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Name: Richard Stephen Sambora
Birthday: July 11, 1959
Birthplace: Perth Amboy, New Jersey



Richie Sambora was born in Perth Amboy, New Jersey, and raised in Woodbridge. He got his first guitar in 1971 when he was twelve years old, and started playing in bands three years later. A diversified music listener, Sambora comes from a background of Beatles, Eric Clapton, Johnny Winter, Led Zeppelin, "a lot of blues stuff", and his range of listening goes from Peter Gabriel to Metal Church to Tchaikovsky.

Sambora was given the opportunity to explore all of his musical avenues when he was afforded the making of his solo record, Stranger In This Town. "Mr. Bluesman", a single on the album, was inspired by Clapton, and Clapton was agreed to play lead guitar on the track, fulfilling a dream for Sambora.

Sambora has also written and/or produced songs for Alice Cooper, Desmond Child and others. Richie has the title track "Guitar Man" on Les Paul's album, an unsurpassable honor for a guitarist and Skid Row, a mutual project of Sambora and Bon Jovi, sold 4 million records.

Richie Sambora divides his time between Los Angeles and New Jersey with his daughter Ava Elizabeth.

Some little facts:

Name: Richard Stephen Sambora

Birthday: July 11, 1959

Birthplace: Perth Amboy, New Jersey (Grew up in Woodbridge, New Jersey)

Siblings: None

Resides: California (Homes in Los Angeles and Laguna Beach)

Family: daughter Ava Elizabeth (born October 4, 1997)

Influences: Eric Clapton, Jimi Hendrix, Jeff Beck, The Beatles

Richie is blind to the colours brown, red, and green.

On May 6, 2004, he was awarded an honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters from Kean University.

His parents came from Krakow, Poland.

If anyone gets offended by this, let me know and I'll delete it. I just thought it was funny. xd

10 Things You Need to Know about Men
According to Richie Sambora


Bon Jovi's star guitarist tells all -- about sex, romance and why letting him know his tie doesn't match is a good thing.


-Men know what women want. But if we gave it to you all the time, then you'd want something else and we'd be screwed. We know you want us to be sensitive and romantic and sweet. We can do that. But we want to keep you guessing. If you had sex and diamonds every day, pretty soon you'd be sick of sex and diamonds -- and then where would we be?

-We actually like to be romantic. Believe it or not, we like to cuddle and kiss as much as you do. We just need the occasional nudge. Preferably, the nudge won't come while we're watching football or The Sopranos. And, when you want us to be romantic, remember: There's no such thing as a bad G-string.

-We know you call and hang up. But it's cool. Being checked up on is kind of flattering.

-If you say, "call me," we won't -- at least not for a few days. It doesn't mean we don't like you; it's just our way of playing hard to get. We like to take our time -- you know, whet the whistle. Of course, I've always enjoyed it when women have called me. I like the aggressive type, and so do most of my friends.

-We do masturbate -- almost as much as you do.

-We want to make you feel good, both physically and emotionally, but you have to tell us what to do. Men aren't the most perceptive creatures in the world, but if you tell us exactly where to touch you, believe me, we'll remember. It's to our advantage!

-We wouldn't care what we look like if you didn't care what we look like. Men are messy, and we'd be a lot messier if it weren't for women. If it were up to us, we wouldn't shower or brush our hair.

-We want you to be our mothers. Men stay little boys all through our lives. We want to be hugged and cooked for, and we honestly don't mind when you remind us about stuff like dentist appointments -- it makes us feel taken care of. But there's a fine line between nurturing and nagging. No guy wants his woman following him around the house yelling, "Pick up your socks!"

-We don't mind it when you dress us. When it comes to clothes, most men are clueless. We'd actually rather you tell us what to wear. Of course, if it's Sunday and we're sprawled out on the couch in sweats, we don't want to hear what you think of it. But if we're going out, we love the idea that you want to show us off. I always check with my wife [actress Heather Locklear] before I leave the house.

-We're terrified you'll break our hearts. All men are afraid of getting too close, too fast. So, if we seem standoffish, it's not because we don't like you. It's because we don't want to get hurt. We're afraid of getting our hearts broken -- just like you.

I hope they don't. They're such a beautiful couple.

And I love that article Sixx_Chick!

*shrug*
Heather's rep said is apparently.
I hope it's not true.
But there's also the possibility it might be.
Dx

Yeah, I just heard Richie say the same thing this weekend on TV. He said they're happy but whenever she goes out alone people start printing stuff.

Yep, that's where I saw him. xD

I saw the pictures, they're beautiful!

My mom heard today on the radio that Heather filed for divorce >.>

Poor Richie and Ava! At least Richie has good friends to turn to!

D: