The Ventures "Walk Don't Run"

[@rontrivane]

The ventures are the reason that I am still playing guitar today at age 77. When I was 15 they came out with this song and it changed my whole life when I start playing guitar.

[@1ute]

That’s awesome. I have similar inspirations even as someone born 60 years later, there is a lot of power in music.

[@CailenCambeul]

The ventures are the reason that I am still playing guitar today at age 88.

[@johnmoreno6374]

When I START playing...??? Not started???

[@mccajake]

@@johnmoreno6374 jesus calm down it’s just a spelling mistake

[@thomasdavis709]

Ok, I'm only 70 but, I got the album Learn to play guitar with the Ventures and started playing guitar when I was in my teens. Still do.

[@grahamashdown4134]

What a terrific instrumental track, I was only 10 years old when this came out back in 1960,I’m nearly 73 now and it still sounds good today.

[@00buck2]

just think how good they would have been if they had plugged the guitars up. - Great music miss it

[@sandburgmartin7947]

Same demographic. Walk don't run was "one to learn". Used to hate it when DJs in 60's used it for "bumper music" for newscasts or station identification.

[@muffs55mercury61]

I was just 6 but my older brother had a radio and i remember it's airplay quite well. Also their follow up song "Perfidia" a few months later.

[@roderickcampbell2105]

Am I the only one who sometimes has a hard time telling Nokie Edwards and Steve Cropper apart? Yes, different artists, different bands, but even if I jumble them up I still win :) And yes, this track was and is awesome. Instrumentals have some strange advantage over many (not all) vocal tracks. I find some voices become instruments. You don't even hear the words.

[@ruthe.langley4013]

I remember when this came out, I was 7, and I still love listening to it today.

[@shannonbridgetmurphy6794]

Don Wilson was a class act. His guitar and surf sound will be remembered for many long years into the future.

[@billd9667]

Hard to believe that the bassist here (Nokie Edwards) switched to lead and never looked back. The middle guy (Bob Nogle) was lead at this stage, switched to bass and really owned it - much like Paul McCartney. Don did play rhythm, but sometimes took lead. What a band...

[@nigel900]

@@billd9667 Nookie was the key to their success. They “stole” Nookie Edwards from Buck Owens when his band came to Seattle in 1959. Nookie was such a great guitar player, Bob Bogle traded his guitar for bass. Not to diminish the contribution of any other band member… had it not been for Nookie Edwards lickity-split guitar playing, they would never be as successful, (or possibly even survived)… and they knew it. The Ventures inspired legions to learn the guitar. (Including Me)

[@billd9667]

@@nigel900 Mel Taylor sucked? News to me. Keep in mind that Walk, Don’t Run was recorded before Edwards joined the band. And Nogle really ripped it up on bass. He could have played for anyone, but stayed with the Ventures. Don Wilson was good, not great, but could sing fairly well.

[@daniel4061]

Verdade absoluta

[@nigel900]

@@billd9667 Satire.

[@blindsquirrel7802]

If you were in a band in the 60s you played this song. Rest in peace all Ventures members.

[@Qrayon]

They're ALL gone?

[@rogerramjet5214]

@@Qrayonall the original Ventures are deceased. Bob Bogle, Don Wilson, Nokie Edwards, and Howie Johnson, the original group plus Mel Taylor, Gerry McGee have also passed.

[@johnwoodhouse7832]

Yep, I was, we did! Best times EVER!

[@toddfoster828]

@@rogerramjet5214 But not General George T. Babbitt, who had a major part in arranging this song. Kicked out of the group for being too young to play the bars.

[@rogerramjet5214]

@@toddfoster828 It’s interesting that this song was written by Johnny Smith, great jazz guitarist, and had a totally jazz sound. Chet Atkins revised it for his style, and the Ventures took Chet Atkins’ version and revised it to their style.

[@1skywalker2]

Old is ALWAYS gold.......grew up listening to Walk Don't Run, Pipeline........love The Ventures....don't understand why some folks gave a thumbs down...makes no sense.

