"The Ventures" are the #1 best-selling instrumental band of all-time. Their nickname is, "The Band that Launched a Thousand Bands".
The band was among the first to employ and popularize fuzz and flanging guitar effects, concept albums, and twelve-string guitars in rock music.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Ventures
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=owq7hgzna3E
Last edited by Kingspoint; 01-26-2022 at 04:17 AM.
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M2 (01-27-2022),redsmetz (01-26-2022),Revering4Blue (01-26-2022)
"The Ventures" were from Tacoma, Washington.
My favorite instrumentalist was another Northwestern, from Eugene, Oregon, Mason Williams.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3NE6X4IQNA4
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redsmetz (01-26-2022),Revering4Blue (01-26-2022)
I'm a huge Beatles fan, so I'm always looking for Beatles connections (covers, influence, etc.).
After hearing about his passing, I found a nice cover of The Beatles' "I Feel Fine" that The Ventures did.
The Ventures rivals across the sea were Cliff Richards & The Shadows. Reading up on that band, they weren't musically influential on the Beatles, but more so the level of fame they had. The Shadows inspired John Lennon & George Harrison to write "Cry for a Shadow," and instrumental number they recorded in Hamburg prior to their catapulting to fame. It's a good number (finally released on The Beatles Anthology Volume 1) which some consider a parody, others an homage, to The Shadows.
I always enjoyed whatever songs The Ventures put out, although I never owned any of their records. Folks who've never heard them ought to check them out. Their biggest hit was the theme to Hawaii Five O.
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Kingspoint (01-27-2022),Revering4Blue (01-26-2022)
The Ventures are pretty much the well-spring for everything I like to listen to. What impresses more as time goes by is how tight they were. They went big and intricate at the same time, and they nailed it.
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redsmetz (02-01-2022)
True. Boston's unofficial theme song came from a 1960's band out of L.A.
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