Bon Jovi Guitarist Richie Sambora Records Third Solo Album

While Bon Jovi fields death rumors (yes, he’s alive and well), his lead guitarist Richie Sambora is starting work on his third solo album at Ocean Way Recording in Hollywood. According to Broadcast Newsroom, Sambora has tapped Luke Ebbin, who manned the boards for Bon Jovi albums Crush and Bounce, for the project.

“Richie and I have worked on and off together for years,” Ebbin told Broadcast Newsroom. “Richie came off the Bon Jovi tour energized and we got together to write a couple of songs. The results were very good, so we kept writing more and decided to go in and record them.

“The recordings came out great, so Richie decided why not make this a solo record? There are eight songs in the can now, including a co-write with Bernie Taupin...”

Sambora’s first solo release was 1991’s blues-based Stranger in This Town, and he followed up that with 1998’s Undiscovered Soul. Ebbin says the guys have started round two of sessions and hope to have the full album done by early spring.

Bon Jovi also scored one of the top tours of 2011, and check out the full list here.

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Lady Antebellum Singer Talks Third Album

Following the success of the blockbuster 2010 album, Need You Now, is no small task for Nashville hit-makers Lady Antebellum. Powered by the single “I Run to You” and the hit title track, Need You Now topped charts all over the world and garnered a boatload of awards. Nevertheless, the trio of Charles Kelley, Dave Haywood and Hillary Scott are hard at work on a follow-up.

Kelley told Undercover.fm, “We’re a little over halfway done right now and we’re excited to get some new music out there. Again, we’re just trying to keep our heads down and not over-think this thing. With the success of Need You Now, everyone keeps asking us, ‘How are you going to follow that up?’ – and I don’t know how to answer that. You just go in there and do what you do and hopefully it’ll be received well.”

According to Kelley, the important thing is to make music the band can take pride in.

“It’ll be hard to match the same success as that,” he said. “I think we just try and keep that in perspective and just keep making music that we’re proud of and it’ll take whatever course it’s going to take.”

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