Song is from forthcoming record
Sammy Hagar and The Circle have debuted, “Funky Feng Shui,” the third single and video off their upcoming album “Crazy Times. “Funky Feng Shui,” is an original track created by the band as a warmup jam that they’d play backstage before concerts. The band initially recorded just two verses of the song as part of their Lockdown 2020 sessions. Hagar finished writing the track when the band recorded the album in 2021 with producer Dave Cobb, who also plays rhythm guitar on the song. The video was directed by Travis Detweiler and produced by Chris and Aimee Kurtz.
The album, set for release on Friday, September 30th via UMe, finds Hagar, fellow Hall of Famer and longtime bassist Michael Anthony, Grammy-winning drummer Jason Bonham and Grammy-winning guitar virtuoso Vic Johnson traveling to Nashville’s historic RCA Studio A to record with 8x Grammy Award-winning producer Dave Cobb. Cobb, who grew up obsessively listening to Hagar, set out to record “the definitive Sammy Hagar record.” The new album includes 10 songs, nine of which Hagar wrote or co-wrote, along with the notable cover, “Pump It Up.”
“The video was a blast to film because the director kept screaming just remember there’s gonna be a 50-foot woman stepping over you guys while you’re performing,” Hagar says of the video.
In support of the album’s release, Sammy Hagar & The Circle have been headlining their critically acclaimed Crazy Times summer US tour. Produced by Live Nation and presented by Sammy’s Beach Bar Cocktail Co., Santo Tequila and Beach Bar Rum, the amphitheater tour has played major cities throughout the US and wraps on Saturday, October 1st in Sacramento, CA. Following the tour, Hagar will celebrate his 75th birthday at his annual week of Birthday Bash concerts at his Cabo Wabo Cantina in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico.
