LAMONT’S MUSIC NOTES-MARCH 12, 2019…TWO YEARS AGO GUITARIST JOEY ALVES PASSED AWAY. ALVES WAS BEST KNOWN AS A KEY MEMBER OF THE BAND Y&T. HE JOINED GROUP IN 1974 WHEN THEY WERE STILL KNOWN AS ‘YESTERDAY AND TODAY’. AT THAT POINT THEY WERE JUST DOING COVERS. WHEN ALVES CAME ON BOARD, THE GROUP STARTED WRITING THEIR OWN MATERIAL. JOEY ALVES WAS A MEMBER OF Y&T FROM 1974-1989. HE DIED AT THE AGE OF 63 FROM ULCERATIVE COLITIS AND INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASE.
DAVE MENIKETTI IS NOW THE ONLY SURVIVING ORIGINAL MEMBER OF Y&T
HERE’S MEMORIES OF ALVES WITH Y&T FROM A SHOW IN SAN FRANCISCO CIRCA 1985
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