The Ventures - "Walk, Don't Run" & "Hawaii Five-O" (1988) - MDA Telethon

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Check out The Ventures as they perform "Walk, Don't Run" & "Hawaii Five-O" during the 1988 MDA Labor Day Telethon! This is a classic performance guaranteed to have you out of your seat and shredding!
The MDA Labor Day Telethon was an enchanting yearly variety show that ran for half a century. Hosted for many years by Jerry Lewis, the telethon featured top stars from the world of music, comedy, and Broadway and was like no other show on earth.
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[@larryhutton8776]

That's my cousin on the left. Bob Bogle, worked in the cement business with him when we were young..great guy..he always said he was gonna,be famous. He made it.

[@TheMoneyMakingMentor]

Cool

[@JILOA]

One of my favorite groups

[@donaldwallace5177]

The Best 👌 👍.

[@leleleim]

His grave is in japan.🎌

[@user-ho9mn5zg1k]

Those guys 👦 were great😅

[@user-lq9le2qg7n]

元気な頃のメンバーに会えて嬉しい🎵😍🎵 ベンチャーズは永遠です🤗 ありがとう😉👍🎶

[@thesurfjunkies]

What a masterful rhythm player Don was. He’ll be missed each and every single day.

[@monmac1165]

Don knows how to "torture" a guitar...

[@mikecozzi1040]

😲 Isn't that famous Drummer!? Mel Taylor!? He can Rock that Kit!

[@daviddavis-vanatta1017]

He definitively outshines a pretty lifeless performance on lead here. Calling Nokie! Nokie we need you!

[@BrianCarnevaleB26]

still tight. its beach time so why not some SURF ROCK!!

[@user-ux3ei7ye9j]

1月22日にベンチャーズ最後のオリジナルメンバーのドンさんがなくなりました。こちらの動画を見てたら涙が.....。今頃天国で演奏してますね、無論ノーキーも一緒に🎸。

[@user-ip8hp4om9c]

ドンさんが亡くなりました。これでオリジナルメンバーが居なくなりました。私の中でベンチャーズは終わってしまいました。ドンウイルソン、ジェリーマギー、ボブボーグル、メルテーラー、ノーキーエドワース。この方達が私は大好きでした。長い間私達に素敵なサウンドをありがとうございました。天国でも素敵なサウンドを奏でていると思います。サヨウナラそしてありがとうございました。

[@davidparker4652]

Mel Taylor was one of the best drummers ever, taken before his time, Mel Taylor is the reason i learn't to play the drums, RIP Me and the rest of the band outstanding band

[@kelseymathias3881]

They play for the angels now.

[@abbashussein6161]

HE WAS AND WILL BE THE BEST DRUMMER THAT EVER WAS FOR TEN GENERATIONS

[@hanktorrance6855]

They managed to keep the 50s /60s sound through the years....Bravo!

[@JR-zv6qm]

Young people make note - these are what real musicians sound like.

[@user-to1el8dc1h]

私にはこの4人のメンバーがベストです。親しみやすくて大好きです。

[@davidkastin4240]

Best Surf Rock Band in History 🎸

[@garryconley]

I grew up as a teenager with the Ventures, I can still play Walk Don't Run today and i'm 79. What a fun band.

[@user-sj6zz5eh6k]

、私は66です！ベンチャーズ最高❤

[@cokalawtla3258]

So do I 58 Yr old fr Burma South East Asia.

[@mayloo2137]

This band is so good. You don't need lyrics.

[@calsurflance5598]

I saw them live around the time this was filmed. After the show they all stayed around for anyone who wanted to chat or have an album signed. All were very friendly. I got to talk with Gerry and Don for some time. They truly seemed to still love what they were doing!

[@q98rt710]

These guys were simply great. And doing "Hawaii Five-O" without the orchestration. Awesome!

[@JD-gy7kp]

Those were great days. I have been a fan since their first tune.

[@liza8423]

Brilliant musicians ....thank you for the great music 🎶 🎵 ❤

[@harjinderbhatia627]

The greatest group of 60 -70 ees till now we love them ,god bless.

