Met Nookie sometime ago at a concert- he was a guest player. His demeanor was just like the video. At one point in Japan music ratings, according to a friend (and 60's star who toured in Japan) the Ventures were charted #1, Hamilton, Joe Frank and Reynolds #2 and The Beatles # 3. RIP Nookie and Joe Chambers.😢😢
"Walk Don\t Run," "by The Ventures." Listened to it at 15, still listening to it 50yrs. later. Even though boomers like myself have gotten old., the music from bands like "The Ventures" hasn't. Great interview!
I jammed with Nokie Edwards at a guitar show. This was back in the 1980s, and Semie Mosley was there. Mosley was on a stage selling what I believe were reissues of Mosrite guitars! I got to talk to Mosley, which was a thrill! Edwards was there as a famous endorser of the Mosrite brand. I can't remember exactly what Tunes we jammed on though.
The one guitar player you would automatically associate with Reverb did'nt actually use any...just a pure clean unique tone and a Ton of skill, thanks!
As a teen, I learned drums by playing along with The Ventures. I then switched to guitar. By chance, I met Nokie in 2010. He was a great player and a real gentleman as comes thru in this interview. I miss him as a friend to this day.
Joe you are doing the world a very good service. Locking in the history of these incredible people is really important. Documenting it for future generations. I love it. thank you.
I started interest in guitar just before Walk Don't Run was released. I spent all my chore money on a new Fender Jazzmaster and learned this song under the bedsheets late at night with no amp because my old man hated rock and roll. I still play it and love the Ventures for their contribution to our history.
As usual Joe that was an amazing interview. All of those "self taught" guitarist are great players because they have that innate/inborn musical ability. Nokie was certainly one of the best & the Ventures were a big part of early Rock & Roll. Thanks for the video! 👍👍😉😉
In my opinion, as far as great, no- mega-effects-can't-read-music ( who does these days), guitarists, Nokie Edwards was the smoothest cat to ever run a guitar neck. He could play ANYTHING-and make it look easy. Great guy, great player, definitely deserves his Hall of Fame nod. He and Glen Campbell playing together would have been heaven on Earth for me. Love this guy. Oh, and he's also a First Nation human being like myself.
The Ventures are Don Wilson, Nokie Edwards, Bob Bogle, and Mel Taylor to me!! The classic lineup. My first guitar teachers!! I used to pretend to play with a tennis racket before I had a guitar!!
Thank you for uploading this interview with Nokie Edwards! Interesting that he did not say much about pedals. He was the first to use a purpose built fuzz pedal in 1962, as well as the first compressor pedal used for the 'The Ventures in space' album, recorded in late 1963. Both pedals were designed and made by Orville 'Red' Rhodes.
Thank you for backing up my thoughts on that issue...Nokie seemed almost offended by Joe asking him about pedal effects!,,,but it is clear that he used a few.
I remember Mom getting me a Ventires album when I was a little kid and said, "if you're gonna play that thing, listen to this." When I was 15 she brought home BB King, Live at Cook County and said the same thing. :)
Awesome as always! Great interview. I've been playing guitar a long time-- Allman Bros, Page, Beck, Santana are among favorites. For whatever reason ... Nokie's playing is the most challenging for me to emulate. Love his tone & fluid playing.
Thanks Stephen..... Nokie was very soft spoken.... not a bragger at all. He was good person also. It’s always more fun to know when you meet someone you’re a musical fan of they’re also a good person. Thanks for watching... Joe
@@MusiciansHallofFameMuseum Thank you for your response, Joe. I just recently discovered your TH-cam channel and love it. Is there a resource where we can learn more about you? Are you a musician? Journalist? Sorry if too many questions. I'm just inspired by your excellent storytelling. ; ) Hope to make it to Nashville for the first time soon. I plan on recording a song or two at Larry Beaird's studio. I discovered Kim Parent's beautiful voice on Larry's website. Hope to have her sing on one of my songs. I'll definitely time it so I can see the Musicians Hall of Fame. Looks great! Thank you again and keep the awesome content coming. With appreciation, Stephen.
