The album is notable for featuring the song "Flamingos Fly", which was written specifically for Hagar by Van Morrison after the two met at the Record Plant.
Sammy reflects back on the album in 2021 for the 45th anniversary:
“Aynsley Dunbar (Journey, Jefferson Starship, Frank Zappa, etc) played drums on ‘Silver Lights’. Jimmy Hodder (Steely Dan) played drums on ‘Flamingos Fly’.
Carter wrote the lyrics on the album for ‘Keep On Rockin’ and Bette Midler covered my original demo version of that, which I wrote the music.
‘Flamingos Fly’ Van Morrison wrote for me. He played it for me on the acoustic guitar, and we had to overdub all the instruments to that and then in the end he wouldn’t let us use anything but the song, so I put acoustic guitar in place of his and sang the whole thing myself instead of a duet.
Jerry Shirley from Humble Pie (who Montrose toured with) played most of the drums on the record.”
Other notes:
Aynsley Dunbar – drums
Jim Hodder – drums
Jerry Shirley – drums
Dallas Taylor – drums
Bill Church – bass guitar
Sammy Hagar – lead vocals, guitar
Scott Quick – guitars
John Blakely – guitars
Alan Fitzgerald – keyboards
Joe Crane – keyboards
Stan – keyboards
Wizard – keyboards
Venetta Fields – backing vocals
Maxayn Lewis – backing vocals
Sherlie Matthews – backing vocals
Bob Welch – backing vocals
Greg Adams – horns
Emilio Castillo – horns
Mic Gillette – horns
Steve Kupka – horns
Lenny Pickett – horns
