Richie Sambora

Pop Rock 

Breakout: Bon Jovi’s Self-Titled Debut at 40 

January 22, 2024January 24, 2024 Jedd Beaudoin 0 Comments 1984, 40th Anniversary, 7800° Fahrenheit, Bon Jovi, David Bryan, Mark Avsec, Richie Sambora, Roy Bittan, Runaway, Slippery When Wet, Surgin'

How the album helped set the table for the band’s “Runaway” success

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Hard Rock Rock 

Bad Medicine: Bon Jovi’s New Jersey Turns 35

September 19, 2023February 19, 2024 Ron Hart 1 Comment 1988, 35th Anniversary, Alec John Such, Bad Medicine, Bon Jovi, JBJ, Jon Bon Jovi, Lay Your Hands On Me, Mercury Records, New Jersey, Richie Sambora, Tico Torres

Fessing up to my appreciation for their famous fourth album

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Hard Rock Pop Remembrance Rock 

Former Bon Jovi Bassist Alec John Such Dead at 70

June 5, 2022March 13, 2023 Ron Hart 0 Comments Alec John Such, Bon Jovi, Jon Bon Jovi, Richie Sambora, RIP, Tico Torres

‘He was an original,’ his old bandmates profess in a public statement

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Music Journalism 

I Bought a Hit Song by Mux Mool

November 10, 2021March 27, 2024 Ken Kurson 0 Comments Barry Manilow., Big Pun, Blondie, Bob Dylan, Brian Lindgren, Chrissie Hynde, Domingo Padilla, Drake, Hipgnosis Song Fund, Imagine Dragons, KRS One, Masta Ace, Mux Mool, Richie Sambora, Rick James, royalties, Stevie Nicks

Unexpected payday when EDM artist lands a song on a TV show

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Country and/or Western New Wave Remembrance Soul 

Rest In Peace, Sweet Pea Atkinson

May 7, 2020May 7, 2020 Ron Hart 1 Comment Andrew Gold, Bob Dylan, Brian Wilson, Brick By Brick, Circus Money, Countryman, David Was, Don Was, Dot Com Blues, Elvis Costello, George Jones, I Just Wasn't Made For These Times, I'm Alive, Iggy Pop, Ivan Neville, Jackson Browne, Jimmy Smith, Michael McDonald, Mindi Abair and The Boneshakers, Paula Abdul, Phantom Blues, Richie Sambora, RIP, Sir Harry Bownes, Sweet Pea Atkinson, Taj Mahal, The Hard Stuff, Under The Red Sky, Walter Becker, Was (Not Was), Wayne Kramer, Willie Nelson

Reflecting on the Detroit soul singer’s career beyond Was (Not Was)

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