“Make future plans, don’t dream about yesterday.” Sammy Hagar is an inspirational artist and has an enormous impact on how we see music today. This is due to his work in his early years with the band Montrose, and, later, with Van Halen, and Chickenfoot. Sammy Hagar was born on October 13, 1947, in Salinas, California to Robert and Gladys Hagar (Biography.com). Hagar didn’t develop an interest in music until his teen years. However, his earliest bands were not successful because of the conflicts that would easily tear them apart and their mutual differences (Hagar 17-18). It wasn’t until he was asked to join the band Montrose, that success began to occur. The band was created by Ronnie Montrose, who was also the lead guitarist. Montrose contacted Hagar in 1973 to have him audition for the band. After over two weeks of auditions, Montrose decided that Hagar would be the best fit for the band as a group. After half a year as a band, they began their…show more content… In 1990, Hagar decided to open his own cantina, by the name of Cabo Wabo, featuring his famous brand of tequila, Cabo Wabo, in San Lucas, Mexico. Hagar later on led to open multiple locations of this chain in the following locations: Hollywood, California, Las Vegas, Nevada, and Lake Tahoe, Nevada. In 2007, Hagar sold 80% of Cabo Wabo to Gruppo Campari $80 million (Hagar 153-162). In 2004, Eddie Van Halen contacted Hagar for a Van Halen Reunion Tour. The tour went just as the band did years ago - lots of fighting between Van Halen and everyone else. There was backstabbing and other betrayal acts, as Hagar has stated in the past. Van Halen had wanted to replace the bass player, Michael Anthony, with Wolfgang Van Halen. This later did not happen, but did raise tension. Hagar and Van Halen traveled in separate jets, different hotel rooms, etc. They avoided each other, besides when they had to play together on stage (Hagar
