Richie Solo Album: "Aftermath Of The Lowdown" - September 18th Release Date

Richie's latest tweet: " My record will be released all over the world. Special editions, photo books from the sessions, all kinds of stuff. "

Sounds good!

where are people downloading the official download? cant see anything on Itunes?

It's not on iTunes but on RICHIE'S PAGE ... http://richiesambora.com/ if you give them your addy, you will get the song mp3 via email.

'Headin back east today for a gig. Gonna be a lotta fun. God knows how many people at this one..'


is it with the band? or solo?

As per several Japanese music sites Backseat Driver
And Lets Discuss the call will be bonus tracks in Japan

What a waste of a good song

BD was pulled early on Soundcloud and replaced with Nowadays so this doesn't hugely surprise me but it does bum me out.

Listened to the new free download for the first time today. Anyone think that the drums sound awful and kind of flat? (If that's the word I'm looking for) They just have no depth.

And for a guitar players solo album, this song doesn't highlight anything special. The guitar is barely heard over the 3 or 4 different layers of keyboards/synths I am hearing. And the guitar solo is well... Not a guitar solo I would expect from a guitar player making a solo album. I am more or less disappointed, I can easily wait for the new album. And I am now more or less convinced that it is not Jon holding Richie back through the past few albums, it has just been Richie being lazy. But you never know, there could be a few good songs on the upcoming album... But I can wait for September.

Have you heard the rest yet though? Every Road is a pop rock Coldplayesque lead single. There is obviously much more impressive guitar playing on the rest of the album. The outro solo of Seven Years Gone comes to mind. The best song on the album by far.

Can't get why some people overreact over the fact that Every Road is no guitarmasturbation. Richie is a pop/rock artist, of course he wants to get some airing time on the radio, and to achieve that he has picked a song that suits todays radio. It's catchy, have a great chorus, not to long solo, maybe a little long though. I would imagine there will be some kind of "radio-edit" to be released for the radio stations.
But come on people, it's a first single from a pop/rock artist, what did you expect? You can't honestly say that a song like "Burn the Candle Down" would suit as a 1st single just because it has more gutiar work. Every Road is a perfect choice. Every Road & 7 Years Gone are the only songs I could see as singles.