Sammy Hagar - Houston 1979 Live

Sammy Hagar
The Summit
Houston, TX
1979-02-03
00:02 Turn Up The Music (Cuts In)
05:15 Rock N Roll Weekend
07:57 Bad Motor Scooter
12:41 Bill Church Bass Solo
18:54 Guitar Battle Gary Phil & Sammy Hagar
25:27 Red
The Band:
Sammy Hagar: Vocals, Guitar
Bill "Electric" Church: Bass
Chuck Ruff: Drums
Gary Phil: Guitars
Broadcast By: Rock World

[@jeffmerryman3782]

I’m 57 and have been hooked on Sammy from his Montrose days

[@toddwsimkins4955]

I was at one of these 1979 shows, was only 13 and it made me a Sammy fan for life!

[@cs292]

Saw Sammy VOA in ‘84, loved the HSAS album (bought it) when I heard VH broke up I thought Sammy would be awesome if he were their new lead singer(even before Farm Aid) when it happened I was blown away.

[@friendocats7211]

My first concert was in Oakland CA 1979. 14 years old. Sammy Hagar, Eddie Money, Boston.

[@Xavier-AndréLepifre]

One of the most underestimated rock singer of all time? And he plays the guitar so good !!!!

[@k2rocksstl]

Gary Phil is THE most underrated, unknown yet most influential guitarist in history.

[@billsimmons5186]

They're ON FIRE !!! Man Chuck Ruff tearing , I mean tearing them drums up !!! I loved Sammy's solo stuff !!!

[@roymenke1909]

The best years of music (for me) we from 1978 to 1985. So many good bands. Sammy, Triumph, Benatar, Loverboy, just tons of good music.

[@scarybarry2275]

Cool! My old band in the early 90's did a cover of Sammy Hagar's Turn up the Music. It was a fun song live and went over quite well with the crowd..and many didn't know who it was originally from but knew the song.

[@davevirag5423]

Sammy # 1! He Rules! I have seen Him with Michael Anthony 3 times! Great Guys! 😍❤💯👍

[@robertlatham4541]

My fav live album of all time is Loud and clear. The band ate on fire and sammy is no exception.

[@williamweiss6128]

My era of Sammy!!! ❤ great band.

[@dennisjones1505]

Bill Church is amazing!!

[@billsimmons5186]

Man their all killer !!! I will admit it bothered me when Sammy went to Van Halen . I did like Van Hagar but I l Iiked Sammy with his band !!! Saw in Atlanta VOA Tour Krokus opened ! Sammy opened running down cat walk holering " We're gonna get this place as red as it will get !!! " Whole show was wide open !!! Sammy plays a mean guitar and he sure can sing !! Glad he and Micheal stayed friends !! We gotta hang to these great musicians long as we can !!! Thanks Sammy for all the killer tunes and memories !!! I got mugged after that show in Atlanta, I caught one of em !!! Got my Blue Oyster Cult shirt back !!! HE he he ! It was worth it !!!

[@WilliamSmith-ex9et]

@@billsimmons5186 the first van hagar was damn good. Too bad it couldn’t have been a one and done and he returned to his VOA band cuz all the follow up album’s were largely duds with 20% of the songs being great.

[@marcuscompton3772]

Im 50 years old and sammy is my all time favorite!!! How have i never seen this before! Damn! Thank you so much!

[@duanehogan15]

Saw this tour in Jan of ‘79 in Roanoke Va ... and down on the floor Sammy rocked, it was a hell of a show ... Boston as well ... the electricity went off several times that night ... it was snowing like crazy outside ... but the biggest thing to me was that Red Deluxe Les Paul of Sammy’s ... wanted a red Les Paul from the moment I saw it. A very long time ago

[@Rulyrat]

I was present in that concert in 1979 in Houston tx and I was 18 years old. :)

[@rockforever6676]

I saw this tour on Feb 6th in Forth Worth,Texas at the Tarrant County Convention Center.Sammy opened for Boston.This was the 2nd night of two shows in Forth Worth I saw in 79.Saw Sammy 2 more times in 79,June and November also.

[@davidadams7992]

November was in Dallas with the Scorpions and Pat Travers Sammy was Headlining. I was there too.

