Richie at Pendelton

CAMP PENDLETON (CBS 8) - Bon Jovi's Richie Sambora has a rock n' roll surprise for local Marines.

In this News 8 video report, Richard Allyn reports from Oceanside to explain why Sambora was rockin' our troops.

This Much Deliciousness...

... should be a crime.  A photo from the Beverly Hills Lifestyle Magazine shoot, as posted on the WTB blog.

Holy Hannah.

~ Hath

Apollo in the Hamptons

Yep, Mr. Hath and Hathlet are on their way to the Hamptons this weekend without me, but they probably won't be going (lol).

~ Hath

APOLLO IN THE HAMPTONS ~ A NIGHT OF LEGENDS

Saturday, August 20 at 8 p.m.

The second annual Apollo in the Hamptons event will be held at the home of Ronald Perelman in East Hampton, NY. The evening begins with dinner by Marcus Samuelsson, followed by a concert featuring Jon Bon Jovi and Jamie Foxx, Apollo Legends Ben E. King and Bettye LaVette, and surprise performances. Proceeds from the event support the Apollo’s year-round education programs. For more information, please contact Sharland Norris at (212) 531-5330 or click here and select “Development Department.”

Mid-Day Motivator: Rich!

Hiya, Gorgeous

More shots of Richie's Extra! gig. Thanks Catte for dressing up my inbox a bit this morning!

~ Hath

  

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

Mid-Day Motivator: Awesome

Or, "Happy Birthday, SWW"!
~ Hath

Telethon Lineup Includes Richie Sambora

From the PR Newswire:

The Muscular Dystrophy Association today announced an outstanding and diverse talent roster is being finalized for its 2011 MDA Labor Day Telethon, with still more top acts expected to confirm their performances between now and the show's primetime broadcast on Sunday, Sept. 4.

Entertainment icons including Celine Dion, Lady Antebellum, Jennifer Lopez, Darius Rucker, Martina McBride, Steven Tyler, Jon Secada, Randy Jackson, Richie Sambora, and Jimmy Webb, as well as Michael Feinstein, Maureen McGovern, American Idol winner Jordin Sparks, and Ellen DeGeneres protege Greyson Chance, plus the inter-galactic music phenomenon Voca People, are making special appearances on the MDA Labor Day Telethon.

"Songs and appeals by these outstanding artists, as well as extraordinary Penn & Teller magic and so much more, undoubtedly will captivate tens of millions of viewers," said long-time Telethon Producer Lee Miller. "Then, when America sees and hears from remarkable families served by MDA, people once again will find it near impossible to not respond generously."

Joining these music artists in encouraging even greater public support to help MDA speed treatments and cures for progressive muscle diseases are JabbaWockeeZ, winners of MTV's America's Best Dance Crew; The View's Barbara Walters, Whoopi Goldberg, Joy Behar, Sherri Shepherd and Elisabeth Hasselbeck; plus NFL legend Kurt Warner and NBA great Dwight Howard.

You can read the whole article here.

For information on Muscular Dystrophy and the MDA, visit the MDA's website.

~ Hath

Unauthorized 80's with David Grant

Thanks Catte, for the find. It was a fun read. From SleaseRoxx:

In 1986 glam rock was at a pop culture high. There was not a better time to release Bon Jovi's third album, 'Slippery When Wet'. The first single "You Give Love A Bad Name" went to #1 on the Billboard charts. Now when I watch the video, Jon Bon Jovi throwing his guitar into the audience reminds me of Huey Lewis in the karaoke movie Duets: "I can't go back, I'm a singer now!" It was the moment where you could feel that this was the start of something special for the band (and lead singer). The next single, "Livin' On A Prayer" also went to #1. The video focused on Jon Bon Jovi's ass and the fun loving band (many 'blooper' shots are shown). It always appeared there was a jeans rivalry between Jon and Def Leppard lead singer Joe Elliot (Elliot preferring more holes versus the faded wash worn by Jon). As was the format, they had to follow up their 'rocking' hits with a ballad. They released "Wanted Dead Or Alive", a top 10 hit that still holds up better than most ballads during this period. One question on the video: Do I understand correctly that according to Jon Bon Jovi it's really exhausting to travel by private jets and limos? The collection of these three videos increased acid washed denim by 40 percent (this is an approximate estimation based on the number of video ass shots).

