That Sixties Music - THE 1960 SURF SOUND HIT That Was A Cover Of A Cover

Hits don't have to come from elaborate studios, nor from groups that have been recording for years.

[@Ken-l2e]

Excellent commentary Trooper!!! I am the proud owner of the first 27 ventures lps. Starting with walk don’t run and ending with Hawaii 5-0 a truly remarkable band.

[@the_guitar_trooper]

Thanks for the view!! Don’t forget to share it for me!!

[@thegrayshaws]

It's amazing how often a single DJ is the difference between success and the dustbin of history.

[@the_guitar_trooper]

Yeah. In the 60’s, a 45rpm single was the lynchpin of the business. If a 50,000 watt AM station started playing it often, then you were in.

[@Foul_Quince]

These ten minute videos are always so much fun - you've got this format down pat!

[@the_guitar_trooper]

Thanks! It means a lot coming from you!

[@willarellano833]

I'll always remember watching my older brothers trying to learn the ventures songs. As I got older and was trying to learn to play. those were some of the first songs I learned to play. Great memories from a great band

[@the_guitar_trooper]

Thanks for watching!!

[@mjemigh3304]

I saw Don Wilson's group of Ventures a few times at Disney in the '90s. The audience always started small and by three songs in, the joint was PACKED! It's just irresistible music.

[@the_guitar_trooper]

Thanks for the view and comment!!

[@kennethswain6313]

Excellent ! Such a great lesson on following a dream. Thank you

[@the_guitar_trooper]

Thanks for the view, Kenneth! Please share this for me!

[@santosmadrigal3702]

The cellphone and the internet was non-existent in those days ... The cellphone and the internet came and stripped everyone of creativity and individualality . Notice , no one talks of today's music .

[@kelf114]

Telstar was one of my dad's favorite songs. Every time he'd play it, I couldn't help but get a "lonely" feeling. I couldn't help trying to imagine space. My dad and I used to sit in the backyard on summer nights. He taught me a lot about astronomy. I remember us watching Sputnik cross the sky. And the first Telstar satellite was launched in July of 1962. I made sure that song was on his list at his memorial. (Thanks dad!) Sorry I ramble. I get carried away whenever I get to talk about music. 😄 Thank you for another great video! You're definitely my favorite "old guy". 😊♥️ (I thought of yet another suggestion...🙄😄.... maybe a video about "The Greatest Guitarist You've Never Heard Of".... Rory Gallagher. I was fortunate enough to see him back in '85. Even got to shake his hand! ☺️) If you read all this, then may your day be filled with smiles. 😊

[@the_guitar_trooper]

Thanks for the post! I never looked into Rory. I’ll make a note of it.

[@the_guitar_trooper]

@jeffreyslotnikoff4003 There’s no evidence I found that The Tornados ever recorded the song.

[@dankennedy8266]

Beautiful sharing. There was much excitement in Ann Arbor in the early mid 60's as our parents were working on the space program. Every launch was crucial. And we lost White and McDivitt in a fire. Many graduates of our aerospace program went right into the mission. Our education system immediately began offering Russian as a second language.

[@the_guitar_trooper]

@jeffreyslotnikoff4003 Sorry, I read your response out of context and thought that you were referring to “Walk Don’t Run” instead of “Telstar”. “Telstar” was indeed recorded by both groups.

[@michellepopkov940]

Thanks for such a great bit on the Ventures. Well done! My fav band growing up. 😃

[@the_guitar_trooper]

Thanks SO VERY MUCH, Michelle! Please help me to spread the love 💕 by sharing the videos and the channel!!

[@TucsonBillD]

Way back in the early 1960’s their album “Walk, Don’t Run” was my first LP. I literally wore the grooves out of it. And, yes I can still play it on my Strat… One day, not so long ago I picked up a copy of it ( the grooves weren’t worn out) and the intervening 60 or so years disappeared…

[@the_guitar_trooper]

I know the feeling!

[@mr.milehi9883]

Adventures are the greatest! I've known very little about them even though I love them all these many years. Thank you. Your videos are fun and informative. You really do well. I look forward to every video that you post not thank you

[@the_guitar_trooper]

Thanks as Always!! Please share this puppy for me!!

