@@lynnkernighan First of all, his name is spelled Perkins, secondly it's spelled "rights". And MOST importantly, you're wrong. It was composed by Bob Berryhill, Pat Connolly, Jim Fuller and Ron Wilson. All 4 of which made up the members of The Surfaris. The tune was first performed and recorded by the Surfaris, who became famous with the single in 1963. And I'd like to point out that it was the version by The Surfaris that got inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame.
I watch this channel but I'm increasing getting away from it. They don't play the originals. So this is the first time I have been back in awhile. Same ol same ol.
@@maxr4448 there's a thing called copyright, and you'll find they have posted few videos and had to take them down, but have manged to get permission to use a different version later and repost it, sometime sthe original artist, or a cover such as this one.
Another you may not have come across is "Bombora", by _The Atlantics_ - an Aussie band. I believe it was recorded in '61. Has that oh-so-typical driving drum beat that characterizes surf music of the time.
The drummer on the right is Mel Taylor, the drummer on the left is Max Weinberg of Bruce Springsteen's E Street band. Max is a guest here. Mel Taylor is the drummer for the Ventures and he's the only one on the original recording. This was a one off drummers duel. Then you have the incredible Nokie Edwards on lead guitar (cowboy hat), Don Wilson on rhythm guitar (sleeveless shirt), and Bob Bogle on bass (center). You should check out their younger days with the Beloved Invaders performance.
These guys were huge! Best selling instrumental group ever. Between studio albums, live albums and instructional albums they have released around 100 albums. In Japan they sold out every concert for about 40 years and actually sold more records than the Beatles during the '60s.
This is actually a cover. The Ventures were a top of the heap surf style band, so their covers were quite popular, as were there live shows. But the original of this is by The Surfaris.
@@patcuvie I agree, especially as far as listening to the record. The Ventures two drummer live thing is kinda cool, but the original has more of that garage rock feel as the Surfaris were literally high schoolers when they recorded it in 1963.
@@robbyg.7648 Although The Impacts' and The Sufaris' both have a 12 bar blues format song called "Wipeout" the similarity ends there. They are two different songs and I can't imagine anyone hearing The Impacts' song and thinking that sounds like The Safaris' "Wipeout." Not even close.
Another pioneer of the "surf rock" sound was a guitarist named Dick Dale. Check out "Misirlou," but then again, if you've seen "Pulp Fiction," you've heard it!
Misirlou has an epic riff! I bet Jay and Amber recognize the song from Pulp Fiction but also from Pump It by Black Eyed Peas. Another guitar-driven song used in Pulp Fiction, but more in the background in the 5 dollar shake scene, is Rumble by Link Wray.
I had the great pleasure to know Don Wilson (seated guitarist in video) in the last years of his life. He would come into my store to ship things to friends and family and give out 2008 Hall of Fame guitar picks to those who would recognize him. He always came in with a grin and lively step, wearing his iconic cowboy hat with a grand feather and silver band. He gifted me with some autographed CD's to pass to family and friends. We always reminisced about the good old days when music was good (his words). RIP Don, Wipeout! Blessings to you Amber and Jay for giving us the pleasure of hearing them again. Thank you!
Clearly the Ventures were using two drummers for this, as did the Surfaris, and if you watch the video of the Edgar Winter Group performing "Frankenstein", they had a second partial drum kit set up so that Edgar Winter could drop in to duet on the drums among the three very different instruments he plays during that piece. (keyboard, saxophone, and drums).
Yet another rabbit hole you two get to dive into. The Ventures, Dick Dale, Jan and Dean, The Surfari's, and the Beach Boys were all over the radio when I was in high school in Long Beach, CA. Later I was in the Air Force in Japan from 1965 to 1967 and found out not only were the Ventures huge in Japan they lived there and were doing a show not far from the base so of course we went because I was also the organ player in my first band. With the music still going the drummer did a solo to Pipeline and got up while still playing, walked around his drum kit hitting everything in sight with his sticks, the edge of the drums, the cymbals, stands, a beer bottle, (literally) and ended up playing a bass solo! The bass player held the strings to the frets to get the notes as the drummer tapped the strings with his sticks. Our drummer copied that and we learned all the Ventures hit songs. We played all the bars in AP Alley along with the NCO Club and the O Club. That's how I got started gigging professionally. The USO booked us for a 5 day tour around Japan. They wanted us for a month but 5 days was all the leave we could all get at the same time. This was all due to us copying the Ventures hits very well along with their showmanship. We did other bands of course but were primarily a Ventures and surfing cover band. About 15 years ago they came back to California for a summer tour and played the Lighthouse in Hermosa Beach so I got to see them again. At that time I was also playing the Lighthouse in a funky 7 piece horn band you guys would have liked. James Brown, AWB, all that stuff. Their drummer did the same drum and bass solo I saw in Japan 20 years earlier and I got to tell them my little story. They all had a good laugh and said they still lived in Japan.
We ❤ the 60's! Jay and Amber, I'd like to take your imagination to the streets and beaches of southern California, and introduce you to "The Little Old Lady (from Pasadena)" by Jan & Dean. This 1964 hit was inspired by the SoCal street racing culture of that time. Whether you were a high school teenager getting your first set of wheels in Santa Monica, or a little old lady driving down from Pasadena, the road belonged to those who were willing to burn some rubber (responsibly of course).
This is obviously the "mature" Ventures. I personally enjoy the original version by The Surfaris from the 60s. We had tons of instrumentals back then. Walk Don't Run (The Ventures) also check out Chet Atkins' version of that song, Apache (The Shadows), Green Onions (Booker T and the MGs), Pipeline (The Chantays), Telstar, and many more.