Hi Stephen.... no.... I’m not a journalist. I played guitar in a band from 14 years old until I was 26 like many boomers who dreamed of being in a hit rock/R&B band. That lead to moving to Nashville and mostly writing country songs.. yes I had some success. Also I started and ran a small chain of guitar shops for almost 30 years lastly founding the Musicians Hall of Fame and Museum which lead to filming these interviews... Best... Joe
What a coup, amazes me that listening to your archive how young these guys were when they became big time players. As always so humble. Can't wait for your future videos. Excellent job and contribution to our enjoyment and the enrichment of our musical experience pleasure. Huge thnx and appreciation as always
I bought all the play along with the ventures at sears. Who would have know that so many years later I would become very good friends. Played bass with him on many occasions.
Another great one Joe! Thank you! I saw Nokie play bass with The Ventures at Billboard Live in Tokyo, in 2008 or 2009. Great show. Unfortunately, Nokie sat during the entire performance. Just great though! The string story is very cool. I haven't been able to confirm it, but as far as I know, the first two to use the method of coming up with lighter string sets that Nokie mentioned were Chips Moman and James Burton. According to Steve Cropper, Chips Moman told him about using a second B string for the G so he could bend it. James Burton did the same thing, and then did what Nokie described. Somehow it caught on. Ernie Ball was probably the first to offer standardized gauges in the U.S. and (probably) Rotosound in the. U.K. Most string makers at the time offered "light" "medium" and "heavy", with a .012 or .013 high E sting as standard. Fender had gauged sets from the early mid '60s with a "Rock" set: .010-.038. (What were they thinking?) By the late '60s and definitely by the early '70s, Gibson had a wider variety of string sets than any other makers. I remember reading Jimmy Page saying that when he first came to America with The Yardbirds, he discovered Ernie Ball's Slinky strings; bought a few sets and never looked back. How this influenced guitar tone and pickup design, is still felt today. Thank you again!
Just great Joe! The first song our first band played to an audience was..."walk dont run" great memories...thanks Joe!...and by the way..Great questions you asked Nokie..now we know his set up..lol
Another great interview Joe. Thanks so much for sharing. I was a self taught musician too and still have one of the “Play Guitar With The Ventures” that I bought used in a record store back in the 70’s. Stay safe.
Thats great. Nokie and Judy became friends after this interview. I wish he would’ve had a guitar he used with the Ventures to make him a exhibit. He did give me a stage suit. Great guy as you said.... thanks again... Joe
@@MusiciansHallofFameMuseum He was wonderful. One time my Mom and he came to one of my first and humble gigs at the bowling alley in Tacoma and he got up and played House of the Rising Sun with me. My keyboard player and I still laugh he instantly tuned the guitar players guitar before he played. All these years later we still love that. My Mom painted the drumhead for a band he was in the late 60s with other local people he has always done his own separate projects. We have a beautiful musical bone in Tacoma. I heard him play from my babyhood and naturally knew what a great guitar player should sound like and how they should carry themselves. . I know it would have been so so sweet to have a Ventures guitar for the exhibit. We knew the Ventures early on too. They recorded on the Dalton Record Label , and Don Wilsons Mom Josie who did so much for them in their beginnings helped found that. I knew that label before I could read. my Mom called Perfidia as a hit and I could say Perfidia when I was two, before it was released. Lol thanks for letting me share Joe ❤️
Saw them a grip of times in the 90s in LA. Got a few picks from Don in my collection. Red white blue confetti with band logo. Coolest string stealing story ever. I want a Moserite.
Got one of Nokies thumb picks at a show in 2010. His wife was handing them out at autograph table after the show. Sadly Nokie was up in age at the show but sure could play. My dad had an album from his day in garage band and my brother and I learned to play bass and guitar from it.
Michelle, thank you for your kind words and support for the channel- it would have meant so much to my dad Joe. Hope you can visit the museum sometime. Best, Britt
Hi 707..... Nokie was a really good guy. He and his wife Judy became good friends. I really wanted to make him a cool exhibit in the museum but he didn’t have any of his Ventures instruments anymore. Thanks again for watching...Joe
Chet Atkins knew far more than he let on. In fact, I would say he had a thorough understanding of reading and theory (based on all the material/interviews concerning Chet I've read over the years). but I digress.....Nokie was a great player too! Great interview. 👍👍 Hilarious when you pointed out about him having to play bass and switch to guitar (as in it being tough). He just giggled a devilish laugh like "that's why I'm Nokie Edwards and you are not." lol Seemed like a great guy.
