Richie Sambora Offers Free Track From New Album

Another great article. September 18, 2012 release date. I am looking forward to seeing what the Direct to Consumer platform is going to be like.

Bon Jovi Web Radio: Richie Sambora Offers Free Track From New Album

Richie Sambora « Dangerbird Records

Richie Sambora « Dangerbird Records

Richie Sambora Announces Third Solo Album "Aftermath of the Lowdown" - ARTISTdirect News

Richie Sambora Announces Third Solo Album "Aftermath of the Lowdown" - ARTISTdirect News

Aftermath of the Lowdown

Release date Tuesday September 18, 2012 in the States. Some countries will be lucky enough to get the album Monday September 17, 2012

If you head over to  richiesambora.com and plug in your email address you will be able to get a free mp3 single download off the new album. "Every Road Leads Home to You" It's an amazing song.

 Richie has also asked his fans to submit photos for a video he will do for the same song. People have been flooding #RichieRoad on Twitter submitting their photos of what  the song line or word means to them. Some pretty amazing stuff there that our Mr. Sambora will be going through to pick out which ones will be lucky enough to be included on the video. Talk about feeling connected.

I will say that after talking to friends in person and on twitter, I feel that Richie has been very open about this album. It's his catharsis. I can related to that. He is taking us all along for the ride and we are having a great time. If you want to join the tweets then  follow him at @TheRealSambora  See you there.

Richie Sambora To Release New Solo Album <i>Aftermath Of The Lowdown</i> on Dangerbird September 18th

Richie Sambora To Release New Solo Album &lt;i&gt;Aftermath Of The Lowdown&lt;/i&gt; on Dangerbird September 18th

Happy Birthday Richie Sambora!!

Today is Richie Sambora's Birthday.
His new website is up and worth a look. There is some info there regarding the photo project and places where you can either tweet or facebook Richie birthday love.....

The Macy's post has been taken down

Nikki asked that we all not post on the Macy's gig until all info is finalized. So until NikkiRich gives the green light we are taking all blog, FaceBook or any other social media outlets that posted info on Macy's down until given the go from Nikki or Richie directly. Sorry for the confusion. It took off like wildfire from a single tweet. Love those social networks.....

   Last night at the West Virginia Greenbrier Golf Classic Bon Jovi Performed in front of a massive crowd. The heat of the day hit high digits. At one point after the band had their sound check Jon Bon Jovi had bought water for the crowd. He had also delayed the start of the performance from 8 p.m. (no warm up act) until 8:45 p.m. so let things cool off knowing full well that the lights and the people would raise the temperature. (For any of us who have ever been to a Jovi concert we know this is  very true!) From the tweets I experienced last night and the amount I am still going through this morning not to mention show video and my personal favorite the Richie Cam. (Check it out on You Tube.) I do know that Richie Sambora has seen it.

Bon Jovi slated to perform at iHeart Radio Music Festival

Looks like the guys are heading to Vegas in September

From the iHeart Radio  Music Web Site I had learned that Bon Jovi will be performing September 22, 2012.

Also performing  that evening will be:

Taylor Swift
Aerosmith
Brad Paisley
Pitbull
Deadmau5

There is going to be a way to listen live to the event which I am all over...

http://festival.iheart.com/go/iheartradio-music-festival/details.html#content

Sounds like a cool gig. My only question and it's HUGE!! How will this work with Richie's solo tour dates??? Guess he's gonna have to fly home or start the tour out of California....

Bon Jovi Greenbrier Classic-July 7, 2012

Last night at the West Virginia Greenbrier Golf Classic Bon Jovi Performed in front of a massive crowd. The heat of the day hit high digits. At one point after the band had their sound check Jon Bon Jovi had bought water for the crowd. He had also delayed the start of the performance from 8 p.m. (no warm up act) until 8:45 p.m. so let things cool off knowing full well that the lights and the people would raise the temperature. (For any of us who have ever been to a Jovi concert we know this is very true!) From the tweets I experienced last night and the amount I am still going through this morning not to mention show video and my personal favorite the Richie Cam. (Check it out on You Tube.) I do know that Richie Sambora has seen it.

Richie Sambora Photo Project

This is a very creative idea. For Richie's new song Every Road Leads Home To You he is asking for photos via Instgram. These photos are to be what YOU think the words mean and to hash tag the word and #RichieRoad in your tweet.

Help Richie Sambora create an Instagram photo-based video for the new song "Every Road Leads Home To You" from his upcoming album "Aftermath of the Lowdown." Before you hear the song, read the lyrics below and use Instagram to snap a photo of something in your world that represents the lyric.