Apache was by Jorgan Ingmann. Other great instrumentals Blues Theme-Davie Allen & The Arrows, Link Wray-Rumble, Walter Wanderly Summer Samba, Bill Pursell-Our Winter Love, Roger Williams, Born Free, Nelson Riddle-Route 66, Al Hirt-Java-Cotton Candy, Piero Umilani-Mahna Mahna, Al Caiola-The Magnificent Seven-Bonanza, Billy Vaughn-Swingin' Safari (original Match Game Theme from the 60s), Bob Crewe Generation-Music To Watch Girls By, King Curtis-Memphis Soul Stew, Cliff Nobles and Co,-The Horse and of course all those Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass hits (Work Song, Spanish Flea, Tijuana Taxi, Whipped Cream (60s Dating Game music), Flamingo, Our Day Will Come etc..)
@@gpxo11 Jorgan Ingmann's version was a cover of The Shadows UK #1 which was recorded on June 17th, 1960 at EMI Studios (Abbey Road), London. Ingmann's cover was released in November of that year in the USA but (unsurprisingly) not in the UK. The Shadows had their version released in the USA in August but it didn't fare very well
From Wikipedia: Weinberg has also acknowledged The Ventures as a major influence on him in a TV interview in 1988 to celebrate that band's 30th anniversary and he actually sat in on drums during the performances
Dick Dale was another guitarist from this era and listed as a pioneer of surf music. Songs to check out would be Let's Go Trippin" and you would have heard his Miserlou in the movie Pulp Fiction.
When The Ventures were first forming they had bought their guitars, but they needed a drummer. Their first drummer's last name was Babbitt, who played drums for the high school band. He didn't last long as he joined the US Air Force upon high school graduation. He eventually became 4-star General Babbitt in the Air Force. The Ventures did perform a concert at an Air Force base and had him come out and play the drums with them for a couple tunes.
@@robbyg.7648 yeah but wipe out by the surfaris is the best made one and best to listen to. And is played at beaches and beach parties all the time, and even on satellite radio.
The drummer on the left was a guest drummer and the drummer on the right was the band's drummer. This song was originally written by the Surfaris in the 50's and this was the first song I learned how to play on my first drum kit in 63. This video is from around the 70's.
Jay & Amber Drummer with the glasses is Max Weinberg. Max is the guest drummer for the Ventures. Max is well-known for being the drummer for Bruce Springsteen and E Street Band. Max's son, Jay is also a drummer as his last gig was drumming for Slipknot. Jay replaced Slipknot's original Joey Jordison.
Can't believe it took them till 2:33 to spot that there were two drummers "are they brothers are they twins" ha ha was that to cover up the fact he hadn't spotted there were two drummers despite only one wearing glasses, and the different shirts and different haircuts.
I was like 😳 at 2:32 and when they Both said THE DRUMMER during the first pause. I’ll bet his Momma’s often thought: Can’t even pay that child to pay attention or that boy don’t pay attention to nuthin. 😂 Listening but not hearing, watching but not seeing, talking but not understanding, moving but not grooving. 🙉🙈🙊🐵
Back in the 60's my buddy "Skeeter" was the school champion playing Wipe Out on the desk. I could play it on guitar and one day the teach let me Jam with Skeeter in class. When finished the teacher just stared with her mouth wide open and the class laughed at her reaction. That was over half a century ago and i'll never forget it. This was 5th grade BTW.
This is fantastic! True story- the Ventures are musical heroes of mine. Hearing them for the first time inspired me to learn guitar. in 1980, around the time of this video, my band got to open for them at a show in Virginia. They heard us play, and afterwards their manager asked me to be the announcer for them when they came onstage! It was a dream come true.
When Mel Taylor, the Ventures main drummer shown here, passed from cancer in 1996 he was replaced by his son. And Mel's older brother played bass for Canned Heat. The band's original drummer had to drop out because he was too young to play in clubs. So he joined the Air Force and retired as a 4 star General.
You may be pleased to know that the drummer that's wearing glasses is a young Max Weinberg. Currently the drummer for Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band.
A cover, but EVERY garage band had this in their repertoire. The Ventures also covered APACHE, which was originally a #1 hit by The Shadows, and a ton of others. Yep, Surf Rock. There are 2 Different Drummers/Drum Kits in this exaggerated performance.
The song "Wipe Out" was originally written by my friend Merrell Fankhauser, and recorded by his band The Impacts. Fankhauser on his song, "The recording and release of the "Wipe Out" album on Del Fi records was quite a lesson for the entire band. It was recorded in a studio in L.A. where many of the early Surf groups recorded including "The Challengers". The drummer for that group , Richard Delvy was in our session and heard our versions of "Wipe Out" & "Blue Surf". He later went on to manage, publish and produce "The Surfaris" who recorded songs titled "Wipe Out" & "Blue Surf" that both had some reseblence to our songs... We never received any royalties for our album or the various compilation albums we were on despite Del Fi owner Bob Keen's claim that our album was a good seller. We later recorded a second version of "Wipe Out" in Janurary of 63' with more drum solos that was supposed to come out on a 45 single but never did? The Surfaris "Wipe Out" was copyrighted in Richard Delvy's publishing company in May of 63' ! We got a real life lesson in the music biz real quick. I studied contracts and learned how to copyright my songs and vowed I would never let that happen again ! In 1994 the copyright expired on all The Impacts songs with Anthony Music and I re copyrighted all our songs and secured the rights back. Today the Impacts album is out on CD on Collectors Choice Records."
