“Homebound Train” by Bon Jovi

"Homebound Train" is a Jon Bon Jovi and Richie Sambora co-write from New Jersey, the band's fourth album, released by Mercury on September 19, 1988, and the credits tell you it takes the back roads: Jon blows harmonica and both men play acoustic guitar, while Sambora adds electric guitar and mandolin. David Bryan is on keyboards, Alec John Such on bass and Tico Torres on drums and percussion, with Gouin Morris adding more percussion.

Bruce Fairbairn produced the record at Little Mountain Sound Studios in Vancouver, and Bob Rock engineered and mixed. New Jersey, the follow-up to Slippery When Wet and named for the band's home state, turned into a juggernaut: five top-ten singles, two of them number ones, and the first American album officially released in the Soviet Union, through the state label Melodiya.

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