Ex -Van Halen’s Sammy Hagar He paid tribute to a fan of a long time responsible for a fundamental moment of his career.
“Rest in peace my friend and secure -you should give Eddie (Van Halen) A big hug of me, “Hagar wrote 77 Facebook On Monday, March 12.
Hagar wrote a tribute to John PrunerThey made him proved to give him the nickname “The Red Rocker”. The singer explained that his long association with Pruner traveled in the late 1970’s, just after he had launched his second studio album entitled.
Fans are affectionately referring to the 1977 Hagar -entitled album as “The Red Album” because Hagar is depicted on his cover with a crimson button shirt and surrounded by a red car and a brick building. Since the album signing court is also titled “Red”, fans began to associate Hagar with color.
In his memory for Pruner, Hagar wrote that Super-Fan found a perfect moniker for him when he asked for an autograph.
“I was starting out of the hotel and John Pruner, the man in these photos, detained me and asked for an autograph to review the concert newspapers. He asked me to sign” the red rocker “, which was the beginning of being red rocker,” he confirmed.
Hagar even credited Pruner to be “the first hair -before the fans became known (acquaintances) as a hair -roig”.
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“He followed me all over the country, appearing everywhere,” recalled the rocker. “I met him well. Later, on a birthday in Cabo, he showed me that he had paid to see more than 100 programs. I said, “You will never pay to go back -to see” and gave him the life of access of a lifetime. This was more than 100 shows. “”
The musician developed a narrow bond with Pruner Off Stage in recent years, remembering how his friend’s “Health (Had) had been failing for more than a decade” before his death.
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“He still managed to do as many shows as he could in the wheelchairs, I always made room for him next to the stage or whenever possible,” Hagar recalled. “Some of you could remember that I shouted on the stage facade when I would be in the hospital and could not do the shows. His friend Jon also took care of him and assured that these things happened. God bless him for it.”
The singer concluded: “Well, we lost our hair -Original roof number a couple of nights. We will miss you, John Pruner and the show will continue without you. I know you would not have it otherwise.”
At the time of the iconic publication of “Red Album”, Hagar had recently left the Hard Montrose rock band to achieve it as a solo act. He scored his solo success with “I’m Can Drive 55” from 1984, which reached the number 9 of the U.S. Top Rock Rock graph that year.
Hagar was chosen as David Lee RothVan Halen’s substitute in 1985, and passed in front of the heavy metal group for 11 years. His debut album with Van Halen, 1986 5150, deferred More than six million copies and has been certified six times platinum.
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After his departure from Van Halen in 1996, Hagar resumed his solo career and even headed the Song for the song, The Heavyweight Champs of Rock and Roll Turns with Roth in 2002 before meeting with Van Halen the following year for the The best of both worlds Tour. Van Halen Cofounder and Principal Guitarist Eddie Van Halen died at the age of 65 from throat cancer at October 2020.
Hagar has continued to record and resort to the Waboritas, and also formed the supergroup chicken with the bassist Van Halen. Michael AnthonyHot red peppers batterist Chad Smith and the influential guitarist Joe Satriani In 2008. Anthony and Hagar also turned with drums Jason Bonham Like the circle of recent years.
