The guitar sound and solo always made that song for me. I never knew it was you. You like what you like, and you pop up all over the place... a lot like Steve Lukather.
🤣You mean to tell me that my favorite Ritchie Sambora lead break is actually You playing it??? That is so Frigging hilarious to find that out all these years later! Me and my cousin both guitar players of 4 years at that time(1984) used to listen to that solo because it was really catchy and melodic. We really liked it a lot! 🤘
same here. my eyes got really big when I heard that. been covering that song 30+yrs ago and I had to be today years old to learn about Tim being that hero in the background.
@@johnrhyne6015 Who played it has zero relevance on the fact it is a great lead break to me. I am impressed a young kid played that solo!(tim was very young buck back then!😁
I can see why you’ve been so successful Tim, playing aside (which is immaculate, tasteful, and always adds to anything you’re on) your personality and demeanor is so humble and kind. Can’t fake that. Kudos sir.
28:02 Wow I can't believe Tim knows I exist haha. That literally made my day!! Been watching his channel for years. Thanks so much for answering my question!
I agree about slowing down, find the sweet groove in your head and play what feels good. I’ve said it before but I really enjoy listening to your experiences on and off the guitar. Thanks Tim
Hey Roy! I have your course on speed playing! Is this comment on another video? There's no 28:02. BTW, thanks! Your course is helping my slow hands a little. At some time I hope to be able to play Luke's Rosanna solo without feeling like I'm falling upwards and inexplicably landing on the top rung... And that's not even that fast a solo. That's how slow I am after 40 years of playing and 35 of practicing that solo... On and off.
"Runaway" has one of my favorite solos ever!!! I didn't know Tim was the one playing it... I thought it was Richie Sambora. Now understand the different styles on the solos from this song to what came after! "Runaway"'s solo is powerful, it feels real, aggressive, and cool!
Yeah I can’t say I’ve ever been a fan. However I did see a thing about the kitchen that he has. It’s really cool. Their menu doesn’t have prices. And there’s just an envelope on the table for you to pay what you can. Even if you can’t. And I think that’s pretty awesome.
This is what they mean by playing what's right for the song. This has always been one of my favorite solos, perfectly composed, dramatic, builds and flows just right and most of all MEMORABLE....the 80s was full of thousand note shredding, dive bombs and tapping etc, but not a lot of it was memorable or else it sounds dated today. This still sounds fresh and powerful. It doesn't get much better than this for guitar solos.
I was about 14 when the song Runaway was on the radio it was SOOOOOO AHEAD OF IT'S TIME. My own children are just now young adults and they can tell you that I have always used this song to show how timeless a well structured song can be. 🙏🏼❤️🔥🏆
Have always loved and admired that solo Tim. Even as a hard rock/metal bit, it still has that George Harrison/Mike Campbell factor: nothing there that isn't necessary, _everything_ that is. And the "challenging" part is the cherry on top, irresistible. Bravo, hat's off.
Tim, you play guitar on any given day like I could only hope for on my best day and all the work you've done on all the great records over the years is truly impressive. Thanks for sharing.
Tim, Thank you very much for this channel and all the classes you make for us all. Every time I get in a rut as a player - I watch Tim Pierce videos… Your smile and amazing playing puts on a fast track every time! God bless you, Sir…
"Limitations actually create character and style"... I think I kind of needed to hear that, even as long as I've been at this and as many times as people have told me they recognize my playing right away, I still find myself chasing things that I can't do to the point of utter distraction, and feeling like I have to learn EVERYTHING. Thanks for that one @TimPierceGuitar ❤
Very cool. Great to see another guy that doesn't have the truss rod covers on. I adjust mine often like Tim, especially with all the crazy weather we have in WNY.
Even before I knew who Tim Pierce was, his solos were impacting me as a player and a listener… All these years later, it makes me laugh at how many things I loved or because Tim was playing on them!
I am a MasterClass Member. I find that I can go at it and at my own speed. It is so comprehensive and complete and worth every penny spent. Tim has such an upbeat personality that learning is made enjoyable, never a grind.
Most of the most catchy, groove oriented and great riffs ever written are basic and not complex at all. I am with you TIM and agree keep it simple and throw in the complex once and a while to change things up a bit. Been playing for over 30 years now and speed is not my top priority when i solo.