[@edwardkujawa]

probably didnt care for their music they were a lengend a lot of basic concepts as bands were concerned were initiated by them as such 3 instruments started out just 2 guitars had to develop a style strong rythum with a spunky leadplayed against it ler added bassguitar and drums round out the sound basic sound of The Ventures was Don Wilson and Bob Bogle

[@georginapinzon01]

WLk don't run and pipeline sound so similar. I know they are slightly different but there's a lot of similarities I feel

[@johnkuenze7880]

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[@rmaxtpmx]

@georginapinzon01 oh well as long as you feel, then it must be true. Feelings never lie, are certainly not as reliable as thoughts.

[@preciousone5496]

I still get goosebumps listening to this song. I discovered The Ventures listening to my dad's records growing up, and could never get enough. I still love them!!

[@54markl]

When I first heard this on the radio at eight years old, I was transfixed. I could not move. It was the most wonderful song I had heard up till then. The year was 1960.

[@djmammo9826]

Honorable mention goes to Sleepwalk by Santo & Johnny

[@charlotteskiftun753]

Wait'll you hear PF SLOAN....sing songwriter muscician....over 200 pieces, many he never received credit for

[@sierrajuliet8034]

Because perry como etc. Anything was better.

[@2011littleguy]

@@djmammo9826 Agreed. Sleepwalk will be a classic as long as humans roam the Earth until the other asteroid from the asteroid pair that took out the dinosaurs returns to get us! Hey, I can make science up it I want to!

[@2011littleguy]

@@charlotteskiftun753 who dat? sounds interesting.

[@bravovespa3736]

The Ventures and The Shadows are my idol since I was very little to grandpa.

[@HY1217]

RIP Mr.”TekeTeke” Don Wilson. I’d like to say thank you for delivering electric guitar sound to our land Japan🇯🇵 for 60 years! Doumo Arigato Gozaimashita🙇🏻

[@ilanamillion8942]

This tune never gets old.

[@roshanfernando9657]

..and Apache by The Shadows

[@Emil-gq5qe]

@@roshanfernando9657... and Perfidia by The Ventures

[@molliestanton2869]

It really doesn't-- it started in the late 50s, I think.

[@LarzGustafsson]

True.

[@thesaint3058]

Surf. Rock is God’s music! Love it forever. I play the piano so I play along with the Ventures! This music inspired me to learn how to surf when I was 7 years old female. I’m 72 years old now and still listen to surf rock! Long live the Ventures!

[@Truth-Be-Told-USA]

God created cancer, death, diseases, heartburn, heart attacks, pain, general suffering, natural disasters, etc. God is clearly evil look around at today's real world. Overwhelming evidence that God is evil or does not exist at all. An ancient story book written and assembled by humans doesn't change that fact. The ventures rock, but God is not the reason

[@flightofthebumblebee9529]

I am now pushing 40 but my dad had me grow up on oldies and these guys inspired me to play. RIP Don Wilson!!!

[@wilnabear5988]

My brothers died recently. They're love for you was an immense time. Within a month of each other. So I need to hear your music even tho you mean nothing to me.

[@DRod-rj2mt]

My mom and dad went to school with those guys my mom still loves to hear them play dad's gone now so I get to carry on 😊

[@googleboy7]

Learned to play this song on an Airline guitar. Then my dad bought me a Fender Jaguar. Ended up starting a band and putting myself through school with the money. Got married and played in church for over 30 years? The páy was zero, but the retirement plan is out of this world! Thank God, my dad, Fender and of course, THE VENTURES. Shalom, gw

[@googleboy7]

@James Hama I am doing better than I deserve. You? Shalom/gw

[@googleboy7]

@James Hama Jesus Christ died on the Cross for me and for you. I did NOT deserve that gift of life, but I accepted it. So, no matter what , I am always doing better than I deserve. Thinking and believing that way makes it hard to have a bad day. Shalom (May the Peace of God be with you!) gw

[@roberte.andrews4621]

The Ventures have sold over 100 million albums in their careers, making them one of the top groups of all time. I just ordered a 2-CD album of 50 of their greatest hits. I've been surfing for 68 years! A friend of mine hooked up a PA speaker to the clubhouse outlet at our bodysurfing break in La Jolla, so we could hear the Ventures, the Beach Boys and Dick Dale while out waiting for a wave. That was in 1963. Bitchin'!

[@christophergallagher3921]

This song was the reason I decided to pick up a guitar and learn how to play back in the early 60s. Thank you Ventures!!!!

[@edwardkujawa6636]

me too ventures were a biginflunce

[@matt-SonsofLamech]

They even do the splashs whithout the wammy bar 😂

[@edwardkujawa]

the same with me i heard this on a radio in 59 or 60 new it be a hit

[@Ari-yg3iu]

My grandpa just passed, he used to own a mechanic shop back in his day. Although I never got to see it, this song makes me feel like I’m standing in front of it watching him fix up cars in the 60’s. Really beautiful song. Very nostalgic for me.

[@unnikvale1242]

❤

[@progrockable]

This song, along with The Tornados' "Telstar" two years later, basically defined my early childhood. What a time, what a fairytale and brightly blissful time it was then (musically) in America!

[@kenh3344]

Sorry to throw a spanner into your works. But not a song they are instrumentals . Yes brilliantly played.

[@bristleconepinus2378]

telstar was great

[@publicanimal]

@@kenh3344 You're really taking pedantry to the next level.

[@kenh3344]

@@publicanimal is that a compliment? As I dont know what the word means. I never heard that word before. Thank you.

[@stewartfenton7660]

@@kenh3344 it's a compliment or an insult according to your point of view. When I employ pedantry(the act of picking people up on slight errors), it's a good thing. When my son does it, it is not.

[@WV591]

pure energy..nothing like the 60s,70s and amazing 80s...you just had to be there in your prime

[@jodyguilbeaux8225]

i guess its a sign of getting old but the music of today has talented musicians but no creativity. i think music went down the wrong road. it all started with rap but its a misnomer the real word should have had a capital C in front of rap.

[@MacOne53]

I was.

[@krdcountrytv]

Almost the ultimate 'must learn' guitar tune. The early 60s was such a great time for popular music and this song is one of the reasons why that era is so fondly remembered. The soundtrack to a generation of music and surf loving teenagers, the Ventures perfectly captured that amazing era.

[@gregsalcedo4857]

Listening to 'Walk Don't Run' never fails to send me back to the early 60s.

[@joe22589]

Epic - "The best of the Ventures" is a MUST HAVE in EVERY ambitious music collection. Back in the days AND NOW!

[@nomadpi1]

Nearing 8 decades of age, I'm still smitten by the VENTURES music. They're fabulous. As a middle--school teacher, I used to dedicate this song to the 7th graders in the school newspaper to stop their hall-manners of 3rd graders. Viewing the camera sweeps of the audience, I'm remembering the instructions of every adult to my generation, "Close your mouth when chewing gum."

[@lulu-y4k2x]

so funny...pop that bubble over your nose......12 09 2023

[@dntlss]

I work with a guy and hes not a spring chicken,hes a older guy like me but when it comes to pop culture and oldies the guy is hopeless, i love The Ventures and have since the 80s when i was a teen,i started to ask him about them and what he thought about them and he had no idea who they were and had never heard this song. When i told him they were a instrumental band from the 50s and 60s he said "no wonder they never made it and i never heard of them" ha ha ha ha ha ha ha,inside of me i was saying "Dude! these guys are in the hall of fame!" but i just kept my mouth shut,lol

[@jmrodas9]

This song brings to me so many remembrances of 1960 when I was fourteen years old. I remember I was a little clumsy then as I had not accustomed myself to the size my body had as i grew up 4 inches that year. This tune is very good to hear and enjoy 60 years later.

[@kathrynmiller9622]

Same here. 😉

[@jmrodas9]

@@kathrynmiller9622 Well, we have something in common. Regards.

[@marcbeckett7415]

I was 17 and at Fort Campbell Ky and was on a night jump and this was playing as I left the plane what a song to hear

[@PatrickTowers]

service before self thanks for service

[@doggycatalan]

Must of been an amazing experience. Thank you for your service.

[@1stREMESquaddie]

Great music to jump to.

