The Ventures - "Walk, Don't Run" & "Hawaii Five-O" (1988) - MDA Telethon 

That's my cousin on the left. Bob Bogle, worked in the cement business with him when we were young..great guy..he always said he was gonna,be famous. He made it.

Young people make note - these are what real musicians sound like.

What a masterful rhythm player Don was. He’ll be missed each and every single day.

元気な頃のメンバーに会えて嬉しい🎵😍🎵 ベンチャーズは永遠です🤗 ありがとう😉👍🎶

1月22日にベンチャーズ最後のオリジナルメンバーのドンさんがなくなりました。こちらの動画を見てたら涙が.....。今頃天国で演奏してますね、無論ノーキーも一緒に🎸。

Best Surf Rock Band in History 🎸

ドンさんが亡くなりました。これでオリジナルメンバーが居なくなりました。私の中でベンチャーズは終わってしまいました。ドンウイルソン、ジェリーマギー、ボブボーグル、メルテーラー、ノーキーエドワース。この方達が私は大好きでした。長い間私達に素敵なサウンドをありがとうございました。天国でも素敵なサウンドを奏でていると思います。サヨウナラそしてありがとうございました。

私にはこの4人のメンバーがベストです。親しみやすくて大好きです。

They managed to keep the 50s /60s sound through the years....Bravo!

Mel Taylor was one of the best drummers ever, taken before his time, Mel Taylor is the reason i learn't to play the drums, RIP Me and the rest of the band outstanding band

I grew up as a teenager with the Ventures, I can still play Walk Don't Run today and i'm 79. What a fun band.

From Japan. R.I.P. Don Wilson. 彼等には色々学びました。ありがとうございました。

Those were great days. I have been a fan since their first tune.

Brilliant musicians ....thank you for the great music 🎶 🎵 ❤

The greatest group of 60 -70 ees till now we love them ,god bless.

These guys were simply great. And doing "Hawaii Five-O" without the orchestration. Awesome!

This band is so good. You don't need lyrics.

I saw them live around the time this was filmed. After the show they all stayed around for anyone who wanted to chat or have an album signed. All were very friendly. I got to talk with Gerry and Don for some time. They truly seemed to still love what they were doing!

😲Dig the Greatest! Mel Taylor famous Drummer! He carries the Band! Mel Rocked! RIP 🙏

where does the time go? 1988 truly seems like yesterday in many ways. Much better times....at least, in the U.S.

Bob had such a chill stage presence, always kind of half-smiling/half-grinning, eyes scanning around the audience, while just absolutely shredding on that bass! great player. and Don's aggressive strumming and happy go lucky attitude was a wonderful foil. RIP to a pair of surf legends!

Beautiful melodies so well performed. They bring to me so many remembrances of the past.

These guys are talented perfection guitarists and their drummer the best ever I think from the Surf music instrumental era of the 1960's. Those guitars talk and no need for vocalists. Pure magic you can close your eyes and see the Surfers riding those Waves in Waikiki with Diamondhead to the South and the Sun going down in the West from the Royal Hawaiian Hotel on the Beachfront.

Thank you U Tube, I lstn to a lot of this music before bedtime and I gi to sleep happy, I love it!

Love it!!! I love that raw guitar sound without all the distortion. Truly amazing!

GREAT to see an actual LIVE version! With Don Wilson on rhythm playing a Jazzmaster (probably not the original kind of guitar used on this track), and the original lead player, Bob Bogle, playing bass! Cooks! I still play this one when I am well enough!

Always my Idols forever.

They started my guitar playing dreaming at age 10.

Very cool

One of the first songs I learned to play on electric. I had their album "Play Guitar with the Ventures".

this plays in my head whenever i am on the water, also when not on water

All Ventures, Great

Preciosas melodías que me traen tantos recuerdos de mi adolescencia una y de mi vida de adulto joven la otra. Muy bien interpretadas con esa maestría de The Ventures.

A1 drummer, two great selections by the ventures, I like how their shirts match their guitars which bring out the colours

Don was an incredible rhythm guitarist. Crazy good.

Thank you for this video! It's wonderful to see how the drummer interplays with the guitarists. I shall use this as a reference video for my next song.

Great , often imitated never duplicated.

I love seeing a Fender bass played with a pick

Nice music, thanks!