When I heard that runaway solo, I thought and still think it was one of the most brilliant pieces of playing I had ever heard and I had to find out who the guitarist was. That is how I found out about you and found your UA-cam channel. IMO, you should be in the hall of fame for that one. Really ripping playing, Tim.
What a history you have. Bad thing is, I have just as much bad decisions you have great events. Sometimes I wish I could start over, but I'm glad that there's people like you in this world. The Rock that you have given us is more important, beautiful, inspiring than you will ever know. Thank you for everything, and God bless
Tim, thank-you and man--even knowing that you have a full plate--please, pretty please share more 'Divide by 13' stories. I've binged everything you have here on that topic....more, more, more please Sir! Hearing great players on their 13s live; priceless! All the best from PDX!
You know, I never took the time to thank you for taking the time to do these. I know it’s a big commitment. Keeping it simple is the game. I don’t make a living from playing guitar but I do indulge in the pleasure of the power chord. Thank you!
Tim is the most positive guitarist on UA-cam. Right up there with Paul Davids. Must be like being with two executive flight attendants when they are in a room together. He even describes his Prog Rock looks (my words not his) as being not the right fit for Bon Jovi. Hilarious!!!
7:00 Love that part of this solo! And interestingly, Steve Lukather said in his Star Licks video from the 80s that HE borrowed those slide tricks from Larry Carleton in that Boz Scaggs solo. 🙂
Wayne Gretzky with one side of his hockey jersey tucked in his pants, Eddy Van Halen’s cigarette burns on the headstock, Tim Pierce’s missing truss rod cover. Classic!!!
Tim is one of the best guitarists you'll ever see and one of the most down to earth and unpretentious people I have seen making UA-cam content. I wish I could play guitar half as well as he does.
I got a call from a friend: "Come to me, you gotta hear this". He had the first Bon Jovi record... so I drove there 45 min. on my bike to visit him. And we listened, I dunno, 6, 7 times to the whole album. Gee. And Runaway was just glorious. Till this day I love this song.
tim, your solo in Runaway nails it and it is such a melodic and appropriate solo. glad that you did this to get Bon Jovi started. thanks for sharing this story.
What an awesome lead that we all know so well. I had no idea you did that lead but thank you Tim for being such a good friend to all us wannabe players half as good as you. You have every right to have a big ego but you're down to earth as they come and you help us so much! Words can't express our appreciation for what you do.
Now it all makes sense. I was never really impressed with Sambora's guitar soloing but always liked the "Runaway" solo. Now I know why. You're an amazing player!!
@@mikekaraoke he is decent but there is usually not anything very rememberable about his solos. Listen to Neil Schon from Journey, Tom Scholz of Boston, those solos are as rememberable as the vocals. Sambora doesn't do that for me.
I had to watch Bon Jovi Slippery when Wet at the Stanley Theatre in Pittsburgh, Just to see John Cougar Mellancamp, to hear " Ain't even done with the Night"
People generally don't know about Tim Pierce because he doesn't market himself as the absolute monster rock star that he actually is. Some people pose until they make it, Tim Pierce just quietly does his job and doesn't make a whole lot of fuss about it after the fact. That's a real player, that's REAL "punk rock"
this bearded grandpa (my first stupid thought) is literally rock 'n' roll guitar personified the more I watch the more my jaw drops ALL due respect sir!
Wow! One of my favorite Bon Jovi songs and with a killer solo, very fitting to the vibe of the song. Tim is like your cool uncle that doesn't really show off but kicks ass. 😎
you know Tim i stopped playing guitar for about 7 years and when i started back up instead of just learning songs like my guitar teacher was teaching me in the 80"s and early 90"s before i stopped playing i decided i needed to study everything i could about the guitar. and like you said image was everything even if they could not play well. and i did not understand this i thought the fastest was it. but long story short i found you and wow i was blown away. and it is funny people will say who do you think is good and you are one of the first people i will bring up and i get ....WHO and i have to show them and there jaw will be on the floor. i guess the point is i wish i would of found guys like you and hired guns because you guys was who made a lot of the 80"s . like Mike Slamer . you guys know the guitar inside and out. so thank you for taking the time to do videos on you tube.
That is so cool Tim. Your playing helped shape rock history!! You are a fantastic player and a humble guy. It's no wonder to me how you got such great gigs. I wish more guys were like you. You, Neil, and Luke are my 3kings!