[@pb12661]

where does the time go? 1988 truly seems like yesterday in many ways. Much better times....at least, in the U.S.

[@killbot_factory]

Bob had such a chill stage presence, always kind of half-smiling/half-grinning, eyes scanning around the audience, while just absolutely shredding on that bass! great player. and Don's aggressive strumming and happy go lucky attitude was a wonderful foil. RIP to a pair of surf legends!

[@BrianCarnevaleB26]

hIS GUITAR SOUNDS BETTER HERE THEN IN THE 60S

[@jmrodas9]

Beautiful melodies so well performed. They bring to me so many remembrances of the past.

[@mikecozzi1040]

😲Dig the Greatest! Mel Taylor famous Drummer! He carries the Band! Mel Rocked! RIP 🙏

[@Tonetwisters]

GREAT to see an actual LIVE version! With Don Wilson on rhythm playing a Jazzmaster (probably not the original kind of guitar used on this track), and the original lead player, Bob Bogle, playing bass! Cooks! I still play this one when I am well enough!

[@ChicagoBeaver]

Love it!!! I love that raw guitar sound without all the distortion. Truly amazing!

[@Charlesheusel62]

These guys are talented perfection guitarists and their drummer the best ever I think from the Surf music instrumental era of the 1960's. Those guitars talk and no need for vocalists. Pure magic you can close your eyes and see the Surfers riding those Waves in Waikiki with Diamondhead to the South and the Sun going down in the West from the Royal Hawaiian Hotel on the Beachfront.

[@joeybonin7691]

One of the first songs I learned to play on electric. I had their album "Play Guitar with the Ventures".

[@ImaCaMan]

The first song I learned on the drums in the surf band with my cousins.

[@BrianCarnevaleB26]

1988 I WAS IN JAIL!

[@jmrodas9]

Preciosas melodías que me traen tantos recuerdos de mi adolescencia una y de mi vida de adulto joven la otra. Muy bien interpretadas con esa maestría de The Ventures.

[@wattheheck6010]

They started my guitar playing dreaming at age 10.

[@scottybeegood]

this plays in my head whenever i am on the water, also when not on water

[@sharonmorgan256]

Thank you U Tube, I lstn to a lot of this music before bedtime and I gi to sleep happy, I love it!

[@zachredner8]

I love the Ventures! Phenomenal musicians! Yes, even the DRUMMER is a musician! LOL

[@user-ej8ww9ed6o]

Мы в Созе тоже слушали этих ребят. Класс!!!

[@duckdarkwing6259]

Причем, сами того не зная, на заставке телепередачи Международная панорама

[@LauroRM]

Very cool

[@stewartsnape2936]

A1 drummer, two great selections by the ventures, I like how their shirts match their guitars which bring out the colours

[@stevegarland1526]

All Ventures, Great

[@thealynknutson2579]

Love love love 💕💕 it 🤩💓

[@LakesWalkerUK]

Thank you for this video! It's wonderful to see how the drummer interplays with the guitarists. I shall use this as a reference video for my next song.

[@MelJ.Petrash]

Fun, Classic tunes... & Book em Dano! 🙂😉🎶⚡💟🍁🐢🌊👍✌️

[@billwheeler6448]

Nokia Edward's, lead guitar will always be missed. Good Ole oklahoma boy too.

[@JR-zv6qm]

Don was an incredible rhythm guitarist. Crazy good.

[@fultonstone7346]

All Ventures all the time!

