Yes! Scored tickets for Tahoe Sept. 10! Can't wait!

The pain we feel when someone close to us leaves this life is both common/universal and unique/intimate. We all know it happens to everyone, but it's always a unique experience for each of us. It helps some of us to believe the person's energy is eternal and has merely transitioned. We will always feel the bond we share with the person, and draw strength from the ability to feel such love. Feeling pain isn't always a negative experience, in this sense. Perhaps the greatest difficulty is to remain open and willing to continue to develop such close ties, knowing they will become painful.

Redheads,

Last week I lost a manager, a friend, a cowriter, & a producer. But most of all Carter was a fan of fans – a true Redhead. He cowrote the song "Red" with me and was the kind of guy who would have been in that line sleeping on the sidewalk. He was a true music lover.

I miss him.

Click here to read Carter's Obituary

Dear Sammy,
PLEASE come back to Minnesota soon! I've been dying to see you live with the Wabos. You should schedule a show in the twin cities soon! Or a show at Mystic Lake Casino in Prior Lake, MN would be freakin' awesome. Or maybe even the Orpheum Theatre in Minneapolis. Wherever it is, please make it close to the Twin Cities. Rock N Roll sammy :)

Here's the shirt I wore to Friday's show!

I was interested in seeing whether anyone in LA was going to the Tucson gig, June 4

Just finished reading RED outstanding. The last chapter very inspiring.

Paul Thomas

We have a Trunk or Treat every year at our School where parents decorate their vehicles for the kids. I decided it was time to add a little RED to Halloween. I decorated my CRV with various Sammy and Van Hagar items, Red lights. I was blaring a medley of Sammy, Chickenfoot, and Van Hagar music out the speakers. I think the parents enjoyed it more than the kids. I decided to live my dream as Sammy so I dressed up as him, my oldest son here is dressed as a rocker as well.

Got the book the day it was out. Couldn't put it down and loved it all. I couldn't think it possible by now I'm a bigger Redhead than before. Sammy you are the man and can't wait to hear the 2nd Chickenfoot album.

I wanted to write about the first time I met Sammy. It was a different way of meeting a rockstar for sure. A friend of mine went to San Francisco back in the early 90's and knew that the Bammies "Bay Area Music Awards" were that day at the Civic Auditorium. We didn't have tickets but we thought it would be cool to go to the Civic and see what was going on. We got there around 3 or 4:00. We were at the backstage entrance just watching what was going on. We had a clever idea on how to sneak in backstage. Our idea worked and we were backstage. We were in there early.