I saw them open for the Scorps at the Forum on that tour and that song was so hookey I begged my mom for $10 (I was 13) to get that album the following week-whoever snagged all my records when I moved to Montana is likely still enjoying it to this day😉 great song! Great video!
Hey Tim, great video. Really interesting and what a story. 'Please Come Home For Christmas' song is fantastic, one of the best modern christmas songs. It is really nice that Jon contacted you about the MusiCares gig. Cheers Tim - your videos are excellent.
Hey Tim, that H-150 is absolutely gorgeous! It sounds great, looks great and you play it great! I think I might have to check into one. I love the way they made those videos of all you great guitarist's jamming on some really cool songs and jams like I dig the tone that Art gets on his Pelham blue 150. That bluesy rockin tune he serves up is killer! Rock on my friend I am too.
Tim, such a cool, creative solo and awesome tune! Thanks for sharing your story man! And that tough part of the solo...I can only imagine how difficult that would be on stage with the lighting shifting and all!
Tim its so awesome to see you still playing rick Springfield success hasn't spoiled me yet was the first record i ever owned as a kid . Thank you tim for the awesome music you have given us.
I’m sure there’s a lot more music, of which I’m unaware you may have played on, but this was one of the songs of my youth! I’m so impressed Tim! Thanks for sharing this information! I love all this behind-the-scenes stuff!
Tim: Thanks for this and all your other vids. These stories (and your teaching!) are a great legacy and allow some historical context that would otherwise be forgotten.
Everytime I played this solo on stage I thought of Ritchie playing it … I‘m actually kind of shocked. So thanks and congrats to you for this piece of rock history! 🙏
Man I had no clue!!! I’ll be honest, when I joined your channel I was just looking for good guitar channels to learn from and your playing was flawless plus you do everything with a smile, what can be better! 😅 But I had no clue you were this good and that i loved all those groups you played in!! Man, that is wild…..what a ride it must’ve been for you!! Those were ALL hits during that period of time, it takes me back to my youth every time I hear those song, the good old times!! Thank you 🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻🫶🏻
I could rave all day how valuable each of your vids is, but Tim, when you mentioned relearning The Rain Song I completely can relate! Last summer played that tune like 3-5 times daily after spending the time learning it. Holidays came, now I couldn’t tell you the tuning let alone the first chord fingering, back to the woodshed my favorite place! 😂👏
Tim - I love the way you described the brilliance of Hendrix. How amazing he was! People today have no idea what actually made him a fantastic guitar player because they concentrate so much on the technique and not enough on the feel.
Oh Tim, whaat?! After 40 years I discover you were the guitar man! That's amazing. I've just gone to my vinyl collection and pulled out the 12" single I've owned since release in 1984. I'm stunned and impressed, and now more knowledgeable :) Great job man.
WHAAAAT?? No way Tim. Did not know that was you on that tune. I've played that song in cover bands so many times and NEVER got sick of the solo part. It just rips. Way cool!
Tell me you're a badass on the guitar without telling me you are a badass on the guitar. Play badass licks and smile like a Cheshire cat. That's Tim.`
That's Tim! 😂
You are right on. The man is a phenomenon. I could watch him grin and play for hours.
Tim's guitar face is like an enlightened Buddhist monk's.
So true
So tired of the repetitive worn-out comments.
The guitar sound and solo always made that song for me. I never knew it was you. You like what you like, and you pop up all over the place... a lot like Steve Lukather.
I was always amazed at how polished and musical this was for a first song. Even better than their later hits. Now I know why!
Agreed. And always wondered.
🤣You mean to tell me that my favorite Ritchie Sambora lead break is actually You playing it??? That is so Frigging hilarious to find that out all
these years later! Me and my cousin both guitar players of 4 years at that time(1984) used to listen to that solo because it was really catchy and melodic.
We really liked it a lot! 🤘
same here. my eyes got really big when I heard that. been covering that song 30+yrs ago and I had to be today years old to learn about Tim being that hero in the background.
I never owned the album or read the band credits, so I always assumed that it was Sambora!
A lot of songs people think are played by their favorite guitarist are played by session guitarists. Probably a lot of them are played by Tim Pierce
Lots of people also don't know that right before John Bongiovi was "Bon Jovi", he was the guitar player for Scandal
just shows you...ehh...good old Tim did it....
You know whats cool. He doesn't over play like so many others. Melodic, clean and the sound has that 80's crunch.
