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Sammy Hagar on his most lucrative hit and why he didn’t ruin Van Halen
Van Halen fired Hagar in 1996, after which the singer returned to making music under his own name and focused on his bars — including a flagship cantina in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico — and a tequila brand he’d later sell for $80 million.
The song Sammy Hagar wrote with Joe Satriani after dreaming about Eddie Van Halen is here
Sammy Hagar, as he often does during interviews, turned heads recently when he said he'd written a song inspired by a dream he had about Eddie Van Halen, and had tapped Joe Satriani to bring it to life. Now, the Red Rocker has released the song, Encore, Thank You, Goodnight, and it represents a surprise new chapter in the Van Halen storybook.
Van Halen is not formally credited on “Encore, Thank You, Goodnight.” Hagar shares the songwriting credits with guitarist Joe ...
"I thought, 'I'll never write a song with Eddie again,'" says the former Van Halen frontman. "This is the closest I can come ...
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