The drummers for this reunion video were original drummer Mel Taylor and guest drummer Max Weinberg. When Taylor died of cancer in 1996, his son Leon because the Ventures drummer.
One of the drummers is Max Weinberg of the E Street Band the leader of the late night band that played on Late Night with Conan O’Brien on NBC. This song was a huge hit in about 1964, but the artist was the Surfaris, not the Ventures. This is just a cover. The Ventures’ biggest hit.was the theme from the original TV series “Hawaii Five-Oh.” (1969)l
LOVED how ya'll were AUTOMATICALLY DOING THE SWIM to THIS SONG!!! MADE MY DAY!! LOVE this song....and, the original by the Surfaris is AWESOME!! :) THANKS, YA"LL!!!
Max Weinberg is the drummer on the left. He's mostly known for being the drummer for Bruce Springsteen and the E Street band. But, he was also the drummer on Meat Loaf's Bat Out of Hell album, and he's drummed for many other great artists during his career, such as being the drummer for Robert Palmer's song Addicted To Love. And he also did drumming for for the Conan O'Brien Show.
This was one of the great instrumental bands from the 60's. I had their greatest hits album. Their biggest hit was "Walk, Don't Run". Some of the other songs they also did were "Telstar", "Lonely Bull" & "Hawaii 5-O theme. The group the Surfaris are actually the first ones who recorded "Wipe Out" in 1963. But it was common for these groups to play each others songs.
On the Surfaris 45 the song on the 'B' side was Surfer Joe. When I was in grade school, every band that played at a dance had to be able to play Wipeout. As I got older it seemed they all had to be able to play House Of The Rising Sun.
Great reaction J&A! So I first heard this when I was around 7 or 8. My mom actually had the 45 vinyl ... and WORE that record out! And yes ... I constantly played air drums when it came on : )
Is that true? Guess that's him with the glasses. It's funny that a few minutes ago I was watching his daughter who is an on-air journalist for the PBS News Hour.
The first time I saw a surf band 'live' I was was stunned at how entertaining they were live on stage as opposed to just watching a video. There is something magical about experiencing instrumental bands live - the sound experience is total entertainment on steroids.
Sorry but I burst out laughing when Jay eventually realised there were two drummers, not just one guy 'battling' with himself, but in his defence he has got Amber sat there looking gorgeous as always, so maybe he was distracted somewhat 😉 Anyway, as others have suggested please can you react to Buddy Rich and his drum battle against the world famous Animal from The Muppets
@@marthag9321 When younger I sort of went with the flow and loved Motown, Stax and most soul/disco style music - I'd heard of Buddy Rich but it's only since TH-cam opened up a huge world of previously unseen videos that I started to investigate all the names I remembered from days reading Blues & Soul but never knowing much about most of the artists
Me and my childhood school friends used to all compete on the schoolbus with each other with a drumming contest beating the Wipe Out drum rhythm on the backs of the schoolbus seats to see who did it the best. I was pretty good when I was little. It was with the original Surfaris version on AM transistor radio. I loved the Ventures version too!
One of the drummers, the one with the shades on, is from Bruce Springsteen and the E street band, Max Weinberg. He sat in on this performance. The ventures have one drummer.
I remember when I was in grade school in the 1960s and this song first came out, we all went to school and started playing the wipe out drum beat on the desks with the palms of our hands to see how fast we could play it. We thought we were so cool. Drove the teachers crazy.
Someone else with more knowledge can probably give suggestions but speaking of drummers, you have jazz era drummers like Chick Webb, Gene Krupa and Buddy Rich you could check out.
I had a cassette tape of their Greatest Hits sittin upon a coffe table in the 80's in my family home when my mother told me the Exterminator saw it and exclaimed he used to be in the band as a member!! I forget which guy it was but he wound up becoming a bug exterminator in Philadelphia.
Every garage band in the 60s had to learn to play this because it definitely would be requested. The Surfari's originated it and did it with one drummer. I keep mentioning for drums you need to react to the original beast, Gene Krupa. "Sing Sing Sing, with a Swing", 1938 live at Carnegie Hall. It changed the trajectory of music in the USA and introduced jazz / swing to the masses.
Awesome track of course - made me think of "Pulp Fiction" although this track wasn't in the film! A fair number of bands had two drummers - Adam and the Ants - "Ant Music", The Moody Blues - "Say It With Love" , The Doobie Brothers - "Listen to the Music", The Grateful Dead - "Casey Jones" and The Glitter Band ... but we don't talk about that one!
My sister and I used to go to the local bar to bring our Mom home to fix us dinner. She would give us a quarter for the jukebox (6 plays for a quarter) and ask us to play one of her songs. "There Goes My Everything" was one of them. My sister, Ellie, and I loved to play this song and "My Ding-A-Ling" just to piss off the old drunks. "La Bamba" was another favorite and they even gave me maracas to shake.
No. This is The Ventures original drummer, Mel Taylor on the right and Max Weinberg from the E Street Band (and Conan’s band leader) on the left. No relation. Maybe “spiritual” father and son, since Max has cited The Ventures and Mel as an inspiration.
You always bring new light. Out of the thousands of times I danced or even just heard this song, never knew two drumers. I always wondered how one man could almost wear me out.
One thing I noticed about the drummers in this cover is the way they hold their drum sticks. The guy on the right uses the traditional hold while the guy on the left uses the Ring Starr hold.
