Drummer David “Bro” Lauser and guitarist Gary Pihl go way back—to the early ’80s, when they laid down the thunderous drums and scorching guitar riffs on Sammy Hagar’s iconic Geffen albums. Fast forward five decades, and their ALLIANCE is still going strong! When Sammy joined Van Halen in ’85, Gary jumped over to the legendary BOSTON , where he’s held it down on guitar for 40 years. And when Sammy launched his post-VH solo career, guess who was his first Wabo? His "Bro," of course! Out of that ti...
May 01, 2025•1 hr 20 min•Season 5Ep. 8
Well it only took 5 seasons...but in this episode the Bo-Hosts welcome their very first musical act: BAD MOTOR SCOOTER - The Midwest #1 Tribute to the music of Montrose , Van Halen and of course, Sammy Hagar! 3/4's of this rockin' RED band sits down to talk how they formed, their individual influences and what it's like being in a band that celebrates the legacy of the main man himself! The band also does a couple tunes LIVE! ( Hallelujah!) on the show, so bring the tequila and lets party Sammy-...
Apr 22, 2025•1 hr 2 min•Season 5Ep. 7
In this episode the Bo-Hosts welcome someone who is a personal friend of Sammy & Mikey, a megafan of Eddie, and an incredible guitar-gunslinger who also happens to be a full-fledged member of one of the biggest rock bands in the world! This guest is also a fellow Canadian, so of course we're talking about none other than the incomparable Phil X; lead guitarist of Bon FRIGGIN' Jovi! Phil X is also the founder/leader/frontman of Phil X & The Drills , and in this episode he discusses their ...
Apr 03, 2025•1 hr 8 min•Season 5Ep. 6
In this exciting episode the Bo-Hosts go international and practice their Australian accents by welcoming special guest, Brett Carroll ! Redheads know Brett as a longtime card-carrying Redhead and the passionate and inspi(RED) administrator of the Sammy Hagar RED Facebook Group, which is soon celebrating its TENTH year! As 5150 celebrates it's 39th anniversary, the boys discuss the EPIC album's impact, and Brett explains his spiritually-enlightening trip to Cabo Wabo to finally experience Sammy ...
Mar 29, 2025•53 min•Season 5Ep. 5
They say all good things must come to an end. At age 77 the main man himself shows no signs of stopping. However, now the Best Of All Worlds tour has come and gone the hope of another large-scale tour, which could be his final, still remains. If we DID get one more tour, what would Sammy sing? What would, could, and should a fitting setlist be? The Bo-Hosts welcome back former guests & fellow Redheads Wes ( red_rock_fanpage1013 ) and Mark ( purerockcalifornia ) as we battle it out to see whi...
Mar 19, 2025•55 min•Season 5Ep. 4
Where DOES the time time go?! Chickenfoot's incredible 2009 debut album turns sweet 16 this year!! This means in 2025 it too can now complain about driving 55 MPH and decide on Turnin' Left whenever it so chooses!! In this celebration of the supergroup's EPIC debut album, the Bo-Hosts reminisce on that era in Sammy's life & career, and provide an exclusive, behind-the-scenes look at the making of the official animated music video for "Get It Up"! As some of you may already know, Bo-Host Dari...
Feb 19, 2025•1 hr•Season 5Ep. 3
Whoa! 2025 is off to a great start for Redheads as Friday Jan. 31st we got the surprise new track "Fortune Teller Blues, featuring Sammy and blues wunderkind, Joe Bonamassa. But what IS this tune?!? Where did it come from?!? It sounds a bit like...Deep RED...or is it...RED Country Communion!?! In this impromptu reaction/review the Bo-Hosts speculate on the origins of this truly epic, and very inspiRED, tune and try to piece together the tangled timelines of how - and why - we got this surprise t...
Feb 04, 2025•1 hr 1 min•Season 5Ep. 2
"BALANCE" turns 30 today!! Wow, where did 3 decades go?!? In this bittersweet episode the Bo-Hosts wax nostalgic on this most epic of albums and look back on what was a turbulent era for their favorite version of the band. The Bo-Hosts also discuss Balance's place in landscape of Rock N Roll circa 1995, the interesting origins of certain tracks, Eddie's personal challenges, his gear & evolving tone, and we also hear from friends & listeners on what the album means to them. Sadly, Balance...
