SAMMY HAGAR & THE WABORITAS

Fans who caught on to Van Halen later in their career and those who love the Red Rocker for his solo hits also gave a great welcome to Sammy Hagar and his band the Waboritas. As he’s done in the past, Hagar brought his Cabo Wabo club atmosphere along and a few lucky contest winners (and waitresses serving up Waboritas), who were there to cheer him on from the stage. 
 

Appropriately, Hagar opened with his namesake “Red,” and continued on with a surprising number of Van Halen hits like “Poundcake,” “Finish What Ya Started,” and “Why Can’t this Be Love.” He even pulled out seldom heard cuts like “5150” and “Runaround.”

Because of time limits from sharing headlining duties and opening this show, Hagar’s set is cut to a mere hour and a half (instead of his typical two and a half hour party), but after a few weeks in, he has luckily learned to balance things out by removing the lengthy “Right Here, Right Now” from the end of the set and keeping his usual commentary and drinking time to a minimum.

As always, classic crowd pleasers like “I Can’t Drive 55,” “Heavy Metal,” and “One Way to Rock,” kept Hagar on “Top of the World” with his fans, but the shortened performance didn’t leave room for “Bad Motor Scooter,” his Montrose favorite “Rock Candy,” and several well known Waborita tunes, including “Marching to Mars.”  Though, newer Hagar fans shouldn’t fret, because he did make room for “Little White Lie,” and “Mas Tequilla.”

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