Isn't their first hit or release, "Walk don't run", played by Bob (as the lead guitar), right? Actually many hits of their early days were played by Bob (as the lead guitar), I think, just from the way those songs were played - less "driving" , freedom, and expansion. Nokie brought this attribute to Ventures, I think. Dynamic and exploding.
This is great! I found out a ton of cool stuff about Nokie and all the Ventures, (and some, not so cool) in a book I found on amazon..Walk Don't Run, The Story of the Ventures
What a Great interview. 👍A piece of Walk Don’t Run, instead of the $25, studio fee . Hindsight huh? 🤬 What a influential guitarist Mr Edwards was, that Japan story was great. 😎
Nokie semed to be not in good health here...his breathing was shallow, and he seemed a little uncomfortable...also, his answers were sometimes too brief!...as for his use of pedals...quite a few of his mid-sixties albums feature use of pedals, yet he insisted that he did not use them! Whatever...just listen to their version of Slaughter on 10th Avenue....it is on an album called The Ventures Knock Mr out!...very powerful sounds!...and my buddies and I always referred to that album--that,as usual, had a sexy blonde girl on the cover, looking stimulated--as The Ventures Knock Me Up!...lol....the Ventures themselves, were a few years older than most sixties acts, and they did not really get into the long-haired look...they looked like greasers from the 50s, but dressed up a little!...Nokie failed to mention, that they basically established themselves in Tacoma, Washington...a few years later, Tacoma produced several regionally successful groups, like the Wailers, The Sonics, Little Bill and the BlueNotes, etc...all of those groups paid homage to the talents of The Ventures!
He mentioned living in Oregon now, as an older man...but The Ventures actually got their serious start in Tacoma, even playing Country music before making the switch to contemporary Rock and Roll.....and while they did not invent surf music, they certainly did a great job covering some of that genre!
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How wonderful to come from a family whose parents both played guitars.
R.I.P. Nokie. The surf sound you and your band mates created will never grow old.
Met Nookie sometime ago at a concert- he was a guest player. His demeanor was just like the video. At one point in Japan music ratings, according to a friend (and 60's star who toured in Japan) the Ventures were charted #1, Hamilton, Joe Frank and Reynolds #2 and The Beatles # 3. RIP Nookie and Joe Chambers.😢😢
"Walk Don\t Run," "by The Ventures." Listened to it at 15, still listening to it 50yrs. later. Even though boomers like myself have gotten old., the music from bands like "The Ventures" hasn't. Great interview!
I am glad he mentioned Mosrite. I have one of these guitars. 1965 Mosrite MK I, sunburst model. I wonder why he did not say more about these guitars.
He had his own model he was selling maybe. Thanks again..Joe
I jammed with Nokie Edwards at a guitar show. This was back in the 1980s, and Semie Mosley was there. Mosley was on a stage selling what I believe were reissues of Mosrite guitars! I got to talk to Mosley, which was a thrill! Edwards was there as a famous endorser of the Mosrite brand. I can't remember exactly what Tunes we jammed on though.
The one guitar player you would automatically associate with Reverb did'nt actually use any...just a pure clean unique tone and a Ton of skill, thanks!
As a teen, I learned drums by playing along with The Ventures. I then switched to guitar. By chance, I met Nokie in 2010. He was a great player and a real gentleman as comes thru in this interview. I miss him as a friend to this day.
I started on drums the same way and never switched. I still have the albums and my 1964 Slingerland drums.
The Ventures, my instrumental group since 1964!
This man was a GOD on the guitar!!!!!!
Joe you are doing the world a very good service. Locking in the history of these incredible people is really important. Documenting it for future generations. I love it. thank you.
Thank you too Joe.... Best.... Joe
I started interest in guitar just before Walk Don't Run was released. I spent all my chore money on a new Fender Jazzmaster and learned this song under the bedsheets late at night with no amp because my old man hated rock and roll. I still play it and love the Ventures for their contribution to our history.
