Y&T – Acoustic Classix, Vol.1 (2018) + Bonus
Bay Area hard rock pioneers Y&T, who have been kicking around since the Seventies, are releasing their first acoustic album titled “Acoustic Classix Vol. 1“. Still active and commanded by founder Dave Meniketti, Y&T are returning to their catalog to put a new spin on a few of their classics.
Recorded in December 2017, the band has included classic Y&T songs on this first acoustic release, with a few songs you wouldn’t expect to hear acoustically, each with a different spin.
This is a very special release that gives Y&T fans a whole new way to enjoy these classic Y&T tunes.
Before Mötley Crüe, before RATT, even before there was a Metallica, Y&T was slogging away in sweaty rock clubs around America. When the band formed in the 70s, little did they know they would set the standard for hard rock bands that trailed.
Many of the biggest acts of the ’80s became popular opening for headliners Y&T — and cut their teeth on the band, as evidenced by the Y&T mentions in tell-all books by acts such as Metallica and Mötley Crüe.
Born in Oakland, California, Y&T is one of the San Francisco Bay Area’s own innovators of the hard rock sound. Whether performing to a festival crowd of fifty-thousand or in an intimate nightclub, Y&T’s high-energy set and passionate performances still captivate legions of fans around the globe, proving Y&T’s music timeless.
Originally formed as Yesterday and Today, the initial powerhouse quartet—featuring Dave Meniketti (lead guitar/lead vocals), Phil Kennemore (bass), Leonard Haze (drums), and Joey Alves (rhythm guitar)—tore through the ’70s and ’80s with their own brand of hard rock.
After two ’70s albums on London Records, they shortened their name to Y&T and released eight albums on A&M in the ’80s.
Two more albums with Geffen Records marked an era of change with Jimmy DeGrasso (Alice Cooper, Suicidal Tendencies, Megadeth) on drums and Stef Burns (Alice Cooper, Berlin, Huey Lewis) on guitar.
With a discography of 18 albums, three greatest hits collections, plus a boxed set, Y&T has sold over four million albums since their 1974 inception.
Y&T received extensive airplay with hits such as ‘Forever’, ‘Rescue Me’, ‘Mean Streak’, ‘Don’t Stop Runnin’, and ‘Summertime Girls’ — which played in heavy rotation on MTV.
Y&T songs have been featured in a multitude of movies and television shows, including Real Genius, Out of Bounds, Baywatch, and Hunter. After five top 100 albums, songs that tipped into the 40s, two Bammie Awards, and many international television appearances, Y&T’s hits are still played on VH1 Classic and classic rock radio stations worldwide.
With Kennemore’s untimely passing from lung cancer, the band carries on the legacy that is Y&T.
Y&T continues to tour the world, playing songs that span the band’s five-decade career and including all the hits and fan favorites
So this “Acoustic Classix Vol. 1” is a really welcomed release.
Alongside classics such as ‘Contagious’, ‘Summertime Girls’ and ‘Black Tiger’, there’s the fun ‘Barroom Boogie’, all re-done into an organic, acoustic shape.
With the physical CD purchase you have as bonus a rare acoustic version of ‘Hands Of Time ‘, plus a 5-track acoustic performance recorded Live At The Bone Studios for radio broadcast, taken from Y&T’s vaults.
Highly Recommended
Acoustic Classix, Acoustic – Re-recorded:
01. Contagious
(originally on Contagious, 1987)
02. Rock ‘n Roll’s Gonna Save The World
(originally on In Rock We Trust, 1984)
03. Summertime Girls
(originally on Down For the Count, 1985)
04. Black Tiger
(originally on Black Tiger, 1982)
05. Barroom Boogie
(originally on Black Tiger, 1982)
06. Rescue Me
(originally on Earthshaker, 1981)
07 – Hands Of Time (Acoustic) [bonus]
BONUS: Unplugged – Live At The Bone Studios
01 – Intro
02 – Summertime Girls (Acoustic)
03 – Dirty Girl (Acoustic)
04 – Alcohol (Acoustic)
05 – Rescue Me (Acoustic)
06 – Eyes Of A Stranger (Acoustic)
Dave Meniketti – vocals, acoustic guitar
John Nymann – acoustic guitar, vocals
Aaron Leigh – acoustic bass
Mike Vanderhule – drums
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