Joey Alves, Original Guitarist for Y&T, Dies at 63

Zakk added this on March 13, 2017

The founding rhythm guitarist for Y&T passed away on Sunday, March 12. Joey Alves lost his battle against ulcerative colitis and, along with other complications, has died at the age of 63.

Dave Meniketti wrote on a Facebook post, “I’ll always remember playing next to him chunking out those monster chords with his classic red double cutaway ’59 Les Paul Jr. As Ronnie Montrose once said about Joey, ‘There are rhythm players, then there’s Joey”

[Read the entire post HERE]

The loss of Alves leaves Meniketti as the only remaining member of Y&T (who was originally named Yesterday and Today when they formed in 1972 in Oakland, CA)

Y&T is scheduled to perform at The Fillmore along with Kip Winger on March 25 and our currently working on a new documentary called On With the Show.

[Watch a clip from On With the Show Here]

 

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