Phil X solo guitar spin

This video of Phil X's Lay Your Hands on Me solo from Bon Jovi's Atlanta show has been doing the rounds a bit so I figured I may as well post it. He spins his guitar around his body much like Bruce Springsteen which is pretty cool.

Rafael strikes again: What Do You Got? A guitar!

Rafael Luz is a teenage guitarist from Brazil who shot to fame in the Bon Jovi community after recording a solo for "We Weren't Born to Follow" that inspired Richie Sambora to add his own solo to the album version of the song.

Well, Rafael's back. :) Check out his cover of Bon Jovi's latest single "What Do You Got". His version includes an extended guitar solo ending that rocks up the song a little.

We Weren't Born to Follow guitar solo?

The lack of a solo after Jon's yell of "Guitar!" in "We Weren't Born to Follow" has created a few rumblings in Jovi Land since the song was first played. Rafael came up with a pretty neat one himself but according to Obie...

question
Hi Obie... Well I'm wondering why I can't feel Richie on WWBTF because I hear no solo
:-(
Asked by sambora3d on September 7, 2009 at 11:20am
answer
Well,feel away....there is a Richie solo on the album version.......no kidding.
Answered by Obie on September 7, 2009 at 11:37am

Hope so! Although it does beg the question; if you've cut the solo out of the single edit, then why would you leave "Guitar!" in there and make Jon and Richie sound like tools on the radio. :P

We Weren't Born to Follow: the solo we never had

By now, most of my readers would have heard Bon Jovi's latest single "We Weren't Born to Follow". You would also have heard Jon yell "Guitar!" just before Richie plays... well, a very basic repeated pattern for 15 seconds. Yelling "Guitar!" in the middle of a rock song generally implies some sort of solo, especially when you have such a talented lead guitarist at your disposal, so this ends up being quite an anticlimactic moment. :P

Well, a guy called Rafael in Brazil has come up with a guitar solo to fill that space.



So what do you think? Should Richie Sambora be taking notes for the upcoming tour? ;)