Note how little flubs he EVER makes...I may have found one? when he was improving?..he's a machine
I always thought Richie Sambora played the solo on Runaway. Now I know. Thank you Tim.
I'm a huge fan of shred for the past 40yrs but to this day I think that's one of the best guitar solos ever.
the run away solo has always been one of my favorites
That solo was always my Favorite "Ritchie sambora" lead and finding out he didn't play it is hilarious to me!🤣
Its like being shot out of a cannon
One of the best solos in a rock song. And I don’t even like Bon Jovi.
I like it better now knowing Tim played it
@@johnrhyne6015 Who played it has zero relevance on the fact it is a great lead break to me. I am impressed a young kid played that solo!(tim was very young buck back then!😁
I have the original 1981 runaway cassette bon Jovi where lead guitar credits is non other than MR. TIM PIERCE
I can see why you’ve been so successful Tim, playing aside (which is immaculate, tasteful, and always adds to anything you’re on) your personality and demeanor is so humble and kind. Can’t fake that. Kudos sir.
28:02 Wow I can't believe Tim knows I exist haha. That literally made my day!! Been watching his channel for years. Thanks so much for answering my question!
Roy, you are great ! Nice to meet you
Roy - I got your speed builder course - its been super useful and has become a part of my daily routine. 👍
I agree about slowing down, find the sweet groove in your head and play what feels good.
I’ve said it before but I really enjoy listening to your experiences on and off the guitar.
Thanks Tim
The video is shorter than 28 minutes.
Hey Roy! I have your course on speed playing! Is this comment on another video? There's no 28:02.
BTW, thanks! Your course is helping my slow hands a little. At some time I hope to be able to play Luke's Rosanna solo without feeling like I'm falling upwards and inexplicably landing on the top rung... And that's not even that fast a solo. That's how slow I am after 40 years of playing and 35 of practicing that solo... On and off.
"Runaway" has one of my favorite solos ever!!! I didn't know Tim was the one playing it... I thought it was Richie Sambora. Now understand the different styles on the solos from this song to what came after! "Runaway"'s solo is powerful, it feels real, aggressive, and cool!
Wow, mad props Tim! Best solo on any Bon Jovi song. Oz has been revealed. I am shocked to find out it was NOT Richie!
I've never cared for Bon Jovi (as a band) but I love Tim Pierce and his stories and respect the heck out of him as a musician.
Same - Except for 1 song: Runaway. Now I know why. 😂
Yeah I can’t say I’ve ever been a fan. However I did see a thing about the kitchen that he has. It’s really cool. Their menu doesn’t have prices. And there’s just an envelope on the table for you to pay what you can. Even if you can’t. And I think that’s pretty awesome.
I wasn't half way there...fan wise
same here...i can't do with that "All american" goody goody tooshoo stuff...but hey.....so what.
Seemed like music for pre-teens. Somehow, ended up in nightclubs, because they were often catchy dance tunes or slow dance ballads.
For Ritchie Sambora fans this is like learning there is no Santa Claus. 😂
feel u mate! 💔
I don't know about RiTchie Sambora fans, but Richie Sambora fans have known this for decades. 😉
@@thequiet1374 What about fans of JoHn Bon Jovi? Do you spellcheck them, too?
@@yuri_nazarenko only if they say stupid shit 😘
WAIT? what do you mean about Santa????
This is what they mean by playing what's right for the song. This has always been one of my favorite solos, perfectly composed, dramatic, builds and flows just right and most of all MEMORABLE....the 80s was full of thousand note shredding, dive bombs and tapping etc, but not a lot of it was memorable or else it sounds dated today. This still sounds fresh and powerful. It doesn't get much better than this for guitar solos.
Tim Pierce Guitar, This is amazing! I can't stop smiling!
it's seriously one of the most badass, iconic, and memorable solos from the 80s. Be proud Tim!
I was about 14 when the song Runaway was on the radio it was SOOOOOO AHEAD OF IT'S TIME. My own children are just now young adults and they can tell you that I have always used this song to show how timeless a well structured song can be. 🙏🏼❤️🔥🏆
Have always loved and admired that solo Tim.
Even as a hard rock/metal bit, it still has that George Harrison/Mike Campbell factor: nothing there that isn't necessary, _everything_ that is. And the "challenging" part is the cherry on top, irresistible. Bravo, hat's off.
