Jason Bonham had to step down from Sammy Hagar‘s “The Best Of All Worlds” tour due to an undisclosed family matter.
On Tuesday night (August 27) at the Riverbend Music Center in Cincinnati, Ohio, Kenny Aronoff, who had previously performed with Hagar, bassist Michael Anthony, and guitarist Joe Satriani in CHICKENFOOT, stepped in to replace him.
“Tonight I’m going to dedicate this to the Bonham family in England,” Hagar said while introducing the song “Eagles Fly”. “Hope everything works out okay over there, and to our brother Jason.”
At the end of the show, Hagar gave a special shout-out to “the man who saved the day, Kenny f**king Aronoff.”
In a recent interview on “The Bogus Otis Show: 9 Degrees Of Sammy Hagar” podcast, Sammy Hagar was asked if there’s a possibility of his current touring band, “The Best Of All Worlds,” writing and recording any original material.
“Yes. I guarantee it,” Sammy responded. “I mean, it’s, like, I don’t know when and why, because records don’t sell. I’ve made a couple of my best records of my life, my last two solo records, and I’m lucky to sell 50 or 60,000 records. You go and make a record nowadays just to lose a couple hundred thousand bucks. It’s all good. But I need a tax write-off, so it really helps. ‘I made too many this year. Let’s go make a record.’”
The “The Best Of All Worlds” setlist primarily features VAN HALEN material, starting with “Good Enough” from the 1986 album 5150. It also includes two tracks from the 1991 album For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge, namely “Poundcake” and “Runaround,” along with classic David Lee Roth-era VAN HALEN hits “Panama” and “Ain’t Talkin’ ‘Bout Love,” plus a segment of “Jump.”
The rest of the set features Joe Satriani’s “Satch Boogie,” the energetic rock-swing guitar instrumental that launched his career in 1987 and helped his second album, Surfing With The Alien, achieve platinum status. Additionally, it includes several of Hagar’s solo hits, such as “There’s Only One Way To Rock,” “Eagles Fly,” “Heavy Metal,” and “I Can’t Drive 55.”
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