I love Nokie's playing. Great stuff
Thanks Thing....Yes... Nokie was great....Joe
What a wonderful human being he was, and such a great guitar stylist. My number 1 favorite guitar player.
Brilliant interview , thanks ! 👍
Nokie is one my early influences as a guitarist. He was amazing. Thank you :)
Another slice of music history preserved by the MHF 🎸👍🏻
that story about yamaha was interesting
As usual Joe that was an amazing interview. All of those "self taught" guitarist are great players because they have that innate/inborn musical ability. Nokie was certainly one of the best & the Ventures were a big part of early Rock & Roll. Thanks for the video! 👍👍😉😉
In my opinion, as far as great, no- mega-effects-can't-read-music ( who does these days), guitarists, Nokie Edwards was the smoothest cat to ever run a guitar neck. He could play ANYTHING-and make it look easy. Great guy, great player, definitely deserves his Hall of Fame nod. He and Glen Campbell playing together would have been heaven on Earth for me. Love this guy. Oh, and he's also a First Nation human being like myself.
The Ventures are Don Wilson, Nokie Edwards, Bob Bogle, and Mel Taylor to me!! The classic lineup. My first guitar teachers!! I used to pretend to play with a tennis racket before I had a guitar!!
My mom knew Howie Johnston, we used to go over to their house and check out his drums.
Thank you for uploading this interview with Nokie Edwards! Interesting that he did not say much about pedals. He was the first to use a purpose built fuzz pedal in 1962, as well as the first compressor pedal used for the 'The Ventures in space' album, recorded in late 1963. Both pedals were designed and made by Orville 'Red' Rhodes.
Thank you for backing up my thoughts on that issue...Nokie seemed almost offended by Joe asking him about pedal effects!,,,but it is clear that he used a few.
I remember Mom getting me a Ventires album when I was a little kid and said, "if you're gonna play that thing, listen to this." When I was 15 she brought home BB King, Live at Cook County and said the same thing. :)
I never knew Nokie was an Okie. Thanks Joe>
Stan
Awesome as always! Great interview. I've been playing guitar a long time-- Allman Bros, Page, Beck, Santana are among favorites. For whatever reason ... Nokie's playing is the most challenging for me to emulate. Love his tone & fluid playing.
Thanks Stephen..... Nokie was very soft spoken.... not a bragger at all. He was good person also. It’s always more fun to know when you meet someone you’re a musical fan of they’re also a good person. Thanks for watching... Joe
@@MusiciansHallofFameMuseum Thank you for your response, Joe. I just recently discovered your TH-cam channel and love it. Is there a resource where we can learn more about you? Are you a musician? Journalist? Sorry if too many questions. I'm just inspired by your excellent storytelling. ; )
Hope to make it to Nashville for the first time soon. I plan on recording a song or two at Larry Beaird's studio. I discovered Kim Parent's beautiful voice on Larry's website. Hope to have her sing on one of my songs. I'll definitely time it so I can see the Musicians Hall of Fame. Looks great!
Thank you again and keep the awesome content coming. With appreciation, Stephen.
Hi Stephen.... no.... I’m not a journalist. I played guitar in a band from 14 years old until I was 26 like many boomers who dreamed of being in a hit rock/R&B band. That lead to moving to Nashville and mostly writing country songs.. yes I had some success. Also I started and ran a small chain of guitar shops for almost 30 years lastly founding the Musicians Hall of Fame and Museum which lead to filming these interviews... Best... Joe
Love these videos Joe. There's always some hidden Gems in everyone. Thanks Man! PJ
Thanks Phil.. Joe
Yes...thanks Joe, for asking great questions, and then letting the subject of the interview do the talking!...Too many interviewers do the opposite!
What a coup, amazes me that listening to your archive how young these guys were when they became big time players. As always so humble. Can't wait for your future videos. Excellent job and contribution to our enjoyment and the enrichment of our musical experience pleasure. Huge thnx and appreciation as always
Learn to Play Guitar With the Ventures. 56 years ago, never looked back, made a decent living playing guitar. Thanks Nokie! You too Joe!