Always loved this. There was a local Philly band, back in the 80's and the ONE drummer used to do this and he was standing on his stool just going crazy on the drums. SOOOO cool!
The Surfaris version was part of an event. It involved a Friday night, Wipe Out, a challenge (which must be answered), a high school girl, the bed of a pickup truck, and an excommunication. My first break with organized religion. The Surfaris version had a couple of other vocalizations. It will always remain my favorite. This is the trap set's version of dueling banjos.
This was a great cover by the Ventures, but it was originally done by the Surfaris.
Thanks for remembering. I was scratching my head thinking "wasn't this a Surfaris song?".
Yep.😊
it was not a sufaris song carl perkens wrote the music both paid writes to it
@@johnsilva9139 Me too!
@@lynnkernighan First of all, his name is spelled Perkins, secondly it's spelled "rights". And MOST importantly, you're wrong. It was composed by Bob Berryhill, Pat Connolly, Jim Fuller and Ron Wilson. All 4 of which made up the members of The Surfaris. The tune was first performed and recorded by the Surfaris, who became famous with the single in 1963. And I'd like to point out that it was the version by The Surfaris that got inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame.
Hey Guys the original was done by the SURFARI's in 1963
And it's way better.
I watch this channel but I'm increasing getting away from it. They don't play the originals. So this is the first time I have been back in awhile. Same ol same ol.
tbh i didn't really know who did the original but i certainly knew the song and as soon as it started i knew it didn't sound right.
@@maxr4448 there's a thing called copyright, and you'll find they have posted few videos and had to take them down, but have manged to get permission to use a different version later and repost it, sometime sthe original artist, or a cover such as this one.
@@Mrs.PatriotI agree
YES AMBER!!
In “Dirty Dancing “ they used this when “Baby” was practicing her dance moves outside on the stairs!!!
Good Job Amber!!!!
Yes, but not this version.
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Every guy who learned drums, learned "Wipe Out" 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼😂😂😂😂
and the rest of is drummed it on our desks. Teachers hated that.
always wish I could play and that is one song that I would pick out too
Takes me back to when I was 13 and my 12 year old cousin was so proud he could play it and made me listen.
The ultimate drum battle is Animal from the Muppets vs Buddy Rich.
LOL!! The second greatest was between Buddy Rich and Gene Krupa.
🎉😊
@@raymondohlsen5054 Buddy Rich vs Max Roach third?
True. Also tell me you're Gen X without telling me you're Gen X.
This is a must see, please do the Muppets
Another song that was always played along with this one is Pipeline by The Chantays (1963 or so).
i highly recommend Stevie and Jimmy Vaugh cover never seen anything like it
Dick Dale and Stevie Ray Vaughn also have an exceptional surfin' version too.
Another you may not have come across is "Bombora", by _The Atlantics_ - an Aussie band. I believe it was recorded in '61. Has that oh-so-typical driving drum beat that characterizes surf music of the time.
Pipeline!!
The drummer on the right is Mel Taylor, the drummer on the left is Max Weinberg of Bruce Springsteen's E Street band. Max is a guest here. Mel Taylor is the drummer for the Ventures and he's the only one on the original recording. This was a one off drummers duel. Then you have the incredible Nokie Edwards on lead guitar (cowboy hat), Don Wilson on rhythm guitar (sleeveless shirt), and Bob Bogle on bass (center). You should check out their younger days with the Beloved Invaders performance.
i thought it was max, thanks!
I sure miss him him on Connan.
Yes! The Mighty Max!!
I thought I was seeing things……is that Max? Thanks for clearing this up.
I saw Mighty Max indeed!
Don is original. He helped found the band
Walk Don’t Run is my fav Ventures song!
These guys were huge! Best selling instrumental group ever. Between studio albums, live albums and instructional albums they have released around 100 albums. In Japan they sold out every concert for about 40 years and actually sold more records than the Beatles during the '60s.
The theme from "Hawaii Five 0" is mine. 😊
I think Walk, don't run is their best
Sleepwalk is my favorite. The Ventures have tons of hits, I hope they delve deeper into their discography.
mine too
This is actually a cover. The Ventures were a top of the heap surf style band, so their covers were quite popular, as were there live shows. But the original of this is by The Surfaris.
I prefer The Safaris' version.
@@patcuvie Me too.
@@patcuvie I agree, especially as far as listening to the record. The Ventures two drummer live thing is kinda cool, but the original has more of that garage rock feel as the Surfaris were literally high schoolers when they recorded it in 1963.
Bullcrap, the song was originally written by Merrell Fankhauser and recorded by his band The Impacts.
@@robbyg.7648 Although The Impacts' and The Sufaris' both have a 12 bar blues format song called "Wipeout" the similarity ends there. They are two different songs and I can't imagine anyone hearing The Impacts' song and thinking that sounds like The Safaris' "Wipeout." Not even close.
Another pioneer of the "surf rock" sound was a guitarist named Dick Dale. Check out "Misirlou," but then again, if you've seen "Pulp Fiction," you've heard it!
Misirlou has an epic riff! I bet Jay and Amber recognize the song from Pulp Fiction but also from Pump It by Black Eyed Peas. Another guitar-driven song used in Pulp Fiction, but more in the background in the 5 dollar shake scene, is Rumble by Link Wray.
dick dale; king of the surf guitar.
Every high school talent show in the 60s, late 70s had a garage band version of this great song. The Ventures probably helped sell a million guitars.
I loved the look of Mosrite Guitars, Iron Butterfly's lead player had one too!
