“Nine On A Ten Scale” – 40 Years Ago!

Until just now, I had no idea that it was 40 years ago “Nine On A Ten Scale" came out!

This was my first solo record and I was so excited to be able to do whatever I wanted in the studio. I was really into Van Morrison at the time and more about being a singer/songwriter than a front man in a metal band like Montrose. Looking back, it was a disjointed record, but I had some great players on there: Jerry Shirley from Humble Pie, Aynsley Dunbar from Bowie and later Journey, and of course none other than Bill "The Electric" Church, and even Jimmy Hodder from Steely Dan. "Keep on Rockin'" ended up in the movie "The Rose" with Bette Midler about Janis Joplin, but the album failed to do very well. It was my first album to be taken out of print – because of a management change Capital Records had to stop promoting the record to prevent a lawsuit. I immediately went back in the studio to record the Red album, which was my first gold solo record. "Silver Lights" has got to be my favorite song on "Nine On A Ten Scale".

Ps: The title was an earthquake calculation, not my scoring of the album! Haha!

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Webmaster: Also check out the Ultimate Classic Rock article on the anniversary at http://ultimateclassicrock.com/sammy-hagar-nine-on-a-ten-scale/