Jan 24, 2025•1 hr 5 min•Season 5Ep. 1
Here we are again in that kinda awkward stretch between Christmas and New Years. All the presents have been unwrapped, all the yuletide tidings have been exchanged and the family gatherings are getting fewer and farther between. Well fear not as your intrepid Bo-Hosts have gotcha covered! As the snow falls and the temperatures drop, the Bo-Hosts crank up the heat with a special "Bonus" Otis Mini-Episode recorded face down in Cabo! In this episode, a vacationing Bo-host Brent again met up with Ca...
Dec 31, 2024•38 min
Get out your comfy soft pants (preferably RED) and mix-up your Sammy favorite libation of choice as it's a super-sized "SAM-Stravaganza" Season 4 finale! To wrap an incredible Season 4, the Bo-Hosts look back at the sensational "Best Of All Worlds" summer 2024 tour and Bo-Host Brent provides a backstage (and sidestage) recap of it's final stop in St.Louis; the Redhead capital of the USA! Also, the Bo-Hosts welcome fellow longtime card-carrying Redhead Wes Combs, from Springfield, Missouri, who r...
Dec 11, 2024•2 hr 3 min•Season 4Ep. 13
In this episode the Bo-Hosts welcome fellow content creator, podcaster, gearhead and mega VH fan, the incomparable Johnny Beane! Johnny is also the host of his own popular YouTube channel; JohnnyBeane TV, where you will find weekly LIVE Guitar & music conversations, plus LOTS of EVH & Van Halen Guitar chats! Johnny's a fun hang and the conversation meanders from our fav Sammy albums, to AVH's new book, a pit stop at Satch and the BOAW tour, reminisces on what could have been after Balanc...
Nov 14, 2024•1 hr 25 min•Season 4Ep. 12
In this episode the Bo-Hosts are joined by musicologist, YouTube content creator and fellow RedHead, Tim Durling , author of the recently released RED ON BLACK: The Listener’s Guide to Sammy Hagar! Tim stops by to give the Bo-Hosts the skinny on how he discovered Sammy Hagar, how the book came together, the endless Capitol-era "Truck Stop Tapes" that have been released and reveals his favourite/least-favourite songs & albums! Tim also weighs in on AVH's book launch interview comments and muc...
Oct 28, 2024•1 hr 21 min•Season 4Ep. 11
Sigh....it's tough being a Van Halen fan ain't it? "What is understood...NEED be discussed" Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100085582159917 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thebogusotisshow/?hl=en Connect with the Bo-Hosts: bogusotisshow@gmail.com
Oct 18, 2024•35 min•Season 4Ep. 50
Can Season 4 get any BIGGER? After an epic run of special guests, including the CEO of ROCK N' ROLL himself, the Bo-Hosts welcome back Sammy's longtime friend, percussionist and drummer David "Bro" Lauser for a discussion that tries it's very best to stay focused on the 40th Anniversary of 1984's "VOA"! As the classic Geffen-era album and it's mega-single "I Can't Drive 55" both celebrate the quadruple- decade milestone, Bro discusses the record's development, the recording process, and all his ...
Oct 13, 2024•1 hr 16 min•Season 4Ep. 51
In this most EPIC of episodes, the Bo-Hosts sit down with fellow Redheads Chris Heathcoat and Greg Dulberg ! These gents are not only longtime friends of the show and a great hang, they are also some of the main men helping keep the RED flame eternally burning for RedRocker Riders; Sammy's incREDibly rare, highly sought after and heavily customized RED & blacked-out mountain bike! Produced in VERY limited quantities from 1988-1992, the RedRocker mountain bike was the result of Sammy's passio...
