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Post by twang46 on Jun 15, 2009 17:11:16 GMT
Just heard that Bob Bogle (Ventures) has died from a form of cancer aged 75.
Always a sad day when one of the "originals" has left the stage for the last time
Dick
R.I.P. Bob Bogle
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Post by Charlie Hall on Jun 15, 2009 18:05:37 GMT
Sorry to hear this news but thanks for reporting it. The Ventures were one of my favourite instrumental bands as far as their earlier album releases are concerned. Regards, Charlie
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Post by abstamaria on Jun 16, 2009 3:24:00 GMT
This may sem strange to Shadows fans, but in the Philippines in the 1960s the Ventures were far more popular than the Shadows. This was largely because the Ventures pieces were more "danceable" and perhaps also because U.S. culture was more accessible then (before the British invasion).
The piece that I liked first and which is responsible for the fact that I am playing guitar now is "Walk Don't Run." Bogle played lead on that, as well as the other hits that followed, Bulldog and, I believe, Blue Moon and Perfidia. He was very quickly replaced by Nokie Edwards, a very accomplished"country" guitarist, but I think it was the simplicity of the Bogle hits that attracted many, including me, to the Ventures sound. No riffs and trills.
Eventually, most of us drifted to the clean and beckoning sound of the Shadows. Unlike the Ventures, the style of the Shadows evolved but remained distinct; the family resemblance remained. The Ventures sound in later years, with Bob Magee on thelead, using a thumb pick and no tremolo bar, was so different from the sound of the Bogle years. I still like the early Ventures pieces and try to play them - they require different guitars, different amps, and a different attitude!
As I said, Walk Don't Run and Bob Bogle showed me the way, so thank you Bob, thank you for the music. Rest in peace.
Andy Manila
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Post by Len on Jun 16, 2009 11:01:13 GMT
In Australia during the mid-sixties, you either liked the Shadows or preferred the Ventures. You were either in one camp or the other. That is the polarised way we looked at this as kids. I wouldn't want revive any of that, especially at this time, but obviously the Ventures were a huge formative influence for guitarists and other instrumentalists around the world. Bob's death may represent the end of an era in a sense.
Len
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Post by olemuso on Jun 16, 2009 21:20:00 GMT
The first guitar instrumental I tried to learn was The Shadows - Apache, the next was The Ventures - Walk Don`t Run. I still prefer the Ventures version of this tune. R.I.P. Bob - thanks for the music
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Post by john44 on Jun 27, 2009 11:04:38 GMT
Hi dick Thanks for letting us know about Bob Bogle I liked the early ventures sound the attraction to me was the driving rythme Walk dont run ,perfida , blue moon however it was a bit repitiious and unlike the shadows the sound did not develop and they did very few originals . In the good old days we used to do our shadows numbers and and the ventures three hitsThe last album i got was the Ventures knock me out which had instrumentals of pretty woman,I feel fin, love potion number nine, and a rocking version of slaughter on tenth ave this resorded version is one of my favourite instrumentals but they never could capture this sound live and some of the utube clips of this are very poor. I have come to appreciate Nokie edwards after seeing some of his videos on u tube. Bob Bogle provided a simple guitar sound and like like Hank attracted many of to pick up the guitar and opened up a lot things in life that we would have missed if not for their inspiration . Its sad to see people like Bob pass away but like all of us from that generation we are getting old to Cheers john44
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