It’s My Life

When Jon Bon Jovi scored his first hit "Runaway" in 1984, fax machines were all the rage, pop fans relied on cassette tapes instead of streaming, and the latest Apple computer cost $10,000 and had a 10 MB hard drive. Thirty-eight years later, Jon Bon Jovi is celebrating his 60th birthday, and the once-ridiculed rock heartthrob has become a respected global star who is actively engaged in various causes, helping families at risk of homelessness through his "JBJ Soul Foundation" – and he is still happily married to his high school sweetheart, Dorothea Rose. Writer and music journalist Jürgen Seibold, who wrote his first biography on Jon Bon Jovi in 1991, traces the journey of the U.S. musician who grew up in New Jersey as the son of a Sicilian immigrant and, after achieving record sales, hits, and world tours, sometimes finds himself at the sink in his local "JBJ Soul Kitchen" – where everyone pays what they can for their meal – when help is needed. Seibold provides knowledgeable insights.