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Y&T's One-Armed Drummer

July 17, 2009

In a strange coincidence, three American rock drummers sustained injuries while on separate tours during Europe's summer festival season: Chad Smith (CHICKENFOOT),Tommy Aldridge (THIN LIZZY),and Mike Vanderhule (Y&T). CHICKENFOOT and THIN LIZZY cancelled their shows, but Vanderhule insisted on finishing Y&T's European tour, performing to near perfection with only one arm.

Video footage of Mike playing with Y&T at the Bang Your Head!!! festival in Germany in late June can be viewed below.

The first two albums Y&T recorded back in the 1970s under the YESTERDAY AND TODAY moniker were recently re-released on one CD titled "OneTwo". Both albums were digitally remastered and put on a single CD. It contains seventeen tracks in total taken from the "Yesterday and Today" LP, originally released in 1976, and the "Struck Down" record, originally released in 1978.

In a year that the California rockers celebrate 35 years of rocking the world, this presents an interesting collection of songs that gives a peek into the beginnings of the band's versatile songwriting style, and serves as a bookmark of where it all started for Y&T.

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