[@momatomic]

I sooooo grew up with Walk Don't Run! My mom had the best taste in music. She bought the album, which I still have, and also the first Beatles album! This song came out when I was 8 years old, and it stayed popular forever after! One thing caught my eye that is so funny! Almost everyone in the audience was chewing gum! Then, I realized who the sponsor was. Beech-Nut gum. Juicy Fruit, Spearmint, Doublemint, Beamans, Black Jack and Cloves! I was chewing it all, too, along with a little Bazooka Joe, Double Bubble and Chiclets. One of my best memories was of my mom's purse smelling like Juicy Fruit gum. Oh, how I miss the great instrumentals of those days. Apache, The Alka Seltzer Song and so many more! Ahhhh.

[@catholiccowboy8545]

... i loved Bazooka for the cartoon.

[@paulaeyford664]

My mom too! And my first boyfriend played guitar all his life, as a career,played Walk Don't Run.

[@roberttelarket4934]

monatomic: You're extremely observant! If you weren't into marketing you should have been! You're absolutely right! I never put 1 + 1 together, the chewing gum sponsor and the chewing gals and guys!!! I would have gone through the rest of my life possibly 25 more years till 95 or so ignorant of this!!! Thanks!!!!

[@ericobermeit324]

No Matter What Shape by the T-Bones?

[@xxcharmed1xx]

Im 33 and this is the stuff i listened to growing up. I love it. Never gets old.

[@ragingjaguarknight86]

You have good taste in music. ^_^

[@geraldjohnson4013]

The Ventures have another version of this same tune that was released in 1964.

[@nyyfan1846]

Timeless classic - The Ventures were GREAT and so was Dick Clark, may he forever rest in eternal, heavenly peace !!

[@videogeekin]

“ This is when the choreographer said it was more important to move in synchronization well(like The Shadows),and don’t worry about whether you are accurately playing your instruments to the prerecorded backing track.”

[@GAMakin]

Yes. No one is watching your FRET position... EXCEPT (maybe) other Players. One of the first tunes that I learned on my FENDER Hollow-body. Can still "SING" with that at-hand...

[@QuarrellaDeVil]

Today, you could convince people that Hedy Lamarr herself helped with the wireless side of things. I doubt many would be asking "Where are the cords?"

[@barryhollifield5856]

I had a 1966 GT Mercury Cyclone, 289 c.i., 4-speed, candy apple red with an 8-track tape player in it. I got stopped by the cops in 1968 in Charlottesville, Va. for playing the Ventures' tape too loudly when going down Main Street at 2am. Those were the days! Wish I had that sweet ride back. Miss my youth so!

[@IchabodvanTassel98]

Barry Hollifield hehe you should record it

[@amni35]

My best friend had a '66 GTO 3-speed stick, racing clutch . . . cruisin' the Square . . . those days are gone forever :(

[@pumpkingirl4229]

Mr. Barry stay young at Heart!! ✌🏼☮️✨

[@GeekNArtist]

LOL, as a teenager, I used to blast my 1988 Yamaha synthesizer in my room while my parents were sleeping well into midnight. Now that we're older, we realize how inconsiderate we were back then.

[@robertsnyder5149]

My car back then that I bought new was a Cyclone GT 390 4-speed. Loved that car so much that over the years I bought 4 more.

[@darryldenson4998]

ALLLLLLWAYS loved this song. Thanks for many hours of wonderful instrumental music.

[@tommyboywalker]

I worked as a radio DJ for a number of years in the 70s. You can bet that I used the Ventures music when I needed an instrumental (which is often in radio)! Great song!

[@rickhaffner6851]

I get goosebumps hearing THIS recording. My Dad died three years ago at the age of 82, a greaser from the ‘50s. A man of his word, though he had flaws like we all do. Ray Conniff and The Singers filled our living rooms often.

[@AspenEmrys]

These guys are so good, they don't even have to plug their guitars in!

[@terryadams6984]

ditto

[@sunking2001]

That's funny...back in those days there were many lip-synch-non-guitar-cord videos made...even with the Beatles!

