just thought i'd let you guys know

I was supposed to go to a surf event yesterday, with 4 bands, but I was too tired so I skipped.
I saw Dick Dale live, once.

groetjes,
Mirella

the ventures

that's what i started off with. since then i've made my way through the lively ones, the centurians, the astronouts and now eddie and the showmen.

Surf music is just what is needed sometimes.

I'm gonna bump this thread considering its about surf music and there isn't a specific thread for the Ventures. I just saw them tonight. What a class act. Phenomenal musicianship and extremely gracious, unpretentious guys. There's a reason they're in the RNR Hall Of Fame.

October 16th, 2008
The Birchmere, Alexandria, VA

1. Walk--Don't Run/Perfidia Medley
2. Journey To The Stars
3. Wailin'
4. Wild And Wooly
5. Blue Dawn
6. Yellow Jacket
7. Telstar
8. Driving Guitars
9. El Cumbanchero
10. Slaughter On 10th Ave.
11. Apache
12. Penetration
13. Out Of Limits
14. Secret Agent Man
15. Surf Rider
16. Ghostriders In The Sky
17. Sleepwalk
18. Ninth Wave
19. I Gotta Woman
20. Walk--Don't Run '64
21. House Of The Rising Sun
22. Diamond Head
23. Hawaii Five-O
24. Wipe Out
25. Pipeline
26. Caravan

*Shameless plug alert*

I'm posting a link for my friend's band Laramie Dean. Surf Punk. Its pretty cool. He's played with/opened for everybody from Dick Dale, The Ventures, The Queers to Anti-Flag and Misfits. The live show is awesome.

http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=218107772

I like the Ziggens. I think maybe they are surf rock. sometimes.

There's not a specific thread about the Ventures so I'm just adding this here.

http://www.gibson.com/en-us/Lifestyle/N ... bogle-618/



Bob Bogle, the pioneering lead guitarist for instrumental rock icons The Ventures, died this past weekend at his home in Vancouver, Wash., after a long struggle with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, according to the group’s co-founder Don Wilson. He was 75.

Bogle started performing as a guitar duo with Wilson around Tacoma, Wash., in 1958, drawing inspiration from the likes of Les Paul and Chet Atkins. With The Ventures, he played on 38 albums between 1960 and 1972, covering everything from country to Christmas carols.

Bogle’s playing style was enormously influential, particularly for his band mate.

“I can't think of a better contribution for instrumental music on his style than 'Walk - Don't Run,’” Wilson told CNN. “A lot of good would-be guitar players and garage bands would go out and buy guitars just to learn that song.”

Best known for their Top-10 charting theme of the TV show Hawaii Five-O, The Ventures were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame last year by Creedence Clearwater Revival's John Fogerty, who claimed, “It's enough to say, the Ventures are the most popular instrumental band of all time.”

Even though Bogle had performed with the group on the road up until 2005, he was unable to attend the ceremony in New York due to his failing health.

“His doctors gave him 10 years to live, and he lived 12,” Wilson said. “The last two years were really tough. At least he lived to know the Ventures had been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.”

Bogle is survived by his wife, Yumi. A private funeral is set for Friday.