[@Jodyrides]

Watching this video of my childhood heroes, I saw an amplifier that I have and I have never seen one being used on film ever before. It’s that Peavey bass amp head.. i’m not sure, mine is called the BAM ..It has all the built in standard effects like echo reverb phase Flanger Delay, cabinet simulation, amplifier simulation, instead of numbers, it has LEDs that light up as you rotate The controls.. because of the ventures, in 1966 I bought myself a 1959 fender jazz master in a pawnshop for $175 I earned cutting grass, shoveling snow, doing chores for my mom , Setting bowling pins when I was 14. The finish on that Jazz Master was beat up like Stevie Ray Vaughan‘s guitar, not quite that bad. The back of the neck finish was completely worn off the full length of the neck. The headstock had cigarette burns on it, the brown case was a little beat up.. I kept that guitar 51 years. That was my guitar when I was playing in bands and smoky bars getting home at 4 AM smelling like an ashtray. I got tired of getting home that late two and three nights a week and then having to go to my day job at 7 AM sometimes so I quit playing out in the late 90s.. when I saw how much those guitars were selling for on eBay around 2016 or 17, I put it on eBay. Within two hours I got a question, what would I take for it right now?.. I thought he was a tire kicker so I threw a ridiculous I mean stupid high number at him.. five minutes later I got one word response from him..”SOLD” 1959 fender jazz master that I had for 51 years is now in Moscow Russia. The guitar player plays in a surf band and he had to have a guitar from the era of the Venture‘s to get that sound. He said he could not get that sound out of the replicas or the new JazzMasters. he sent me an email after he got to guitar and he was thrilled. Meanwhile, I was suffering from sellers remorse. I felt like I sold my dog. I sold my history. So I went out and bought another jazzmaster.. A Squier vintage replica or something like that I don’t know the exact name but it was made in Indonesia. To tell you the truth, feels like a better guitar.. I went out and bought my wife a brand new car with the money I got for my 59 jazz master

[@user-jf3xy4ku1j]

サイドギター🎸のこのきざみがたまりません。

[@j.d.leslie8458]

I love seeing a Fender bass played with a pick

[@johnjames9853]

Always my Idols forever.

[@liza8423]

Great musicians! 👍 💖

[@kenyork1107]

Great , often imitated never duplicated.

[@drevodelatel]

Nice music, thanks!

[@stevepeters5541]

I dont beleive this not a single peddle in sight awsome 😅

[@redflamered]

So good

[@peterparkerpomaarias9179]

hola amigos, que buenas canciones, aqui en Peru tenemos a Los Belkings, los Doltons, entre otros de la temporada. Son muy buenos, saludos.

[@nyanpiyo]

I love Ventures🎸

[@shannahuffman4655]

They were the best

[@fredherfst8148]

Learned to play bass to this stuff

[@joycepharris933]

They did this 2 years after my son was born.😊

[@rodolfoaguirre8397]

Bello tema musical magnifi merci

[@MrJckpttsn]

Alright! Ride the wild surf the the surf beat!

[@takayamafujiyama]

１９８８年当時に、こんな素っ裸な演奏は凄すぎ。

[@doctoradomicilioelsalvador]

Insuperable

[@user-ro9bh1in8j]

don,thanks.bye. you stay in my mind forever.

[@DJKeaneOficial]

El de la batería es un crack 🙌

[@mrynadumont2580]

Like ccr, timeless

[@charliegirl42ify]

Best music anywhere!

[@bigg4057]

Fantastic 你是不是觉得🎸🎸🎼

[@takotora831]

此処にいるメンバーはもう亡くなってるんだよね。 ベンチャーズ今まで沢山の音楽を有り難う!

[@nascarfan88ta]

Sadly all the "main" Ventures are gone now Mel Taylor in 1996 or 97 Bob Bogle in 09 Gerry McGee in 2017 (I think) Nokie Edwards in 2018 or 2019 Now Don Wilson in 2022

[@srikwari360]

Mel Taylor died in 1996 Bob Bogle in 2009, Nokie Edwards in 2018, Gerry McGee in 2019 and Don Wilson in 2022

[@jglee6721]

@@srikwari360 Thanks for the list. Yes, all the original Ventures are dead. Next are the fans like me. lol

[@killbot_factory]

gone, but will never be forgotten!

[@russelljohnson7067]

Book 'em Danno !

[@telezonika-mg]

I knew it! Eric Johnson is a time traveler! 1:18

[@RobertBennie-vx8zs]

They need to bring back the MDA telethon not sure who would replace Jerry and Ed but I'm sure someone could make it work

[@yesterdayproductions1019]

Great players! Real Musicians unlike the shit of today.

