| Genres: |
Easy Listening,
Holiday & Seasonal,
Pop / Rock,
World Music
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| Descriptive "tags": |
surf, instrumental, surf rock, 60s, rock, oldies, classic rock
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| Decades Active: |
1960s,
1970s,
1980s,
1990s,
2000s
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| Links online: |
Discography,
Official Homepage,
Wikipedia
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Biography
This pivotal instrumental group was formed in Tacoma, Washington, USA, in 1958 when work mates Don Wilson (10 February 1937, USA; rhythm guitar) and Bob Bogle (b. 16 January 1937, USA; lead guitar) discovered a mutual interest in music. They began performing together as the Impacts, using a pick-up rhythm section, before Nokie Edwards (b. Nole Edwards, 9 May 1935, Lahoma, Oklahoma, USA; bass) and Skip Moore (drums) completed a line-up redubbed the Ventures. The quartet made its debut with ‘Cookies And Coke’, released on their own Blue Horizon label, before discovering Johnny Smith’s ‘Walk, Don’t Run’ on Chet Atkins’ Hi-Fi In Focus album. Initially a jazz instrumental, it nonetheless lent itself to a simplified chord structure and by emphasizing its beat, the Ventures constructed a powerful, compulsive sound that not only became their trademark, but was echoed in the concurrent surfing style. The single, re-released on the Dolton...
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