I got your picture on my phone
Your voice in my head
And I’m lying here alone
Restless in some faraway bed

The stars are falling down
And I’m a half a world away
I’m just trying to close the distance
To feel each breath you take

When the bridge is burning,
and I’m losing my faith
And I’m trying to find my way towards the truth
Like a wild arrow flying
And I’m blindly running
From everything that I thought I knew
and every road leads home to you
home to you

So you got me to believe
Made me turn on a dime
The writing on the wall-
right in front me
Every song every rhyme

But I don’t need 1000 words
I need you safe in my arms
I’ll be standing strong-
I’ll keep holding on
When life tries tearing us apart

When the bridge is burning,
and I’m losing my faith
And I’m trying to find my way towards the truth
Like a wild arrow flying
And I’m blindly running
From everything I thought I knew

No I ain’t regretting
Just how lost I’m getting
Or the red lights I’ve been blowing through
My foot will find the pedal
as I’m counting the lines,
Every road leads home to you
Every road leads home to you

Home,
the road still leads me home to you
Sometimes I don’t see the signs,
The headlights make me blind
the road still leads me home
to you
When the bridge is burning,
and I’m losing my faith
And I’m trying to find my way towards the truth
Like a wild arrow flying
And I’m blindly running
From everything I thought I knew

No I ain’t regretting
Just how lost I’m getting
Or the red lights I’ve been blowing through
My foot will find the pedal
as I’m counting the lines,
Every road leads home to you
Every road leads home to you

Home to you
Home to you
Home to you







  You can also download the song from Richie's email though not everyone gets the email unless you are signed up with Richie's new website.   richiesambora.com

1. Download Instagram (iPhone or Android)
2. Follow @TheRealSambora on Instagram
3. Take a photo representing a word in the lyrics
4. Add the hashtag #RichieRoad
5. Add a second hashtag related to the specific lyric your photo represents (ie: #phone for “phone” or #bridge for “bridge”)
6. Upload the photo

Richie will choose his favorite photos from your submissions and make create a video, so everyone can see "Every Road Leads Home To You" through your eyes.

Have fun and be creative. It will be interesting to see which photos Richie picks. I wish everyone well. I also wish my contract was up and I could finally upgrade to an iPhone or an Android..... Damn 2 year contract. I am out of the running on this one... Good luck everyone....

Richie Sambora Album Release Date September 4, 2012

We all know Richie's album Aftermath of the Lowdown is set to release September 4, 2012.
He recently performed at Sunset Sessions in Palm Springs at his Listening Party.
This provided Radio, Music Supervisors and other Radio people the chance to hear his music first.

The whole concept for Sunset Sessions is to get new acts to be heard before their stuff hits the radio stations. Now Richie is by far a "new act" but the chance for his music to be heard early was a great idea. Not to mention his jam session with Luke and Kevin that was just an added bonus which personally I wish I could have been there for. From the Sunset web site updates they were very happy with what Richie did as a performance and had said "The courtyard was packed for this intimate experience".

Also don't forget to sign up at/for Richie's website  www.richiesambora.com   That should be up and running soon. There is a great picture there and a place to subscribe with your email address.I believe that it is still under construction.

Time to start talking the album and tour up kids. A day shy of two months away.

I will be blogging updates as they come along. 

Jon Bon Jovi teams up with Avon on a Fragrance Line

NEW YORK, N.Y. - Jon Bon Jovi is going Unplugged in a bottle.
Avon Products Inc. announced Monday that the 50-year-old rock star is the company's newest celebrity fragrance partner. He'll appear in ads for both Unplugged for Her and Unplugged for Him.
The company said the inspiration for both scents is the unique feeling one has listening to a favourite song. The goal is "an emotional connection."
The women's version, which will be available through Avon representatives and online in October, is a floral oriental perfume, and the men's is a woody floral musk fragrance. It will go on sale in November.
Both Avon and Bon Jovi said admiration for each other's involvement in philanthropy largely drew them together as partners.
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Online:
http://www.avon.com/
http://www.bonjovi.com/

Richie Sambora Live Performance at Sunset Session Listening Party

  Another release from Sunset Session. This is a Live performance by Richie Sambora (and Luke Ebbin on percussion  and back up/ Back ground vocals) at his listening party for the new solo album Aftermath of the Lowdown. This was released by Sunset Sessions and is in now way a copy write infringement.

Richie Sambora Sunset Sessions

                                            Every Road Leads Home to You.

Sunset Sessions released this video out on You Tube this morning. This is the first "Official" video out there of Richie's work off the new Album. That I have seen of course.

 My buddy Glenn Osrin who writes for the Examiner posted this story that I had to blog. It was GREAT!!. I could not do anything more than repost. I encourage everyone to go and look at his work he wrote an awesome article regarding Bon Jovi and their trip to perform in Quebec this coming July.

 I love how Matt is mentioned. Poor Matt is never mentioned it's always about the boys.... LOL.....

