“They had an 8-track demo for Livin’ On A Prayer. When the producer came in, we both agreed we had to come up with a better bassline”: How Hugh McDonald became Bon Jovi’s uncredited recording bassist

Rockmusiker, USAmit dem Gitarristen Richard Sambora und dem Bassisten Hugh McDonald bei einem Konzert im Georg Melches Stadion in Essen.

Philly-born session vet Hugh McDonald was at New York's Power Station one early '80s evening when he was asked to lay down a bass part for a demo by Jon Bon Jovi, who was working as a janitor at the studio, owned by his cousin, Tony Bongiovi.

The song, Runaway, became a hit on local radio and earned Bon Jovi a record deal. He promptly formed his namesake band with neighbourhood friends Tico Torres, David Bryan, Richie Sambora, and Alec John Such, and hit the road.