Jason Bonham—son of the late, legendary John Bonham—finally opened up about getting upset with Sammy Hagar.
Bonham had been Hagar’s drummer for a solid 10 years.
Drummer Kenny Aronoff replaced Bonham at the end of Hagar’s “The Best Of All Worlds” tour over the summer after Jason went home to take care of his mother, who had suffered a stroke.
Hagar, Aronoff, guitarist Joe Satriani, and bassist Michael Anthony also recently completed a Las Vegas residency.
During a May 30 appearance on SiriusXM’s “Trunk Nation With Eddie Trunk”, Jason Bonham spoke about his 2024 exit from Sammy Hagar’s band. When asked if everything is “okay” now between him and Hagar, Bonham said:
“We’re good. I was a little upset with him, obviously — when it happened, I was upset, because I had 10 years, great years with Sam. Love him, love his family, kids, everything, his wife. His wife and my wife are very, very close. So it was a bit of a shock, but I get it. At that time I couldn’t commit to the Japanese tour because mom was still in a bad way. And at that time, I’d got everything held for the following year that I was asked to do. So, I’d held everything off. The only one commitment I had, which was Black Country Communion.
Jason said he could’ve done the rehearsals. He didn’t have any conflicting commitments—except three weeks in June for Black Country Communion. Meanwhile, both Joe Satriani and Kenny Aronoff also had scheduling conflicts.
He added, “So I read recently, there was an article that somebody kind of cornered him on me. And I just wanted to clear that up. I didn’t have any dates booked or anything. So I could have done rehearsals. I just wanted it to be out there. I could have done rehearsals. The only thing I had booked was the three weeks in June. But so is Joe and Kenny, they are gonna be away at that time. So that was my only thing. I don’t know if there’s more to it than the eye. And he kind of said Kenny was way more upbeat and I was a bit drama. But oh, well. But I love Sam to bits. Me and Mike, we speak every week. Mikey, I really miss him. But we had a great time. To get where we got playing those songs, who wouldn’t want to do that gig? So, we had a great time last year. If that was my swan song with Sam, then we ended up on a high.”
Last year, Jason Bonham also answered some questions during the preparation of Best of All Worlds tour with Sammy Hagar.