I had the great pleasure to know Don Wilson (seated guitarist in video) in the last years of his life. He would come into my store to ship things to friends and family and give out 2008 Hall of Fame guitar picks to those who would recognize him. He always came in with a grin and lively step, wearing his iconic cowboy hat with a grand feather and silver band. He gifted me with some autographed CD's to pass to family and friends. We always reminisced about the good old days when music was good (his words). RIP Don, Wipeout! Blessings to you Amber and Jay for giving us the pleasure of hearing them again. Thank you!
looking at pics of the members of the group it is NOKIE EDWARDS wearing the iconic cowboy hat not don wilson.
@@joelanderos23 I said that Don was the one seated in the video. When I met him later in life, he wore a similar hat as Nokie's.
The Alman Brothers had duel drummers. It gave them a unique sound that could not be duplicated.
The Tedeschi Trucks Band also has 2 drummers.
The Allmans had a great sound with two drummers, but they usually didn't take turns going back and forth the way these drummers do here.
Doobie Brothers as well
Clearly the Ventures were using two drummers for this, as did the Surfaris, and if you watch the video of the Edgar Winter Group performing "Frankenstein", they had a second partial drum kit set up so that Edgar Winter could drop in to duet on the drums among the three very different instruments he plays during that piece. (keyboard, saxophone, and drums).
Adam and the Ants had two drummers as well.
Yet another rabbit hole you two get to dive into. The Ventures, Dick Dale, Jan and Dean, The Surfari's, and the Beach Boys were all over the radio when I was in high school in Long Beach, CA. Later I was in the Air Force in Japan from 1965 to 1967 and found out not only were the Ventures huge in Japan they lived there and were doing a show not far from the base so of course we went because I was also the organ player in my first band. With the music still going the drummer did a solo to Pipeline and got up while still playing, walked around his drum kit hitting everything in sight with his sticks, the edge of the drums, the cymbals, stands, a beer bottle, (literally) and ended up playing a bass solo! The bass player held the strings to the frets to get the notes as the drummer tapped the strings with his sticks.
Our drummer copied that and we learned all the Ventures hit songs. We played all the bars in AP Alley along with the NCO Club and the O Club. That's how I got started gigging professionally. The USO booked us for a 5 day tour around Japan. They wanted us for a month but 5 days was all the leave we could all get at the same time. This was all due to us copying the Ventures hits very well along with their showmanship. We did other bands of course but were primarily a Ventures and surfing cover band.
About 15 years ago they came back to California for a summer tour and played the Lighthouse in Hermosa Beach so I got to see them again. At that time I was also playing the Lighthouse in a funky 7 piece horn band you guys would have liked. James Brown, AWB, all that stuff. Their drummer did the same drum and bass solo I saw in Japan 20 years earlier and I got to tell them my little story. They all had a good laugh and said they still lived in Japan.
That's awesome!!❤
We ❤ the 60's! Jay and Amber, I'd like to take your imagination to the streets and beaches of southern California, and introduce you to "The Little Old Lady (from Pasadena)" by Jan & Dean. This 1964 hit was inspired by the SoCal street racing culture of that time. Whether you were a high school teenager getting your first set of wheels in Santa Monica, or a little old lady driving down from Pasadena, the road belonged to those who were willing to burn some rubber (responsibly of course).
Also like their song Freeway Flyer!!
@@gpxo11 And Deadman's Curve.
When I was a kid you weren’t a drummer if you couldn’t do Wipeout. Really great drum solos.
A great drum solo Sandy Nelson 's Let there be drums worth a listen guys
This is obviously the "mature" Ventures. I personally enjoy the original version by The Surfaris from the 60s. We had tons of instrumentals back then. Walk Don't Run (The Ventures) also check out Chet Atkins' version of that song, Apache (The Shadows), Green Onions (Booker T and the MGs), Pipeline (The Chantays), Telstar, and many more.
And the Ventures covered all those songs as well. My mom was a huge Ventures fan.😀
"Wild Weekend" by The Rockin' Rebels; "Let's Go" by The Routers; "Harlem Nocturne" by The Viscounts; "HonkyTonk" (parts 1 and 2) by Bill Doggett.
Apache was by Jorgan Ingmann. Other great instrumentals Blues Theme-Davie Allen & The Arrows, Link Wray-Rumble, Walter Wanderly Summer Samba, Bill Pursell-Our Winter Love, Roger Williams, Born Free, Nelson Riddle-Route 66, Al Hirt-Java-Cotton Candy, Piero Umilani-Mahna Mahna, Al Caiola-The Magnificent Seven-Bonanza, Billy Vaughn-Swingin' Safari (original Match Game Theme from the 60s), Bob Crewe Generation-Music To Watch Girls By, King Curtis-Memphis Soul Stew, Cliff Nobles and Co,-The Horse and of course all those Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass hits (Work Song, Spanish Flea, Tijuana Taxi, Whipped Cream (60s Dating Game music), Flamingo, Our Day Will Come etc..)
Don't forget "Grazin in the Grass" Which also had lyrics put to it later on.
@@gpxo11 Jorgan Ingmann's version was a cover of The Shadows UK #1 which was recorded on June 17th, 1960 at EMI Studios (Abbey Road), London. Ingmann's cover was released in November of that year in the USA but (unsurprisingly) not in the UK. The Shadows had their version released in the USA in August but it didn't fare very well
Is it just me or does one of those drummers look exactly like the E Street's, "Mighty Max" Weinberg??😮😮😮
It's him
Max W. was also the bandleader and drummer for Conan O'Brien
From Wikipedia: Weinberg has also acknowledged The Ventures as a major influence on him in a TV interview in 1988 to celebrate that band's 30th anniversary and he actually sat in on drums during the performances
Kind of looks like Jason Schwartzman, too
@marc ....