[@srvuk]

I first saw a small portion of this on The Old Grey Whistle Test decades ago when presenter Annie Nightingale announced Sammy Hara playing Bad Motor Scooter at the Huston Summit. It was electric and we had both the good old fashioned guitar duel as well as Bill Church's bass solo. I never saw any other footage from this concert until today and it made my day. Surely somebody somewhere has the whole gig. There is far too little concert footage from Sammy's early years and what there is always satisfies. There much be so much more in the vaults that Sammy should release before he pops his clogs.

[@eugenehavens]

Straight ahead rock n roll never gets old, especially with an awesome voice.

[@davidfarris894]

1980 in Oakland Ca.Day On The Green Oakland Stadium high on shrooms.BOC did Roadhouse Blues and their other killer shit All Good.SAMMY headlined tore it the fuck up.TRANS AM, BAD MOTOR SCOOTER,etc.

[@EPstroker]

Always liked the deep cut sammy.stuff........red, trans am, plane jane, etc.

[@larryflores7770]

Boston/Hagar rocked San Antonio’s Convention Center Feb.4 1979. Best $6 I spent that year.

[@STLHD1]

I seen it the same concert in Portland Oregon,my first and still the best concert of all time.$8.50

[@bobhill4909]

I was there at San Antonio show. Was my first concert :)

[@friendocats7211]

Saw that lineup, plus Eddie Money in Oakland July 1979. My first concert.

[@MyberTube]

--- 3:38 --- "fuck you" "god dammit" --- get him Sammy!!

[@bertiewooster305]

Fkn' brilliant. Loved his solo stuff.

[@RB-pm2ni]

Liked him so much better as a solo artist than in Van Halen

[@funhistory]

Too bad they didn't record "Young Girl Blues" for this TV show. I saw them a week earlier in West Virginia & recall Sammy's E-bow solo accompanied by Alan Fitzgerald on keyboards (who also played background keys with Van Hagar in the 90s, right?).

[@daviderickson8699]

You are correct. That gig must have been when Jack Blades left Night Ranger for Damn Yankees? What a tangled web. Fitz replaces Bill Church on bass for Montrose, then follows Bill Church to join Sammy Hagar on keys. Then goes to Night Ranger (where the lead singers are the bass player and drummer), but leaves to gig for Van Hagar, since Blades formed a bad with Sammy's buddy Nugent and Tommy Shaw. Personally I always liked Jesse Harms on keyboards and as a song writing collaborator with Sammy. Whatever happened there robbed the world of some good music...

[@elbib2446]

saw this line up in glasgow scotland around this time,street machine album was the best thing he did outside of montrose ,riot in support,great gig

[@davidean2000]

RIP, Chuck Ruff!

[@briankeightly7065]

i seen sammy a couple times back in the day,open up for different bands,i like the song in the room , cant find the live version anywhere, iremember taping it off of the radio, great song.

[@briankeightly7065]

@@haywoodjablowme699 ok thanks , i did see the mtv concert, i taped h.s.a.s concert with sam and neal schon, mtv was good . back then .

[@JerryMetal1979]

My year's born🎉

[@jdsharp1366]

I saw the 79' show in St.Louis and also saw Van Halen 8 times in a row starting in 80' four shows with Sammy.

[@daviderickson8699]

In "Bad Motor Scooter," Sammy starts on the lap / slide, sings and then engages in an extended solo and battle showing as good of licks as most bands' lead guitarist in that day. Announcer follows with: "In the NEXT segment, Sammy shows his versatility..."

[@kwivey1970]

I can play anything baby and I love you....🤟💜🤟

[@bartstanley7120]

I was there

[@jamesmiller6865]

I was with you!!

[@Wishpool]

I saw many, many shows at The Summit. My first was KISS in Oct. 1979 when I was 12, but I sure wish I'd seen this one, too!

[@diamonddavemc]

I saw this line up in 82.

[@giuseppmetallic8872]

ladies and gentleman the red rocker mr sammy hagar

[@kwivey1970]

Sammy, it's Kenneth Ivey. I need you baby...🤟💜🤟

[@jamespell8091]

Is that an Explorer or a Destroyer. I do remember back in the 70's "Bill Church on bass" but not in the tune Bad Motorscooter this was a Montrose song with due respect RIP Ronnie

[@knightfall9394]

Its a explorer, probably the same one thats on danger zone this just happens to be before he painted it

[@davidfischer6923]

Sammy Hagar kicks Butt

[@lrocker7799]

That's Sammy

[@machineryman7197]

Wheres the footage of boston from this concert. It has to exist somewhere...