[@warrenwaters4167]

sunking2001 Yeah, I did TV show in the "60's" where we played along to the record, and if you look closely, you will not see cords plugged in, even has a shot of the drummer's foot with no bass drum pedal hooked-up.

[@sunking2001]

Warren Waters That's the way they did it back in those days. Obviously, that would never work nowadays.

[@scottpepper5759]

Warren Waters (90% of the bands back then just played to they're records. Rarely would you ever see you're favourite band perform live.

[@MrErify]

YOU GUYS DONT KNOW HOW MUSIC WAS IN THE 60'S....I WAS 12 YRS OLD WHEN I FIRST HEARD THIS TUNE... FELT EXHILIRATING ..!!

[@bradz123456]

This sure beats the hell out of snoop dog!

[@davidgena2667]

I was 10 and ran right out to buy the 45 rpm. Those were the days!!!

[@roberttelarket4934]

This is a work of genius since it was the first of its kind! Whoever composed this piece with this particular instrument sound was a genius!!!

[@robnamowicz8073]

The great jazz guitarist Johnny Smith wrote this. It was used as a prime teaching tool. We all learned it, eh?

[@davidbonner4556]

@@robnamowicz8073 The Ventures also covered it because they heard Chet Atkin's version.

[@historyandhorseplaying7374]

It sounds like Venezuelan cuatro music, specifically similar to the song “Barlovento” or “Moliendo Cafe”.

[@roberttelarket4934]

@@historyandhorseplaying7374: Never knew these two Barlovento, Moliendo Cafe and just listened to them. Bears no resemblance whatsoever!

[@roberttelarket4934]

@@davidbonner4556: Thank you for letting me know! Just listened to it moments ago. However the Ventures' version is supremely better!!!

[@D-Fens_1632]

What a different time for American music, radio, and television. I missed the beginning and guys like this who invented it but sometimes I just step back and appreciate how amazingly lucky I am to have been born when the combination of culture and musical evolution and the electric guitar and magnetic tape recording technology all came together to create Rock and Roll.

[@albertodillon]

It's incredible 56 years later I listen this kind of music the 27th of August 2016 because It was the 27th of August 1960

[@glenmendoza7053]

My step dad loved this. Thanks Charlie for the good time. Was a good man. Think of him when I hear this.

[@geoben1810]

Amazing! Cordless guitars in 1960! I was 4yrs old. But this was still playing on the radio as I grew up in the 60's. It defined the era along with those other iconic tunes of the time. 60's cool...✌🏻😎

[@raanangeberer1903]

Not real--they were playing a tape, or record, of the song in the background. On the Dick Clark show, you just pretended to sing or play.

[@richardmindemann6935]

This was originally a jazz song, written by guitarist Johnny Smith. If you listen to his version, you'll be impressed. But as a kid who ran out and bought this record the first time I heard it, the Ventures' version cannot be beat.

[@kande6916]

I was not even born when this band performed but am a huge fan of their raw and real sound!!!

[@johnmoyle4195]

1960 was an amazing time to be a guitar player. Stratocasters didn’t cost much, reverb always sounded classic, you could play guitar instrumentals and still get on the radio and your guitar didn’t even have to be in tune to make a hit record.

[@BuddieOLLi]

True. But 1960 you have to work much longer for ca. 285 $. And one "Jaguar" was there, i don't know, was it cheaper ? However: This is the "classic" sound of the NEW Single-Coil Guitar with a Fender Amp

[@TheSoundOutside]

Always good to see the audience clapping on the one and the three.

[@fredforbush1388]

On the 2 and the 4 makes it calypso... or something.

[@MonotoneCreeper]

White people only know how to clap on 1 and 3

[@georgekilroy2670]

TheSoundOutside just the lame ones

[@reggiebellamy7112]

LOL

[@manifestgtr]

It’s white people’s international “show of support”

[@peterulrich497]

I told my grandson there was a time when musicians knew how to play instruments, they shaved, bathed, got haircuts and wore ties. He wouldn't believe me until I showed him this video. I can sell him on anything now.

[@muffs55mercury61]

More grandchildren need to be exposed to this music. Many have and didn't realize what they were missing.

