associated_acts years_active birth_place alias background instrument genre article_title name occupation
juan de la cruz band 1960s -- present philippines wally gonzalez solo_singer vocals , guitar , bass guitar pinoy rock wally gonzales
 wally gonzales musician , bluesman , guitarist
wally gonzales

wally gonzales is a filipino bluesman and professional guitarist .
a pinoy rock icon , gonzales established and played with the juan de la cruz band , along with lead singer and drummer pepe smith and bass player mike hanopol .
gonzales was dubbed as `` the quiet juan dela cruz '' band member because of his non-flamboyant lifestyle .
he was also a businessman who worked as a shipping company 's treasurer for ten years .
in 1995 , he founded the band called wally and friends composed of dondi ledesma -lrb- bassist -rrb- , wowie posadas -lrb- drums , jazz keyboardist -rrb- , joonie centeno -lrb- vocals -rrb- , and armand quimpo -lrb- second guitarist -rrb- .
one of his famous and influential work is an instrumental called `` wally 's blues '' from his second solo album , `` on the road '' .
he rejoined the juan de la cruz band during the group 's reunion concert on june 11 , 2005 at the world trade center in pasay city , philippines .
his trademark musical instruments are the vintage gibson sg and gibson melody maker guitars .
