Instrumental Guitar Legend Nokie Edwards announces SF Bay area show
May 21 • Rickshaw Stop
155 Fell St. San Francisco, 8 pm, $15 adv/$20 door,
http://www.rickshawstop.com
NOKIE EDWARDS
Nokie Edwards is the lead guitarist for the most successful instrumental
group in musical history: THE VENTURES. He is in the Rock and Roll
Hall Of Fame, he is a Grammy winner, and has sold over 100 million records in his long career. Some of the Ventures’ big hits are “Walk Don’t Run,” “Perfidia,” “Hawaii 5-0,” “Slaughter On 10th Ave.,” “Batman Theme,” and “Apache” -- and the list goes on and on.
http://www.nokieedwards.com/
VENTURESMANIA is a Ventures tribute band formed by some of the
best surf musicians of the modern era. The band formed exclusively to back Nokie Edwards in a style that echoes the classic 1960’s sound of the Ventures. Venturesmania is made up of: Deke Dickerson on guitar (Untamed Youth, Dave & Deke Combo, Go-Nuts, Deke Dickerson & the Ecco-Fonics), Garrett Immel, guitar (The Ghastly Ones), Mel Bergmann, bass (The Phantom Surfers, Go-Nuts), and Chris Sprague (Chris Sprague & his 18 Wheelers, Deke Dickerson & the Ecco-Fonics). Venturesmania plays Mosrite guitars exclusively.
DEKE DICKERSON & THE ECCO-FONICS are one of America’s premier roots and rockabilly bands. Deke has been touring the globe and making records for many years. Recent successes include his very own signature Hallmark “Deke Dickerson Model” guitar, and he has also provided guitar music and commentary for Bob Dylan’s successful radio show “Theme
Time Radio Hour.”
http://www.myspace.com/dekedickerson
POLLO DEL MAR is one of the most successful bands of surf music’s “Third Wave,” featuring a combo sound that mixes the classic twang of reverb soaked Fender guitars with layers of atmospheric feedback and a powerhouse rhythm section.
http://www.pollodelmar.com/
THE MINI-SKIRT MOB
Featuring members of the Devil-Ettes doing Go-Go-tastic dances!
Nokie Edwards and VenturesMania will also be performing:
May 22 - Joe's Great America Bar - Burbank
May 23 - The Casbah - San Diego
very cool,
wish I could be at the SF show.
but I will go to the Burbank and SD show for sure.
Oh man I wish I could see this! Have a great show guys!
They should put a recent picture of Nokie on the flyer. My Bloody Valentine used an old publicity shot on their flyers when they have done their recent tours. Pretty lame.
Jake,
The point of using the old photo is that Nokie is being backed by Venturesmania and will be focusing the whole set on his early 60s work with the Ventures, not his recent work.
I was so fortunate to be at this great show at the Rickshaw Stop in SF on Friday. Pollo, Deke, Mob, and Nokie were all wonderful. Hair on my neck stood when Nokie opened with Walk Don't Run. Go to this one if you can! Hey, and I met Unsteady Freddie. Huge coincidence since my band The Atom Bumz (Annapolis MD) are on deck to play Otto's in August. Don't forget to check out the first annual Surfapalooza at The Whiskey in Annapolis on June 19th with The Atom Bumz, 9th Wave, The Hypersonics, and Reverb Galaxy. I'll be featuring my new SEAFOAM GREEN Dipinto Galaxie IV. I LUV THIS MUSIC.... God Bless you Nokie.