Stranger In This Town

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Having the album hit the Top 20 in the UK and Top 40 in the US is obviously not bad, but compared to Sambora’s main band (and the performance of bandmate Jon Bon Jovi’s solo album – UK #2/US #3) it is definitely a more modest result. It should be kept in mind that the album wasn’t a high profile release, and depending on your view you could equally argue that it was a failure (as an album from a member of one of the world’s most popular bands) or a success (a low-profile release of introspective songs created with no thought of getting hits). In any case, with three Bon Jovi members on board, people would be justified in wondering how different this project would sound from the mothership. As it turned out, when the Stranger In This Town album was released on 3 September 1991, it was very clearly not a Bon Jovi album. It showed a lot more musical diversity, featuring songs that displayed different styles and moods. The typical Bon Jovi stadium anthems with singalong choruses is not what this album is about. It features more inward-looking, retrospective, emotional (often sad) material, and very personal lyrical content. Sambora would later describe the album as 90% autobiographical. Stranger in This Town is the first solo studio album by Richie Sambora, the guitarist from the New Jersey band Bon Jovi. The album was released in 1991, while Bon Jovi was on a 17-month hiatus. Jon Bon Jovi also released a solo album, Blaze of Glory (1990), during this period.

Australiancharts.com – Richie Sambora – Stranger in This Town". Hung Medien. Retrieved August 30, 2021. Sambora and his songwriting partner Jon Bon Jovi were inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame on June 18, 2009. [56] 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. Reardanz, Karen (April 23, 2008). "Sambora Pleads Guilty To Drunk Driving". The San Francisco Chronicle.

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Just listening for the 784,654th time....and it's just perfect in every way. Just incredible. The only reason it was remade was to scoop up a boatload of money from a more modern and accepting audience. But it is a completely different song than the other one that sounds slapped together in a few takes without a thought for the meaning. Sambora composed television theme songs for Entertainment Tonight and The Insider. Sambora (along with Jon Bon Jovi) is part of the ownership group of the Philadelphia Soul, an Arena Football League football team. [26] [ needs update] 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 albumsLarry King sings Ferguson's theme song with Sambora (video)". CBS. Archived from the original on December 10, 2012 . Retrieved December 9, 2012. New Straits Times - Google News Archive Search". July 21, 2012. Archived from the original on July 21, 2012. Hear Richie Sambora Talk Hall of Fame, Relationship With Jon Bon Jovi". Rolling Stone . Retrieved April 5, 2018. 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]

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. 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. Bon Jovi to Continue Tour". Archived from the original on July 21, 2012 . Retrieved February 6, 2016. entrepreneur, Jennifer Kushell Social; author; Impact, Global Workforce Evangelist Dedicated to Making an (March 28, 2008). "Life After Graduation (Even if its Been a Few Years) - Huffington Post". HuffPost. {{ cite web}}: |last2= has generic name ( help)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.