My late brother was a fine guitar player, he picked it up in 1964 after seeing the Beatles on TV...but his early guitar heroes were the Ventures!
I bought all the play along with the ventures at sears. Who would have know that so many years later I would become very good friends. Played bass with him on many occasions.
Another great one Joe! Thank you!
I saw Nokie play bass with The Ventures at Billboard Live in Tokyo, in 2008 or 2009. Great show. Unfortunately, Nokie sat during the entire performance. Just great though!
The string story is very cool. I haven't been able to confirm it, but as far as I know, the first two to use the method of coming up with lighter string sets that Nokie mentioned were Chips Moman and James Burton. According to Steve Cropper, Chips Moman told him about using a second B string for the G so he could bend it. James Burton did the same thing, and then did what Nokie described. Somehow it caught on. Ernie Ball was probably the first to offer standardized gauges in the U.S. and (probably) Rotosound in the. U.K. Most string makers at the time offered "light" "medium" and "heavy", with a .012 or .013 high E sting as standard. Fender had gauged sets from the early mid '60s with a "Rock" set: .010-.038. (What were they thinking?) By the late '60s and definitely by the early '70s, Gibson had a wider variety of string sets than any other makers. I remember reading Jimmy Page saying that when he first came to America with The Yardbirds, he discovered Ernie Ball's Slinky strings; bought a few sets and never looked back. How this influenced guitar tone and pickup design, is still felt today.
Thank you again!
Just great Joe! The first song our first band played to an audience was..."walk dont run" great memories...thanks Joe!...and by the way..Great questions you asked Nokie..now we know his set up..lol
Another great interview Joe. Thanks so much for sharing. I was a self taught musician too and still have one of the “Play Guitar With The Ventures” that I bought used in a record store back in the 70’s. Stay safe.
Thanks Joe... that’s cool...... Best..... Joe
Awesome interview, Nokie believes in kiss, keep it simple stupid! And, what a successful career he’s had! Thanks, Joe!💫
❤️ Joe Nokie was a family friend, my Mom and Nokie were friends since they were teenagers. He was a Prince of a man
Thats great. Nokie and Judy became friends after this interview. I wish he would’ve had a guitar he used with the Ventures to make him a exhibit. He did give me a stage suit. Great guy as you said.... thanks again... Joe
@@MusiciansHallofFameMuseum He was wonderful. One time my Mom and he came to one of my first and humble gigs at the bowling alley in Tacoma and he got up and played House of the Rising Sun with me. My keyboard player and I still laugh he instantly tuned the guitar players guitar before he played. All these years later we still love that. My Mom painted the drumhead for a band he was in the late 60s with other local people he has always done his own separate projects. We have a beautiful musical bone in Tacoma. I heard him play from my babyhood and naturally knew what a great guitar player should sound like and how they should carry themselves. . I know it would have been so so sweet to have a Ventures guitar for the exhibit. We knew the Ventures early on too. They recorded on the Dalton Record Label , and Don Wilsons Mom Josie who did so much for them in their beginnings helped found that. I knew that label before I could read. my Mom called Perfidia as a hit and I could say Perfidia when I was two, before it was released. Lol thanks for letting me share Joe ❤️
I did buy Don’s 1967 Fender Jazzmaster from the Ventures. Thanks again for sharing your memories... Best, Joe
Saw them a grip of times in the 90s in LA. Got a few picks from Don in my collection. Red white blue confetti with band logo. Coolest string stealing story ever. I want a Moserite.
Got one of Nokies thumb picks at a show in 2010. His wife was handing them out at autograph table after the show. Sadly Nokie was up in age at the show but sure could play. My dad had an album from his day in garage band and my brother and I learned to play bass and guitar from it.
@@1963pbass i love the stories on this channel and comment section Respect... I have a good chunk of a pick collection
This man is dear to my heart,
❤rest in peace Nokie. You are loved. You are missed
The single most important musician of the 60s.
Um....your opinion...how about Hendrix, Dylan, etc.
Very nice man & you got to interview Thanks for sharing history (timeless) Many great musicians came from OK
GREAT!!
Outstanding! Thanks for posting that up
Michelle, thank you for your kind words and support for the channel- it would have meant so much to my dad Joe.
