Kenny Chesney

We were on the road, I forgot, I think it was 2006, and we were playing Ohio State's basketball arena.

And we had a night off, so we were there early.

On that night off, Van Halen was playing the same arena.

And Louie Messina, who had worked a lot with Van Halen and with Sammy especially, was promoting my tour and still is, but...

I said, Louie, I got to meet Sammy Hagar.

So we went, you know, worked it out for me and the band.

All of a sudden, we go backstage and there's Eddie without a shirt, you know, with hair, you know, doing his stuff.

And here comes Sammy Hagar in this yellow jumpsuit and his red shoes and his blonde hair.

And it was as if I had known him my whole life.

And you take my road manager and I, David Farmer, we were kids.

We were in his garage with pool sticks, acting like they were guitars, listening to Montrose.

And then here comes that guy.

So me and Sammy became pretty instant friends.

And then he invited me to come play his birthday party he has every year in Cabo.

And I said, okay, we're coming.

So we play.

I'll bet we play three and a half hours.

Wow.

And then there was a club next to it called Squid Row.

And me and the band went to that.