Oct 03, 2024•1 hr 25 min•Season 4Ep. 8
It doesn't get any bigger than this folks! In an episode of EPIC proportions, our intrepid Bo-Hosts were invited backstage at the BOAW Toronto stop to speak to the MAIN MAN himself! Yes, you read that right: it's the INTERVIEW SEQUEL to THE FILLMORE! On the only Canadian tour date, Sammy was even more generous with his pre-show time and hung with the Bo-Hosts at length to talk about the tour, the setlist, and how this current line-up came to be! Aside from flipping the tables to instead intervie...
Aug 16, 2024•1 hr 20 min•Season 4Ep. 7
Summer Nights just got hotter as Sammy, Mike, Joe and Jason kick off the highly anticipated 2024 The Best Of All Worlds Tour ! For the sake of getting this out there ASAP, the Bo-Hosts forego the usual tweaks & fine-tune edits and unleash this episode "LIVE without a net" as they discuss the 1st two Florida shows and invite friend & fellow fan, Tim MacDonald, to provide his reactions. Tim's a longtime Sammy fan and card-carrying St.Louis Redhead who was at both Florida Shows! SPOILER ALE...
Jul 16, 2024•59 min•Season 4Ep. 6
As we inch closer to the Best of All Worlds Tour 2024, speculation is rampant on just which Sammy-era Van Halen songs will make cut. In this episode, the Bo-Hosts step thru every Hagar-fronted release to build what they feel would be the ultimate setlist. The megahits? The B sides? Deeper cuts? Or songs never played live ever- and/or in their entirety? It's a hang and a half, so grab some cold Red Rocker Lagers as the Bo-Hosts try to lobby which tunes will make the tour! What tunes do YOU want t...
Jun 26, 2024•1 hr 4 min•Season 4Ep. 5
The Bo-Hosts welcome back the "Wise Swami" of all things Rock and Heavy Metal, musicologist, author, uber-critic, and fellow podcaster, the legendary Martin Popoff! Martin stops by to discuss his latest release, the incredibly gorgeous "Van Halen at 50", where Martin selected what he feels are the 50 most important career milestones in Van Halen's 50th year of formation (2024). It's a must-have for all Van Halen /Sammy Hagar fanatics and the Bo-Hosts discuss Martin's journey writing the book and...
May 27, 2024•1 hr 9 min•Season 4Ep. 4
In this "bite-sized" Bogus episode, the Bo-Hosts got a few minutes with broadcast legend and hard rock musicologist, Eddie Trunk! Eddie provides his thoughts on Vegas residencies vs. Cruise packages, Sammy's enduring appeal & legacy as well as the upcoming TBOAW Summer Tour! Plus, Eddie settles an ongoing argument between the Bo-Hosts as to which Hagar-fronted Van Halen song reigns supreme, provides his thoughts on the possibility of a Sammy Hagar Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Solo Induction an...
May 14, 2024•30 min•Season 4Ep. 3
Sammy's main man for all things visual design is of course our friend Todd Gallopo! Todd is of course the founder/owner of Meat and Potatoes, Inc., the LA based Creative Studio behind Sammy's solo albums since 1998, also Chickenfoot, The Circle, not to mention the go-to guy for Santo, Sammy's Beach Bar Rum, and much much more! So when Sammy decided to team up with the Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas and make good on his 2013 Sammy Hagar & Friends tune "All We Need Is An Island", who else co...
May 14, 2024•1 hr 16 min•Season 4Ep. 2
Who better to kick off Season 4 than a Hagar? Or... is it Belcher ? ( pronounced "Bell-share"... for the record! ) Always a bundle of youthful energy, Velma Hagar again joins the show to give the Bo-Hosts the lowdown on Sammy's jaw-dropping appearance on PBS' Finding Your Roots . Velma discusses the Hagar family's reactions to these life-changing ancestral revelations , the many questions these "buried secrets" now raise and she provides further insights as to the impact on their historical lega...
Apr 09, 2024•1 hr•Season 4Ep. 1
The Bo-Hosts wrap Season 3 with Dino McCord, lead singer of the Sammy- inspi(RED) rock band, Red Voodoo! Dino shares his remarkable musical journey, highlighting how he discovered Sammy and what inspired him to form his Hagar-centric cover band. The Bo-Hosts also explore the audacious steps Dino took to grab Sammy's attention and what it's like to be mentored by the Red Rocker himself! Dino also delves into his favorite Sammy solo / Van Halen tunes and the albums that shaped his dreams and music...
