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    • Jul 11, 1959
    Rock guitarist Richie Sambora is born in Perth Amboy, New Jersey. He gains prominence as a member of Bon Jovi, a band that earns a country hit in 2006 by teaming up with Jennifer Nettles on "Who Says You Can't Go Home"
    Sep 25, 1961
    Actress Heather Locklear is born in Westwood, California. She is married to Bon Jovi guitarist Richie Sambora at the time the band records its country hit, "Who Says You Can't Go Home"
    Dec 17, 1994
    Bon Jovi guitarist Richie Sambora marries "Melrose Place" actress Heather Locklear. The couple divorces 11 years later, just as Bon Jovi is netting a country hit with "Who Says You Can't Go Home"
    Sep 9, 1997
    Warner Bros. releases the soundtrack to the Steven Seagal film "Fire Down Below." Among the artists: Randy Travis, Marty Stuart, Travis Tritt, Alabama, Mark Collie, Richie Sambora, Aaron Tippin, The Lynns, Kostas, Randy Scruggs and Earl Scruggs
    Oct 4, 1997
    Bon Jovi guitarist Richie Sambora and Heather Locklear have a daughter, Ava Elizabeth Sambora, in Los Angeles. The parents will divorce in 2005, just as Bon Jovi is enjoying its initial country hit, "Who Says You Can't Go Home"
    Oct 4, 2001
    Rockers Jon Bon Jovi and Richie Sambora visit Nashville to write with country singers Jeffrey Steele and Carolyn Dawn Johnson
    May 27, 2002
    The USA Network airs "Willie Nelson: Stars & Guitars." Participants include: Emmylou Harris, Vince Gill, Lee Ann Womack, Dave Matthews, Ryan Adams, Mark Knopfler, Brian McKnight and matchbox twenty's Rob Thomas. Nelson joins Jon Bon Jovi and Richie Sambora for "Always On My Mind"
    Sep 22, 2003
    The Arena Football League announces an expansion team, the Philadelphia Soul. Its executives include majority owner Jon Bon Jovi and minority partner Richie Sambora. They team to write the 2006 country hit "Who Says You Can't Go Home"
    Feb 8, 2004
    The Arena Football League's Philadelphia Soul holds its inaugural game, losing to the New Orleans VooDoo, 42-34, at the Wachovia Center. The Philly team is owned in part by future country hitmakers Jon Bon Jovi and Richie Sambora
    May 6, 2004
    Bon Jovi guitarist Richie Sambora receives an honorary doctorate from Kean University in Union, New Jersey. The following year, Bon Jovi earns a country hit with "Who Says You Can't Go Home"
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