Why sambora left tour

After three wild decades of fame, Jon Bon Jovi opens up about life on the road — and how he and wife Dorothea keep their love strong. Throughout three wild decades of fame, the bond between the front man and the lead guitarist was often tested, but never broken — but that all changed one night in He never calls my room.

After pulling double duty on vocals and guitar that night, Bon Jovi called upon guitarist Phil X to help the band finish out the tour. Nobody expected Richie to quit in the middle of the night for no reason.

Richie and Jon were the core songwriting team behind almost all of Bon Jovi's music. He joined the band after replacing the group's original guitarist, and wrote many of the songs on their debut album.

After that, the rest was history, and he spent three decades making music with Jon and the rest of the band. In the aftermath of Richie's departure from the band, Jon admitted that he missed his former collaborator, but said that the band was fully capable of existing without him. My beautiful daughter.. Jon and Richie spent several years arguing after Richie left the band, although it seems they were able to bury the hatchet enough for him to perform with them in I wish he was here, too, because we were a formidable duo," Jon said.

Little tragedies. Love, joy. You miss all those things a lot of times in your incubation mode. Sambora has a history of substance abuse issues and he previously had missed 13 shows of the Bon Jovi Live tour in when he entered rehab. The collaboration, both professionally and personally, ended soon after the release. More: Bon Jovi '' album review: What kind of world are we leaving our children? More: Is Bon Jovi's socially conscious album '' a new chapter for the band?