Richie Sambora

I'm pretty sure that I read his name on the E Street musicians but I might be wrong or something might have changed

I'm sure there were other issues. Im moreso bucking against the idea that he cant sing because Richie's not there. That's a massive thing to not be able to do and if it were the reason why, that shit would have been worked out otherwise it's self-sabotage.

Haha yes that theory was ridiculous! Along with the one that there is nothing physically wrong with his voice, it's all mental. Yeah, sure...

I'm a bigger Bon Jovi fan than Bruce (overall catalogue, in terms of live shows I'd prefer watching the latter these days), but I think Everett would have much more fun touring with the E-street band than he'd have with Bon Jovi (both in terms of musical variety and of what he hears in his monitors)

I don't think anyone said that Jon can't sing cause of Richie being absent. Although in an interview Jon implied that the state of his voice was heavily effected by Richie leaving the band due to... stress.

All I said was that Richie could and used to cover up Jon's weaknesses.

Everett used to tour with Bruce in 2012-2014. I was almost certain I read that he was to join the ESB for the current tour but I guess it either didn't happen or my memory betrayed me

Sorry, I wasn't attacking you or saying it was your theory, its just some theory people had here and elsewhere that it was mostly a psychological issue and people scapegoated Richie for being the issue of Jon's issues. Wild stuff.

Bradley was part of E-Street band but not on this tour.

Jon did.

If I recall, his exact words were, "I couldn't even sing in the shower..."

According to their website, Hipgnosis bought 100% of Richie's catalogue. Their overview on the artist page includes songs he wrote (read: co-wrote) for Bon Jovi, as well as his solo songs, and songs he wrote that were recorded by others, like Cher, Jennifer Nettles, etc.

There's also a link to a Spotify playlist titled "Richie Sambora Catalogue", which I thought was cool, thinking it would have all the songs Richie wrote in one place. But after scrolling thru the playlist, all the songs seem to be songs written by Jon and Richie or songs the two of them wrote with others, both for Bon Jovi as well other artists, like those mentioned above, to record. And that's it.

So I have a question for those of you who know way more about the business side of the music business than I do.

Can anyone think of a good reason why Hipgnosis would bother to create a "Richie Sambora Catalogue" playlist that includes songs that Richie co-wrote with Jon (or with Jon and others) but excludes all of Richie's solo songs and songs he wrote with people other than Jon?

I'm baffled.

Here's a link to the Hipgnosis webpage. If you click on the Spotify icon, it'll take you to the playlist.

https://www.hipgnosissongs.com/song-...ichie-sambora/

So all those promotion appearances where wasted then?