Sammy Hagar & Friends

Sammy Hagar & Friends
Studio album by Sammy Hagar
Released	September 24, 2013 (2013-09-24)
Recorded	2012–2013
Genre	Hard rock
Length	41:44
Label	Frontiers
Producer	John Cuniberti, Sammy Hagar
Sammy Hagar chronology
Cosmic Universal Fashion (2008) Sammy Hagar & Friends (2013) Lite Roast (2014)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Liverpool Sound and Vision	[1]
Rockulus Maximus	[2]
Metal Traveller	[3]

Sammy Hagar & Friends is the sixteenth studio album by American hard rock musician Sammy Hagar, released on September 24, 2013, by Frontiers Records.^[4][5][6]

"I was going to do an anthology called Four Decades of Rock," he told Classic Rock, "cherrypicking songs from Montrose, my solo stuff, Van Halen, the stuff I've done since. I was going to write a new song for each era: a song like 'Rock Candy' by Montrose, a song like 'Red' from my solo years, a Van Halen-type song… [But] I went to license the Van Halen songs, and those two knuckleheads [Eddie and Alex Van Halen] wouldn't okay it… I could have hired an attorney and done it anyway, because I own thirty per cent of that music. But that would have got a bunch of ugly press."^[7]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Friend(s)	Length
1.	"Winding Down"	Sammy Hagar	Taj Mahal	2:29
2.	"Not Going Down"	Jay Buchanan	Denny Carmassi / Bill Church	4:57
3.	"Personal Jesus" (Originally recorded by Depeche Mode)	Martin Gore	Michael Anthony / Neal Schon / Chad Smith	4:50
4.	"Father Sun"	Sammy Hagar	Carmassi / Aaron Hagar	3:41
5.	"Knockdown Dragout"	Dennis Hill, Ken Livingston, Kyle Homme, Stephen Garvy, Kevin Baldes, Sammy Hagar	Carmassi / Kid Rock / Joe Satriani	2:17
6.	"Ramblin' Gamblin' Man" (Originally recorded by Bob Seger)	Bob Seger	The Waboritas	2:36
7.	"Bad On Fords and Chevrolets"	Ronnie Dunn, Ray Wylie Hubbard	Ronnie Dunn	3:20
8.	"Margaritaville" (Originally recorded by Jimmy Buffett)	Jimmy Buffett	Toby Keith	4:53
9.	"All We Need Is an Island"	Sammy Hagar	Mickey Hart / Nancy Wilson	2:42
10.	"Going Down" (Live in studio, take 1)	Don Nix	Anthony / Schon / Smith	4:25
11.	"Space Station #5" (live, deluxe edition bonus track)	Sammy Hagar and Ronnie Montrose	Carmassi / Church / Satriani	5:34
12.	"Bad Motor Scooter" (live, pre-order bonus track)	Sammy Hagar	Carmassi / Church / Satriani	4:39
Total length:				41:44

Notes

• The live bonus tracks were recorded at "A Concert for Ronnie Montrose", a posthumous tribute show at the Regency Ballroom in San Francisco, California on April 27, 2012.

Personnel

Winding Down

• Backing Vocals – Mona Gnader, Vic Johnson
• Electric Guitar, Dobro, Acoustic Guitar – Dave Zirbel
• Lead Vocals – Taj Mahal
• Lead Vocals, Acoustic Guitar [2nd] – Sammy Hagar
• Percussion – John Cuniberti
• Written-By – Sammy Hagar

- 2:30 2 Not Going Down

• Backing Vocals – Claytoven Richardson, Omega Rae, Sandy Griffith
• Bass – Bill Church
• Drums – Denny Carmassi
• Guitar – Vic Johnson
• Lap Steel Guitar – Dave Zirbel
• Lead Vocals, Guitar – Sammy Hagar
• Written-By – Jay Buchanan

- 4:57 3 Personal Jesus

• Backing Vocals – Claytoven Richardson, Omega Rae, Sandy Griffith
• Bass – Michael Anthony
• Drums – Chad Smith
• Guitar – Neal Schon
• Lead Vocals – Sammy Hagar
• Written-By – Martin Gore

- 4:50 4 Father Sun

• Accordion – Andre Thierry
• Backing Vocals – Aaron Hagar, Erica Cuniberti, John Cuniberti
• Bass – Mona Gnader
• Drums, Percussion – Denny Carmassi
• Guitar – Vic Johnson
• Lead Vocals, Backing Vocals, Lap Steel Guitar, Guitar – Sammy Hagar
• Mandolin – James DePrato
• Written-By – Sammy Hagar

- 3:41 5 Knockdown Dragout

• Backing Vocals – Mona Gnader
• Drums, Backing Vocals – Denny Carmassi
• Guitar [Solo], Backing Vocals – Joe Satriani
• Guitar, Backing Vocals – Vic Johnson
• Lead and Backing Vocals – Kid Rock
• Lead and Backing Vocals, Guitar – Sammy Hagar
• Percussion, Backing Vocals – John Cuniberti
• Written By – Stephen Garvy, Dennis Hill, Ken Livingston, Kevin Baldes, Kyle Homme, Sammy Hagar

- 2:17 6 Ramblin' Gamblin' Man

• Backing Vocals – Claytoven Richardson, Omega Rae, Sandy Griffith
• Bass, Backing Vocals – Mona Gnader
• Drums – David Lauser
• Guitar, Backing Vocals – Vic Johnson
• Lead Vocals, Guitar [Solo], Guitar – Sammy Hagar
• Organ – Susie Davis
• Percussion – John Cuniberti
• Written-By – Bob Seger

- 2:36 7 Bad On Fords And Chevrolets

• Bass, Backing Vocals – Mona Gnader
• Drums – David Lauser
• Guitar, Backing Vocals – Vic Johnson
• Lap Steel Guitar – Dave Zirbel
• Lead Vocals, Backing Vocals – Ronnie Dunn
• Lead Vocals, Guitar – Sammy Hagar
• Piano – Austin De Lone
• Written-By – Ray Wylie Hubbard, Ronnie Dunn

- 3:21 8 Margaritaville

• Accordion, Electric Piano – Austin De Lone
• Backing Vocals – Caroline De Lone, Mona Gnader
• Bass [Upright] – Ruth Davies
• Drums – Paul Revelli
• Guitar – Bill Kirchen
• Lead Vocals – Sammy Hagar, Toby Keith
• Percussion – Karl Perraza
• Written-By – Jimmy Buffett

- 4:53 9 All We Need Is An Island

• Drums – Mickey Hart
• Pedal Steel Guitar, Ukulele [Tahitian] – Dave Zirbel
• Vocals, Acoustic Guitar – Sammy Hagar
• Vocals, Backing Vocals – Nancy Wilson
• Written-By – Sammy Hagar

- 2:43 10 Going Down (Live In Studio-Take 1)

• Bass – Michael Anthony
• Drums – Chad Smith
• Guitar – Neal Schon
• Lead Vocals – Sammy Hagar
• Written-By – Don Nix

Charts

Chart (2013)	Peak position
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[8]	130
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[9]	79
Scottish Albums (OCC)[10]	78
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[11]	97
UK Albums (OCC)[12]	92
UK Independent Albums (OCC)[13]	22
UK Rock & Metal Albums (OCC)[14]	11
US Billboard 200[15]	23
US Independent Albums (Billboard)[16]	2
US Top Hard Rock Albums (Billboard)[17]	4
US Top Rock Albums (Billboard)[18]	8
US Top Tastemaker Albums (Billboard)[19]	21

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