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Dick Dale was another guitarist from this era and listed as a pioneer of surf music. Songs to check out would be Let's Go Trippin" and you would have heard his Miserlou in the movie Pulp Fiction.
So nice to remember Dick. Peace out.
@db-gb...
Indeed I have! I loved Link Wray, too.
When The Ventures were first forming they had bought their guitars, but they needed a drummer. Their first drummer's last name was Babbitt, who played drums for the high school band. He didn't last long as he joined the US Air Force upon high school graduation. He eventually became 4-star General Babbitt in the Air Force. The Ventures did perform a concert at an Air Force base and had him come out and play the drums with them for a couple tunes.
Back in the day, every high school drummer in America was learning to play this tune.
Never seen the live version of this before, so thanks for that and for always bringing such a positive vibe to your videos.
In the 60's and 70's every kid with a drum would try to play this song.
Like you said, this has been used in a lot of movies and tv shows. I've never seen it live, so seeing the two drummers is really cool.
Doing this with dueling drummers is something of a novelty, but the drums were always the center piece of the song.
"Wipe Out" is a surf music instrumental was first performed and recorded by the Surfaris, who became famous with the single in 1963.
Bullcrap, the song was originally written by Merrell Fankhauser and recorded by his band The Impacts.
@@robbyg.7648 yeah but wipe out by the surfaris is the best made one and best to listen to. And is played at beaches and beach parties all the time, and even on satellite radio.
Listen to " Walk Dont Run " a classic Ventures song
Essential part of any rock and roll education.
I don;t know man, I can't remember the 60's, my memory is totally wiped out....
@@thomastimlin1724 Dude. What were we talking about? 😂
The drummer on the left was a guest drummer and the drummer on the right was the band's drummer. This song was originally written by the Surfaris in the 50's and this was the first song I learned how to play on my first drum kit in 63. This video is from around the 70's.
did it get recorded before 1962 some say 63 but it sounds like an early 60's sound
The SHADOWS was a huge instrumental band in the sixties
Jay & Amber
Drummer with the glasses is Max Weinberg. Max is the guest drummer for the Ventures. Max is well-known for being the drummer for Bruce Springsteen and E Street Band. Max's son, Jay is also a drummer as his last gig was drumming for Slipknot. Jay replaced Slipknot's original Joey Jordison.
The Doobie Brothers had two drummers setup
And is daughter Ali Rogin is an on-air journalist who I was just watching on the PBS News Hour.
So did the Allman Brothers and the Grateful Dead.
the ventures here re father and son on drums but the father passed from cancer the son is bonus he didnt play all the time
I have the Ventures 45 RPM of the original Hawaii Five O theme. LOL! Brings back memories.
Did it have Classical gas on the flips side? Mine did
@@fantasycamp4000 No I have that song on another 45 RPM. LOL!
Can't believe it took them till 2:33 to spot that there were two drummers "are they brothers are they twins" ha ha was that to cover up the fact he hadn't spotted there were two drummers despite only one wearing glasses, and the different shirts and different haircuts.
I was like 😳 at 2:32 and when they Both said THE DRUMMER during the first pause.
I’ll bet his Momma’s often thought: Can’t even pay that child to pay attention or that boy don’t pay attention to nuthin. 😂
Listening but not hearing, watching but not seeing, talking but not understanding, moving but not grooving. 🙉🙈🙊🐵
The girls would shake it all to this!!!
Back in the 60's my buddy "Skeeter" was the school champion playing Wipe Out on the desk. I could play it on guitar and one day the teach let me Jam with Skeeter in class. When finished the teacher just stared with her mouth wide open and the class laughed at her reaction. That was over half a century ago and i'll never forget it. This was 5th grade BTW.
This is fantastic! True story- the Ventures are musical heroes of mine. Hearing them for the first time inspired me to learn guitar. in 1980, around the time of this video, my band got to open for them at a show in Virginia. They heard us play, and afterwards their manager asked me to be the announcer for them when they came onstage! It was a dream come true.
The Drummer with the glasses he’s the drummer for Bruce Springsteen and his E Street Band!!
He was also the bandleader for Conan O'Brien on Late Night with Conan O'Brien and The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien.
Max Weinberg. His son Jay recently and famously got the boot from Slipknot.
This is the comment I was looking for.
When Mel Taylor, the Ventures main drummer shown here, passed from cancer in 1996 he was replaced by his son. And Mel's older brother played bass for Canned Heat. The band's original drummer had to drop out because he was too young to play in clubs. So he joined the Air Force and retired as a 4 star General.
Max also played drums on the Meat Loaf album "Bat out of Hell".
Girls would shimmy like crazy during the drum riff! Wipeout!
This is one of the greatest musical numbers ever!!
You may be pleased to know that the drummer that's wearing glasses is a young Max Weinberg. Currently the drummer for Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band.
I'm 70 and I remember when this first came out I was a little kid but it is still a lot of fun.
A cover, but EVERY garage band had this in their repertoire. The Ventures also covered APACHE, which was originally a #1 hit by The Shadows, and a ton of others. Yep, Surf Rock. There are 2 Different Drummers/Drum Kits in this exaggerated performance.
The song "Wipe Out" was originally written by my friend Merrell Fankhauser, and recorded by his band The Impacts.
