From the Los Angeles Times:
Bob Bogle, the co-founder and original lead guitarist of the Ventures, the influential instrumental rock band whose hits included "Walk -- Don't Run" and the "Hawaii Five-0" TV theme, has died. He was 75.
Bogle, a resident of Vancouver, Wash., who suffered from non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, died Sunday in a local hospital, said Don Wilson, who co-founded the Ventures with Bogle.
Bogle, a resident of Vancouver, Wash., who suffered from non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, died Sunday in a local hospital, said Don Wilson, who co-founded the Ventures with Bogle.
The original members of the Ventures included Bogle on lead guitar, Wilson on rhythm guitar, Nokie Edwards on bass and Skip Moore, who was soon replaced by Howie Johnson on drums.
Renowned for their "big guitar sound," the Ventures first hit the Billboard singles chart in 1960 with “Walk — Don’t Run,” which peaked at No. 2.
"That song started a whole new movement in rock 'n' roll," said John Fogerty of Creedence Clearwater Revival while inducting the Ventures into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2008. "The sound of it became 'surf music' and the audacity of it empowered guitarists everywhere."
Said Wilson: "Any guitar player would tell you, Bob isthe most unique-sounding guitar player ever. The way he used to do the whammy bar -- that vibrato bar. He kept his little finger on it while he played it all the time. He'd make it sound, like at the end of a chord, Wow-wow. We were the first ones to ever get recognized for doing anything like that.
"When you heard him play, you knew it was him."
"That song started a whole new movement in rock 'n' roll," said John Fogerty of Creedence Clearwater Revival while inducting the Ventures into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2008. "The sound of it became 'surf music' and the audacity of it empowered guitarists everywhere."
Said Wilson: "Any guitar player would tell you, Bob isthe most unique-sounding guitar player ever. The way he used to do the whammy bar -- that vibrato bar. He kept his little finger on it while he played it all the time. He'd make it sound, like at the end of a chord, Wow-wow. We were the first ones to ever get recognized for doing anything like that.
"When you heard him play, you knew it was him."
"We got pegged as a surfing band because there was a scene then with the Beach Boys, the Chantays ['Pipeline'] and so on," Bogle told the Buffalo News in 1998. "But before we got to L.A., we'd never even heard the phrase 'surfing music.' We were doing weddings, house parties and night-job gigs for a year before we recorded. So we had a pretty broad base."
Guitar Player magazine once called the Ventures "the quintessential guitar combo of the pre-Beatles era, [who] influenced not only styles, but also a generation's choice of instruments."
"The Ventures, like the Beatles in a way, made an entire generation of people pick up guitars," Howard Kramer, curatorial director at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, told The Times on Tuesday. "But more to the point is they literally instructed you in how to play a guitar."
Guitar Player magazine once called the Ventures "the quintessential guitar combo of the pre-Beatles era, [who] influenced not only styles, but also a generation's choice of instruments."
"The Ventures, like the Beatles in a way, made an entire generation of people pick up guitars," Howard Kramer, curatorial director at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, told The Times on Tuesday. "But more to the point is they literally instructed you in how to play a guitar."
Indeed, the Ventures recorded a number of guitar instructional albums, each of which hit the top 100 charts.
"You could play along with them," Kramer said. "Not merely did these guys possess tremendous technical expertise, they made these appealing smash hit records that also inspired people to pick up instruments."
The Ventures continue to record two or three albums a year for Japan, where they've had 20 No. 1 hits, Wilson said. They leave for a three-month tour of Japan in July.
"You could play along with them," Kramer said. "Not merely did these guys possess tremendous technical expertise, they made these appealing smash hit records that also inspired people to pick up instruments."
The Ventures continue to record two or three albums a year for Japan, where they've had 20 No. 1 hits, Wilson said. They leave for a three-month tour of Japan in July.
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