From joyous playing to encouraging players to roll with their playing despite/because of limits...
Thank you Tim.
One of my favorite leads from back in the day - not surprised it's you! Grateful you are on four of my songs - ROCK!
Totally amazing. Never knew this. Awesome constructed solo on this song. You are a true treasure of a guitar player. Thank you Tim.
Less is more sometimes. My father once told me... Love the channel and your legacy. Thank You
“Breakdown Dead Ahead”!
I love that reverse slide too!!!
Great playing as always, Tim.👍
Tim, you play guitar on any given day like I could only hope for on my best day and all the work you've done on all the great records over the years is truly impressive. Thanks for sharing.
Tim, Thank you very much for this channel and all the classes you make for us all. Every time I get in a rut as a player - I watch Tim Pierce videos… Your smile and amazing playing puts on a fast track every time! God bless you, Sir…
Thank you so much appreciate the comment :-)
My favorite solo in a Bon Jovi song, wow didn’t know you did that one too. Thanks for sharing man !!!
"Your limitations create your style" - Tim Pierce -- Thanks for doing these videos man ✌
Tim, your attitude, playing and smile are always perfect!
"Limitations actually create character and style"... I think I kind of needed to hear that, even as long as I've been at this and as many times as people have told me they recognize my playing right away, I still find myself chasing things that I can't do to the point of utter distraction, and feeling like I have to learn EVERYTHING. Thanks for that one @TimPierceGuitar ❤
@timpierceguitar It’s pure magic watching your hands flying on the fretboard, with a smile. Thanks! 🔥
Wow, Thank you, Tim. Such brilliant and encouraging observations. “Limitations create character and style.”
Tim, your otherworldly chops are only eclipsed by your humble wonderful attitude. Every one of your videos is educational and utterly inspiring.
This guy has been there done that, I never knew. Thank you sir for sharing your knowledge. Makes me want to pick up my guitar and play.
Very cool. Great to see another guy that doesn't have the truss rod covers on. I adjust mine often like Tim, especially with all the crazy weather we have in WNY.
Even before I knew who Tim Pierce was, his solos were impacting me as a player and a listener… All these years later, it makes me laugh at how many things I loved or because Tim was playing on them!
Every time I listen to Tim tell a story, I am blown away. Not only a fantastic player, but awesome story teller.
I am a MasterClass Member. I find that I can go at it and at my own speed. It is so comprehensive and complete and worth every penny spent. Tim has such an upbeat personality that learning is made enjoyable, never a grind.
Hi...does his master class have a path to learn?
Most of the most catchy, groove oriented and great riffs ever written are basic and not complex at all. I am with you TIM and agree keep it simple and throw in the complex once and a while to change things up a bit. Been playing for over 30 years now and speed is not my top priority when i solo.
What an iconic solo! I knew I could hear your brilliance on that tune! You are a legend, Tim.
When I heard that runaway solo, I thought and still think it was one of the most brilliant pieces of playing I had ever heard and I had to find out who the guitarist was. That is how I found out about you and found your UA-cam channel. IMO, you should be in the hall of fame for that one. Really ripping playing, Tim.
What a history you have. Bad thing is, I have just as much bad decisions you have great events. Sometimes I wish I could start over, but I'm glad that there's people like you in this world. The Rock that you have given us is more important, beautiful, inspiring than you will ever know. Thank you for everything, and God bless
Probably saw you with Rick Springfield ... Toledo, Ohio 83. Great Show
Tim, thank-you and man--even knowing that you have a full plate--please, pretty please share more 'Divide by 13' stories. I've binged everything you have here on that topic....more, more, more please Sir! Hearing great players on their 13s live; priceless! All the best from PDX!
You know, I never took the time to thank you for taking the time to do these. I know it’s a big commitment. Keeping it simple is the game. I don’t make a living from playing guitar but I do indulge in the pleasure of the power chord. Thank you!
Tim is the most positive guitarist on UA-cam. Right up there with Paul Davids. Must be like being with two executive flight attendants when they are in a room together. He even describes his Prog Rock looks (my words not his) as being not the right fit for Bon Jovi. Hilarious!!!
"Like being with 2 executive flight attendants"???????
