Comments on: Holiday greetings from Sammy http://www.vhnd.com/2009/12/17/holiday-greetings-from-sammy/ The Latest News & Info about The Mighty Van Halen Tue, 27 Dec 2011 23:29:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: CEO http://www.vhnd.com/2009/12/17/holiday-greetings-from-sammy/comment-page-2/#comment-49365 CEO Tue, 05 Jan 2010 03:16:19 +0000 http://www.vhnd.com/?p=2923#comment-49365 Sammy, please keep recording great rock music!! You and your friends are the only ones who are rocking anymore! Please keep on having fun and putting out new, fun-loving, hard rock music. We love you!!! Sammy, please keep recording great rock music!! You and your friends are the only ones who are rocking anymore! Please keep on having fun and putting out new, fun-loving, hard rock music. We love you!!!

]]> By: Panama Red http://www.vhnd.com/2009/12/17/holiday-greetings-from-sammy/comment-page-2/#comment-48635 Panama Red Thu, 31 Dec 2009 05:13:36 +0000 http://www.vhnd.com/?p=2923#comment-48635 To Canes_fan5150 - I agree with you about Sammy appreciating his fans and being a nice guy and everything but judging from your comments,(No disrespect intended),I don’t think you’ve ever seen Sammy Hagar live with Van Halen. He totally embraced being in that band and loved Van Halen fans. That doesn’t mean he was going to give up being himself onstage though. He already had a successful career and fan base. Remember, he left his career as a solo artist when he was asked to join Van Halen. He had to put out one more album as a solo artist after he joined VH because he was still under contract with Geffen. Eddie played bass on that album and co-produced it. He didn’t leave VH to start a solo career. David Lee Roth left VH to start a solo career. Sammy didn’t start making more solo records until VH started working with Dave again. He would wear Red Rocker shirts onstage while he was in VH because that’s who he is, that’s his moniker. And the people who were Sammy Hagar fans before he was in VH knew him by that name. The "I can’t drive 55" thing was a big hit before he was in VH and he was famous for it, kind of like a motto. He would also routinely wear shirts and banners that fans made and threw up on stage that said “RedRocker” “Cabo Wabo” and “I Can’t Drive 55.” And Eddie would play “I Can’t Drive 55". “Cabo Wabo” was a song he wrote with Van Halen. (and also kind of a state of mind, lifestyle reference and a damn fine tequila that I just took a shot of, Holy Shit Anejo kicks ass) And he opened the Cabo Wabo cantina while he was in VH and would hang out with the guys in VH and he even tried to get the VH brothers involved in his cantina. (Selling them shares of it) Nobody wanted him to erase his past when he joined Van Halen. He shouldn’t be faulted for already being famous. To Canes_fan5150 -
I agree with you about Sammy appreciating his fans and being a nice guy and everything but judging from your comments,(No disrespect intended),I don’t think you’ve ever seen Sammy Hagar live with Van Halen. He totally embraced being in that band and loved Van Halen fans. That doesn’t mean he was going to give up being himself onstage though. He already had a successful career and fan base. Remember, he left his career as a solo artist when he was asked to join Van Halen.
He had to put out one more album as a solo artist after he joined VH because he was still under contract with Geffen. Eddie played bass on that album and co-produced it. He didn’t leave VH to start a solo career. David Lee Roth left VH to start a solo career. Sammy didn’t start making more solo records until VH started working with Dave again.
He would wear Red Rocker shirts onstage while he was in VH because that’s who he is, that’s his moniker. And the people who were Sammy Hagar fans before he was in VH knew him by that name.
The “I can’t drive 55″ thing was a big hit before he was in VH and he was famous for it, kind of like a motto. He would also routinely wear shirts and banners that fans made and threw up on stage that said “RedRocker” “Cabo Wabo” and “I Can’t Drive 55.” And Eddie would play “I Can’t Drive 55″.
“Cabo Wabo” was a song he wrote with Van Halen. (and also kind of a state of mind, lifestyle reference and a damn fine tequila that I just took a shot of, Holy Shit Anejo kicks ass) And he opened the Cabo Wabo cantina while he was in VH and would hang out with the guys in VH and he even tried to get the VH brothers involved in his cantina. (Selling them shares of it)
Nobody wanted him to erase his past when he joined Van Halen. He shouldn’t be faulted for already being famous.

]]> By: jeff butler http://www.vhnd.com/2009/12/17/holiday-greetings-from-sammy/comment-page-2/#comment-47998 jeff butler Fri, 25 Dec 2009 02:33:54 +0000 http://www.vhnd.com/?p=2923#comment-47998 sammy, i love ya, man. i was in vegas for your show on friday and then the chickenfoot show on saturday. had backstage passes and wanted to meet you soooo bad. but you busted. got to meet everyone but you. and get the hell back up to eugene, oregon, goddammit! you rock. you are awesome. sammy, i love ya, man. i was in vegas for your show on friday and then the chickenfoot show on saturday. had backstage passes and wanted to meet you soooo bad. but you busted. got to meet everyone but you. and get the hell back up to eugene, oregon, goddammit! you rock. you are awesome.

]]> By: JCN http://www.vhnd.com/2009/12/17/holiday-greetings-from-sammy/comment-page-2/#comment-47768 JCN Wed, 23 Dec 2009 13:10:32 +0000 http://www.vhnd.com/?p=2923#comment-47768 Ditto Sam. Right back at you! Happy New Year and Merry Christmas! Ditto Sam.

Right back at you!

Happy New Year and Merry Christmas!

]]> By: TheTruthHurts http://www.vhnd.com/2009/12/17/holiday-greetings-from-sammy/comment-page-2/#comment-47713 TheTruthHurts Tue, 22 Dec 2009 19:54:23 +0000 http://www.vhnd.com/?p=2923#comment-47713 Skutch says: "Thanks to TheTruthHurts for turning an overwhelmingly positive thread into yet another platform to bash Ed." Competent reading comprehension would show that I just stated facts; I didn't bash Ed. How sad that just relaying facts about Ed sounds like bashing him. Skutch says: “Thanks to TheTruthHurts for turning an overwhelmingly positive thread into yet another platform to bash Ed.” Competent reading comprehension would show that I just stated facts; I didn’t bash Ed. How sad that just relaying facts about Ed sounds like bashing him.

]]> By: Kevin http://www.vhnd.com/2009/12/17/holiday-greetings-from-sammy/comment-page-2/#comment-47687 Kevin Tue, 22 Dec 2009 12:18:20 +0000 http://www.vhnd.com/?p=2923#comment-47687 Sammy is a class act...just like Michael Anthony. You rock Sammy. Sammy is a class act…just like Michael Anthony. You rock Sammy.

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