You can follow Glenn on twitter at @WizardOfOsrin


Examiner
June 27, 2012

Bon Jovi to rock annual Quebec City festival July 9

Glenn Osrin

Bon Jovi Examiner

 

For Matt Bongiovi, keeper of JBJ Backstage and just about everything that is Bon Jovi when it comes to social networking, hell hath no fury like a rock band on hiatus that refuses to really enjoy downtime and take a load off.
Such is the case with his brother’s juggernaut of a nom de plume, Bon Jovi.
See, these guys are supposed to be kicking back and enjoying la vida buena; but what are they doing instead?
Running around like headless chickens working on solo projects here, a charity appearance there, a benefit show, a beachfront show, laying tracks for a new band record.

It’s no wonder Brother Matt must be walking around with an intravenous feed of Starbucks in one arm and a Blackberry sprouting out of his head...all the while mumbling something about being his brother's keeper.

Talk about taking one for the team!
Matt’s never-ending nightmare is JoviNation’s round-the-clock obsession, and fans around the world are amped to hear that Bon Jovi (along with Aerosmith), will be headlining a full show at the Festival D’Ete De Quebec in Quebec City on July 9th.
Think Bamboozle on steroids, or the New Meadowlands shows to the tenth power; this band is gonna shake and quake and bring everything but the tsunami.
As reported on the band’s web site BonJovi.com, “Bon Jovi will be performing at Festival D’Ete’ Quebec on the plains of Abraham in Quebec City for a full headlining set of all the hits on July 9th, 2012”.
What exactly are Abraham’s Plains and does he know Bon Jovi will be touching down there and ripping them up?
Once an enormous patch of grazing land back in the early 1700’s, the plains became site of the famous Battle of the Plains of Abraham, which took place on the very spot Bon Jovi will be performing in September, 1759.
Still confused?
Think of the French trying to throw the British out in similar manner as to how America was born, and you come close to what eventually became known as the Seven Years War was.
Today over 200 years later, the battlefield has been turned into a park visited annually by 4 million people for a variety of outdoor activities.
In its 45th year, the festival runs from July 5-15 and will include performances by Aerosmith, Johnny Hallyday, Metric, The Offspring, and LMFAO among many more.
Bon Jovi’s appearance marks the first time the band will visit Quebec City since 2001, and fans and festival organizers alike are certain to be mesmerized by an over-powering show bursting at the seams with all of their biggest hits.
“A master stroke –Bon Jovi!”, festival organizers said in a release. “The U.S. Ambassadors of Rock N’ Roll come to Quebec City at last for their only show in Canada. Their appearances here are rare”.
Voulez vous coucher Bon Jovi is gonna kick ass and take names?
Read more articles by National Bon Jovi Examiner Glenn Osrin here.
Love Richie Sambora? Read articles about Mr. Bluesman here.
Be sure to find and follow Glenn Osrin on twitter @wizardofosrin

Bon Jovi perform at the MGM Grand

Photo credit: 

Photo Courtesy / Ethan Miller, Getty Images

Glenn Osrin, Bon Jovi Examiner

Glenn Osrin is a newspaper brat born and raised in Cleveland, Ohio (and one of the few who will admit it). The son of former Cleveland Plain Dealer political cartoonist Ray Osrin, Glenn inherited no drawing ability, so he writes about Bon Jovi, Richie Sambora, Veganism and 'Best of' in Arts and... 

Jon Bon Jovi and Warren Buffett duet

http://video.forbes.com/fvn/forbes-400-12/warren-buffett-and-jon-bon-jovi-a-ukulele-duet-for-charity-2

Take a listen to the duet between Warren and Jon as they perform "Glory of Love". It's cute and worth a moment of your time.

Copy Write Laws Spot on this time

Doubt I should be surprised. With in hours of Richie Sambora's listening party songs from his new album
Aftermath of the Lowdown hit You Tube. Now it's one thing for photo's to circulate Face book or twitter but music on You Tube? That to me seems like an invasion of privacy.

Well, Ladies and gentlemen it seems like the powers that be feel the same way. Richie Sambora's music from Aftermath of the Lowdown has been pulled due to Copy Write Infringement. I am happy to report. People let the album hit the stores before circulating pirated copies! Yiesh! There is such a thing as making a buck. It's not cheap making and Indie record.

Richie Sambora and Sunset Session Listening Party June 23, 2012

This weekend Richie Sambora had a Listening Party for his new album "Aftermath of the Lowdown". Here are some photos of the event. Release date will be Tuesday September 4, 2012 here in the USA mark the date down to get your copy (or two).

Sunset Sessions - Richie Sambora

Looks like Richie is in Palm Springs this weekend having a listening party for his new solo album.

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   Sunset Sessions

   May 31

   Another superstar just added to the Sunset Sessions ROCK! 2012. He won't be a stranger in this town thats for sure. Can you guess who it is .. or stay tuned.

    

   8h Richie Sambora ‏@TheRealSambora

   Hey everyone, in Palm Springs having a listening party for my new record...

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   Wishing Richie Break a Leg this afternoon. Your fans are all over twitter saying the same thing, Have a blast!!! It's going to be awesome. Hope someone posts some pics and You Tube vids...