WWBTF: Real Guitar Solo on Album

I love MusicRadar. It's a great site for interviews with great musicians. I've read quite a few articles on this site that were either written by or about Richie Sambora. The most recent one, about the new album, has some good news:

The album version of WWBTF will actually have a guitar solo after Jon enthusiastically calls out "Guitar!":
The first single from The Circle, We Weren't Born To Follow, has been blowing up at radio, but Sambora reveals that the version currently being spun will ultimately differ from what fans can expect to hear on the album.

"When I recorded the solo to that song, I played a very melodic, kind of Beatles-esque break. That was the mood I was in. As soon as the song got leaked to radio, people went crazy, sending e-mails and Twittering and everything: 'We love the song, but what's with that solo? We want a rippin', burnin' Richie Sambora solo.

"So I said to Jon, 'Hey, do you want me to change it? We got time. And John was like, 'Sure. Go lay down another solo and we'll drop it in the song on the album.' So that's what I did - I cut it yesterday, in fact. It's a monster."

But does the guitarist mind having fans, in effect, 'produce' part of a song? "Nah!" he says, with a laugh. "When I played sessions, it was all about serving the song. Sometimes you have to test things out and see what works. I'm totally cool about the whole thing. And I guarantee that when people hear the new solo, they'll be stoked. Ask and you shall receive."

Hmmm. "Ask and you shall receive?" Richie, baby, I've got a WHOLE list of things to ask for, some dirty, some not. Where shall I begin?

Seriously, though, this is great news. Not only because I was really disappointed that the one prospective area of shining brilliance in an otherwise ordinary song was missing and will be "fixed", but also because this means our emails and other messages are heard.

When the album comes out, I will give WWBTF antoher listen and try REALLY hard to like it. Or, I'll edit out Richie's solo, and make another ring tone.


~ Hath