Bon Jovi- Slippery When Wet- Jon Bon Jovi, Richie Sambora
One of my guests, original Bon Jovi lead guitarist/ co-writer Richie Sambora, dropped a bombshell while looking back to the first two albums which preceded Slippery When Wet, indicating how close the phenomenal August 1986 release came to never being made. “Quite frankly, “Quite frankly, I didn’t enjoy either of those first two (Bon Jovi , 7800 Degrees F) records personally,” Sambora admits.”I wasn’t even sure that the band was going to survive. To me, I don’t think we reached the soul of it, probably not until Slippery When Wet .”