The project – which features new music from Hagar, guitarist Vic Johnson, bassist Michael Anthony, and drummer Jason Bonham – also includes a cover of the Elvis Costello & The Attractions tune, “Pump It Up.”
The band recorded with producer Dave Cobb at the historic RCA Studio A in Nashville, TN.
“Working with Dave Cobb for the first time was enlightening,” explains Hagar. “We went into the studio to record in the fall of 2021, when the world was starting to come out of the pandemic bubble we’d all been living in.
“Going back in the studio, creating and being with the music is just what felt natural. And it was just so different from any record I've ever made. There was joy in the hard work, catharsis and the comradery we’d craved. It was like those two years of not being able to do very much fell away and we really all came together and let it out in the music and lyrics. We were able to express what we all felt.”
Hagar will celebrate his 75th birthday on October 13 as part of his annual week of Birthday Bash concerts at his Cabo Wabo Cantina in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico.
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