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A short interview with Sammy at the Clive Davis and The Recording Academy’s Pre-GRAMMY Gala on Jan. 25 in Beverly Hills, Calif:  http://www.grammy.com/videos/sammy-hagar-honored-to-attend-pre-grammy-gala

After jamming with Steven Tyler, Alice Cooper, Richie Sambora and more for Alice Cooper's Maui Food Bank fundraiser on NYE, I went home and on New Year's morning brewed up my first cuppa from coffee beans from my pineapple planation in Maui!

Fresh picked coffee berries nice and red. 

My first batch of coffee beans from my house in Maui- small, but they’re going to be good. They were bright red and I’ve peeled them, now drying them to get the membrane off then I will roast them to make my first cuppa coffee! Enough for approximately 3 cups of coffee Yum Yum happy new year!

First stove roast. Be careful it must roast evenly high heat but shake the F out of it.  Can’t burn– VIP!

Almost

Just about there – see uneven color.  That’s not good, you want even color consistent med to dark brown. Keep on med high heat and shake like popcorn.

When it’s ready you smell it– just like when you drive past a roaster! I used the classic popcorn sieve. 40 minutes of shaking, moving on & off fire. I compared the beans with my best bag of Equator coffee beans (my favorite local coffee shop) and couldn’t tell the difference! You have to wait 12 to 24 hours after roasting before you grind it and make a cup. The reason you wait is because there is gas that has to escape from the beans or the coffee’s not as good!

Ground and ready in my favorite one-cup Red Rocker coffee maker!

Ground and ready to rock!

Yum yum yum. My first from bush to mug of coffee! Very nutty, earthy wood with bitter sweet chocolate notes. Very balanced acidity a mild mellow jack. Whew!!! Cockadoodledo.

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Mr. Cabo Wabo and a couple of his buddies were the first guys to wear red wigs and call themselves Redheads in the early days in Cabo and at shows I've done around the country. He will be missed.

He is also one of the only people that ever drank the whole drink menu at the Cabo Wabo, but he did pass out and had to be rolled out! He was a very Big guy.

Here is Kari and me at our restaurant El Paseo in Mill Valley celebrating Kari’s birthday dinner where the chef Michael Ward made Kari’s favorite dish – chicken fried steak, mashed potatoes and gravy. Let it be known Kari’s a Texas gal. Ha-ha! 🙂

Thank you all for a sold out Concert For Liza! Sammy and The Wabos will be joined by Mike Anthony, Joe Satriani, Jack Blades, Kenny Arnoff, and Billy Sheehan in this special benefit concert for David's wife, Liza, who is battling with cancer. 

The event will be held on Feburary 12 at the Sweetwater Music Hall in Mill Valley, California. 

Information about the event and to view the concert online visit:  www.concertforliza.org