Longtime friends in Los Angeles rock band X shared a link via Instagram to the Sweet Relief donation site set up for the 69-year-old musician on Wednesday.
The Blasters formed in Downey in the late ’70s. Though brothers and co-founders Phil and Dave Alvin have had their spats through the years, they came together back in 2013 for a one-off benefit show that raised money to pay for medical bills Phil incurred following a hospitalization in late 2010., Dave explained that his brother had been hospitalized at Kaiser Medical Center in Downey with MRSA, a dangerous and severely contagious skin infection on his leg.
During the first show, Phil Alvin had to leave the stage and his throat swelled shut and he was unable to breathe. He was rushed to the emergency room where he had flatlined and was pronounced dead, according to Dave Alvin. But a nurse named Maria brought him back to life. Though Dave Alvin left The Blasters in 1986 and embarked on his own successful solo career, he still pops back into the band from time to time. In 2020, he revealed he had undergone successful treatment for stage four colorectal cancer.
In 2021, X headlined the Pacific Amphitheatre in Costa Mesa along with Los Lobos and The Blasters as the OC Fair returned to hosting live entertainment following the COVID-19 shutdowns.
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