Guitarist Don Wilson has died at the age of 88. He co-founded the 1960s surf-rock group known as The Ventures. RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: At age 24, Wilson met Bob Bogle in Tacoma, Wash. They started ...

Jeff “Skunk” Baxter spent a portion of his childhood in Mexico City. He calls those years “a blessing” for the wide variety of music he was exposed to, which spanned everything from Django Reinhardt ...

Jan 21, 2024 Jan 21, 2024 Updated Jan 9, 2025 0 One of the instruments that urged millions of listeners to “Walk, Don’t Run” is the latest acquisition of the Oklahoma Museum of Popular Culture. The ...

TACOMA, Wash. — Don Wilson, co-founder and rhythm guitarist of the instrumental guitar band The Ventures, has died. He was 88. Wilson died Saturday in Tacoma of natural causes, surrounded by his four ...

A piece of rock and roll history has an Oklahoma connection. A guitar played by Nokie Edwards is being preserved in a vault at the Oklahoma Museum of Pop Culture (OKPOP). Edwards born in Lahoma, ...

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The Ventures were a 1960s surf-rock group. The band's hits included "Walk, Don't Run" and the theme song for "Hawaii Five-O." They were inducted... Co-founder of the guitar group The Ventures, Don ...