Fankhauser on his song, "The recording and release of the "Wipe Out" album on Del Fi records was quite a lesson for the entire band. It was recorded in a studio in L.A. where many of the early Surf groups recorded including "The Challengers". The drummer for that group , Richard Delvy was in our session and heard our versions of "Wipe Out" & "Blue Surf". He later went on to manage, publish and produce "The Surfaris" who recorded songs titled "Wipe Out" & "Blue Surf" that both had some reseblence to our songs...
We never received any royalties for our album or the various compilation albums we were on despite Del Fi owner Bob Keen's claim that our album was a good seller. We later recorded a second version of "Wipe Out" in Janurary of 63' with more drum solos that was supposed to come out on a 45 single but never did? The Surfaris "Wipe Out" was copyrighted in Richard Delvy's publishing company in May of 63' !
We got a real life lesson in the music biz real quick. I studied contracts and learned how to copyright my songs and vowed I would never let that happen again ! In 1994 the copyright expired on all The Impacts songs with Anthony Music and I re copyrighted all our songs and secured the rights back. Today the Impacts album is out on CD on Collectors Choice Records."
The Ventures only had one drummer, Mel Taylor. The drummer with the glasses wasn’t a Venture, he only sat in for this song.
that is mel taylor's son
@@lynnkernighan no, it’s not. Mel Taylor’s son is Leon Taylor, who replaced Mel when Mel couldn’t play anymore. Max Weinberg is the other drummer.
The drummers for this reunion video were original drummer Mel Taylor and guest drummer Max Weinberg. When Taylor died of cancer in 1996, his son Leon because the Ventures drummer.
The song of my people
One of the drummers is Max Weinberg of the E Street Band the leader of the late night band that played on Late Night with Conan O’Brien on NBC. This song was a huge hit in about 1964, but the artist was the Surfaris, not the Ventures. This is just a cover. The Ventures’ biggest hit.was the theme from the original TV series “Hawaii Five-Oh.” (1969)l
LOVED how ya'll were AUTOMATICALLY DOING THE SWIM to THIS SONG!!! MADE MY DAY!! LOVE this song....and, the original by the Surfaris is AWESOME!! :) THANKS, YA"LL!!!
Max Weinberg is the drummer on the left. He's mostly known for being the drummer for Bruce Springsteen and the E Street band. But, he was also the drummer on Meat Loaf's Bat Out of Hell album, and he's drummed for many other great artists during his career, such as being the drummer for Robert Palmer's song Addicted To Love. And he also did drumming for for the Conan O'Brien Show.
This was one of the great instrumental bands from the 60's. I had their greatest hits album. Their biggest hit was "Walk, Don't Run". Some of the other songs they also did were "Telstar", "Lonely Bull" & "Hawaii 5-O theme. The group the Surfaris are actually the first ones who recorded "Wipe Out" in 1963. But it was common for these groups to play each others songs.
How about "Green Onions"?
Bullcrap, the song was originally written by Merrell Fankhauser and recorded by his band The Impacts.
Ya gotta think that the lead guitarist is smiling because he knows something very special is happening behind him.
This song always reminded me of the old Batman show on TV in the sixties LoL, and at the same time it reminded me of "the Beachblanket" movies.👀🤔😁
On the Surfaris 45 the song on the 'B' side was Surfer Joe. When I was in grade school, every band that played at a dance had to be able to play Wipeout. As I got older it seemed they all had to be able to play House Of The Rising Sun.
You have to watch Stevie Ray Vaughn and his brother Jimmy both play the same guitar at the same time - ALSO - Try Junior Brown doing his Surf Medley
One of those drummer is Max Weinberg.. he's Bruce Springsteen's drummer, but more importantly, he was Conan O'Brien's band leader in the 90s.
Great reaction J&A! So I first heard this when I was around 7 or 8. My mom actually had the 45 vinyl ... and WORE that record out! And yes ... I constantly played air drums when it came on : )
This was even better in 1987 when the Fat Boys teamed up with The Beach Boys to cover it 😊
Max Weinberg on drums.
Thought that looked like him !!!!
Is that true? Guess that's him with the glasses. It's funny that a few minutes ago I was watching his daughter who is an on-air journalist for the PBS News Hour.
In high school, every want to be drummer tried to play the drum solo on their desk!
Jan and Dean sound like the Beach Boys, too.
The first time I saw a surf band 'live' I was was stunned at how entertaining they were live on stage as opposed to just watching a video. There is something magical about experiencing instrumental bands live - the sound experience is total entertainment on steroids.
This song IMO is not about the guitar, it is all about the drums!!!! Amazing drum work!
THE DRUMMER ON THE LEFT IS THE E STREET BAND DRUMMER!! THATS BRUCE SPRINGSTEENS BAND!
Oh PLEASE listen to The Fat Boys cover this song with The Beach Boys! It’s such a fun remix of the song and great early rap songs.
Yes!!
My brother was a drummer -- he loved playing practicing this song.
The drummer in the shades is Max Weinberg, he plays in Bruce Springsteen's E Street Band.
I was gonna say…that sure looks like Max back there as the 2nd drummer.
There's no mistaking him. So cool he's there to back up the other drummer.
Sorry but I burst out laughing when Jay eventually realised there were two drummers, not just one guy 'battling' with himself, but in his defence he has got Amber sat there looking gorgeous as always, so maybe he was distracted somewhat 😉
Anyway, as others have suggested please can you react to Buddy Rich and his drum battle against the world famous Animal from The Muppets
❤me too😂!!
