Sammy Hagar, ‘There’s Only One Way to Rock’

I know what you are thinking... Butch, bro, it's not Wednesday! I am aware, but we are pretending it's Wednesday all week in celebration of Sammy Hagar coming to the Budweiser Events Center this summer. Come inside, enjoy some Hagar, and find out how to win tickets to the show before they go on sale this Friday.

As a music fan there is always something new and great, but there really is something special about the songs you grew up listening to. For me, that was 70′s and 80′s classic rock. If I am in a shi**y mood, I throw in a little Zeppelin or Rush and take a trip back to rolling in my mom’s T-Bird. Now every Wednesday you get to take that trip with me. It’s Way Back Wednesday with Butch, and today’s first feature during Hagar week is a song we rocked out to back in 1981!… “There's Only One Way to Rock.”

If it weren't for "I Can't Drive 55," this Sammy Hagar song would more than fit the bill as the head-banging, career-defining statement of purpose for any rock hero. Played at nearly every Sammy-fronted Van Halen concert, usually with a killer guitar duel featuring the admittedly over-matched Hagar gamely battling resident genius Eddie Van Halen. Oh yeah, and the Beastie Boys totally nicked this riff.

Now take a trip back 30 years to 1981 with us here…

Listen to Butch during the 5pm hour all week for your chance to win tickets to see Hagar at the Bud Center before you can buy them!

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