[@angieallen4884]

Thanks for this great history of one of my favorite instrumental performances!

[@the_guitar_trooper]

Thanks for listening! Be sure to share the videos and channel for me!!

[@Bargle5]

According to the documentary "The Wrecking Crew", The Ventures didn't actually play on the Hawaii 5-0 theme record. The record company was in a hurry to get the song out before someone else did, but The Ventures were on tour, so they quickly grabbed The Wrecking Crew and made the record.

[@the_guitar_trooper]

Quite plausible.

[@guarddave]

YES! YES! YES! Nothing I didn't already know, but....YES! YES! YES! Thanks for covering this in you incomparable style!

[@the_guitar_trooper]

Thanks as always, Dave!

[@johnnylightning203]

Great stuff! Absolute legends, those guys. Play them steady to this day.

[@the_guitar_trooper]

Thanks for watching! Please share it for me!!

[@tpatrick44]

Growing up in Southern California, we ALL loved the Surf Music. Walk Don’t Run was a huge it! Then skate boards, Jan and Dean and The Beach Boys! What a great time to grow up! Thanks for filling in the spaces GT!!! 👏👏👏

[@the_guitar_trooper]

Thanks for sharing!!

[@TenMinuteDrumSolo]

Another GEM! The fascinating look at the origins of the songs we love is indeed most welcome and greatly appreciated...thank you 'TROOP"! I LOVE learning about all the behind the scenes connections - both made and missed - and the peek behind the curtain at the music business, especially around the time I first stuck my toe in it, early '60s.

[@the_guitar_trooper]

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[@sapelesteve]

Another excellent "looking back" music video GT! Never really knew much about the history of the Ventures or how they got started. Now I know! Thanks for keeping the music of our past alive & well! 👍👍📀📀

[@the_guitar_trooper]

Glad you enjoyed it, Steve!

[@davidsradioroom9678]

You have a very interesting way of sharing music history. Thanks.

[@the_guitar_trooper]

Thanks a MILLION, David! Please share the videos for me!!

[@linda1915]

My brother had all the Ventures albums. Good job by Josie Wilson.

[@the_guitar_trooper]

Thanks for watching, Linda!

[@gmb858]

I see notifications for the Guitar Trooper and "run-don't walk" to the video before watching anything else!

[@the_guitar_trooper]

My plan is complete….. bwahahaha.

[@bwithrow011]

Mr_Guitar_Trooper, I do more than giving this a thumbs up "Like". I go to your channel and watch a bunch of your videos because they are so good

[@the_guitar_trooper]

Thanks a MILLION! Please help me to spread the love 💕 by sharing the videos and the channel!

[@ottocarr3688]

If you were in Squaw Valley in 1964/65, you’d hear the Ventures all over the valley, emanating from the ice arena.

[@the_guitar_trooper]

Thanks for the view!!!

[@stanstucoski8837]

i still hav some of their albums...my fav group....us red a mosrite too

[@CarlDraper]

Here in the Uk, the Shadows cover of Walk Don't Run is, quite naturally, the most well known version :)

[@the_guitar_trooper]

Yep. And well done as well.

[@buzzsmith8146]

I enjoyed this. Thanks!

[@the_guitar_trooper]

Thank YOU for watching! Please share the channel and the videos for me!!

[@paso193]

HA!, HA!......The Ventures! 'Walk - Don"t Run' was the one single cause that got me into guitar at 15. 50+ years later I retired after a successful, lifetime career in music They defined what my future career path was going to take. Owe them a lot. Once again...nice content. And, what about those sweet guitars hanging on the wall behind you? Are you still playing? Maybe part-time? Stay healthy, mate! 👍🍸🥃

[@the_guitar_trooper]

Thanks SO VERY MUCH for the view!!

[@MartysPopParty]

Excellent piece on this most important group. The Ventures were a great example of the old adage “if at once you don’t succeed, keep on trying until you do succeed”. Here’s a strange vinyl collecting fact about one of the band’s more popular releases : “Walk Don’t Run Vol 2”. This LP contained the reworked track “Walk Don’t Run ‘64”. The album cover portrayed the guys sprawled on the floor with a young lady standing dressed in Lemon lime colored pants and top w/heels. Upon close inspection of the original copies of the album, one can see perspiration stains on the armpits of the band members shirts. Evidently, this was too much for the average consumer so later copies had the stains airbrushed out. Goes to show that the other old adage is also true: “Genius is 1% inspiration and 99% perspiration” Ha ! PS. That 1965 Live in Japan concert can be found here on YT and is so great ! Manic energy on that show.