Wow, so fun! 😮
Buddy Rich was the bomb! 💥
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When younger I sort of went with the flow and loved Motown, Stax and most soul/disco style music - I'd heard of Buddy Rich but it's only since TH-cam opened up a huge world of previously unseen videos that I started to investigate all the names I remembered from days reading Blues & Soul but never knowing much about most of the artists
check out their other hit the theme to Hawaii 5-0
Me and my childhood school friends used to all compete on the schoolbus with each other with a drumming contest beating the Wipe Out drum rhythm on the backs of the schoolbus seats to see who did it the best. I was pretty good when I was little. It was with the original Surfaris version on AM transistor radio. I loved the Ventures version too!
One of the drummers, the one with the shades on, is from Bruce Springsteen and the E street band, Max Weinberg. He sat in on this performance. The ventures have one drummer.
Mel Taylor
GREAT REACTION LOVE 💘 THIS TUNE, FIRST HEARD THIS IN THE (1979)MOVIE " THE WANDERERS "😎
This was a staple on radio back in the 60s. Nice selection!
I remember when I was in grade school in the 1960s and this song first came out, we all went to school and started playing the wipe out drum beat on the desks with the palms of our hands to see how fast we could play it. We thought we were so cool. Drove the teachers crazy.
They also did the theme song for “ The Magnificent Seven “. I learned to dance to this music when I was like 5 years old.
The drummer with the glasses is Max Wienberg from Bruce Springsteen's E Street Band and Conan O'Brian's TV house band.
Check out "Wipe Out" by the Beach Boys and the Fat Boys.
We used to play this in a band I was in. Always a great reaction.
J & Amber movie
The Sandlot
Hercules chasing Benny 🤣✌️❤️
Love this song, we used to have this playing all the time at our city beach!! Great childhood with all the great music.
Someone else with more knowledge can probably give suggestions but speaking of drummers, you have jazz era drummers like Chick Webb, Gene Krupa and Buddy Rich you could check out.
I had a cassette tape of their Greatest Hits sittin upon a coffe table in the 80's in my family home when my mother told me the Exterminator saw it and exclaimed he used to be in the band as a member!! I forget which guy it was but he wound up becoming a bug exterminator in Philadelphia.
Love it!
Every garage band in the 60s had to learn to play this because it definitely would be requested. The Surfari's originated it and did it with one drummer. I keep mentioning for drums you need to react to the original beast, Gene Krupa. "Sing Sing Sing, with a Swing", 1938 live at Carnegie Hall. It changed the trajectory of music in the USA and introduced jazz / swing to the masses.
Prism, please, a great canadian band
Awesome track of course - made me think of "Pulp Fiction" although this track wasn't in the film! A fair number of bands had two drummers - Adam and the Ants - "Ant Music", The Moody Blues - "Say It With Love" , The Doobie Brothers - "Listen to the Music", The Grateful Dead - "Casey Jones" and The Glitter Band ... but we don't talk about that one!
This is a good version, but you need to listen to the original by the Safaris.
Bullcrap, the song was originally written by Merrell Fankhauser and recorded by his band The Impacts.
My sister and I used to go to the local bar to bring our Mom home to fix us dinner. She would give us a quarter for the jukebox (6 plays for a quarter) and ask us to play one of her songs. "There Goes My Everything" was one of them. My sister, Ellie, and I loved to play this song and "My Ding-A-Ling" just to piss off the old drunks. "La Bamba" was another favorite and they even gave me maracas to shake.
The drummers are Father and Son,... the one with the long dark hair is the Dad and he is also the original drummer : )
No. This is The Ventures original drummer, Mel Taylor on the right and Max Weinberg from the E Street Band (and Conan’s band leader) on the left. No relation. Maybe “spiritual” father and son, since Max has cited The Ventures and Mel as an inspiration.
You always bring new light. Out of the thousands of times I danced or even just heard this song, never knew two drumers. I always wondered how one man could almost wear me out.
The thing with oldies is most or none of us saw a live version before we heard it on the radio from a studio recording
I remember 1965, my first summer camp, banging out the drum solo on the camp tables with my hands. Good times.
There's story out that the producers did not want to release the original song. But I'm very happy it did.
One thing I noticed about the drummers in this cover is the way they hold their drum sticks. The guy on the right uses the traditional hold while the guy on the left uses the Ring Starr hold.
Last time you saw a drum duel like that was Frankenstein!
...the pre-Frankenstein, w/ Edgar playing w/ hia brother Johnny's band...
The Ventures are definitely a rabbit hole you should explore. They did so many songs that you know but don't know you know.
Always loved this. There was a local Philly band, back in the 80's and the ONE drummer used to do this and he was standing on his stool just going crazy on the drums. SOOOO cool!
The scene in Dirty Dancin was when Baby was practicing her steps on the bridge. Love this, like others have said, every drummer learned this.
The Surfaris version was part of an event. It involved a Friday night, Wipe Out, a challenge (which must be answered), a high school girl, the bed of a pickup truck, and an excommunication. My first break with organized religion. The Surfaris version had a couple of other vocalizations. It will always remain my favorite.
This is the trap set's version of dueling banjos.
So glad you discovered the Ventures; Kings of the Surf Sound craze in the 60s.
I just love the dueling drums in this live version. 🤘🎵🎶
The original version I first heard as a child in the early 70s and it made me want to play drums. I ended up playing drums for over 40 years.
The original song was written by Merrell Fankhauser and recorded by his band The Impacts. Is that what you heard?