Remember The Ventures?

[bruiser]

Remember the 60's band The Ventures? I do. I probably have all of their albums. Their music was played a lot in Viet Nam. In the clubs, the hooches, the hangars or wherever. Even some of the "garage" bands over there played Ventures music. What I didn't know was that Air Force general George Babbitt was the original drummer for the Ventures. This video is from 1996.

http://www.stumptownblogger.com/2012/04/what-a-cool-video.html?cid=6a010536b86d36970c0163050cd62f970d

[Bob Denman]

The look on the General's face; can't help but bring a smile to your own...
He truly was just 17 again; for a little while!
Thanks!

[sddinnh]

Remember them & their music well

[napper39]

i also rember them playing a lot of there songs when i was there in 1968,but i heard the doc of the bay way too much ,and that was prouble because i was on the river in pbrs and the little restrant where we tied up for the night plaed that over and over.

[PrairieSpyder]

Cool! Thanks for sharing that. Just goes to show ya - you never know what someone has buried in their past. Or their back yard!

[ARtraveler]

Thanks for the video. Loved that stuff. Brings back some great memories. I learned some of their tunes when I first started playing guitar.

[Chupaca]

loved that band...thanks for the memories...

[Magdave]

[Vidman]

I mimicked his style when I learned to play drums. I didn't realize he wasn't the same drummer for Wipe Out OR that I served in the Air Force along side him. Thanks for the memory.

[Flanker]

I remember them doing the Hawaii Five O theme music......................but that's about it. I've regrettably always been more of a ............

[spydercowboy]

Spyder_cowgirl told me about this thread. The Ventures is all I listen to. So many these days butcher what the human instrument can actually do. Can't stand the yelling. The Ventures for the most part keep their trap shut and just let the true music come through. They've gone through a lot of players in their long run and have had several groups try to copy them but I think they are tops. I've got one called Swamp Rock that very few have even heard. Guess it didn't go over big but there are some great tunes on that 8 track now CD if you can find it.

[Cruzr Joe]

loved that band...thanks for the memories...

Cruzr Joe

[bruiser]

I've got one called Swamp Rock that very few have even heard. Guess it didn't go over big but there are some great tunes on that 8 track now CD if you can find it.


I have it on LP. This was the only group that could come close to the Ventures in that genre.

http://youtu.be/R0jUvufQgQo

[AbNormy]

Thanks

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[SNOOPY]

I guess I'm much much younger than most of you. Never heard of the Ventures....but...they sound a bit like the Beach Boys...who were way before my time...but I love their sound

Ventures sound really cool also, thanks for the video...guess I'm a new fan


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[Rayelljay]

For us back in England it was the Shadows.

[Jeriatric]

Bruiser, thanks for posting this.

[bruiser]

Ray, they were a good group. Started out as a backup group. I think they did backup for Cliff Richard at one time. They and the Tornados were out at the same time.

Jerbear, you're welcome. Friend of mine is an old 130 guy. He said he would have never believed it had he not seen the video. He said the then Colonel Babbitt was the DCM and he had to brief him frequently.

[HuckFin]

Thanks for the post. I met the Ventures back in the early 60's because lead guitarist, Nokie Edwards and (sometimes the whole band) would stop by to visit his brother that lived next door to me in a small apt building. I remember one time Nokie showed up in a brand new Pontiac, so a friend and I walked around the car for a look when we noticed the name "Grand Prix", not realizing "Prix" was a French word, we thought wow , what a strange name for a car.

[Jester]

AWESOME
Lots of memories came flooding back!
Thanks

[Rayelljay]

Bruiser,
They were originally Cliff Richard and the Drifters until the American Drifters vocal group forced a name change to Cliff Richard and the Shadows.
Hank was one of the more lyrical guitarists around and I, at the time was a more jazz type guitarist having been more keyboard oriented (Hammond organ). We couldn't easily obtain American guitars so I was around when quite a few groups in the UK were using Burns equipment 'cos you couldn't get Fender equipment.
Yes I remember the Tornados and Brian Poole and the Tremeloes, Marty Wilde and the Wildcats.....good music and I can still play the hell out of a lot of it.....and I still use Burns guitars.