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 ...

Nokie Edwards, whose virtuosic electric guitar playing helped define the surf-rock style of the Ventures, the immensely popular instrumental band that rose to prominence in the 1960s, died Monday in ...

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Nokie Edwards, a guitarist and bassist for surf rock pioneers The Ventures and a member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, has died at the age of 82, the band's manager said on ...

The Ventures were a 1960s surf-rock group. The band's hits included "Walk, Don't Run" and the theme song for "Hawaii Five-O." They were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2008. Guitarist ...

Don Wilson, the last surviving founder and guitarist of pioneering surf-rock group The Ventures, has died at 88, his representative confirmed to USA TODAY. "Don was an inspiration and mentor. He was a ...

"It means so much to me that my kids made this," former Ventures guitarist Don Wilson, 87, tells PEOPLE Scott Huver is a writer-reporter at PEOPLE. He has been writing about entertainment, celebrity, ...

Guitar quartet instrumentalists -- not strictly surf -- The Ventures are introduced by John Fogerty. Their iconic rock backbeat instrumental sound, led by Nokie Edwards lead guitar is timeless. 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 ...

Guitarist Don Wilson has died at the age of 88. He co-founded the 1960s surf-rock group known as The Ventures. RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: At age 24, Wilson met Bob Bogle in Tacoma, Wash. They started ...