Sammy Hagar: Standing Hampton (Geffen)
Jeffrey Morgan, Creem, June 1982
AS MY OLD PAL Bugs would say: "What a maroon!" I'm talking about Sammy Hagar and, let's 'fess up: you probably don't even know who the hell Sammy Hagar is–and if you do, you still probably confuse him with similarly faceless pseudo-crungers like Pat Travers.
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