Oh, my God... I positively love Richie Sambora!
Always have, since first discovering BJ in the early days. I always thought that his voice was far superior to Jon's. When I first learned of Richie's solo album SITT, I couldn't wait to buy it, sight (ears) unseen (unheard)!

What a fantastic album from start to finish!
Thanks so much, Laura, for posting that "One Light Burning" video. I don't believe that I've ever seen it! Of course, I just had to go digging for some more, so here's a few others that I found:
From ‘Stranger In This Town’:
Ballad of Youth:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=eXSIybSCSBs (hot damn, I love this one!)
From ‘Undiscovered Soul’:
In It For Love:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=Oeu7Y4SBsRA&feature=related
Hard Times Come Easy:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=k3iZTfESvkk
I have never met Richie, but have heard from just about everybody (that I know, too!

) of how nice and cool he is. Hmm, let's see...
First, in my early Richie appreciation (eh, hem) days, I was dating this guy (also a guitarist), who I later found out went to the same high school, lived in the same town, and even worked with Richie in a guitar shop (pointed out Richie's old house to me once, too); later I'm dating another guy who simply ran into Richie one night in a bar in NJ and ended up hanging out with him & his friends for a while; and then (and this is the real kick in the ass!) my sister's brother-in-law (who's good friends with Richie's manager) invites her and her husband (his brother) to a party at Richie's manager's house... So, my sister was hanging out with Richie and Heather at a social gathering!!!

I missed his first solo tour and, from what I could tell, he never toured for the 2nd album in my area.

I'm beginning to think that I'm cursed.
Bon411, you live so "close" to me and a fellow rapid Sambora fan, too???

Rumor has it that there may be a Firefest USA in the works for next year, so you had better not miss that like you missed MR Fest!

Something tells me, we've got many things in common, girl!
Oh, and BTW, Frank, if you haven't noticed, this is one of those guitarists that
do *it* for me.

There's also George Lynch, Jeff Watson, Reb Beach, Bill Leverty, Butch Walker, Warren DeMartini, and Nuno Bettencourt... Just to name a few.
Gee, funny, most of my old boyfriends were guitarists, too...
Debbie