David S. Grant is the author of several books including Rock Stars (Oak Tree Press), Corporate Porn (Silverthought Press), The Last Breakfast (Brown Paper Publishing), and Happy Hour (SynergEbooks). David lives and works in New York City. For more information go to www.rockstarbooks.net follow David on Twitter: @david_s_grant.

You can read the whole thing here.


~ Hath

Redbeard Interview: SWW

Yes, we talked about this already, and posted the interview already too, but as today's the anniversary, why not give it another listen?

Redbeard, the host and producer of In the Studio, sat down for an exclusive interview with Jon Bon Jovi and Richie Sambora to talk about Slippery When Wet. Click below to listen to the full interview now!

~ Hath

Slippery When Wet: 25 years

Yes, today marks the 25th anniversary of the US release of this iconic record. And to celebrate, Django has posted a "SWW Live" album on Guitars101:

This is a bootleg containing BON JOVI-songs recorded between 1984 and 1987. When Jon's voice was still crisp and fresh…

Cleveland, March 17th, 1984
1. Breakout
2. Roulette
3. She Don't Know Me
4. Love Lies

Milwaukee, June 25th, 1985
5. Only Lonely
6. Shot Through The Heart
7. Burning For Love

Tokyo, July 26th, 1987
8. Raise Your Hands
9. Tokyo Road
10. You Give Love A Bad Name
11. Livin' On A Prayer
12. Let It Rock
13. Runaway
14. Wanted Dead Or Alive

You can download from Megaupload here.

Note: if you have a "free" megaupload account, there's a 25 second wait before you can download, then the speeds are slow. If you don't have an account at all the wait is 45 secodns, and speeds are still slow. BUT, you can still get the download for free if you have a little patience.

DeBee1015 is also celebrating on her blog; she'll start posting a video per hour from the SWW record, starting at 7am EDT.

Richie on AccessHollywood

Talking about the fold-up guitars for the Marines. Most of the same words as the Extra interview, but no shades :)




Talking about WTB and Ava's movie debut:

Richie on Extra

Bon Jovi rocker Richie Sambora stopped by The Grove to chat with "Extra's" Mario Lopez after his recent return from the band's record-breaking world tour. Sambora, happy to still be on top after three decades with Bon Jovi, said, "I walked onstage every night with extreme gratitude."



Going solo on Friday, Richie plans to take part in a special military show, and will give away 10 Voyage Air acoustic guitars to 10 marine heroes. "Me touring fifty countries... I get what it means to have American freedom, and these guys are fighting for our freedom, so it's my little way to give back."

  

  

  

  

  

  

Richie on Ava's Acting Career

From AccessHollywood:

“I let her do that and now, actually, she’s becoming an actress and she just got a movie,” Richie told Kit Hoover on Wednesday’s Access Hollywood Live, referring to his daughter’s upcoming part in Judd Apatow’s “This Is Forty,” a spin-off of “Knocked Up.”

“She’s very passionate about it,” Richie added of Ava, his daughter with ex-wife Heather Locklear, and her acting career plans.

While the 13-year-old is ready to kick-start her career, her father, naturally, has some reservations.

“There’s some trepidation as far as me being a little scared about it, but I’m happy for her and she’s really happy and she’s going right into it, man,” he said.

You can read the rest of the brief article here.

~ Hath

Sweet Vally High...the Musical?

Playbill and Off Off Broadway World are both (in a sideways manner) posting information about a new musical featuring music/lyrics from our favorite Tony Award Winner.  As part of a bio listing of producer John Znidarsic, both websites are saying that:

...recent and upcoming projects include a new musical Fast Breaks - The Comings and Goings at Sweet Valley High by Francine Pascal and David Bryan of Bon Jovi...

