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My name is Noel and I'm a Ventures fan.
By: Noel Date: February 3, 2012, 4:03 pm
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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.
By: wstagner Date: February 3, 2012, 4:10 pm
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Welcome, Noel.
You're not alone. I'd guess MOST of us here are old guys. ;D
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Re: My name is Noel and I'm a Ventures fan.
By: Noel Date: February 3, 2012, 4:20 pm
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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.
By: wstagner Date: February 3, 2012, 4:55 pm
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Yah, I noticed that. :o What's THEIR story?
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Re: My name is Noel and I'm a Ventures fan.
By: Noel Date: February 4, 2012, 8:29 am
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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.
HTML http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UksqWlp5620
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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Re: My name is Noel and I'm a Ventures fan.
By: Noel Date: February 4, 2012, 8:34 am
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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.
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