[@the_guitar_trooper]

Thanks, Marty! Hey - share it with your audience!

[@MartysPopParty]

@@the_guitar_trooper You got it

[@garyp9142]

Awesome job . Once again.

[@the_guitar_trooper]

Thanks as always, Gary!

[@garyp9142]

@the_guitar_trooper hi you should do one on the beatles Christmas Message 🎄

[@the_guitar_trooper]

@@garyp9142 Hi Gary! I haven’t been able to muster any really interesting stuff on those. At least, not yet!!

[@bobbyhamblen2338]

Josie Wilson was both smart and a looker.

[@the_guitar_trooper]

Yep

[@mr.milehi9883]

THE BEEFEATERS -PLEASE LET ME LOVE YOU The first single with Gene Clark and David Crosby before the birds The first Gene Clark and David Crosby single. Before the byrds.. that would be interesting for you to cover. Plus if you haven't heard it, it's a great song! I can't remember what the band called themselves. The record label changed their name and it really pissed them

[@Music_is_Breathing]

This was amazing. It is so cool that Don's Mom put so much into her son's music without becoming a nasty parent like, for instance, Brian Wilson's dad. This was fascinating even though I barely remember them. When will this be available to the public so I can share it??

[@the_guitar_trooper]

Saturday July 13 @ 06:00 EDT

[@2011littlejohn1]

I was with a punk band in Germany sometime in the 90's and a US band got up and played a very futuristic electronic sounding set with guitars which had the name Ventures on the head stock. I'm certain it was something to do with the band of that name.

[@the_guitar_trooper]

The Mosrite Ventures guitar models were part of the promotional agreement between Mosrite and the group. The relationship ended in 1968, making those original models worth a lot to collectors. Semie Moseley worked for a while at the Rickenbacker factory before they fired him for making his own line of guitars - it was then that he decided to start Mosrite. He gained an early reputation for multi-neck instruments and very ‘hot’ pickups.

[@timarnold7239]

I was wondering if you were going to mention how the Ventures lent their popularity to promoting Mosrite guitars after Semie Moseley discovered Nokie Edwards loved his Mosrite. Our local music store carried the "Ventures Edition" Mosrite guitars, but my brother tried one out and said the action was set way too high and when he tried to adjust it, the manager booted him out of the store. By then we had traded in our Teisco Del Ray ET-200 for a pre-CBS Fender Musicmaster. That was such a great guitar. Got swiped by some hoodrat from my apartment the night I moved in -late 1970s.

[@the_guitar_trooper]

Funny you should bring this up. I deleted a segment during final review of this video regarding the Mosrite deal because it began to wander off subject and slowed the pace of the story. Semie did cut a promotional deal with the group that expired in 1968 which included the Mosrite Venture models, at which time the guys began being supplied by Fender again. Yeah…. About the display model playability…I always tell folks that typically the playing action on a guitar in a store is rarely great and only broadly within specs otherwise. Barring mechanical issues or build defects, any guitar at any price can (many times) be made to play quite well for most people if the right technician does the work.

[@happyolddude]

I have always been under the impression that now General George Bobbitt played on Walk Don't Run?

[@the_guitar_trooper]

Ooooooooo. So close! Last name is BABBITT

[@happyolddude]

@@the_guitar_trooper Yes sorry I meant to say Babbitt but I am Australian so please forgive me. ha ha. Enjoy your postings very much Sir.

[@the_guitar_trooper]

@@happyolddude Ha! Thanks for the view! Love my Australian audience!

[@burntsider8457]

A good story well told. Would be interesting to learn where that rhythm guitar two-bar run down originated. vi V IV V of iv. It became a Runaway hit progression.

[@the_guitar_trooper]

I never even attempted to track down that progression. It’s so ubiquitous that it’s taken for granted.

