Stranger In This Town

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De Jongste, Arjan (October 30, 1998). "Interview with Richie Sambora". BJF-Europe. Dordrecht, The Netherlands. Archived from the original on May 11, 2001 . Retrieved November 30, 2014. Stranger In This Town is a song about myself,” Sambora said on the Deluxe CD interview, “because I’m being a stranger in almost every town every time I’m on the road. But also there’s an element of the homeless situation in there, which is something that almost is kind of a guilt thing that was happening with me. I wake up in the morning and I do have a nice home, and… well, I’m never there, but I do have a nice house! And being in New York and seeing the homeless situation and stuff like that… That was kind of the blues that I was singing about. Just a little bit of confusion, you know. And then I started to realise that everybody get the blues, and it has nothing to do with economics or money. It’s just… people have the blues. Robert Johnson said it with two sentences: “I love my baby. My baby she don’t love me.” That’s the blues. It has nothing to do with money, you know. So I found the blues, and that’s where it comes from.” Richie Sambora – Free listening, videos, concerts, stats and pictures at". Last.fm . Retrieved July 15, 2014. The guitar solo halfway through the song is nothing less than exceptional, adding some musical storytelling to proceedings as well. He is clearly inspired by classic players like Eric Clapton, who actually agreed to appear on the album, providing the guitar solo to the song Mr. Bluesman.

Whitcomb, Dan (March 26, 2008). "Bon Jovi guitarist arrested for drunken driving". Reuters . Retrieved December 5, 2019. This song captivates me still, after 50+ years. Takes me to the deep South and the poverty of some who lived thru truly hard times. And the powerful spirit of a poor young girl being abandoned to her future with only a red dress and her wits to keep her alive.She not only stayed alive, she turned her hard beginnings around, became self sufficient, successful and someone with respect for herself. She didn't let the naysayers and judgers stop her. She's the one sitting in the drivers seat at the end. On June 7, 2007, it was announced that Sambora was entering an undisclosed rehab facility in Los Angeles for treatment related to alcoholism. [40] [41] Following his release, he told an interviewer, "I was just drinking too much and I needed to get my life together. I'm still in therapy and stuff like that, but it's good. I'm great. I feel fine." [42] In the Bon Jovi documentary When We Were Beautiful, Sambora talks candidly about his addiction to painkillers following a fall in his bathroom. He credited his bandmates and mother with helping him through the difficult time. [43] [44] a b Staff (November 3, 2010). "Dear Guitar Hero: Richie Sambora". Guitar World. guitarworld.com. Archived from the original on June 9, 2011 . Retrieved March 31, 2020. So, not a song about a poor girl, but a song of hope and how you can rise up no matter how far down you started. Swedishcharts.com – Richie Sambora – Stranger in This Town". Hung Medien. Retrieved August 30, 2021.

Australiancharts.com – Richie Sambora – Stranger in This Town". Hung Medien. Retrieved August 30, 2021. Craig Ferguson sings Sugar Daddy (video)". CBS. Archived from the original on December 12, 2012 . Retrieved December 9, 2012. Following the last tour date in Mexico in February 1990, the band members just dispersed and went home individually. There was no tour wrap party or celebrations of any kind, and hardly any goodbyes were exchanged. They did not even have any plans for their future. They just desperately needed to get away, and even to consider a future at that point was too much.Occasionally, "Stranger in This Town" has been played by Sambora on Bon Jovi's tours, most recently on their Lost Highway Tour in 2008. In 2004, Sanctuary Records released a self-titled album which had been recorded in 1978 by Shark Frenzy, documenting Sambora's first recorded material. The mix tapes had been damaged in a flood and band member Bruce Foster had remastered them for release many years later. a b Napoli, Jessica (December 21, 2020). "Richie Sambora on why he left Bon Jovi in 2013: 'Family had to come first' ". Fox News. New Straits Times - Google News Archive Search". July 21, 2012. Archived from the original on July 21, 2012.

Jeff Bova, Robbie Buchanan, Larry Fast, Jimmy Bralower, Chris Palmaro, Eric Persing - keyboards, programming The songs on this record were written out of different emotions,” Sambora said on an interview CD included with the deluxe version of the album. “And when I write, I write from an emotion. It comes from something deep in here, and then I can colour that emption with music and lyrics.”Barber, Nicholas (January 8, 1995). "How we met". The Independent. London . Retrieved May 22, 2010. Richie Sambora Felt Dragged Through 'Hell' – Health, Music News, Richie Sambora". www.people.com. Archived from the original on February 14, 2008 . Retrieved January 17, 2022.

Falkenstein, Michelle. "Around the Scene, a Whirl of Change", The New York Times, December 31, 2006. Accessed September 30, 2007. "Bruce Springsteen, who grew up in Freehold, served up the critically acclaimed "We Shall Overcome: The Seeger Sessions" in April, and the singer Jon Bon Jovi, who was raised in Sayreville, and his band's guitarist Richie Sambora, from Woodbridge, will be immortalized as action figures next July by McFarlane Toys, it was announced in October." Ballad of Youth", "One Light Burning" and "The Answer" were co-written with colleagues from his former club band Shark Frenzy. "Rosie" was originally intended to be a Bon Jovi song for their fourth album New Jersey; versions of this song with the full Bon Jovi line-up have surfaced as bootlegs. Sambora certainly regarded the album as a success. “The success of this project does not rely on units sold, I don’t think” he told Ina.fr. “What I tried to do here was not to follow a formula. It was an artistic endeavour where I diversified. It took me a little while to record this record because I was trying to grow as a writer, artist, and performer. There’s different facets of this record that I had to become accustomed to. I played many different and new styles with new guitars, and it took me a little while to become good at that, to progress, but it was a progression. I don’t think there’s anything detrimental about [not living up to Bon Jovi’s success]. I think the album was a needed growth, actually. That’s how I see it.”In May 2004, Sambora was bestowed with an Honorary Doctorate of Letters by Kean University [55] where he attended the awards ceremony and gave a speech of acceptance. He attended Kean University as a freshman, but dropped out to pursue a career as a professional guitarist and session musician. [ citation needed] Sambora also released a solo EP with Orianthi, and performed alongside the RSO band member and his girlfriend on April 7, 2018. [18] [19] Solo albums Keyboards, Programmed By [Keyboards/Programming] – Chris Palmaro, Eric Persing, Jeff Bova, Jimmy Bralower, Larry Fast, Robbie Buchanan Sambora has been known to use a wide variety of equipment throughout his career. He has an extensive guitar collection, featuring more than 130 instruments, [59] about a third of which are various Fender Stratocaster models. [60] Larry King sings Ferguson's theme song with Sambora (video)". CBS. Archived from the original on December 10, 2012 . Retrieved December 9, 2012.