LAMONT’S MUSIC NOTES-JULY 11, 2019…HAPPY 60TH BIRTHDAY GUITARIST RICHIE SAMBORA. SAMBORA IS BEST KNOWN FOR HIS OVER 30 YEARS AS A GUITARIST WITH BON JOVI. HE LEFT THE BAND IN 2013 MID-TOUR. AT THE TIME OF HIS DEPARTURE THERE WAS A TON OF SPECULATION AS TO WHY HE SUDDENLY LEFT. SAMBORA LATER REVEALED HE WASN’T HAPPY WITH THE WAY THE GROUP WAS BEING RUN:
“It was going towards Jon being the front-guy and nothing else,”
SINCE LEAVING, BOTH HE AND JON BON JOVI HAVE PATCHED THINGS UP THEIR DIFFERENCES, CULMINATING WITH SAMBORA PLAYING WITH THE BAND
AT THE GROUP’S ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME INDUCTION CEREMONY.
I THINK SAMBORA IS ONE OF THE MOST UNDERRATED GUITARISTS IN ROCK. I LOVED HIS WORK IN BON JOVI. HERE’S ONE OF HIS BEST PERFORMANCES
photo thanks-Justin Higuchi
