The band’s hits included “Walk, Don’t Run,” and the theme song for “Hawaii Five-O.”
“Our dad was an amazing rhythm guitar player who touched people all over [the] world with his band, The Ventures,” son Tim Wilson said in a statement. “He will have his place in history forever and was much loved and appreciated. He will be missed.”The Ventures had 14 singles in the Billboard Hot 100. With over 100 million records sold, the Ventures are the best-selling instrumental band of all time.
“They were just really cheap guitars,” Wilson once recalled. “They didn’t stay in tune very well. But we wanted to learn.” By the next year, they had formed the Ventures, adding Nokie Edwards on bass guitar and Howie Johnson on drums. Johnson broke his neck in a car wreck in 1961 and died in 1988. Skip Moore played drums on “Walk Don’t Run,” and Mel Taylor took take over on drums and rounded out the classic lineup, with Edwards on lead guitar, in 1962.
The band continued to perform through numerous lineup changes, but Wilson was the one constant throughout. He didn't miss a tour until his retirement in 2015, according to the family’s statement.
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Don Wilson, Guitarist & Co-Founder of The Ventures, Dies at 88The band’s hits included ‘Walk, Don’t Run,’ and the theme song for ‘Hawaii Five-O.’
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Don Wilson, guitarist with The Ventures, dies at 88Don Wilson, co-founder and rhythm guitarist of the instrumental guitar band The Ventures, has died. Wilson died Saturday in Tacoma of natural causes, surrounded by his four children, The News Tribune reported. “Our dad was an amazing rhythm guitar player who touched people all over world with his band, The Ventures,” son Tim Wilson said in a statement.
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