Editing Richie Sambora (section)

===Bon Jovi===
{{See also|Bon Jovi}}
Sambora joined Bon Jovi in 1983,<ref name="auto2">{{Cite web|url=https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/richie-sambora-no-regret-leaving-bon-jovi-family-first|title=Richie Sambora on why he left Bon Jovi in 2013: 'Family had to come first'|first=Jessica|last=Napoli|date=December 21, 2020|website=Fox News}}</ref><ref name="auto1">{{Cite web|url=https://ultimateclassicrock.com/richie-sambora-jon-bon-jovi-speaking/|title=Richie Sambora and Jon Bon Jovi Are Speaking Again|website=Ultimate Classic Rock|date=August 19, 2016 }}</ref> replacing the band's original lead guitarist [[Dave Sabo]], who went on to form [[Skid Row (American band)|Skid Row]].<ref name="MSNBCGettingLifeBackTogeter">{{cite web|url=http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/19309670/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070621081634/http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/19309670/|url-status=dead|archive-date=June 21, 2007|title=Richie Sambora: Getting 'life back together'|last=Celizic|first=Mike|date=June 17, 2007|publisher=[[MSNBC]]|access-date=2008-07-10}}</ref> [[Alec John Such]] had been playing in a band with Sambora and joined Bon Jovi while Sambora was away in Los Angeles auditioning for Kiss. When Sambora returned home, Such promptly invited him to see the band play. Sambora was impressed with Bon Jovi after seeing the band perform live, describing the band as "magic", and he subsequently approached Jon Bon Jovi backstage and "gave him a verbal [[résumé]]". Though Sambora initially believed Bon Jovi was not interested in him, he received a phone call several days later inviting him to rehearse with the band. When Jon arrived and heard the band with Sambora, he hired him on the spot. That night, the pair returned to Bon Jovi's mother's house and wrote the songs "Come Back" and "Burning for Love", both of which would appear on the band's 1983 [[Bon Jovi (album)|debut album]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/how-we-met-1567142.html|work=The Independent|location=London|title=How we met|first=Nicholas|last=Barber|date=January 8, 1995|access-date=May 22, 2010}}</ref>

In the [[1989 MTV Video Music Awards]], Richie Sambora and Jon Bon Jovi performed acoustic versions of "[[Livin' on a Prayer]]" and "[[Wanted Dead or Alive (Bon Jovi song)|Wanted Dead or Alive]]". While [[MTV Unplugged]] was already in development by the time of this event, its [[showrunners]] have credited the pair's performance with influencing the show to go from initially being meant only for "young, up-and-coming artists" into being a simplified showcase for the "big, stadium, electric-arena-type acts".<ref>https://www.theringer.com/2017/09/07/music/mtv-unplugged-nirvana-don-henley-paul-mccartney</ref>

The song "Next 100 years" from the album Crush, written by Sambora and [[Jon Bon Jovi|Bon Jovi]], is a self cover. The Japanese version, with lyrics by [[B'z]]'s [[Koshi Inaba]], was recorded first in 1999 by [[Johnny & Associates]]'s special unit called [[J-Friends]] as part of the relief efforts for the 1995 [[Great Hanshin earthquake]]. The live version of the song  was also included in a DVD released in April 2003, "J-FRIENDS Never Ending Spirit 1997-2003". It included performances from several of the agency's groups, as well as by the special unit.<ref>{{Cite web |date=22 July 2024 |title=All 359 Bon Jovi songs ranked worst to best ~ 16. "Next 100 Years," Crush (2000) |url=https://ultimateclassicrock.com/bon-jovi-songs-ranked/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240913111656/https://ultimateclassicrock.com/bon-jovi-songs-ranked/ |archive-date=13 September 2024 |access-date=13 September 2024 |website=Ultimate Classic Rock}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=#8cmCD【Next 100 Years/J-FRIENDS、 稲葉浩志、 伊達歩、 John Bon Jovi、 Richie Sambora、 有賀啓雄.】1999年 、返金保証 |url=https://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/B0DDPX1JSP |archive-url=https://archive.today/20240913112330/https://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/B0DDPX1JSP |archive-date=13 September 2024 |access-date=13 September 2024 |website=Amazon |language=Japanese}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=「J-Friends Next 100 Years」 |url=https://www.elov-label.jp/s/je/discography/JEDJ-0001 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20240913112419/https://www.elov-label.jp/s/je/discography/JEDJ-0001 |archive-date=13 September 2024 |access-date=13 September 2024 |website=Elov Label Records |language=Japanese}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=J-FRIENDS Never Ending Spirit 1997-2003 |url=https://www.hmv.co.jp/artist_J-FRIENDS_000000000110985/item_J-FRIENDS-Never-Ending-Spirit-1997-2003_42212 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20240913123134/https://www.hmv.co.jp/artist_J-FRIENDS_000000000110985/item_J-FRIENDS-Never-Ending-Spirit-1997-2003_42212 |archive-date=13 September 2024 |access-date=13 September 2024 |website=HMV |language=Japanese}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=27 May 2020 |title=redbank's BON JOVI collection |url=https://redbankbj.com/wp/?p=9174 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240913111932/https://redbankbj.com/wp/?p=9174 |archive-date=13 September 2024 |access-date=13 September 2024 |website=Redbank |language=English, Japanese}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=J-Friends |url=https://www.shinsaihatsu.com/bunka/2/j-friens.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240913125134/https://www.shinsaihatsu.com/bunka/2/j-friens.html |archive-date=13 September 2024 |access-date=13 September 2024 |website=Shinsaihatsu |language=Japanese}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Ｊ－ＦＲＩＥＮＤＳ東京ドーム年越しライブ |url=http://www.sanspo.com/enter/music/m9911/m1111.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20001210134700/http://www.sanspo.com/enter/music/m9911/m1111.html |archive-date=10 December 2000 |access-date=13 September 2024 |website=Sanspo |language=Japanese}}</ref>

Sambora left the band in 2013<ref name="auto2"/><ref name="auto1"/> prior to a concert in Calgary during the band's [[Because We Can (concert tour)|Because We Can]] tour. Since his departure, Sambora has only played with Bon Jovi at their Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction in 2018. In 2016, Sambora stated that his reason for leaving the band was in order to give his family more of his attention. "I really needed to take some time to be with my daughter," he stated "She needed me and I needed her, actually."<ref>{{cite news|last1=Vallon|first1=Vanessa|title=Jon Bon Jovi reveals why Richie Sambora left the band (Watch)|url=https://www.axs.com/jon-bon-jovi-reveals-why-richie-sambora-left-the-band-watch-108341|access-date=19 January 2018|publisher=AXS|date=October 17, 2016}}</ref>

Sambora also released a solo EP with Orianthi, and performed alongside the RSO band member and his girlfriend on April 7, 2018.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/features/richie-sambora-on-bon-jovi-rock-and-roll-hall-of-fame-w514037|title=Hear Richie Sambora Talk Hall of Fame, Relationship With Jon Bon Jovi|magazine=Rolling Stone|access-date=2018-04-05}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/index.ssf/2018/04/richie_sambora_orianthi_set_to.html|title=Richie Sambora, Orianthi set to highlight Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Celebration Day|work=cleveland.com|access-date=2018-04-05|language=en-US}}</ref>