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With over 100 million records sold, the Ventures are the best-selling instrumental band of all time. The Ventures have had an enduring impact on the development of music worldwide. The band was...
Jan 23, 2022 · TACOMA, Wash. — Don Wilson, co-founder and rhythm guitarist of the instrumental guitar band The Ventures, has died. He was 88. Wilson died Saturday in Tacoma of natural causes, surrounded by...
The Ventures, American musical group that gained fame with its instrumental interpretations of pop hits and that served as a prototype for guitar-based rock groups. Formed in the Seattle area in 1958, the group is best known for the song ‘Walk—Don’t Run’ and the theme for the TV series Hawaii Five-O.
More than 49 years later — with record sales approaching 100 million-with 14 songs that hit the Singles Charts-with 37 LPs that hit the Album Charts-with a lineup that remains solid-The Ventures style and sound is as pure and powerful as ever. The Ventures are: Don Wilson – Rhythm Guitar – (co-founder in 1958)
Jan 22, 2022 · Don Wilson, co-founder and rhythm guitarist for the influential instrumental rock band the Ventures, died Saturday at the age of 88. Wilson’s family first confirmed to Seattle journalist Saint...
hide. (Top) Studio albums. Live albums. Instructional albums. Compilation albums. Video albums. Box sets. Singles. Reissue singles. Soundtracks. Notes. References. External links. The Ventures discography. The Ventures have released over two hundred fifty albums beginning with Walk Don't Run (1960), and over 150 singles. [1] .
The quintessential instrumental rock and roll band. Few bands are as prolific as the Ventures—they released thirty-seven albums in twelve years, many of them thematic. They rocked America in the sixties and went on to lasting international fame and influence. Bob Bogle. Don Wilson. Gerry McGee. Mel Taylor.
