I think at that time Jon envisioned his band expanding to something like his own little E-Street ensemble. Plus HAND had been Shanks first record, which lead to a wall of sound, which lead to him trying to replicate that by hiring more musiciands for the live shows. I can't remember it making any difference though - bar his short solo on Treat Her Right you didn't notice him being there at all.

Jeff was there from 2003 in the TLFR show, then in 2004 on the Box set show and then dod the entire HAND tour with the band in 2005/2006. After that he left, Bobby stayed....

Bon Jovi - Today Show 2003


Jon Bon Jovi- Good Day Philadelphia 2003

Thx for the info, I never noticed him on the TLFR show but then again :D I didn't watch the whole thing because it was just to booring for me.
Do you have any other information on why he was hired to do a tour with the band? Did Jon get pissed at David's playing and considered him a liabilty?

David had that accident when he cut off his fingertips in 1999. It was a year before he could even start playing his way back -- maybe he wasn't 100% at that point.

I think they are talking about a specific HAND show

Yeah that timeline just wouldn't make sense. By the time Jeff joined the tour it was after Crush AND Bounce, he was more than fully healed by that point. I think I remember the official word was they wanted to fill out the sound, to me it was more about Jons own version of the E street band. I remember he came back for the fabled MTV Unplugged taping too and when Dave had to miss a show for the Tonys.

Remembering Because We Can Tour 2013

Wild Is The Wind (perfect ejecution)

I'm With You (better than in the album)

Always (good vocals performance)

HAND (Great guitars and powerful solo, Sambora paint a iconic image with his double telecaster)

Ill Be There For You (Magic moment, and the guitar solo as the original song)

Keep The Faith (this is the real thing)


Good vocals, and great sounds of the band.

That's actually a nice compilation. That I'm With You was great...

I guess you could remember the best of 2013 or the worst of 2013...

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Yes. For me, the turning point came when Richie left the tour, then Jon did not look so secure, and his voice was broke on summer leg. Sometimes when he sings in acoustic, he can do good, but when it comes to a complete show it gets very difficult.