Walt, If you go to the link I provided, you will see a thumbnail photo of five players, who at the time were my band, Longboard Ranch.  One of those players was only with us for a few months.  The "Original Four" as it were, were, Doug Appleton, drummer, Loyd Davis, Rhythm & some Lead Guitar, Chris Ireland, Bass, and myself, doing primarily Lead Guitar and some rhythm guitar.  This lineup was our band from early 2000 to mid 2008.  More recently, Loyd and I have joined up with Sergio Vigilato, who was the Second Guitarist with The Jet Blacks, Brazil's leading Ventures/Shadows cover band, from 1962 to 1967, when he left Brazil to come to the U.S.

We were described, in 2003, by The Great Kahuna, Les Perry, a Surf Music DJ, as one of the FIVE BEST Surf/Instrumental bands in America.  Phil Dirt, the nations #1 Surf Music DJ, at KJFC at UC Santa Cruz, gave a rating of 4 stars to our first CD, "Surfin' Out West", in 2002, and 5 stars to our second CD, "Longboard Ranch Rides Again!", in 2005. 

I've been told that when I play a Ventures tune, I sound more like The Ventures than they do!  Especially a song like "Journey To The Stars".  If there was a way I could upload the mp3 file, I'd be happy to do so, as we did record this one, about 2006.  When we played the International Street Fair at City of Orange, CA, back in 2007, at the end of our third set, none other than the co-writer of Mr. Moto, (Eddie Bertrand, lead guitar of The Bel Airs), came up and told me that we were one of the best traditional surf bands he'd heard, and that we had the early 60's sound totally nailed.  It's much more fun to play with a full band of musicians, rather than trying to be a solo act.