[@sumandasgupta1258]

If at my dying moments i am asked about my last wishes, i will definitely opt for the ventures..... specially the golden great album....other items as well .....to be played for the last time before my ears..... These tunes are in my bloodstream.

[@charlesaguilar1708]

Without a doubt,one of the biggest instrumentals of all time (next to the theme of Hawaii Five O) by the Ventures! Really,this is one of the first tunes I learned on electric guitar!

[@marybethmcmahon5937]

Charles Aguilar You should check out their KZbins! I saw them in September in Berkeley. They played the East Coast, West Coast and in between until going to Japan for there long tour.

[@briseboy]

You missed about 300 great "surf" guitar pieces.

[@MarkSmith-js2pu]

My dad bought that album when it came out and played it on what we called the Hi-Fi. We have 8 MM home movies of me and my 3 siblings running around the dining room table in our pajamas, enjoying this song.

[@edwiles5258]

had a band duing the 60s......we played this about a million times. It was always a popular request where ever we went. Now almost 60 years later, I still love this song and often find myself running the chords A G F E in my mind. The Ventures, in those days, were the standards for instrumental rock and roll music. When we met the Beatles at the Pigman Ranch in 64, Lennon asked me what type of songs we liked most and I told him the Ventures were my favorite, being a lead guitar player. I asked him is George could play Perfedia and he said he was not sure. I think that will be the name of the story I am writing about our meeting the Beatles in 64 at the remote Pigman Ranch, near Alton, Mo. In my mind, nobody beats the Ventures.

[@KC-sm7gm]

the man has passed. great stuff. this riff was and is sick.

[@UPBEATFOREVER]

he died,maybe he was sick!⚠️

[@edwardkujawa]

you are sick

[@t4texastomjohnnycat978]

The greatest RocknRoll instrumental band in the world. Howie Johnson - R.I.P Bob Bogle - R.I.P. Nokie Edwards - R.I.P. Don Wilson 🎸🎶 THANKS FOR POSTING THIS

[@elconquistador98]

T4TEXASTOM JOHNNYCAT In the whole world?

[@bluedragonlordofcardsandmu6134]

There is not a single guitar god from the 60s 70s, 80,s who did not start out learning to play guitar with this as one of the first songs they ever learned..

[@toddkatz4631]

👍

[@2008alde]

Nokie Edwards, who was playing bass at the time, switched over to lead guitar and Bob Bogle switched over to bass

[@catholiccowboy8545]

.. yes in N. America. In Europe they worship the Shadows. I don't know why ?!!!

[@joerichristiaens7114]

Watching this right now because my guitar teacher told me to learn this

[@catholiccowboy8545]

@@joerichristiaens7114 .. jeff beck has a nice version .. Check it out.

[@CarlosReus]

RIP Don Wilson (February 12, 1933-January 22, 2022), The Ventures´ rhythm guitar player. You will surely will be missed, as well as the members of the classic line up of The Ventures who have passed away. The Ventures is the best instrumental Rock group and my favourite too.

[@CarlosReus]

@James Hama Thank you James. Fine. I hope you are din well too Long live The Ventures.

[@warmweatherfriend1756]

Big hit when I was a kid. I still enjoy the song and other hits by the Ventures. Written by one of the greatest and most tasteful of jazz guitarists, the late Johnny Smith. Humble too, very nice person who played impeccably.

[@jodyguilbeaux8225]

wow i remember this and the memories came flashing by. they had many hits and were good musicians. the electric guitar was about as cool as you can get back then.

[@Kelly-nm4kw]

Hello Jody, How are you doing?

[@sithikven6757]

RIP mr. Don wilson, thank for bringing lots of joy and smile to the world.

[@DavidMelton-r7l]

I have liked this song since I was a kid. My dad was a fan of the group too. All these guys are dead now but their memory lives on

[@ajreyes9742]

May God Bless and Keep Don Wilson....seen here on the left at the start of the Video.....Founder of the ''SURF GUITAR' Sound.....and growing up in SoCalif. as a kid in the 60's...his music was always on our radios and in our cars.......RIP DON......you were SURFTASTIC !