[@jeffgreen7499]

@@the_guitar_trooper The Andalusian Cadence is adopted from Flamenco Music. It is the progression comprising four chords descending i > bVII > bVI > V progression with respect to the Aeolian mode (natural minor key). Traceable back to the Renaissance, its effective sonorities made it one of the most popular progressions in classical music. Despite the name it is not a true cadence (i.e., occurring only once, when ending a phrase, section, or piece of music; it is most often used as an ostinato (repeating over and over again). It is heard in rock songs such as "Runaway" by Del Shannon. The chords are related: Aminor followed by GMajor which can be interpreted as A11(not Major or minor), followed by F which can be interpreted as Aminor with a #5, followed by EMajor(the Dominant Chord that returns to Aminor)

[@the_guitar_trooper]

@@jeffgreen7499 Woof!! Thanks for the post!!

[@rocktober1327]

Mom's are the best of the best.

[@the_guitar_trooper]

The recordings were rough technically but the vocal blends were wonderful!

[@Dills1995]

Good stuff!

[@the_guitar_trooper]

Thanks for watching!! Please share the video for me!!!

[@MatthewPoplawsk]

The Ventures' of TELSTAR is alright,but... Give me the original version by The Tornados ANY DAY OF THE WEEK!!😊😊😊😊

[@the_guitar_trooper]

Tornados version is epic!

[@flautalee3090]

Oh, hi again, Troop, looking forward to enjoying your encyclopedic knowledge of the 50’s-80’s and beyond. Very sad that Brian Wilson has dementia. I’m thankful that he had his mind as long as he did. He really marinated his brain in the 60’s and 70’s. Brilliant musical mind.❤❤ Thank you for all of your info!

[@the_guitar_trooper]

Thank YOU for the view!

[@BobSebring]

Talk about a stage mother!

[@the_guitar_trooper]

She was indeed VERY involved! Thanks a MILLION for the view! Please help me to spread the love 💕 by sharing the videos and the channel.

[@DavidHey-vd5wn]

Well i didnt know that!!

[@the_guitar_trooper]

Thanks for the view, David! Please share the video for me!!

[@w.llawrence86]

Anyone remember the "Play Guitar With The Ventures" instructional albums ??

[@the_guitar_trooper]

I guess not. LOL I know them only because of researching the group.

[@w.llawrence86]

@@the_guitar_trooper They did 3 if I remember correctly plus a bass record and country with Jimmy Bryant

[@Ken-l2e]

I have 2 of them.

[@jepomer]

Johnny Smith's recording of "Walk, Don't Run" kzbin.info/www/bejne/fZDYkHSIbdplZ68si=xtLh-8OsH6KFc_id

[@drummerjohnforyou]

I don't think it was a hit? But they also did a great cover of The Beatles cry for a shadow.

[@mikecrowley2472]

Tiple is pronounced "tee-play" and not "tipple".

[@elantric]

South of the border

[@the_guitar_trooper]

And THANKS for that! I was using English pronunciation rules! Totally missed that.

[@COURRUPTIONCOIN]

What about Land Of 1000 Dances.....?

[@the_guitar_trooper]

Hey, Thanks! That one was not on my research list! Adding now.

[@ThomasGilmore-fi6gb]

The Johnny Smith original was much too complicated for Chet Atkins to copy 😊

[@the_guitar_trooper]

I have a feeling that Chet probably could do the jazz stuff with a modicum of work, but foremost on his mind was maintaining the style that his established audience was expecting.

[@ThomasGilmore-fi6gb]

@@the_guitar_trooper Well he would have been a fool to record a note for note copy in any case. How many times have you listened to Johnny Smith's original version? I rocked my cradle to Chet Atkins records and what he played was very technically challenging because of the complexity of the finger picking techniques that he developed, but Smith's harmonic sophistication surpasses Chet by a long way.

[@the_guitar_trooper]

@@ThomasGilmore-fi6gb Fair enough! Thanks again for your view and comment!

[@callxovardivichzaftra9893]

The Ventures have publicly stated that George Babbitt was the original drummer on Walk Don’t Run and instrumental in the arrangement. Babbitt was inducted into a regional RnR hall of fame for his contribution. That would put your timeline for the new drummer a bit off. Great channel! Throughly enjoy!

[@the_guitar_trooper]

Hi! Their timeline was a mess to figure out. There are conflicting accounts all over. Thanks!!