Hope you can visit the museum sometime.
Best,
Britt
Great interview! Thank you.
Love these vids. So much knowledge and experience. Stella guitar started so many movements.
Joe, I’m still playing Ventures tunes. Love Nokie, but also ALL The Ventures..my first guitar heroes. R.I.P Nokie
Hi 707..... Nokie was a really good guy. He and his wife Judy became good friends. I really wanted to make him a cool exhibit in the museum but he didn’t have any of his Ventures instruments anymore. Thanks again for watching...Joe
When Nokie Edwards passed away in 2018 in Fell Very Sad because one of my greats guitar hero his gone 😟
Oh man! Crucial stuff. I love how you ask technical and musicianly questions, Joe. Did you say you have more of this?
Sorry... this was the only time I interviewed Nokie. We were friends but I didn’t ask him for anymore interviews. Best.... Joe
Chet Atkins knew far more than he let on. In fact, I would say he had a thorough understanding of reading and theory (based on all the material/interviews concerning Chet I've read over the years). but I digress.....Nokie was a great player too! Great interview. 👍👍 Hilarious when you pointed out about him having to play bass and switch to guitar (as in it being tough). He just giggled a devilish laugh like "that's why I'm Nokie Edwards and you are not." lol Seemed like a great guy.
I wanted to be a drummer until I heard the Ventures in 1966. I've been a guitar player ever since.
Listen up, they may not have read music notes on the staff, but they did know music theory, obviously.
god bless you man
Isn't their first hit or release, "Walk don't run", played by Bob (as the lead guitar), right? Actually many hits of
their early days were played by Bob (as the lead guitar), I think, just from the way those songs were played -
less "driving" , freedom, and expansion. Nokie brought this attribute to Ventures, I think. Dynamic and
exploding.
This is great! I found out a ton of cool stuff about Nokie and all the Ventures, (and some, not so cool) in a book I found on amazon..Walk Don't Run, The Story of the Ventures
What a Great interview. 👍A piece of Walk Don’t Run, instead of the $25, studio fee . Hindsight huh? 🤬 What a influential guitarist Mr Edwards was, that Japan story was great. 😎
Hi Drop Foot... Thanks for watching our channel... Joe
nice content I loved it
8:13, starts talking about Mosrite
What a great cat! Definitely one of the finest
I met him once in 1986. Very quiet cool guy
Thanks for watching D D.... best, Joe
Cool stuff
a Great . 👍A of Walk Don’t Run, instead of the $25, studio fee . Hindsight huh? What a influential guitarist that Japan story was
Teenage nirvana was listening to a Ventures album and daydreaming while looking at the album covers.
👍What a cool story about Japan. Yea Banjo 😎What an inspiration he is like with Walk, if he could have gotten other than the $25 studio fee for that 🤬
Cool.
Hope all you budding guitarists out there were paying attention.
Nokie semed to be not in good health here...his breathing was shallow, and he seemed a little uncomfortable...also, his answers were sometimes too brief!...as for his use of pedals...quite a few of his mid-sixties albums feature use of pedals, yet he insisted that he did not use them! Whatever...just listen to their version of Slaughter on 10th Avenue....it is on an album called The Ventures Knock Mr out!...very powerful sounds!...and my buddies and I always referred to that album--that,as usual, had a sexy blonde girl on the cover, looking stimulated--as The Ventures Knock Me Up!...lol....the Ventures themselves, were a few years older than most sixties acts, and they did not really get into the long-haired look...they looked like greasers from the 50s, but dressed up a little!...Nokie failed to mention, that they basically established themselves in Tacoma, Washington...a few years later, Tacoma produced several regionally successful groups, like the Wailers, The Sonics, Little Bill and the BlueNotes, etc...all of those groups paid homage to the talents of The Ventures!
Thanks for watching Curbozer.... joe
From the Ozarks to Oregon to surf music. Totally predictable progression, hehe!
He mentioned living in Oregon now, as an older man...but The Ventures actually got their serious start in Tacoma, even playing Country music before making the switch to contemporary Rock and Roll.....and while they did not invent surf music, they certainly did a great job covering some of that genre!
Gauged strings.....he should get royalties for the banjo string idea....