Tim I wish for just one minute that I had your talent. I think you truly unbelievable buddy
7:00 Love that part of this solo! And interestingly, Steve Lukather said in his Star Licks video from the 80s that HE borrowed those slide tricks from Larry Carleton in that Boz Scaggs solo. 🙂
Wayne Gretzky with one side of his hockey jersey tucked in his pants, Eddy Van Halen’s cigarette burns on the headstock, Tim Pierce’s missing truss rod cover. Classic!!!
Tim is one of the best guitarists you'll ever see and one of the most down to earth and unpretentious people I have seen making UA-cam content. I wish I could play guitar half as well as he does.
holy cow. i didn't realize you played the solo in Please Come Home For Christmas. It's absolutely beautiful!!!!!
I got a call from a friend: "Come to me, you gotta hear this". He had the first Bon Jovi record... so I drove there 45 min. on my bike to visit him. And we listened, I dunno, 6, 7 times to the whole album. Gee. And Runaway was just glorious. Till this day I love this song.
Jovi fan since he broke in the 80's. Thanks for your work on the album. Listened to it earlier today and still enjoy it.
tim, your solo in Runaway nails it and it is such a melodic and appropriate solo. glad that you did this to get Bon Jovi started. thanks for sharing this story.
I’d love to see/hear more stories about different songs you played on.
Dude!! The only Bon Jovi song I’ve ever liked!! Sweet!!
What an awesome lead that we all know so well. I had no idea you did that lead but thank you Tim for being such a good friend to all us wannabe players half as good as you. You have every right to have a big ego but you're down to earth as they come and you help us so much! Words can't express our appreciation for what you do.
That solo is one that I have always loved since the 80's! Love that your playing the Heritage, I have both a Custom Core H-150 and an H-535.
This has rung a Big Bell in me. "Share a Feeling" you said so well. Thank You.
Wonderful playing and it’s so cool to hear the stories behind the scene.
I'm a visual artist, and all these tips, and life advice surprisingly translate to painting and drawing as well... all creative areas really.
Now it all makes sense. I was never really impressed with Sambora's guitar soloing but always liked the "Runaway" solo. Now I know why. You're an amazing player!!
You don't like none of his soloing ever-really????
@@mikekaraoke he is decent but there is usually not anything very rememberable about his solos. Listen to Neil Schon from Journey, Tom Scholz of Boston, those solos are as rememberable as the vocals. Sambora doesn't do that for me.
Hi Tim, nice playing, as always! Greetings from greater Kalamazoo, MI, home of Heritage Guitars!
I had to watch Bon Jovi Slippery when Wet at the Stanley Theatre in Pittsburgh,
Just to see John Cougar Mellancamp, to hear " Ain't even done with the Night"
Tim, that’s an amazing story. I have always said that was one of the most “killing it solo” in history. Great story buddy.
Never cease to amaze me. I don't understand why it took me so long to learn about you. Guitar God!
People generally don't know about Tim Pierce because he doesn't market himself as the absolute monster rock star that he actually is. Some people pose until they make it, Tim Pierce just quietly does his job and doesn't make a whole lot of fuss about it after the fact. That's a real player, that's REAL "punk rock"
this bearded grandpa (my first stupid thought) is literally rock 'n' roll guitar personified the more I watch the more my jaw drops ALL due respect sir!
Your heritage looks great in that sunburst pattern, it somehow takes away from the lower horn sticking out so far. beautiful
haha, as soon as i pressed comment you started explaining the heritage, thanks for the personal answer.. lol..
Wow! One of my favorite Bon Jovi songs and with a killer solo, very fitting to the vibe of the song. Tim is like your cool uncle that doesn't really show off but kicks ass. 😎
you know Tim i stopped playing guitar for about 7 years and when i started back up instead of just learning songs like my guitar teacher was teaching me in the 80"s and early 90"s before i stopped playing i decided i needed to study everything i could about the guitar. and like you said image was everything even if they could not play well. and i did not understand this i thought the fastest was it. but long story short i found you and wow i was blown away. and it is funny people will say who do you think is good and you are one of the first people i will bring up and i get ....WHO and i have to show them and there jaw will be on the floor. i guess the point is i wish i would of found guys like you and hired guns because you guys was who made a lot of the 80"s . like Mike Slamer . you guys know the guitar inside and out. so thank you for taking the time to do videos on you tube.
That is so cool Tim. Your playing helped shape rock history!! You are a fantastic player and a humble guy. It's no wonder to me how you got such great gigs. I wish more guys were like you. You, Neil, and Luke are my 3kings!