[@Nopeandnope3861]

He looks like Brad Gillis

[@yourbeardispatchyaf]

mike eaton Night Ranger was great and Gillis was a monster.

[@Cash2112]

You mean Brad Gillis looks like Sammy Hagar

[@dunesbra]

Brad Gillis and Tommy Aldridge all wrapped in one big hair ball.

[@yourbeardispatchyaf]

​@@Cash2112 4 years later and Brad Gillis is still a monster stupid.

[@lrocker7799]

Wish I Could Can Play Like That Oh I Can 😂

[@lrocker7799]

This Is Rare

[@lrocker7799]

Yeah Van Hager yeah Sammy Baffles

[@joemartinez5113]

"HEY THERE, MY NAME IS, JOE (JO-JO) MARTINEZ FROM HOUSTON (H-TOWN) TEXAS, AND I SAW THIS SHOW AT THE SUMMIT, HOUSTON, TEXAS, ON FEBRUARY THE THIRD (3rd), NINETEEN/SEVENTY-NINE(1979), ON A SATURDAY NIGHT," 🤔🤔🤔⁉️⁉️⁉️ HE WAS BACKING UP, THE GROUP, BOSTON, THEY WERE THE HEADLINER!!!

[@markwilliams6394]

I saw this tour in Corpus Christi, but he was headlining with opening acts Pat Travers and Scorpions.

[@janvan31166]

Lover Sammy when he was just Sammy. The van Hagar years should have never happened

[@diamonddavemc]

I have to agree. I loved solo Sammy and I loved Van Halen, but I just couldn't get on with Van Hagar. Sammy wasn't Sammy anymore and Van Halen wasn't Van Halen anymore. The magic of both acts vanished. On paper it works, but not in reality.

[@gruffmusic]

Would you rather have had VH disappear?

[@MrDuds1984]

@@diamonddavemc it worked in reality as four albums with Sammy went to number one

[@maurocouto7916]

Se o Sammy não tivesse entrado no Van Halen a banda tinha acabado em 1985

[@byknutz]

Oh wow, I remember "Betty"

[@lrocker7799]

He was Ronnie Montreux Singer

[@kimwalker108]

Gary Pihl can put it down pretty good Sammy

[@gvermont]

I prefer this over Van Hagar stuff. Never felt the song writing chemistry between Sammy and Eddie was strong.

[@MrDuds1984]

No disrespect to Vic Johnson but Sammy should have brought back Gary Phil when he left VH

[@gregcraig2407]

Red 🐓, bad ass

[@philgoodyear1513]

Sam runs a "tight ship".

[@lrocker7799]

I'm goofy 🎉

[@cmikesmith664]

Dear VHND, Is Van Halen still a band? Is Eddie healthy? Does Dave and Eddie have any communication? Lastly, what is the status of Wolfgang’s solo album? VH News Desk is more like a History Desk in my opinion. Sincerely, Mike

[@lrocker7799]

75 Pre cent ?

[@schenker4]

Denny made a difference.

[@recklessfable8292]

YES HE DID!

[@Primordilian]

ASBA drums made in France

[@kwivey1970]

Please call me...🤟💜🤟

[@lrocker7799]

Van Hager

[@GTUF]

You have any solo Dave stuff?

[@VANHALENARCHIVE]

Ofcourse.. kzbin.info/www/bejne/oqnanaahlsSLjLs

[@davidfischer9318]

And why did he need van halen??

[@MarkStevens-f5s]

Sam Bam Jam WHAT AM I WUZ THERE Bleve it R don't

[@lrocker7799]

?

[@thefonzkiss]

He looks like the Greatest American Hero. But without the talent.

[@zarthbacon]

The Fonz If Eddie had rocked out like this during the Hagar years instead of pouncing about on a Bontempi then the Hagar era would get more respect. Maybe even you'd like it.

[@johnpuckett4888]

Dude you talk shit on every Hagar related vid there is. It’s not Sammy’s fault you’ve never been invited to parties you miserable loser. Go watch stuff you like. Life is short. Pathetic

[@roxannedaniel540]

That's why Sammy, at 71, is still touring, recording albums, has 3 bands and has made more money than the VH Bros and DLR combined.

[@dekuscrubs9853]

@@zarthbacon he is cheezy af thats peoples main complaint about him

[@stevennovakovich2525]

At times Sammy also looks like Will Ferrell with a wig on.

[@PauloHowlett]

They could have played two or three more songs instead of this fucking bass and guitar solos