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In the early 1990s, while Y&T took a break from recording and performing, Meniketti built his own recording studio and proceeded to record his first solo album titled ON THE BLUE SIDE, which represented his passion for the blues. He would later release a follow-up album simply titled MENIKETTI.
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Currently, Dave plays Gibson Les Pauls and Fender
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Montrose band members for two Northern California shows on Sammy's "Four Decades of Rock" tour. One of the reasons Sammy chose Dave was Hagar's feeling that Meniketti would be the right choice to do justice to the memory and playing style of Ronnie Montrose.
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