{"id":29806,"date":"2024-06-27T12:03:45","date_gmt":"2024-06-27T12:03:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/101gold\/sammy-hagar-previews-upcoming-ae-biography-special\/"},"modified":"2024-06-27T12:03:45","modified_gmt":"2024-06-27T12:03:45","slug":"sammy-hagar-previews-upcoming-ae-biography-special","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/101gold\/sammy-hagar-previews-upcoming-ae-biography-special\/","title":{"rendered":"Sammy Hagar previews upcoming A&amp;E &#8216;Biography&#8217; special"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/syndication.abcaudio.com\/files\/2024-06-26\/Getty_SammyHagar_062624.jpg\" alt><figcaption> Scott Dudelson\/Getty Images<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><strong>Sammy Hagar<\/strong> is the subject of a new A&amp;E <\/span><em><span class=\"s1\">Biography<\/span><\/em><span class=\"s1\">\u00a0special debuting June 30, and he\u2019s giving fans a sneak peek of what to expect.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The former <strong>Van Halen<\/strong> frontman shared a preview of the episode <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/C8r-btFItKH\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span class=\"s1\"><strong>on Instagram<\/strong><\/span><\/a><span class=\"s1\">, and in the clip he discusses where the idea came from to write his hit song \u201cI Can\u2019t Drive 55.\u201d<\/span>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cBefore I wrote the song I Can&#8217;t Drive 55, I had 34 speeding tickets and my license taken away three times and was paying $135,000 a year for insurance &#8211; and that was in 1984!\u201d Hagar writes in the caption of the post. \u201cSince I wrote that song and made that video I have gotten only two speeding tickets! It\u2019s the gift that keeps on giving.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">In the preview, Hagar talks about being stopped at 2 a.m. on a deserted highway for driving 62 in a 55 mph\u00a0zone.\u00a0After being pulled over by the cop, he told his wife, \u201cMan, I can\u2019t drive 55, you know?\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cI swear it was like God struck me with lightning,\u201d\u00a0he shares.\u00a0\u201cI wrote the whole song like that night. And it was the biggest thing I\u2019ve ever done in my life.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">&#8220;I Can&#8217;t Drive 55&#8221; was the lead single off Hagar&#8217;s album <em>VOA<\/em>\u00a0and was a top-40 hit for the rocker.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Sammy Hagar\u2019s A&amp;E <\/span><em><span class=\"s1\">Biography<\/span><\/em><span class=\"s1\">\u00a0special will air Sunday at 10 p.m. ET.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Copyright \u00a9 2024, ABC Audio. 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