Sammy Hagar has launched a brand new single titled “Encore, Thank You, Goodnight.” that he says was impressed by a dream he had about his late Van Halen bandmate Eddie Van Halen.
The monitor options Hagar’s all-star band of Joe Satriani on guitar, Michael Anthony on bass, and Kenny Aronoff on drums. The Purple Rocker goes as far as to say that Eddie Van Halen offered him the tune within the dream.
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“This tune is my remaining bow to that a part of my life,” acknowledged Hagar. “It’s not meant to be something greater than a thank-you — with love, with respect, and with one hell of a guitar solo.”
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He added, “Joe was the right associate to assist me form the sound — he introduced in that huge, emotional, guitar-driven vitality that appears like Eddie’s spirit however is fully of Joe’s creation. With Michael Anthony’s thundering bass and stellar Van Halen-esque background vocals and Kenny Aronoff’s relentlessly highly effective driving rhythms, the tune actually got here collectively on all ranges.”
The monitor begins with a 30-second guitar instrumental that conjures up recollections of Van Halen’s “Eruption,” earlier than turning right into a guitar-driven exhausting rock tune that pays homage to EVH, each musically and lyrically. Within the refrain, Hagar sings, “Thanks for the music/ Thanks for the tune/ Thanks for the go to/ What took so lengthy.”
Each Eddie Van Halen and Joe Satriani made Consequence‘s current listing of the 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time.
Hagar and his aforementioned backing band will play the Stagecoach pageant in Indio, California, this Sunday (April twenty seventh), earlier than launching his “Better of All Worlds” Las Vegas residency April thirtieth at Dolby Stay at Park MGM (decide up tickets right here).
In current interviews, the 77-year-old Hagar steered he doesn’t need to tour anymore, and as an alternative might be enjoying residencies and one-off reveals shifting ahead.
Try the lyric video for Hagar’s new single “Encore, Thank You, Goodnight.” under, in addition to a clip of Hagar discussing the tune along with his bandmates.