2006 BIRTHDAY BASH NEWS

[Vince G.]

September 28, 2006
BIRTHDAY BASH - WABOTHON*

*OK* Redheads!
It's that time of year when we all take off our shoes and get our feet
in the sand...Yep, it's just a few days away! This year we will have shows
on the 6th, 7th, 9th, 12th & 13th!! As you all know it keeps getting
harder and harder to accomodate all of you in the club, so I have been thinking really hard on this one....and here is my solution!!!

Shows will be on the 6th, 7th, 9th, 12th and on the 13th, I have
decided....are you sitting down for this one.....I will be doing the
WABOTHON!!!! A noon to midnight *ULTIMATE B-Day PARTY!!!....*I'm
thinking five separate shows...*ARE WE HAVIN ANY FUN YET*!!.....

Here is how it will work..

Wristbands will be handed out as usual for all shows on a first come
first serve basis! BUT on the 13th, you will have a choice of which show you
will attend until all shows are sold out! *ALL* details on show times will
be posted at the club and as always we will have a limited number of
dinner show tickets available(well, on the 13th it will be breakfast, lunch,
dinner, midnight snack.....you get my drift!.... And as usual all shows
are free on a first come first serve basis!!

Yippie--MAS TEQUILA!!!

[the_atomic_punks_rule]

smart move... i was gonna go, but didn't want to waste my time sitting around...he still needs to come up with a better sytem for tix

[LLFHS]

SNTSTFU©


The man loves his fans.....no denying that.

[servoguy101]

my liver collapsed when I read that. this year is going to hurt.

[Raldo]

September 28, 2006
BIRTHDAY BASH - WABOTHON*

*OK* Redheads!
It's that time of year when we all take off our shoes and get our feet
in the sand...Yep, it's just a few days away! This year we will have shows
on the 6th, 7th, 9th, 12th & 13th!! As you all know it keeps getting
harder and harder to accomodate all of you in the club, so I have been thinking really hard on this one....and here is my solution!!!

Shows will be on the 6th, 7th, 9th, 12th and on the 13th, I have
decided....are you sitting down for this one.....I will be doing the
WABOTHON!!!! A noon to midnight *ULTIMATE B-Day PARTY!!!....*I'm
thinking five separate shows...*ARE WE HAVIN ANY FUN YET*!!.....

Here is how it will work..

Wristbands will be handed out as usual for all shows on a first come
first serve basis! BUT on the 13th, you will have a choice of which show you
will attend until all shows are sold out! *ALL* details on show times will
be posted at the club and as always we will have a limited number of
dinner show tickets available(well, on the 13th it will be breakfast, lunch,
dinner, midnight snack.....you get my drift!.... And as usual all shows
are free on a first come first serve basis!!

Yippie--MAS TEQUILA!!!

I'm going to Cabo next year so hopefully Sammy has one more year left in him of doing this.

[belikemike]

I'm going to Cabo next year so hopefully Sammy has one more year left in him of doing this.

I get the feeling if he's not dead, he'll be doing this.

[box_of_sorrows]

It's nice that he does this every year for his fans and I know people travel some insane distances around the world to attend, but man I wish he'd just get onto a world tour once in a while, we had one brief gig here in the UK (which was badly advertised so I missed it, f/k!) in what a decade or more?

[Otis5150]

I'm going to Cabo in two weeks. I'll miss the Birthday shows, but hell, it's still Cabo. Maybe I'll get lucky and Sam will show up?

[belikemike]

It's nice that he does this every year for his fans and I know people travel some insane distances around the world to attend, but man I wish he'd just get onto a world tour once in a while, we had one brief gig here in the UK (which was badly advertised so I missed it, f/k!) in what a decade or more?

My hunch is Hagar isn't going to go out and bust his ass on a world tour when he knows he won't be able to put asses in the seats. His touring schedule now is pretty light (a few months at a time, at most) and he's not exactly a big draw here in America. I love the guy, and go see him, but let's face it -- he doesn't draw but for a few locations. I don't think there would be a helluva lot of interest (from the money people) to back a Hagar tour in Europe for just a few hundred or maybe a couple thousand people to show up.
Something I've always been curious about was Van Halen's strategy with Hagar. I'm assuming it was Ed Leffler more than anybody else's strategy (to milk America for all it was worth), but it doesn't seem to me Van Halen toured the world hard in their time, and I'm sure it cost them fans. They did seem to go across the pond much more frequently with Dave.
Does anybody agree with me here? I've always wondered why VH with Hagar wasn't a world-wide headline touring act. I know they hit Japan and I think Australia and then opened some fesitval dates in Europe for Bon Jovi on the Balance tour. But they by no means set out on a mission to conquer the world. Seems shortsighted to me. Maybe they didn't care, but long term I think Bon Jovi's willingness to tour the world when they were hot basically pulled them through the 1990's grunge phase.
I never heard squat (or very little) about Bon Jovi during the 90's, but I remember seeing a dvd of them overseas selling out Wembley Stadium in like 1995. I know BJ toured like hell during the 80's across the world, and I'm guessing it was a place for them to exploit when they were on the outs in the USA.
It seems to me Van Halen squandered this same opportunity (of course this would assume they'd have not split in 1996, but still they couldn't have known that in the 1980's).

[Ian Sane]

Van Halen has only toured Australia once & that was with Gary Cherone.

Sammy toured here for the first time as a solo act about a month after the VH shows. It is also the only time Sammy toured Australia.

[Vince G.]

