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I'm having some level of difficulty verifying the following paragraph that was found on the Bon Jovi page. Richie's website appears to be under reconstruction at the moment (24/10/02), and bonjovi.com just switched to a new design a couple months ago, some information seems to be missing still and I'm not familiar with the layout quite yet.

"Before joining Bon Jovi, Richie had toured with Joe Cocker, played with a group called Mercy and had just been called up to audition for Kiss. He also played in the album "Lessons" with the band "Message", that has been recently rereleased in CD through Long Island Records."

Can anyone provide a reliable source for this information? I've been able to verify that Richie appeared on the "Lessons" album, and the rest sounds right from my recollection, but I don't want to go on my own faulty memory here.

-nknight

If you play along to 16 bars of a song, of course you have to follow the chord progression! Every soloist has to do that!!!

Jcohen1949 14:25, 13 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I have recently been to see Bon Jovi in Manchester (4 June 06) and I waspretty close to the giant screens showing the bands performance, and Richie had a very chubby face, I thought ok, he's just benn dumped by Heather Locklear, but it didn't seem right! He looked pretty horrible, really chubby cheeks, eyes looked weird as well, and it didn't look like his body was overweight.

There are still some parts of this article that read like a fan site and not like an encyclopedia. Please correct as necessary. --D-Day ^{I'm all ears How can I improve?} 22:17, 13 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Agreed --LodeRunner 01:27, 3 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Not good at all. I'll see what I can do.Mikejstevenson 12:51, 31 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

That whole 'career' section really is a load of crap. Artificial Harmonics are mostly found in the genre of death metal??? Who wrote this rubbish? Except for the talkbox section, it's all going I'm afraid.Mikejstevenson 12:57, 31 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Better, but still not nearly good enough. Will work on it.Mikejstevenson 13:21, 31 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Sambora's article incorrectly stated that his father was Polish and his mother is Italian. Sambora's father, who is of Italian background, met Richie's mother in her native country, Poland, while he was visiting the city of Krakow. She was born and raised in Poland.

A quote about Adam Sambora's death in 2007: Richie Sambora Loses His Dad After a battle with lung cancer, Bon Jovi guitarist Richie Sambora's 70-year-old father Adam Sambora died last Friday. The elder Sambora, an Italian native, met his wife Joan in her native Krakow, Poland and settled in New Jersey, where Richie was born in 1959. Rest in peace.

• It appears that the surname SAMBORA is not uncommon in Poland though its origin is Hungarian, not Italian. It's very possible that Adam Sambora had a Polish grandfather (3/4 Italian and 1/4 Polish) and hence inherited the surname. Richie's father's Polish heritage may have been why he was perhaps visiting Poland. During the 1950's Poland was not really a hot vacation spot considering the Soviet occupation. All reptuable sources say that Richie's father met his mother, Joan, in Krakow, Poland and there are other sources that say the couple was very involved in New Jersy's Polish community. So who knows.

Also be aware that Sambor was a town in Poland (not in present day Ukraine). Edit: I ment to say NOW in the present day Ukraine.

Just edited a couple of things.

1. Added two songs that he sings sometimes on tour with Bon Jovi 2. the talkbox isn't heard on Everyday, that's a keyboard effect. I know this by watching live videos of the song.

Why is this getting reverted? It's better quality and looks nicer. What is with these edit summaries? The image is tagged appropriately. ---J.S (T/C/WRE) 00:53, 16 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]