Former Van Halen frontman Sammy Hagar was interviewed by Guitar Player and revealed the Van Halen song that reflects their successful collaboration with Eddie Van Halen.
In the Guitar Player interview, Sammy Hagar said the following about ‘Right Now’:
“Eddie kept playing me the piano part, trying to inspire me. I heard him play it probably 100 times. Then, one day I started singing to it, and I had it. Everything fit and made sense. The lyrics came to me, and I told Eddie, ‘This thing’s written. Let’s record.’
I don’t think we even had a cassette of it. We just went straight into recording. The whole thing came together like magic. The tune was happening.”
He then continued:
“Usually, Eddie had solos pretty locked down before we started recording, but on this song, he winged it. He came out of the house in pajamas and slippers, went into the studio, and played whatever came out. And as you might expect, it was pretty damn great.
Eddie also played a couple of passes which sounded awesome, because as everybody knows, Eddie never played a bad solo.“
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I was a huge fan of the Red rocker! I saw Sammy several times, the last was history with krokus. “VOA” tour. Sad but happy he replaced DLR. Sammy has a huge Midwestern following!