Originally Posted By: beatmaster
Sorry for the loss of your friend Don, I haven't heard of the ventures or Nokie Edwards until now ,but I had a look at the video you posted.

I'm a big Buddy Holly fan And honestly that was a Brilliant version of it doesn't matter anymore, A real talented guy.

I'm going to google what I can on this guy/GROUP.

Any pointers welcome.

Need to hear and see more if I can, Really enjoyed that.

Beatmaster,

Unfortunately, Nokie's Buddy Holly album didn't make it and, now, it never will.

Finding Ventures or Nokie's music shouldn't be very difficult. They released over 40 albums over their long career, both as a group, and his long solo career. There are a lot of him playing with Thom Bresh ( Merle Travis' son ) on YouTube. Search "I'll See You In My Dreams" which was Merle's theme for many years. Nokie and Thom do a wonderful rendition. Then just follow the links in the the sidebar.

The Ventures were the Surf sound of the 50s through 80s.

Welcome to the formulatitive sounds of my youth.

Enjoy!

Nokie and Thom: https://youtu.be/h6_9nuX0X2Q

Just follow the links to a dozen more.

Donny

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