Pine Knob Music Theatre

The Red Voodoo Tour

Welcome to the Cabo Wabo!! Those words rang loud this past Sunday June 6
as Sammy Hagar and his band the “Waboritas” took to the stage energized and
ready to rock the crowd estimated at 12,000. The packed house at Pine Knob
wasn’t disappointed. Opening with a sort of “unplugged” version of CABO
WABO, the band stood in front of a giant banner painted like the entrance
to the Cabo Cantina in Mexico. After this spirited beginning they launched
into The Revival as the banner was pulled back to reveal the stage. What a
surprise for the audience as the stage was designed to look like the inside
of the Cabo Wabo Cantina! Complete with about 30-40 people standing on a
balcony at the rear of the stage dancing a partying like guests at the
club!

Sammy decked out in a Detroit Red Wings shirt and white shorts proceeded to
entertain in true RED ROCKER fashion ripping through some VH era tunes (Top
Of The World, Poundcake, Right Now, Why Can’t This Be Love, Finish What Ya
Started) and also classic Sammy solo material including Red, Montrose’s Bad
Motor Scooter & I Can’t Drive 55.

His post VH songs included a rousing Little White Lie, encoring with
Marching To Mars, smokin’ Mas Tequila, High And Dry Again as well as Shag.
Every song they jammed out showed his love for entertaining and his genuine
love of his faithfull fans. The evening was a scorcher with temperatures in
the 90’s that day. Sammy took it upon himself to summon waitresses out on
stage to serve him drinks & he in turn followed by sharing some with fans
filling up empty glasses in the first few rows with beer and Cabo tequila!!
This was an eventfull night as another great show was put on by the man
himself. We drove 4 hours to see the show (from Canada) and it was worth
every minute. We have had the pleasure of meeting Sammy on a couple of
occasions before and he again proved he knows how to put on a show. Thanks
Sammy!!

Thanks to Brent Kinnaird for the review and Lisa and Drew Selmek for the set list!