August 18, 2017: Bon Jovi Endicott, NY

Yup. David nailed 'em. I wonder why he's not doing them now. Any ideas?

Sb on fb asked why Dave isn't as engaged in BJ as he used to and wondered if he's next in the band who's going to "pull a Richie" lol To her it's like the band is eating its own tail but for me it's just a natural process with aging folks who want to do some side projects as well as long as they can and that's it.

What a strange thing to ask him, that's a little much. David handled 90 percent of the backing vocals until Everett came a long. Adding another voice to the mix doesn't even come close to him no longer being as engaged.

She didn't ask Dave directly, just asked this question in some discussion on fb. It seems recent BJ pics with no Dave in them is enough to spark such questions...

Ah gotcha. Less extreme then but still a weird issue to have. Recent promo photos or on stage? I'm not sure I understand what photos she's talking about.

The ones Shanks is posting all over his twitter/insta/whatever he uses for spamming :P

I'm not really following the guy but there are some fb groups fishing for recent pics so it's quite a shortcut for me. I know that Dave's on holiday in Europe, Ava visited her grandpa's grave and Tico's in the studio.

I'm actually happy for Dave that he can put his talent to use outside the band. It's not that it's falling apart or stuff just yet but he certainly won't be out of work once BJ becomes a legend (oh, it breaks my heart just to write it down like this).

Fair enough yah. Shanks is on the opposite side of the stage as David so any live shots of him won't necessarily include him. Just sounds like doomsaying to me. With him getting heavier into a new musical though, it might be a longer break until the next album if there is one.

I agree and the David Bergman pictures that the band site posts always has separate shots of ALL of the band members. His most recent from the golf course pics have a pic of David.

I can't see Bon Jovi in the mood of making another album anytime soon while trying to survive the live shows and somehow failing... The folks are still wondering what the fcuk happened to Jon's voice in such a short period of time and the speculating/bitching fest begins again but the fact is, Jon and the camp are doing things they've committed to and not really look to the future that much.

Not necessarily... Shanks will play most of them and just have Dave come in to over play the parts... He'll have them done in a few days to a week...

That's the last step in the process anyway...