I saw them open for the Scorps at the Forum on that tour and that song was so hookey I begged my mom for $10 (I was 13) to get that album the following week-whoever snagged all my records when I moved to Montana is likely still enjoying it to this day😉 great song! Great video!
Hey Tim, great video. Really interesting and what a story. 'Please Come Home For Christmas' song is fantastic, one of the best modern christmas songs. It is really nice that Jon contacted you about the MusiCares gig. Cheers Tim - your videos are excellent.
Hey Tim, that H-150 is absolutely gorgeous! It sounds great, looks great and you play it great! I think I might have to check into one. I love the way they made those videos of all you great guitarist's jamming on some really cool songs and jams like I dig the tone that Art gets on his Pelham blue 150. That bluesy rockin tune he serves up is killer! Rock on my friend I am too.
Tim remains a humble pro. What an amazing career.
Always loved that solo and knew it wasn't Richie Sambora. The all star Review is legendary! Great to see you play it.
Tim, such a cool, creative solo and awesome tune! Thanks for sharing your story man!
And that tough part of the solo...I can only imagine how difficult that would be on stage with the lighting shifting and all!
Love your phrasing Tim. Next level!
Tim its so awesome to see you still playing rick Springfield success hasn't spoiled me yet was the first record i ever owned as a kid . Thank you tim for the awesome music you have given us.
I’m sure there’s a lot more music, of which I’m unaware you may have played on, but this was one of the songs of my youth! I’m so impressed Tim! Thanks for sharing this information! I love all this behind-the-scenes stuff!
Tim: Thanks for this and all your other vids. These stories (and your teaching!) are a great legacy and allow some historical context that would otherwise be forgotten.
Tim, I am just blown away! That is a great story. I am almost not surprised. Always helpful. Always humble.
Everytime I played this solo on stage I thought of Ritchie playing it … I‘m actually kind of shocked. So thanks and congrats to you for this piece of rock history! 🙏
Man I had no clue!!!
I’ll be honest, when I joined your channel I was just looking for good guitar channels to learn from and your playing was flawless plus you do everything with a smile, what can be better! 😅
But I had no clue you were this good and that i loved all those groups you played in!! Man, that is wild…..what a ride it must’ve been for you!! Those were ALL hits during that period of time, it takes me back to my youth every time I hear those song, the good old times!!
Thank you 🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻🫶🏻
So much respect. Literally one of my favourite Bon Jovi songs.
Classic! So many memories come back from the best days of my life!! Thank you Tim for all your killer guitar riffs and solos!
I could rave all day how valuable each of your vids is, but Tim, when you mentioned relearning The Rain Song I completely can relate! Last summer played that tune like 3-5 times daily after spending the time learning it. Holidays came, now I couldn’t tell you the tuning let alone the first chord fingering, back to the woodshed my favorite place! 😂👏
I already knew this fact, but to hear it directly from the man and then watch him play the solo. You are a legend Tim.
Love this, Tim. Well done, my man. I found you and your channel through Rick and for that, I'm thankful and grateful.
Tim - I love the way you described the brilliance of Hendrix. How amazing he was! People today have no idea what actually made him a fantastic guitar player because they concentrate so much on the technique and not enough on the feel.
Wow Tim! This is the only Bon Jovi song I ever loved and it was because of the solo. I really dig that “sliding up” section, such a great solo.
thanks so much I appreciate it :-)
Love his style, taste, and choices, versus a blur of notes. Excellent!
Mind blown. Favorite Bon Jovi song, and the best guitar work on any of his songs to me
Oh Tim, whaat?! After 40 years I discover you were the guitar man! That's amazing. I've just gone to my vinyl collection and pulled out the 12" single I've owned since release in 1984. I'm stunned and impressed, and now more knowledgeable :) Great job man.
WHAAAAT?? No way Tim. Did not know that was you on that tune. I've played that song in cover bands so many times and NEVER got sick of the solo part. It just rips. Way cool!
Absolutely top bloke and player...the fact that he's happy to share ..giving us gold ...thank you Tim !
Never knew this but always felt they playing on Runaway sounded so different then Richie’s playing. Love learning this now
Ha! That solves a big mystery! I had it in my head that Aldo Nova did the solo on that song. Juicy trivia, thanks for sharing!
@TIM PIERCE, What is it like seeing Sambora Miming to your playing on the "RUNAWAY" Video?🤣