Product Details

• Actors: Sammy Hagar & The Waboritas
• Format: Color, Dolby, DTS Surround Sound, DVD, Live, NTSC
• Language: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 2
• Rating: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: Image Entertainment
• DVD Release Date: August 7, 2001
• Run Time: 131 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (21 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B00005M1ZM
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #49,414 in Movies & TV (See Bestsellers in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com

To Sammy Hagar, rock & roll has always been one long party. His whole career (Montrose, solo, Van Halen, solo again) has been a paean to getting drunk, getting laid, and getting up the next day to do it again. That's all Cabo Wabo Birthday Bash Tour is: a document of Sammy's two-hour rockin' birthday party. Onstage, Hagar hosts the world's loudest party, and when he doesn't have a guitar or a mic in his hands, there's probably a margarita.

Even if there are too many shots of fans hamming it up for the cameras, the concert itself is a blast, with Hagar and his crack band, the Waboritas, cranking out a 22-song retrospective of the Red Rocker's career, from the early days to his 2000 release, Ten 13. For the curious, the quartet of "Van Hagar"-era tunes--"Top of the World," "Finish What Ya Started," "Why Can't This Be Love," and "Cabo Wabo"-- rock as hard as they did with a certain Eddie Van Halen by Hagar's side.

Extra features on the second DVD give fans a teasing 10-minute glimpse of Hagar's Cabo Wabo cantina in Mexico and an hourlong interview with the man himself. The DTS and 5.1 Dolby Digital sound is, of course, head-bangingly loud; what else would you want from the ultimate partier? --Kevin Filipski

Product Description

To witness Sammy Hagar live is to experience unstoppable energy, slamming guitar riffs and infinite fun. Each year the Red Rocker and his band, the Waboritas, gather for a birthday bash that includes music mayhem and "Mas Tequila." Join the celebration as it moves from Sammy's Cabo Wabo Cantina in Cabo San Lucas to a concert stage in Chicago. It's an unforgettable evening of signature Hagar and three decades of rock 'n' roll's finest anthems. Songs: The Real Deal, Ten 13, Shaka Doobie (The Limit), Three Lock Box, Red, There's Only One Way to Rock, Serious Juju, Top of the World, Rock Candy, High and Dry Again, Deeper Kinda Love, A Little Bit More, Eagles Fly/Lay Your Hand on Me, Finish What Ya Started, Little White Lie, Mas Tequila, Why Can't This Be Love, Heavy Metal, Let Sally Drive, I Can't Drive 55, Marching to Mars, Cabo Wabo. 131 minutes.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A total DVD experience, October 11, 2001

By	Christopher Fitzgerald (Oklahoma City, Oklahoma) - See all my reviews

This is a great DVD. I've always been a fan of Sammy's, so I'm probably biased to some degree, but this DVD delivers. The concert is great. The sound on this DVD is truly amazing. Sammy covers all the bases of his career, from his early solo outings, to his tenure with Van Halen, to his current rejuvinated solo adventures. Obviously when a man has such a big body of work, there will always be songs that you wished he would have played, but if he played every song I wanted to hear, it would have to be a five disc collection. Sammy's concert are always a big party and this is no exception. You can't help but get wrapped up in the experience when you're watching it. The second disc is an interview with Sammy and is pretty interesting as well. He speaks about his career with an honesty that is rare in entertainment these days. Overall, this is a great DVD, well worth the price of admission and will not disappoint.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars The Wabos get better and Hagar still has it., August 14, 2001

By	J. DEATS (Houston, TX USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

In spite of his declining record sales, Sammy Hagar keeps being Sammy Hagar and his fans are so grateful!

Sammy writes classic rock'n roll songs and does it his own style; always has. His contributions to Montrose and Van Halen have left their mark in rock'n roll history, and his solo career tried to get off the ground somewhere in between. Not ready to hang up his gloves yet, the self proclaimed Red Rocker has embraced yet another chapter in his career and formed the diverse Waborita band. I was skeptical, but these guys are very good! This DVD provides an entire concert, rightfully focusing on Sammy's best solo work, with 3 Van Halen covers "top of the world", "finish what you started" and "why can't this be love" performed almost flawlessly by the band, and a Montrose era song "Rock Candy" is also included.

Sammy seems to be having a blast on stage, I don't care for all the new material, but many of them "Let Sally Drive", "Deeper Kind of Love", etc.. Are as good as anything he's ever written. The concert DVD alone is worth the price, including doubly digital 5.1 and dts 5.1 sound! But you also get a 2nd DVD which features a 1-hour interview with Sammy.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars the red rocker is still the man!!, December 31, 2002

By	"dcurtis53" (mesa, arizona United States) - See all my reviews

i bought the dvd before he came to phoenix and was ready for the show by the time sammy and his great band came to town. the show was an absolutely perfect copy of the dvd. the dvd is as good as any rock performance you'll see and will have you yearning to see sammy and the group in concert.this is a must buy dvd for all avid rock & roll fans!!