Richie 'wrote 15 new songs before setting of on this tour'

Nice fantasy life there, RockMusic. If Richie was so "held back" by Jon, he wouldn't be where he is today. Richie made it clear that when he saw Jon the first time, he knew Jon was a star and he wanted to catch a ride. They're PARTNERS, not the adversaries that so many fans (mostly Sambora fans) make them out to be. Richie is not the spineless, ballless wimp that HIS OWN FANS make him out to be. He has a brain and talent and if he wasn't HAPPY, he wouldn't be in Bon Jovi. Jon has shown that he can be successful without Richie, so he's not dependent Richie at all. They work together because they CHOOSE to do so and because they ENJOY it. They know as well as anyone else does that there's a magic they create together that neither can create apart. They're both very creative and intelligent people; both are artists and both are businessmen.

Richie is a smart guy, he knows what he's doing.
Even though Jon has proven he can be succesfull without Richie 16 year ago, you hear Jon's solo performances and it's pretty obvious somethings missing, spcially when they play Bon Jovi songs, almost like there's only half a soul in them, though I can actually say the same thing with Richie's solo performances of BJ songs. I'm one of those that think they BOTH need each other, just look at what their last solo efforts did, Jon's Destination album tanked just about everywhere else but Germany and Richie's Undiscovered Soul had a similar with even less sales, but I atribute that to the fact that he hasn't got the last name to help with promotion.

Very very well said! I agree that there is something missing when you have J or R solo without the other. They are more than friends, more than bandmates, closer to brothers and when they are on stage together harmonizing, playing off of each other neither of their solo performances can compare to the two of them together. It simply is magical.

Agreed... Though everyone likes to be in their own spotlight every so often. It's good that the band members get out there and pursue their "new" passions rather than sticking to the same ole same ole with Bon Jovi.

Ryan

I remember reading something a little while ago about Richie working a little with Joe Don Rooney from Rascal Flatts for his solo album, and if I remember right he wanted to work with Kenny Chesney. I can't for the life of me find the article now, so maybe it was in a dream I read that.

I'm still holding out for another David Bryan solo album. I'd pay a million dollars for him to do an album where he actually sings more than one song. They'd be fake dollars, because I'm broke, but it's the thought that counts.

It's nice to hear such praise for Richie, but it seems you are much more concerned with his "legacy" than he is. Richie is part of Bon Jovi because he wants to be, not because he has to be. Why is it that people think Jon is a tyrant, that he keeps the other guys from shining??? David is a masterful pianist, but he doesn't go off on ten minute solos either. Why??? Because it's a BAND and each one of them creates, and plays what the song and the show calls for.

because he knows how guilty he'd feel if I died of a heart attack as a result of this

your answer's good too, thoug

Thanks for the posts. I wasn't trying to start anything, and will explain tomorrow night what set me off - behind the scenes. Been a stressful week at work, and the band’s plane accident this morning didn’t help. I’ve logged over 650,000 flight miles, and lost my best friend and his entire immediate family in a private plane accident 9 years ago. So it got a little close to home. I understand the NTSB has already launched an investigation. A Boeing 707 is a big jet to run off a runway, particularly for the conditions at the airport. But the report late this afternoon didn’t sound has bad as this morning. Report was only the front wheels actually went off the runway, but not the rest of the plane.

Anyway, the fact is I get tired of both Jon and Richie, at times, acting like a couple adolescents in the public view. “In the public view” is the operative words. But this behavior is highly typical in bands. Most musicians are very passive aggressive, poor communicators, many fight clinical depression, and obviously poorly educated. They can be a very difficult lot to work with. In fact, band managers spend most of their time be extremely overpaid babysitters. A lot of 24/7 BS to tolerated.

Top National touring musicians are extremely well paid entertainers. The public doesn’t want to hear their BS, personal problems, and infighting. It’s like when Jon and Richie got into that disgusting fiasco on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, when they were on to play and then promote the HAND album and Tour. What a joke, even Leno was like WTF is going on. BJ’s management had to be pulling their hair out.

But Bon Jovi has to be a breeze to work with compared to, for example, Motley Crue. Gee I get sick of hearing those Crue guys bitch and cause problems in the public just for attention, particularly Vince Neil who I actually like personally. But Crue did put on some killer concerts last year, at least the ones I attended.

Further, as I stated in my review of the BJovi Oklahoma City concert last Saturday night, the chemistry among all bands members was perfect, and Jon and Richie did a beautiful job feeding off each others energy and delivering a world-class product to a sold out venue. I was very proud of the Band.

I’ve loved the music business since the day I popped out on the delivery table, tipped the nurse $.50 and asked her which way to Hollywood (DLR). The business has been extremely good to me over the years, but I’ve always had a love/hate relationship with it. Also it’s not near the fun it used to be. Too many outright frauds and greedy bastards in the business now that would sell their mother for a dime.

Dude, RE-LAX. Breath,
ok now just stop there for a second and maybe get me a little bit of what you're on, cause it sounds like some good stuff.

BTW, wasn't the last time they were on Leno back on the Bounce promo stint, when they performed Missunderstood??

I thought they canceled their appearance on Leno and never rescheduled?
Am I wrong, When where they on?
Why did I miss it?