Updated B'day Bash news from redrocker.com:

http://www.redrocker.com/index.php?s=news_detail&id=116

And, someone from the SHML posted this:

Redhead Report 10/6/06

The bash is officially off and running. Sammy and the Wabos played a
killer set that was selected by the band members. After each song Sammy went to each band member and let them pick the set. Sammy created a set list that was eight feet long, including all the songs he and the band know, so he promised to play them all before the bash is over Here is the set list from Friday.

Right on Right
Marching to Mars
High and Dry
One Way To Rock
The Way We Live
Humans
Rock Candy
Bad Motor Scooter
Sam I Am
Road House Blues
Whole Lotta Zepp
I'll Take You There
Sailin'
Red Voodoo
Fight For Your Right


Red head Report 10/7/06

Day two did not disappoint, with all the new additions to the club
including a new building, expanded wabotique, new menu at the Wabo Snack and additional sound, lighting and decor the Wabos built a new set list of there own. Sticking with his promise to tackle the eight foot set list, Sammy and the band selected their favorites and came up with another winner. Highlights included a killer dueling drum jam during Red between David Lauser and John Douglas. Here is the set list from Saturday (Rumor has it Vinnie
Paul, Michael Anthony and others are on the way!)

I Love This Bar
Shaka Doobie
Things Have Changed
Your Love Is Driving Me Crazy
Fall In Love
Red
3 Lock Box
Finish Whatcha Started
Fight for Your Right
Fast Times
Heavy Metal
I Feel Good

[BBB]

Damn, look at all the songs on the list

55

When The Hammer Falls
Give To Live
Eagles Fly

Bad Motor Scooter
Space Station No. 5
Rock Candy
Make It Last
Rock The Nation

Poundcake
Runaround
Best Of Both Worlds
Seventh Seal
Right Now
5150
Why Can't This Be Love
Top Of The World
Finish What Ya Started
Up For Breakfast
Amsterdam
Summer Nights
Runnin With The Devil
Judgement Day
Good Enough
Atomic Punk
Humans Being
Dreams

Red
High Hopes
Rock And Roll Weekend
I've Done Everything 4 You
Rock And Roll
Whole Lotta Love
Roadhouse Blues
Fight For Your Right

Little WHite Lie
Who Has The Right
Both Sides Now
Marching To Mars

Mas Tequila
Sympathy For The Human
Red Voodoo
High And Dry
Right On Right
The Love

Shaka Doobie
Let Sally Drive
Serious Juju
Deeper Kinda Love
Ten 13
Tropic Of Capricorn

Stand Up
Hallelujah
Halfway To Memphis
Things've Changed
Whole Lotta Zep
Not 4 Sale

Sam I Am
Livin On A Coastline
Mexico
The Way We Live
I Love This Bar
One Sip
Rainy Day Women
Halfway To Memphis
Sailin'
Let Me Take You There

One Way To Rock
I'll Fall In Love Again
Heavy Metal

3 Lock Box
Your Love Is Driving Me Crazy

[box_of_sorrows]

Hey belikemike, yeah I know where you're coming from, but at the same time I remember reading/seeing/hearing interviews over here from the 80's where he'd be raving about how intense the smaller venues were here and how packed out they'd be. He is at the end of the day an international artist, it's not like his stuff is only being sold in the US - unless you count the tequila that is, I've had 1 bottle in my life and only because a friend took a holiday to the US and brought me one back, thank God he grabbed the Anejo!!

[AVH Blues]

My hunch is Hagar isn't going to go out and bust his ass on a world tour when he knows he won't be able to put asses in the seats. His touring schedule now is pretty light (a few months at a time, at most) and he's not exactly a big draw here in America. I love the guy, and go see him, but let's face it -- he doesn't draw but for a few locations. I don't think there would be a helluva lot of interest (from the money people) to back a Hagar tour in Europe for just a few hundred or maybe a couple thousand people to show up.
Something I've always been curious about was Van Halen's strategy with Hagar. I'm assuming it was Ed Leffler more than anybody else's strategy (to milk America for all it was worth), but it doesn't seem to me Van Halen toured the world hard in their time, and I'm sure it cost them fans. They did seem to go across the pond much more frequently with Dave.
Does anybody agree with me here? I've always wondered why VH with Hagar wasn't a world-wide headline touring act. I know they hit Japan and I think Australia and then opened some fesitval dates in Europe for Bon Jovi on the Balance tour. But they by no means set out on a mission to conquer the world. Seems shortsighted to me. Maybe they didn't care, but long term I think Bon Jovi's willingness to tour the world when they were hot basically pulled them through the 1990's grunge phase.
I never heard squat (or very little) about Bon Jovi during the 90's, but I remember seeing a dvd of them overseas selling out Wembley Stadium in like 1995. I know BJ toured like hell during the 80's across the world, and I'm guessing it was a place for them to exploit when they were on the outs in the USA.
It seems to me Van Halen squandered this same opportunity (of course this would assume they'd have not split in 1996, but still they couldn't have known that in the 1980's).

First- Nice to see Red Voodoo on the list. I don't know why but I like that song.

Good point but don't forget Sam IS the money man now. Cabo Wabo Tequila sponsors the shows. I agree he isn't going to do it to play big venues but if the marketing plans call for mas tequila consumption in Europe he will go.

[belikemike]

First- Nice to see Red Voodoo on the list. I don't know why but I like that song.

Good point but don't forget Sam IS the money man now. Cabo Wabo Tequila sponsors the shows. I agree he isn't going to do it to play big venues but if the marketing plans call for mas tequila consumption in Europe he will go.

Yes, this is true. If he gets his tequilla abroad and it takes off he'll go. But not until. You are right, he is the money man now, but he's also not a dumb money man. He's not gonna just piss away money for nothing (at least from the evidence we have).