Reminder: CHICKENFOOT To Celebrate Cabo Wabo 20th Anniversary; Webcast Tonight!
April 24, 2010, 14 years ago
CHICKENFOOT - the band featuring vocalist Sammy Hagar (ex-VAN HALEN, MONTROSE), bassist Michael Anthony (ex-Van Halen), drummer Chad Smith (RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS) and guitar virtuoso Joe Satriani - will be celebrating the 20th anniversary of Hagar's Cabo Wabo Cantina tonight (Saturday, April 24th) with a special online video webcast at 8pm Pacific, 10pm Central, 11pm Eastern.
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Seeking a place for himself and his friends to relax and play music, in 1990 Hagar convinced the Van Halen members to partner in opening a large bar, restaurant, and performance space in Cabo San Lucas, BCS, Mexico.
"When I arrived in Cabo San Lucas for the first time in the early '80s," says Hagar, "I fell in love with the town. It was just a fishing village then with only one major hotel. No phones, no television and no newspaper.At first, because the cantina was a novelty and had received worldwide press coverage, business was good and everyone made money. But management was shaky and the club soon became a white elephant. Then it began costing the band big money. When it did, the other members of Van Halen no longer wanted any part of it.
Because of my current partners in the operation and the enormous amount of publicity that Cabo Wabo receives in the United States every year, the success and size of the project has become much more than I ever imagined it to be."
In the YouTube video below, Hagar invites everyone to come down to Cabo Wabo to celebrate:
