Richie Sambora

Richard Stephen Richie Sambora born July 11 1959 is an American rock guitarist producer musician and singersongwriter who was the longtime lead guitarist of the popular rock band Bon Jovi He and frontman Jon Bon Jovi formed the primary songwriting unit of the band He is also a solo artist having released three solo albums Stranger in This Town in 1991 Undiscovered Soul in 1998 and Aftermath of the Lowdown released in September 2012 In 2018 he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of Bon Jovi and reunited with his former bandmates for a performance at the induction ceremony That year he formed the duo RSO alongside his girlfriend Orianthi After two EPs the pair released their debut album Radio Free America in May He was listed by Time magazine as one of the best guitarists of all time He was married to actress Heather Locklear from 1994 until their divorce in 2007 they have a daughter Ava born in 1997 He dated Australian guitaristsingersongwriter Orianthi from 2014 to 2018 From Wikipedia the free encyclopedia