[@crochetfun7202]

Those were the DAYS GREAT MUSIC, I WAS a Teenager, now 70 around the corner, where did time go

[@junodonatus4906]

Neo-classical guitar shredders are a dime-a- dozen today and I can't remember one song that any of them have ever written but Walk Don't Run is haunting and timeless and instantly memorable.

[@gospodine]

Johnny Smith wrote that one, jazz guitarist.

[@junodonatus4906]

@@gospodine Hey where are you from? "Gospodine"

[@sanjayghosh9349]

I first heard when was around 9 years old.Now,I am 61- the same sweetness surrounds me.The Great - Green...Thanks from India....

[@michaelwood875]

Remember being at my great grandmother's house one summer, and this song was playing on a soap opera...

[@chrissysmith1196]

I love this song!!

[@edwardkujawa6636]

there is a book out about their life also lookit up,on internet

[@mcav3270]

Never a 'dull' moment with this terrific BAND!!!!

[@thenickvegas1268]

I always enjoyed the Ventures, I even did a radio ad using this song

[@jimlynch7421]

Arguably, the first song every aspiring young guitarist learns.

[@bella_ciao4608]

Surf rock in general is great for beginners, so is some grunge era stuff. Some of the first songs I’ve learned are this song, Misirlou by Dick Dale, and numerous nirvana songs.

[@WilliamMarkovich-u1b]

This was 1963.......the world was a different place...than 2023..... People Had. Sincere....fun in music.

[@waltcridermusic]

They played the recording in the background and "airplayed" the instruments.

[@g-r-a-e-m-e-]

1963 - President Kennedy was assassinated.

[@RogerMurdock]

Great song. So many versions. An enduring classic

[@BeezusFafoon1971]

The audience chewing their gum in time to the beat is fantastic!

[@nomadpi1]

Too hot and crowded to tap your foot or move in those crammed full bleachers.

[@markpatterson2507]

Classy, classic Fenders...and the drums out front....beautiful!

[@digiver]

What a good song, song to last ever and ever. Love to play this song whenever I am driving by the ocean. Just feel so free.

[@luisp4009]

This is by far way better than any modern music we sadly have nowadays!

[@Nowhereoh]

@LUIS P. - Try Band-Maid & Khruangbin . Stay well.

[@luisp4009]

@@Nowhereoh , sounds good but definitely not my things, thanks

[@Nowhereoh]

@@luisp4009 8 in 1960. I remember all the great music too. Thank you.

[@alanr4845]

Surf Rock still holds up today. Some of the best sounding and catchiest music of that time.

[@HumberNorton]

What a fabulous slice of musical history there! All those young people in the audience would be in their 80s today, if still alive....but "Walk Don't Run" lives on!

[@jakezmoto1954]

Yes I agree, awesome footage of music history. These young guys and so many others had so much talent and creativity. How incredible it would be to transport back to those days!

[@loulouburg3913]

I wish we had music like this again!!

[@yesterdayproductions1019]

Great song. Great band. Takes you back to a time when America was great.

[@Augmuse]

One of the most memorable Rock guitar riffs of all time is The Ventures 1960 hit.

[@AdamOwenBrowning]

First song I learned properly on guitar. God bless my teacher for his taste. I was only 16!

[@fjkulwin]

R.I.P. Nokie Edwards; one of the greats! Now with Mel and Bob on the bandstand in heaven.

[@QuarrellaDeVil]

Drummer Howie Johnson is no longer with us as well.

[@elconquistador98]

Anybody wondering what maudlin means, this is it. I love this song, but come on, bandstand in heaven?

[@kevinbrown3907]

Great song, who was the drummer in this video

[@fjkulwin]

Kevin Brown that was Howie Johnson. He was the drummer before Mel.

[@turtle7946]

I grew up in Hermosa beach i.always heard this out on the sand with many ppl.with there radios sounded awsome

[@fredpeterson4654]

Everytime l hear this song l remember where l was l first heard it..and till this day..l love going back to that day ..girls..waves..and up on the boardwalk at night in The Wildwoods of New Jersey

[@mary-annefrancis8593]

Absolutely amazing. Love all the music from the sixties.