Great musicians! 👍 💖

Watching this video of my childhood heroes, I saw an amplifier that I have and I have never seen one being used on film ever before. It’s that Peavey bass amp head.. i’m not sure, mine is called the BAM ..It has all the built in standard effects like echo reverb phase Flanger Delay, cabinet simulation, amplifier simulation, instead of numbers, it has LEDs that light up as you rotate The controls.. because of the ventures, in 1966 I bought myself a 1959 fender jazz master in a pawnshop for $175 I earned cutting grass, shoveling snow, doing chores for my mom , Setting bowling pins when I was 14. The finish on that Jazz Master was beat up like Stevie Ray Vaughan‘s guitar, not quite that bad. The back of the neck finish was completely worn off the full length of the neck. The headstock had cigarette burns on it, the brown case was a little beat up.. I kept that guitar 51 years. That was my guitar when I was playing in bands and smoky bars getting home at 4 AM smelling like an ashtray. I got tired of getting home that late two and three nights a week and then having to go to my day job at 7 AM sometimes so I quit playing out in the late 90s.. when I saw how much those guitars were selling for on eBay around 2016 or 17, I put it on eBay. Within two hours I got a question, what would I take for it right now?.. I thought he was a tire kicker so I threw a ridiculous I mean stupid high number at him.. five minutes later I got one word response from him..”SOLD” 1959 fender jazz master that I had for 51 years is now in Moscow Russia. The guitar player plays in a surf band and he had to have a guitar from the era of the Venture‘s to get that sound. He said he could not get that sound out of the replicas or the new JazzMasters. he sent me an email after he got to guitar and he was thrilled. Meanwhile, I was suffering from sellers remorse. I felt like I sold my dog. I sold my history. So I went out and bought another jazzmaster.. A Squier vintage replica or something like that I don’t know the exact name but it was made in Indonesia. To tell you the truth, feels like a better guitar.. I went out and bought my wife a brand new car with the money I got for my 59 jazz master

I dont beleive this not a single peddle in sight awsome 😅

Learned to play bass to this stuff

So good

Alright! Ride the wild surf the the surf beat!

サイドギター🎸のこのきざみがたまりません。

hola amigos, que buenas canciones, aqui en Peru tenemos a Los Belkings, los Doltons, entre otros de la temporada. Son muy buenos, saludos.

They were the best

Nokia Edward's, lead guitar will always be missed. Good Ole oklahoma boy too.

I love Ventures🎸

They did this 2 years after my son was born.😊

don,thanks.bye. you stay in my mind forever.

Love love love 💕💕 it 🤩💓

Мы в Созе тоже слушали этих ребят. Класс!!!

I love the Ventures! Phenomenal musicians! Yes, even the DRUMMER is a musician! LOL

Bello tema musical magnifi merci

１９８８年当時に、こんな素っ裸な演奏は凄すぎ。

Like ccr, timeless

El de la batería es un crack 🙌

Fun, Classic tunes... & Book em Dano! 🙂😉🎶⚡💟🍁🐢🌊👍✌️

Insuperable

They need to bring back the MDA telethon not sure who would replace Jerry and Ed but I'm sure someone could make it work

Fantastic 你是不是觉得🎸🎸🎼

Sadly all the "main" Ventures are gone now Mel Taylor in 1996 or 97 Bob Bogle in 09 Gerry McGee in 2017 (I think) Nokie Edwards in 2018 or 2019 Now Don Wilson in 2022

此処にいるメンバーはもう亡くなってるんだよね。 ベンチャーズ今まで沢山の音楽を有り難う!

An Institution. So many pro’s know this to a tee.This was for charity. When musicians give there all, even with a stand in understudy pressed into service.

Book 'em Danno !

ай, хорошо!))

ドラムとリズムギターが主張しているのが新鮮です。😘

They probably already commented this but, the rythm guitar is way louder than the lead guitar

Book'em Dano!

Max Weinberg what a great drummer

Reminds me of telstar.

👍👍👍👍👍

Carol.kaye. played.bass.on.the.original. Tv.theme.i.have.it

"We're going to do Hawaii Five-O with three musicians and one drummer"? Wha? I guess in the 60's drummers were not musicians. And the tempo on H5O started fast and slowed when the guitars started. Sped up again during the drum solo. Now I know what what he meant.

"Three musicians and a drummer" Hahahaaa! Wonder if this was an intentional joke.

Do guys this good ever miss a chord?

Turn up the gain on the lead guitar. It barely rises above the mix. I love their music though.

I think the Hawaii Five-O theme is just fine without the orchestra.

アメリカで上等なカラオケにジェリーがクールに決めてるって感じです❤

These guys were great. I think Howie’s son is the only one left.

You can clearly see here that the Ventures took full opportunity to wear their white pants one last time before Labor Day passed.

Quite the rhythm player...would've been nice to have heard the lead...

3 musicians and 1 drummer 😂

😆😅😄✌️✌️✌️👍👍👍🥰♥️

Hail Tacoma!

Correction no max Weinberg,sorry

Makes me think of Dire Straights and Knopfler.

This sounded great, but Nokie was on another level so this performance comes up a bit short without him.

FIVE oh ロケ地巡りに行ったなぁ 出雲大社の分祠があったのに驚いた

Just doesn’t sound the same without Nokie

私のハーレーダビッドソンの誕生日です(*´д`*)ﾊｧﾊｧ

The Mosrite Guitars sounded better for this song than the Fender guitars. Also liked when Bob played the lead on this. Noki played the lead at one time but, he used a bit more technical fill in between the notes. Bottom line: Bob did it just right and the way he used the tremolo bar.

Gerry is seldom loud enough.

Brings back memories for sure. But what did he say? Three musicians and a drummer. hmmmm

Rhythm gutar doesn't sound right, l think it's turned down to low

Love these guys. Here's a challenge for you. Only one of these guys appears to be without a hair piece. Can you guess which one?

what no hula girls?

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