{"id":31558,"date":"2025-03-01T00:02:29","date_gmt":"2025-03-01T00:02:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/101gold\/richie-sambora-performs-bon-jovis-livin-on-a-prayer-with-current-bon-jovi-guitarist-phil-x\/"},"modified":"2025-03-01T00:02:29","modified_gmt":"2025-03-01T00:02:29","slug":"richie-sambora-performs-bon-jovis-livin-on-a-prayer-with-current-bon-jovi-guitarist-phil-x","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/101gold\/richie-sambora-performs-bon-jovis-livin-on-a-prayer-with-current-bon-jovi-guitarist-phil-x\/","title":{"rendered":"Richie Sambora performs Bon Jovi\u2019s \u2018Livin\u2019 on a Prayer\u2019 with current Bon Jovi guitarist Phil X"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/syndication.abcaudio.com\/files\/2025-02-28\/Getty_RichieSambora_022825.jpg\" alt><figcaption>Richie Sambora, Orianthi and Phil X\/Photo by Scott Dudelson\/Getty Images<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>It was a meeting of <strong>Bon Jovi<\/strong> guitarists at the Rock For Responders Concert, which took place Thursday on the USS Iowa in San Pedro, California.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/richie-sambora-plays-livin-on-a-prayer-with-bon-jovi-guitarist-11688588\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em><strong>People<\/strong><\/em><\/a><em> <\/em>reports that former Bon Jovi guitarist <strong>Richie Sambora<\/strong> teamed with <strong>Phil X,<\/strong> the guitarist who replaced him in the band, to perform the\u00a0Bon Jovi hit \u201cLivin\u2019 on a Prayer,\u201d with guitarist <strong>Orianthi<\/strong> also joining in.<\/p>\n<p>The concert, which honored Los Angeles\u2019 first responders, military and emergency management partners, was put on by the Pacific Battlefield Center, in partnership with the Port of Los Angeles and Princess Cruises.\u00a0 It also featured a performance by the band <strong>Kings of Chaos<\/strong>, which featured former <strong>Van Halen<\/strong> frontman <strong>Sammy<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>Hagar<\/strong>, <strong>Cheap Trick<\/strong>\u2019s <strong>Robin Zander<\/strong>, <strong>Deep Purple<\/strong>\u2019s <strong>Glenn Hughes<\/strong>, former <strong>Guns \u2018N Roses<\/strong> drummer <strong>Matt Sorum<\/strong> and others.<\/p>\n<p>Sambora parted ways with Bon Jovi in 2013. 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