Label: Capitol Records - ST-11599 • Format: Vinyl LP, Album • Country: US • Genre: Rock • Style: Hard Rock Sam Roy Hagar, also known as The Red Rocker, is an American rock vocalist, guitarist, songwriter and musician. "Street Machine" tour summer/fall. Sammy Hagar's Concert History. Samuel Roy Hagar (born October 13, 1947) also known as The Red Rocker, is an American singer-songwriter and entrepreneur. Hagar is known as a solo artist and a former member of several notable bands. Sammy Hagar is a rock vocalist and guitarist. 1979 Sammy Hagar Tour Dates "All Night Long" tour in spring. Sammy Hagar, From Colton, California, was popular in the early- mid 1980's for fast paced, guitar-driven, hard rock with a masculine, lets-go-party attitude, joined the band Van Halen as lead vocalist after David Lee Roth's departure from the group. Hagar first came to prominence singing on the first two Montrose albums - Montrose (1973) and Paper Money (1974). View credits, reviews, tracks and shop for the 1977 Vinyl release of Sammy Hagar on Discogs. Van Halen Archives is the most complete source for Van Halen, David Lee Roth, Sammy Hagar and Chickenfoot tour information. Hagar came to prominence in the 1970s with the hard rock band Montrose.He then launched a successful solo career, scoring an enduring hit in 1984 with "I Can't Drive 55".He enjoyed commercial success when he replaced David Lee Roth as the lead singer of Van Halen …