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My name is Noel and I'm a Ventures fan.
« on: February 03, 2012, 04:03:14 pm »
My name is Noel and I'm a Ventures fan. I live in the North-East region of Pennsylvania in the Poconos. I'm an old guy learning the guitar by playing Ventures versions of tunes like Wipeout, Walk, Don't Run, Pipeline, Telstar and Perfidia. I'm also a fan of pre-surf instrumental music like Link Wray's and Duane Eddy's and modern surf bands like The Madeira, The Tomorrowmen, Frankie and the Pool Boys, The Barbwires and so on.

Don Wilson is one of my guitar heroes.

One day, I'd like to good enough to play out and be in a band. I'll be the old guy.

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Re: My name is Noel and I'm a Ventures fan.
« Reply #1 on: February 03, 2012, 04:10:24 pm »
Welcome, Noel.
You're not alone.  I'd guess MOST of us here are old guys. ;D

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« Reply #2 on: February 03, 2012, 04:20:43 pm »
What's cool is that all the members of Venturesmania are young guys.

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Re: My name is Noel and I'm a Ventures fan.
« Reply #3 on: February 03, 2012, 04:55:21 pm »
Yah, I noticed that.  :o   What's THEIR story?

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« Reply #4 on: February 04, 2012, 08:29:46 am »
They're all musicians in other surf/instro bands.  Here's the lineup. Deke Dickerson, Garrett Immel (of the Ghastly Ones), Mel Bergman (of the Phantom Surfers), and Chris Sprague (Sprague Bros, Sugarballs & the 18-Wheelers). They grew up on The Ventures and formed this band for the fun of it, to play Ventures music and they even perform with Nokie Edwards at various shows. They're more than just a cover band or even tribute band. Nokie has just recorded with them too.

Here's a link to a slew of Youtube videos of Venturesmania. Some are with Nokie and some aren't.

Trust me when I say that were I ever a good enough guitar player to do this, I'd be all over it in a heart beat. It's one thing to play at a fan jam. They've taken honoring The Ventures to a whole new level.

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« Reply #5 on: February 04, 2012, 08:34:58 am »
Oops. That didn't work as I expected. It was supposed to be the link to the search results, not a video. But you get the idea. Just type "venturesmania" in YouTube and you'll get all the videos.