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Red Rocking Tequila
By Dan Dunn

Like many a diehard Van Halen fan, the Imbiber would have preferred the Sammy Hagar years had never come to pass. Granted, VH produced a number of chart-toppers during its eleven-year Red Rocker era (1985-1996), but as anyone who caught the band in concert on their recent tour can attest, tracks such as “Why Can’t This Be Love?” and “Summer Nights” reached new levels of sonic stupendousness with the dynamic David Lee Roth on vocals. Plus, didn’t the world just seem a little less exciting without Diamond Dave swinging from the rafters in pastel-colored “mandex” tights?
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