Mar 09, 2024•57 min•Season 3Ep. 13
It’s early 1995. Balance is on record store shelves. Fresh off the European promotional tour with secret gigs in Holland and Italy, VH is back with perhaps their most powerful & polished work of the Hagar era. Some internal strife? Yes, we know that now, but the energy onstage was undeniable. We wind the clock back, along with special guest Eric Senich of the VH News Desk and tackle a ranking of this historic record; the last with Sammy fronting the band. It’s a 12 down to 1 examination…with...
Feb 16, 2024•1 hr 36 min•Season 3Ep. 12
Where did the time go!?? UNBOXED is turning 30! In this episode the Bo-Hosts dig deep into Sammy's 1st officially sanctioned compilation album. 1994 was a turning point for rock music and for the band. Was it the end of the beginning, or the beginning of the end? The Bo-Hosts sort it all out, as well as do a full bottom-to- top RANKING of the track list! So grab a cold Sammy RTD of choice as we UNBOX UNBOXED! "What is understood...NEED be discussed" Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php...
Feb 04, 2024•1 hr 6 min•Season 3Ep. 11
Just like our pal Steve Rosen, the Bo-Hosts are also avid ToneChasers! But since it's such a massive, elusive and highly-subjective topic, it needed a Righteous Roundtable of "Co-BoHosts" assembled to help sort the "Little White Lies" from the "High Hopes"! In this 1st episode of what will be an ongoing series featuring a rotating roster of roundtable guests, the Bo-Host's wrangled some of their closest confidants, ED-Heads and REDheads to discuss their individual paths to playing guitar, their ...
Jan 21, 2024•1 hr 20 min•Season 3Ep. 10
As Redheads know, Sammy's all about the 9’s. So, 'welcome to the Cabo Wabo’ as we reach Episode #9! Plus, with Sammy himself unexpectedly crashing the cast while we were at the Fillmore to cover the launch of Red Rocker Lager, releasing it (right) now makes it an extra special Holiday gift for our faithful listeners! Pull up a chair, crack a cold one, pour yourself a shot o' Santo and enjoy this special LIVE episode (recorded WITHOUT A NET, of course), at the legendary Fillmore Detroit, where th...
Dec 21, 2023•50 min•Season 3Ep. 9
Never been "face down" in Cabo before? Maybe you’ve been but have a thirst for more? Beyond the Cabo Wabo you're not quite sure about the best places to eat, swim and hang?? Even the frequent flyer among us like to discover new spots and even the comforts of home (hint, we’re looking at you Hammy Sagar BBQ!). Authentic Texas BBQ? Lesser known beaches and places to watch the sunset?? Well, the Bo-Hosts got ya covered! In this finger lickin' episode we welcome Dana from Destino Magazine and Chef K...
Dec 08, 2023•55 min•Season 3Ep. 8
The demand for "The Collection II" is the one of the reasons this podcast was started! The Bo-Hosts ( along with millions of Redheads and fellow fans ) already KNEW Sammy's incredibly successful, but long neglected, tenure in Van Halen deserved EQUAL respect & consideration to "The Collection", but that it would first require a sonic upgrade to again make this knowledge FACT! Sammy's stretch of multi-platinum albums are what Rock and Roll legacies are built and fans have waited so long for t...
Nov 24, 2023•1 hr 11 min•Season 3Ep. 7
In this episode the Bo-Hosts sit down with Brian Hodous , Chief Operating Officer of Sammy’s Beach Bar Rum and Sammy’s Beach Bar Cocktail Co . Brian is a ton of fun and was born to RUM ! He's a helluva hang and a man who's stellar CV and career spans over 40 years! Highlights include: serving for 12 years as CCO (Chief Commercial Officer) of ACTIVISION Blizzard and moving $17 Billion in product as CCO for beverage global leader, Cadbury Schweppes . Brian quenches the thirsty Bo-Hosts by stepping...
Nov 17, 2023•1 hr 8 min•Season 3Ep. 6
