“I walk smack into him and he goes, ‘See you’re practicing, are you, mate?’ He takes the guitar – he’s lefty and I’m righty – and starts to play it”: Richie Sambora on how Paul McCartney helped him mix a Bon Jovi track

Left-Richie Sambora perfrorms at America Salutes You and Wall Street Rocks Presents Guitar Legends For Heroes at Terminal 5 on November 29, 2017 in New York City; Right-Paul McCartney performs during the third day of Corona Capital Fest at Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez on November 17, 2024 in Mexico City, Mexico.

Working with one of the Fab Four is an extraordinary feat for anyone – but an instance of Bon Jovi, one of the most enduringly popular bands since the '80s, collaborating with Paul McCartney is nothing short of historic. According to a new interview with ex-Bon Jovi guitarist Richie Sambora, McCartney had a hand in mixing a track on one of the band's live albums.

“I was in Henson [Recording Studios in LA], which was A&M at the time,” Sambora tells Howie Mandel [transcribed by Ultimate Guitar].