[StickToYourGuns45]

Just saw on Facebook that Richie and band will be doing a small charity gig at The Espy (The Gerswin Room) in St Kilda, Victoria in Thursday night.

https://m.facebook.com/luke.ebbin/po...fid=9&_rdr#_=_

All proceeds will go to The Starlight Foundation.

[Jayster]

And it's only $50 entry.

If I still lived in Melbourne, I would have been there. Great place for a gig... have a few beers over looking the pier prior.

Being a charity show, it may be a shorter set than Sydney tonight though.

A bit crazy that it was announced two days before it was due to happen - I know of people that bought tickets, flights and accommodation for Sydney since there was no Melbourne show. It's almost like Prince announcing a secret gig.

[StickToYourGuns45]

Any news on the set?

[rolo_tomachi]

Richie Sambora & Corey Glover - Purple Rain (Melbourne 27 Feb 2014)

YouTube

Wanted Dead Or Alive (Melbourne 27 Feb 2014)

Richie Sambora @ The Espy 27.2.14 - YouTube

Richie with Corey Glover of Living Colour

[DevilsSon]

Originally Posted by rolo_tomachi

Richie Sambora & Corey Glover - Purple Rain (Melbourne 27 Feb 2014)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5EXSshv9MKQ

You got to be kiddin' me right?!? That was surreal. What did this man do for so long with Bon Jovi?!?!?!??!??!??!?! Such a waste of talent....just makes me grumpy!

[Panda]

Originally Posted by rolo_tomachi

Richie Sambora & Corey Glover - Purple Rain (Melbourne 27 Feb 2014)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5EXSshv9MKQ

WHAT THE FRICK.

Richie can stay solo all he likes. What the heck has happened. Wow, I had shivers racing down my spine. I haven't experienced that with Bon Jovi or Richie live material in a few years.

[semigoodlookin]

Originally Posted by DevilsSon

You got to be kiddin' me right?!? That was surreal. What did this man do for so long with Bon Jovi?!?!?!??!??!??!?! Such a waste of talent....just makes me grumpy!

He´s needed the band as well mate, no doubt about that. Jon was kicking Richie´s ass in the late 1990s, it could have been Jon saying I am wasted with the band. I agree with you over the last two years yeah, but Richie and Jon are made for each other for better or for worse. That is not a romantic ideal either, it means when one is good the other is too, and when one is shit... well you get it.

The best possible scenario for me is that all of them disappear for good. The second best is that Richie drives Jon to be better and we get something worthwhile from the band. If it continues like this Jon will becomes a business man doing the odd corporate gig and I shit you not, Richie will be off the map within 18 months. He is not a big enough name to sustain a career and his ego is too big to plum the depths of the music scene.

I am willing to have a pathetic forum bet with anyone that Richie will not last if he pursues a solo career.

However, I am starting to warm to Richie´s performances. I am in no way biased, so I called the other performances shit because they just were, but he has got better there´s no question. Either he is focusing, having his ass kicked by his band for being sloppy, or he just needed practice. Probably a bit of all.

[DevilsSon]

whatever - the clips from these last two gigs - Sydney and Melbourne are just WTF moments. Beautiful! And honestly - I'd take these two gigs over anything Jovi related in the last decade. Miles and miles better actually.

And I don't csare about his solo career. If he gigs like that and plays a summer of festivals - he can be as big as Slash is, certainly in Europe. I mean, all he needs is some proper marketing. Shouldn't take too long given that kind of stuff....

[rolo_tomachi]

I think Richie can survive with short tours worldwide. Australia, Europe, Japan, Canada and South America Could have his audience in each tour. Small audiences, hopefully some arenas, but that's okay, I mean, he is 55, sings and plays pretty decent. His name can be strengthened over time as "the legendary guitarist of Bon Jovi". Also, I think it would be well received in some European festivals.

At least you can try it for a couple of years, then come back with Bon Jovi to return to bust the charts.

[semigoodlookin]

Originally Posted by DevilsSon

whatever - the clips from these last two gigs - Sydney and Melbourne are just WTF moments. Beautiful! And honestly - I'd take these two gigs over anything Jovi related in the last decade. Miles and miles better actually.

And I don't csare about his solo career. If he gigs like that and plays a summer of festivals - he can be as big as Slash is, certainly in Europe. I mean, all he needs is some proper marketing. Shouldn't take too long given that kind of stuff....

He hasn´t got the market cache that Slash has, and I am not a fan of Slash. I know you mentioned marketing, but how is Richie going to market himself realistically? Slash does have a following outside of Guns, and it is enough for him to have a decent solo career. Richie´s following outside of Bon Jovi is tiny (read non existent).

In my opinion Richie pisses all over Slash in any criteria I would look for, but he simply wouldn´t be as big as Slash in Europe, which isn´t very big anyway. For a start, he wouldn´t get the respect Slash would at most festivals, which is nonsense but true.

I agree with you to an extent that if Richie gigs to his potential, non-fans who see him will be inspired to seek his music out. However, most of the people going to see him are there because they know him from Bon Jovi. And I doubt many are racing to buy his records from the festival he did last week.

Loads of people are happy because he is showing that there is more to him than just Bon Jovi. great, but there is so much more to Sambora than what we are seeing here, he is or has been so much better at this in almost every aspect of what he is doing at the moment, whether it is gigging, recording, or media.

Edit: I am not disputing that Richie could have a solo career, I just don´t think he could have one at a level that his ego needs, at least long term.