EPISODE · Sep 24, 2025 · 26 MIN
John Lassman & Discovering Runaway & Jon Bon Jovi
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For those that don’t already know the famous Runaway Demo story: Jon Bon Jovi walked into WAPP in NYC in 1983 to give the “loneliest man in the music industry” his demo of Runaway. Those two men in the radio station were the late DJ Chip Hobart and John Lassman who believed in Jon and gave Runaway a chance!Mr. Lassman is my guest on the podcast and talks about that special day he met Jon in 1983 & discovering Runaway!
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