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August 2023 tour dates for The Ventures
Posted on May 27, 2023 . Comments are off
We are pleased to announce that The Ventures will be making three appearances on the East Coast in mid-August 2023, as follows: August 18  Pearl Street Warehouse, Washington, DC August 19  Asbury Lanes, Asbury Park, NJ August 20  Sellersville Theater, Sellersville, PA Tick
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The Ventures in Asbury Park, NJ, Saturday, August 19, 2023
Posted on March 27, 2023 . Comments are off
For many years now, The Ventures have not been able to perform in the US during the summer months, because the group has always been in Japan.  This summer, 2023, will be a little different because, at this point, we do not have a Japan tour scheduled.  But that's a good thing for US
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Rock & Roll in Kennedy’s America – new book by Richard Aquila
Tags: book tribute Posted on February 8, 2023 . Comments are off
I just received a copy of this book from the author, Richard Aquila.  Some time ago, pre-Covid I believe, I spoke with him about The Ventures and he told me about the book he was writing, covering the early 1960's in rock & roll history.  Obviously, The Ventures were a part of tha
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Al Malaikah Shriners event March 4, 2023 at the Shrine Auditorium, Los Angeles
Tags: event tribute Posted on January 20, 2023 . Comments are off
For anyone interested in attending this event, which will feature a screening of "Stars on Guitars", the Ventures' documentary produced by Staci Wilson, Don Wilson's daughter, along with awards and appearances by Jeff Baxter who will present the American Shriners Fellowship Award and
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Jeff Beck RIP
Posted on January 11, 2023 . Comments are off
The Ventures would like to honor the memory of Jeff Beck, one of the great guitar players of our time, who just passed away.  The music world has lost another legend.  He will be missed but his musical legacy will live on. The Guitar Gods -
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DON WILSON

JOINED BAND: 1958 - Co-Founder POSITION: Rhythm Guitar, Lead Guitar, Song Writer Donald Lee Wilson was born in Tacoma, Washington on February 10, 1933, the middle child between
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BOB BOGLE

JOINED BAND: 1958 - Co-Founder POSITION: Bass Guitar, Lead Guitar, Song Writer Robert Lenard Bogle, was born on January 16, 1934 at the rural residence of his family near Wagoner, Oklahoma. Bob li
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NOKIE EDWARDS

JOINED BAND: 1960 POSITION: Lead Guitar, Song Writer Nokie Edwards (born Nole Edwards 9 May 1935, in Lahoma, Oklahoma), started playing guitar at a very early age. By his teens, he was working wit
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GERRY McGEE

JOINED BAND: 1968 POSITION: Lead Guitar, Song Writer Gerald James McGee, known as Gerry McGee, was born in Eunice, Louisiana on November 17, 1937, into a very musical Cajun family. His father, Den
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MEL TAYLOR

JOINED BAND: 1962 POSITION: Percussion, Song Writer Mel Taylor was born in Brooklyn, New York, on September 24, 1933, the first child of Grace and Lawrence Taylor. His mother"s family was Russian/
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LEON TAYLOR

JOINED BAND: 1997 POSITION: Percussion, Song Writer Melvin Leon Taylor, known to all as Leon Taylor, was born on September 23, 1955 in Johnson City, Tennessee. When Leon was three, the family move
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BOB “ZONK” SPALDING

JOINED BAND: 1981 POSITION: Bass Guitar, Lead Guitar, Song Writer Bob Spalding"s interest in the guitar stems back to the fifties when, like most other teenagers, his ear was caught by the early r
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