I think this musical has been "in the works" since early last decade (thought that may not mean anything) and I can't seem to find anything recent about the SVH vehicle.

According to a Forever Young Adult post earlier this year, which is totally tongue-in-cheek with respect to SVH, there is a "demo" CD of a few songs from this project.  I make no promises that these songs are legit, but they are kinda fun...

1 – Forever Lives in Us
2 – The First Time
3 - My Piece of Heaven
4 - Ain't No Second Chance
5 - Private World

As for the musical itself, you may recall David talking about it in the "From Netherworld to Memphis" interview from last year with Brian Reesman:

Then finally he said, “What about musicals?” I said, “What are those?” He said, “I can get you 20 songs covered eight times a week.” “I’m interested.” At the time he put me together with Frank Military. John Teeter was the publisher and Frank Military was an old Broadway guy who knew Sinatra and knew everybody because he was 80 years old at the time. He knew Francine Pascal, who was Michael Stewart’s sister, and Michael Stewart wrote Bye-Bye Birdie and Mack & Mabel. He was huge. He was also in Sid Ceasar’s Show Of Shows. He had passed away, and Francine had his whole world. She had a book series called Sweet Valley High that sold about 500,000,000 copies in 20 years around the world. She knew Michael Price at Goodspeed [Opera House] up in Connecticut, and there was no rock ‘n roll at the time on Broadway in ’98. I wrote all the music and lyrics about this character who went from point A to point B, and used in my mind what was a hit chorus. I did that [the basic rock formula] for 23 songs for that. We got to a certain point where we had done a reading and they put about $30,000 into it. Everybody’s opinion was, “It’s loud. It’s too loud. Why do the songs repeat like that?” “It’s not too loud, and it’s rock ‘n roll. That’s what a rock song does — it takes your emotions and is a simpler form than classical, but it is a highly complicated form of emotion.” So I got to certain point and then it stopped, and I sat around.

The idea of "rock-n-roll on Broadway" isn't so far-fetched anymore.  Maybe a restoration of this project is in order!

The question remains as to whether the published info in the bio of Mr. Znidarsic in these recent articles are inclusive of "old information" with respect to Sweet Valley High.  I have no idea.  My Google Alerts hasn't told me yet.

~ Hath

Richie on Extra! and AccessHollywood

Nikki Lund posted this on her Facebook this morning:

Richie will be on EXTRA TV and ACCESS HOLLYWOOD today, Wed the 17th Rocking WTB & talking about the guitars he is giving away to the Marines in Camp Pendleton on the 19th. He is also shooting BH [Beverly Hills] Lifestyle mag tomorrow night and we will be featured together for the top 10 designers issue!

Check your local listings for Extra! airings. You can also check Extra's website and Access Hollywood's website.

~ Hath

Mid-Day Motivator: Rocket

Wanted Wednesday: August 16, 2000

Please rise, for the singing of our national anthem...

This week we've got a track from Leipzig for your enjoyment.

Do you suppose there's ever hecklers in the crowd?  When Jon says the song's for all the cowboys in the house is there that one guy looking around  for the ten gallon hats?  'Cause if Jon's looking for an arsehole for that role, I know a guy.

Anyway :)

Jon keeps most of the lyrics on this version (you know the line Richie takes), but our Richie's harmonies are beautiful throughout and the solo nice and perfect.  As expected.

Let's Ride!






And here it is on my Mediafire.

~ Hath

Mid-Day Motivator: Have a Nice Day

It's not Monday, but this still fits :)
~ Hath

Barcelona Bootleg

Courtesy of Crush Magazine

Download link is here.

Some options for dealing with the RAR/FLAC files in the download can be found here. Remember, this is just what I do -- there are different and perhaps better ways to do it, but this works for me.

~ Hath