Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. TACOMA, Wash. (AP) — Don Wilson, co-founder and rhythm guitarist of the instrumental guitar band The Ventures, has died. He was 88 ...

"It means so much to me that my kids made this," former Ventures guitarist Don Wilson, 87, tells PEOPLE The pioneering surf-rock band The Ventures have been an iconic presence in music and pop culture ...

The co-founder and rhythm guitarist for the band died peacefully in Tacoma, Washington early in the morning on Saturday (January 22). He died of natural causes, his son, Tim Wilson, confirmed. To many ...

Nokie Edwards, whose guitar playing in the Ventures helped define surf rock and earned the group a place in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, died on Monday. He was 82 years old. “Nokie Edwards passed ...

Nowadays, very few instrumental records are successful, but during the late Fifties and early Sixties there was a large following for instrumental groups. At first, they tended to feature saxophones ...

Don Wilson, co-founder and rhythm guitarist of the instrumental guitar band The Ventures, has died.He was 88.Wilson died Saturday in Tacoma of natural causes, surrounded by his four children, The News ...

Don Wilson, co-founder and rhythm guitarist of the instrumental guitar band The Ventures, has died. He was 88. Wilson died Saturday in Tacoma of natural causes, surrounded by his four children, The ...

Wilson died Saturday in Tacoma of natural causes, surrounded by his four children, The News Tribune reported. The band's hits included "Walk, Don't Run," and the theme song for "Hawaii Five-O." They ...