[@cc7cc10]

They probably already commented this but, the rythm guitar is way louder than the lead guitar

[@snapfinger1]

An Institution. So many pro’s know this to a tee.This was for charity. When musicians give there all, even with a stand in understudy pressed into service.

[@user-bs1om3zo4x]

ドラムとリズムギターが主張しているのが新鮮です。😘

[@abrakadabra5426]

ай, хорошо!))

[@jleesteven]

👍👍👍👍👍

[@lancomedic]

Book'em Dano!

[@user-sj6zz5eh6k]

アメリカで上等なカラオケにジェリーがクールに決めてるって感じです❤

[@garypiont6114]

Reminds me of telstar.

[@Mooseboy08]

"Three musicians and a drummer" Hahahaaa! Wonder if this was an intentional joke.

[@campion05]

"We're going to do Hawaii Five-O with three musicians and one drummer"? Wha? I guess in the 60's drummers were not musicians. And the tempo on H5O started fast and slowed when the guitars started. Sped up again during the drum solo. Now I know what what he meant.

[@jaymesmustaine684]

3 musicians and 1 drummer 😂

[@christophergaff6992]

Max Weinberg what a great drummer

[@kokokyoushi]

He's Mel Taylor, not Weinberg.

[@hx823]

@@kokokyoushi There IS a video of "Mad" Max Weinberg playing Hawai'i 5-0 with the Ventures (along with Mel Taylor)

[@kokokyoushi]

@@hx823 Yes, there is: kzbin.info/www/bejne/g6m3ZqacnbWSj5I There's also one with him and Mel playing Wipeout: kzbin.info/www/bejne/e5KbZWZ8esl0f7c Great videos!

[@Bliggick]

You can clearly see here that the Ventures took full opportunity to wear their white pants one last time before Labor Day passed.

[@Chuck883]

These guys were great. I think Howie’s son is the only one left.

[@sssmre]

Mel’s son is still playing drums.

[@Chuck883]

Yes, true.@@sssmre

[@jugheadjones5458]

Turn up the gain on the lead guitar. It barely rises above the mix. I love their music though.

[@dennisoleary6272]

Carol.kaye. played.bass.on.the.original. Tv.theme.i.have.it

[@magic2506]

The Mosrite Guitars sounded better for this song than the Fender guitars. Also liked when Bob played the lead on this. Noki played the lead at one time but, he used a bit more technical fill in between the notes. Bottom line: Bob did it just right and the way he used the tremolo bar.

[@user-nf8mw4mh8w]

FIVE oh ロケ地巡りに行ったなぁ 出雲大社の分祠があったのに驚いた

[@countalucard4226]

Do guys this good ever miss a chord?

[@chrismust1782]

Nope.

[@roybeckerman9253]

Rhythm was louder than the lead..

[@hotliks40]

Quite the rhythm player...would've been nice to have heard the lead...

[@highrx]

Hail Tacoma!

[@captainnerd6452]

I think the Hawaii Five-O theme is just fine without the orchestra.

[@user-fc2cl6cn7z]

😆😅😄✌️✌️✌️👍👍👍🥰♥️

[@christophergaff6992]

Correction no max Weinberg,sorry

[@greglapointe1311]

I thought you were joking

[@user-vd8mv7hy6v]

私のハーレーダビッドソンの誕生日です(*´д`*)ﾊｧﾊｧ

[@rideon6140]

Makes me think of Dire Straights and Knopfler.

[@emptyhand777]

This sounded great, but Nokie was on another level so this performance comes up a bit short without him.

[@steveglazer4966]

Just doesn’t sound the same without Nokie

[@ukesurf]

Gerry McGue _and_ Nokie Edwards _two best of the best_

[@charleswesley9907]

Gerry is seldom loud enough.

[@afterthestorm7012]

Brings back memories for sure. But what did he say? Three musicians and a drummer. hmmmm