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Live shows coming up in late 2021 and summer 2022
The past 18 months have been horrible for all of us, The Ventures being no exception – because there have been no live concerts, for obvious reasons. The answer to every question these days seems to be “Because of Covid”. AnywRead More
Photos from the archives – never shown before
Recently, when I was rummaging through all kinds of files, I came upon a small box full of color slides from the 1970s and early 1980s. Some of these were from a photo session done at Don Wilson’s house in 1979, prior to the release of the OrRead More
Takeshi Terauchi passes away
We regret to inform everyone that Takeshi “Terry” Terauchi passed away on June 18, 2021 at the age of 82. He was very famous in Japan for his guitar playing and was influenced by The Ventures – his preferred guitar was the MosriteRead More
The Ventures Japan tour 2021 canceled
We are extremely sad to have to announce that our Japanese promoters, M&I Company, reached the incredibly difficult decision to cancel the tour for this year. Given the circumstances in Japan due to the pandemic, this was really not unexpectedRead More
The Ventures Japan Tour 2021
Our promoters in Japan, M&I Company, have just announced The Ventures’ Japan Tour 2021. The official promotion photo is shown here. Let us all keep our fingers crossed that the pandemic will be in our rear-view mirror by August 2021 andRead More
Happy birthday, Don Wilson and Bob Spalding, February 10, 2021
It’s that time of year – birthday season! Let us all say Happy Birthday and congratulations to Don Wilson on the occasion of his 88th birthday! Bob Spalding’s birthday is the same day, so more congratulations to Bob too! May tRead More
Back in stock in time for the holidays – Ventures’ songbooks
We have added back stock of the Pipeline Songbook, just in time for gift-giving and bringing music into your life and the lives of those around you. I am sorry to say that I had forgotten what a great buy this is: there are the tabs for 25 surfing hiRead More
The Ventures Japan Tour 2020 has been canceled
We are really devastated to have to pass on the announcement from our Japanese promoters, M&I Company, that the scheduled Ventures’ 2020 Japan tour has had to be canceled due to the restrictions surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic. At thisRead More
The Ventures Fan Fest 2020
As many of you know, there is a Fan Fest (or Fan Jam) held each year, usually at the beginning of October in the Philadelphia area This is organized by Tom Baltaeff who works extremely hard every year to make the event a success. I have had the dRead More
Sad news – JD Hoag 1947-2020
We were informed by Judy Edwards that JD Hoag, who played with The Ventures in the early 1980s, passed away from the Corona virus on Sunday, April 26, 2020. He was 73 years old and had been battling the disease for several weeks. Our thoughts andRead More
Grazing in the Grass – featured on TV show “Better Call Saul” episode
Anyone remember the 1968 Ventures LP, “The Horse” from 1968? There was a track on that album called “Grazing in the Grass”. We just became aware that the song was recently used in an episode of “Better Call Saul̶Read More