[@mary-annefrancis8593]

@James Hama I'm very well thankyou. And how are you doing?

[@allenjones3130]

Way to go, Ventures! Don, Bob, Nokie and Howie really rocked on their signature tune.

[@allenjones3130]

@James Hama Good morning, Mr. Hama! I'm doing well. Had to see the video clip of the Ventures performing 'Walk Don't Run' on Dick Clark's show. It was great; the guys wore jackets and ties, and they looked like a group!

[@steveabdelkoui5663]

Just absolute great music, and guitar skills.

[@5308Fritz]

I grew up in the sixties on the beaches in Southern California and surfing music was king! Thanks

[@philipatoz]

Pretty cool starting with the drums out front! They really got a great sound out of their guitars, and they probably understood the power of dynamics and contrasts better than any others. Probably other than Hendrix, these guys helped skyrocket the interest in kids buying guitars more than about any other group of the '60s!

[@mike-smoke868]

I remember listing to my older sisters albums in 66, I was 10 years old then. These guys were great mostly instrumentals. All her boyfriends were "greasers" fonzie types. One guy gave me a ride in his brand NEW 1966 Chevy Impala!

[@johnwhite9841]

One of my favourite old instrumentals from the 60s. They mimed it on the Dick Clark show but the audience never knew that. They were in the shadows of The Shadows. John

[@OldDogNewTrick]

Have enjoyed for many years from day one. So good to hear (and see) again in year 2023.

[@douglasdavis8395]

Nokie, Bogle, Wilson, and Mel; the classic lineup. They have many clips on KZbin, some with guests such as Frampton!

[@Andrew-pu8ly]

LOVE these old 60's Instrumentals...this one , Apache , Tel-star ....brings me back .

[@donniegray553]

Dick CLark. He never did change his looks. Haircut was always the same. And such a really cool guy, too. RIP

[@fredpeterson4654]

I was fortunate enough to have the chance to go the bandstand show in philadelphia..on market street... remember the song..strolling omg I'm old..lol

[@anthonylilly6862]

These guys were my friends. I miss them all.

[@thomasgary1219]

Amazing how great their guitars sound, without even being plugged in.

[@Barb5001]

About the only show that had live music back then was The Ed Sullivan Show Otherwise, it was all lip synced

[@michaelbmaxwell1640]

@@Barb5001 But...but they don't even have to move their lips on this one!

[@TribeBangZealot]

The ventures were way ahead of their time. They had wireless setups 30 years early, and they were the first band not to hide their drummer.

[@frankboogaard88]

The more awesome bit is they are pretending to play another song. Just look at their hand movements ;)

[@phukit5456]

Maybe they had wi and weren't telling us!

[@robertdipaola3447]

The ventures drummer went on to becoming a 4- star General in the US Air force

[@thebog11]

George Babbitt dropped out because he was too young to play bars and clubs, so it's probable that this isn't him.

[@michellepopkov940]

Correct. That drummer was Howie Johnson who had to leave the group because of injuries. They then got Mel Taylor. George Babbit did help to craft Walk don’t Run.

[@joef1785]

Brings back memories. Thumb up! Beer up!

[@felixmadison5736]

Wow, I was 11 Years-old and remember this playing on the radio like it was yesterday! That's 64 years ago, and "Walk Don't Run" is still one of the best instrumentals ever.

[@vinniemoran7362]

Amazing how some of the greatest rock guitarists were influenced by these all-guitar bands. Peter Frampton played the Shadows and Ex-Eagle Don Felder performed Walk Dont Run in high school. :))

[@darleneross9166]

I loved this instrumental by the Ventures. Their rendition of Perfidia was really good too!

[@trylyalya6880]

t's great that this wonderful music unites completely different people!!Peace Be Upon You People Of The Whole Earth!!!With love from Russia

[@t4texastomjohnnycat978]

THE top guitar instrumental group ever. R.I.P. - HOWIE JOHNSON - drums R.I.P. - BOB BOGLE- lead & rythym guitar

[@francinewilson3798]

Love this instrumental song!!~~Walk Don't run!!!~~~Great sound!!! Lets dance!