![]() ![]() All of a sudden, pow, the connection instantly broke." The experience affected Hagar deeply and led him to travel to Yucaipa, California to consult a psychic, who told Hagar that he needed to go back to San Francisco where fame was awaiting him. We've got to go.' They fired off a numerical code, but it was not of our numerical system. They said, in their communication to each other, no words spoke, 'Oh, he's waking up. "And they were connected to me, tapped into my mind through some kind of mysterious wireless connection", he said of the experience, adding "I was kind of waking up. While in Fontana, he claims he was visited by "a ship and two creatures inside of this ship" while he lay in bed one night. In 1970, Hagar returned to Fontana with his wife and new baby, pursuing a career in music full time. He subsequently spent several months driving a dump truck for his father-in-law in New York as a means of supporting himself until he could put a new band together. At some point after landing in San Francisco, two members of his band were arrested on drug charges, and Hagar found himself broke and without a band. Hagar then got married and moved to San Francisco. ![]() During this period in Riverside, Hagar met drummer David Lauser, who would become his friend and musical partner for decades to come. The Justice Brothers were the house band at a bar called "The Nightclub" in San Bernardino, before they relocated to San Francisco. Hagar first joined the Johnny Fortune Band as lead vocalist and rhythm guitarist and subsequently played in a string of other pre-Montrose bands including Big Bang, Skinny, Dustcloud, Cotton, Jimmy, the Justice Brothers, and Manhole. He moved to nearby Riverside and played in a handful of local bands, while also landing a job running the music department at a local store. Īfter graduating from high school, Hagar "wanted to get out of Fontana as quickly as I could". He also regularly attended concerts by surf guitarist Dick Dale at the Riverside National Guard Armory. At age 17, Hagar went to San Bernardino and snuck in to see the 1964 US debut of the Rolling Stones at the Swing Auditorium. He fronted his first band, the Fabulous Castilles, when he was 14 years old. He excelled academically and discovered music while in high school, teaching himself to play guitar on a $40 instrument purchased from a Sears catalog. Growing up, Hagar would pick fruit, deliver newspapers, and mow lawns to earn money. When Hagar was ten years old, his mother Gladys took the children and left Bobby for good. The Hagar family moved frequently, as Bobby had a habit of spending the rent money on alcohol Hagar recalls living in nine different homes in Fontana while growing up. Hagar's mother would occasionally take the children to a nearby orange grove to sleep in the car when their father became too violent. "My father was the town drunk," said Hagar, who described his father as "a complete alcoholic and madman" who was abusive towards his wife and children. Friends said he was "mentally damaged" upon returning home from fighting in World War II. ![]() Bobby Hagar was an alcoholic boxer who held a record for being knocked down 20 times in a single fight. There, his father Bobby had landed a job at the Kaiser Steel Mill, working in the open hearth. Hagar's family worked in the lettuce fields and he lived with his parents and three siblings in a labor camp until moving south to Fontana, California. Sam Roy Hagar was born to Bobby and Gladys Hagar in Salinas, California and was named after his maternal grandfather. Hagar also is the host of Rock & Roll Road Trip with Sammy Hagar on AXS TV. His current musical projects include being the lead singer of Chickenfoot and Sammy Hagar and the Circle. Īlso a businessman, Hagar founded the Cabo Wabo tequila brand and restaurant chain, as well as Sammy's Beach Bar rum. His musical style primarily consists of hard rock and heavy metal. ![]() In 2007, Hagar was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of Van Halen. He returned to the band from 2003 to 2005. He enjoyed commercial success when he replaced David Lee Roth as the second lead vocalist of Van Halen in 1985, but left in 1996. He rose to prominence in the early 1970s with the hard rock band Montrose and subsequently launched a successful solo career, scoring a hit in 1984 with " I Can't Drive 55". Samuel Roy Hagar (born October 13, 1947), also known as the Red Rocker, is an American singer, songwriter, and guitarist. ![]()
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