rock favorite. Hagar became a true star once he joined Van Halen in 1985, but he'd been a popular hard rocker ever since his first album with Montrose.

After giving up a boxing career, Hagar began singing in the late '60s, performing with various California bands including Skinny, the Fabulous Catillas, Justice Brothers, and Dust Cloud. During this time, he built up a solid reputation in the California hard rock scene. Former Edgar Winter guitarist Ronnie Montrose asked Hagar to join his band, Montrose, in 1973. Hagar recorded two albums with Montrose before going solo in 1976, taking the group's bassist, Bill Church, with him. Montrose's drummer Denny Carmassi later joined Hagar's band, along with keyboardist Geoff Workman.

Hagar's self-titled "red album" was his first chart entry; it eventually went gold. In 1979, he created a new supporting band featuring Workman, Church, guitarist Gary Pihl, and drummer Chuck Ruff. This lineup played on Hagar's most popular solo album, 1981's platinum Standing Hampton, plus 1982's gold Three Lock Box with only one member missing -- drummer Ruff was replaced by David Lauser. After Three Lock Box and its number 13 hit single "Your Love Is Driving Me Crazy," Hagar played several shows with guitarist Neal Schon, bassist Kenny Aaronson, and drummer Mike Shrieve; the group recorded a live album under the name Hagar Schon Aaronson Shrieve (HSAS), as well as a studio version of Procol Harum's "A Whiter Shade of Pale." His 1984 album VOA contained the hit single "I Can't Drive 55," which peaked at number 26.

In 1985, Hagar replaced David Lee Roth in Van Halen; his first album with the group was 1986's 5150. Hagar released his last solo album in 1987; the record was coined I Never Said Goodbye in an MTV contest. Hagar stayed with Van Halen throughout the remainder of the '80s and half of the '90s. During that time, the band had four other multi-platinum albums -- OU812 (1988), For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge (1991), Live: Right Here, Right Now (1993), and Balance (1995) -- before tensions began to surface between Hagar and the rest of the band.
Best of Van Halen, Vol. 1In the summer of 1996, Hagar either quit Van Halen or was fired; the band had Roth return to sing two tracks on Best of Van Halen, Vol. 1 before hiring former Extreme vocalist Gary Cherone as Hagar's replacement. The entire incident became a media sensation, ensuring that Hagar's 1997 solo album Marching to Mars -- his first in ten years -- would be greeted with much media-generated fanfare. It sold surprisingly well, peaking in the Top 20 and re-establishing Hagar as a viable solo act. With a backing band called the Waboritas in tow (consisting of guitarist Vic Johnson, keyboardist Jesse Harms, bassist Mona, and drummer David Lauser), Hagar followed the success with Red Voodoo two years later; it too sold very respectably on the strength of the single "Mas Tequila," just missing the Top 20.

Hagar's resurgence continued with 2000's Ten 13. Not 4 Sale arrived in 2003, followed by his first live album in 20 years, Live: Hallelujah. Livin' It Up! was released in 2006, while VOA was reissued the following year in deluxe format, courtesy of the newly launched American Beat Records. In 2008, Hagar released Cosmic Universal Fashion, his 11th solo album and first for Roadrunner imprint Loud & Proud Records. That same year, he debuted a new band, Chickenfoot, after jamming with Van Halen bassist Michael Anthony, guitarist Joe Satriani, and Red Hot Chili Peppers drummer Chad Smith. The supergroup released its self-titled debut album in 2009. The debut went gold, which was good enough to guarantee a 2011 sequel called Chickenfoot III (despite its joking title, this was indeed their sophomore set). Hagar didn't abandon his Chickenfoot brothers for the 2013 album Sammy Hagar & Friends; each member, along with several other kindred spirits, showed up on this party-hearty 2013 LP. 2014's Lite Roast saw the tireless Hagar and Wabos guitarist Vic Johnson gently tearing through some coffeehouse-ready versions of Hagar classics, while 2015 saw the release of the live album At Your Service, the first album to be released under the moniker Sammy Hagar & the Circle, his newest touring incarnation featuring Michael Anthony on bass, drummer Jason Bonham and guitarist Vic Johnson.
The Circle released their first studio album, The Space Between, in 2019.

2, Background from imdb.com/name/nm0353271/bio?ref_=nm_ov_bio_sm
"Sammy Hagar Biography
Overview
Born October 13, 1947 in Monterey, California, USA
Birth Name Samuel Roy Hagar
Nickname Red Rocker
Height 5' 10" (1.78 m)

Mini Bio (1)
Sammy Hagar was born on October 13, 1947 in Monterey, California, USA as Samuel Roy Hagar. He has been married to Kari Hagar since November 29, 1995. They have two children. He was previously married to Betsy Berardi.

Spouse (2)
Kari Hagar (29 November 1995 - present) ( 2 daughters Kama & Samantha Hagar)
Betsy Berardi (3 November 1968 - 1994) ( divorced) ( 2 sons Aaron Hagar & Andrew Hagar))

Trivia (13)
1. Member of the rock band, Van Halen, from 1985 through 1996, and in 2004.
2. Has two children with his former wife Betsy (Aaron Hagar & Andrew Hagar) and two with current wife Kari Hagar (Kama & Samantha Hagar).
3. Toured in 2002 with David Lee Roth, in a trek dubbed the Sans Halen Tour. Each played a ninety-minute show, with Hagar focusing mostly on his solo material (though he did about half a dozen Van Halen songs as well), and Roth doing a whole set of Van Halen songs from the time he fronted the band. A coin toss before the tour determined who would open and who would close on the first date of the tour. They flip-flopped back and forth after that.
4. Is working on his autobiography with a deal signed with HarperCollins imprint ItBooks for it to be released in 2011. [2010]
5. Owns a cantina in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico named Cabo Wabo. Also manufactured tequila under the same name until the brand was sold to Campari/Skyy in 2007.
6. Has homes in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico and in Northern California near San Francisco.
7. Used to be a boxer before becoming a rock musician
8. One of his best-known solo songs: I Can't Drive 55.
9. Sammy Hagar's "Cabo Wabo Tequila" was a sponsor of English driver 'Darren Manning''s #14 A.J. Foyt ABC Racing INDY car. Sammy Hagar and Gene Simmons are both INDY Car Series racing fans and sponsors.
10. Was the lead singer of two rock bands named after the guitarist's last name: Montrose (Ronnie Montrose) and Van Halen (Edward Van Halen and his brother Alex Van Halen).
11. Although the Van Halen albums recorded with David Lee Roth sold more copies, all four albums recorded with Hagar hit #1 on the Billboard album chart.
12. His longtime friend, Nancy Wilson, and Geoff Bywater were married at his restaurant, El Paseo, on April 28, 2012.
13. Opened Mill Valley, California restaurant, El Paseo, in 2011 with co-owner Tyler Florence. They parted ways several years later, and the restaurant closed in 2018.
Personal Quotes (2)
1. I want to play with people I enjoy and like. I'm going to surround myself with friends and have fun. Rock n' roll stinks without fun. You might as well have a real job.
2. It's more luck than anything, unless you're a craftsman like Hall & Oates in their day. But even before you discover that formula, what it is is luck. And it's not always the greatest recording. It's not always the greatest take. The Stones have had some pretty raunchy hits that, if you pick apart, no one's really playing fantastically. It's really about the magic and the luck of hitting upon it. The Troggs's Wild Thing - come on! That's one of the worst recordings ever.

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