RIP Nokie Edwards

Nokie Edwards, gitarist van The Ventures, is overleden. Jarenlang hielp de gitaarvirtuoos zijn band om het subgenre surfrock te vestigen. Hij werd 82 jaar.

"Nokie Edwards passed away today after several months battling an infection after hip surgery this past December," is te lezen op de website van de band. "The Ventures family feels this loss very deeply: Nokie has been part of the Ventures' history for almost six decades and helped to shape the early Ventures' sound and the success of their career."

The Ventures werden vooral bekend door hun instrumentale hit Walk Don't Run. Ze wisten ook drie gouden platen te scoren: 'The Ventures Play Telstar and the Lonely Bull', 'Golden Greats' and 'Hawaii Five-O'.