Richard Stephen Sambora is an American rock guitarist, singer, songwriter and producer. He is best known as the lead guitarist of the rock band Bon Jovi for 30 years. In 2018, he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. He recently formed the duo RSO alongside Orianthi, the pair released their debut album Radio Free America in May 2018.
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Richard Stephen Sambora is an American rock guitarist, singer, songwriter and producer. He is best known as the lead guitarist of the rock band Bon Jovi for 30 years. He has also released three solo albums: Stranger in This Town in 1991, Undiscovered Soul in 1998, and Aftermath of the Lowdown released in September 2012. In 2018, he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. He reunited with his former bandmates for a performance at the induction ceremony. He recently formed the duo RSO alongside Orianthi, the pair released their debut album Radio Free America in May 2018. He was born on July 11, 1959 in Perth Amboy, New Jersey, the son of Joan, a secretary, and Adam C. SamborA, a factory foreman. He began playing the guitar at the age of 12 following the death of Jimi Hendrix in 1970. His first professional tour was as an opening act for Joe Cocker in the early 1980s. He unsuccessfully auditioned for Kiss, to be Ace Frehley’s replacement, in 1983. He left the band prior to a concert in Calgary in 2013 during a concert during their Because We Can Tour, and since has only played with Bon Jovia at their concerts. In 2016, he stated that his reason for leaving the band was in order to give his family more time to be with his daughter, who would appear on the band’s album Because We Love You. He currently lives in New Jersey with his wife and two children, and has a son and daughter with his ex-wife, who lives in Los Angeles.
He also has a daughter with ex-partner Alec John Such, who played in a band with him in the 1980s, and a son with former bandmate Nick Lachey, who now plays in the band Skid Row. He previously played in an improvisational club band called RichieSambora & Friends, and at age 19 owned his own independent label Dream Disc Records. His most important influences were Eric Clapton, Jimi. Hendrix, Jeff Beck, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Johnny Winter, Jimmy Page, Joe Perry, Joe Kmiecik, George Harrison, and B. B. King. He had stated that psychedelic soul singer Janis Joplin had a big influence on his musical style during her career in the late 1960s and early 1970s. The first time he performed on stage was at a Catholic Youth Organization dance when he was a teenager. In 1982, he put out an independent record titled \”Lessons\” which was copyrighted in 1982. It was re-released in 1995 under the name Message, and in 2000 as Lessons. In 2000, he played with Duke Williams & the Extremes, who were signed to Led Zeppelin-owned record label Swan Song Records, and was signed to Capricorn Records. In 2003, he joined the band \”Message\”, and with that band put out a record titled ‘The Answer’.
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