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Uh you're you're now like official
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tribute Bonjovi band, right?
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>> Yeah. Yeah, of course, man. John
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Bonjovi's been a lifelong almost 40
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years of friendship. He was the first
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rock star to get behind me and Trickster
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back in 1986 before Slippery and Wet
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took off. We gave him our demo tape and
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he called us and got behind us and you
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know he was the one who introduced us to
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Snake and Rachel and Scotty from Skid
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Row and they became they became like our
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big brothers and he told them make sure
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you take care of Stephen the trickster
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guys but and I remember that was my
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first time seeing Bon Joy and I remember
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just being like oh my god this is it.
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You I had three big impressions that
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night that changed my life forever.
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Seeing John at that point, he was the
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coolest [ __ ] looking rock star in
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rock and roll, you know? He had the best
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hair, you know, that he was like the
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first guy who had the frosted tips. And
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it was like, man, he there was nobody
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cooler. He was like David Lee Roth meets
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Steve Perry meets Brian Adams all
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wrapped up in one, you know, the way he
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sang and the way he performed. And then
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the band was so incredible because they
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were having fun. you know, they were
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smiling so much. It was kind of like the
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Van Halen thing. It was like they were
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bringing a party on stage.
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>> And um and then thirdly, the most
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important thing that struck me that
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night and has a had had a forever impact
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on me was seeing Richie Sambbor live for
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the first time. And that was the moment
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watching them probably by three songs
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in. I was in awe of him as a performer,
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as a guitar player, but most importantly
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as a singer. And that was the night that
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I saw him and I went I have to become
