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Hey Marty,
When Alan White & I got on stage with 'em, they played it correctly
because they followed Alan & I and we know it "correctly."
A lot of their repertoire is suited to general fans interest.
But....the version we did together of "Caravan" was spectacular. Nokie
& I played the lead in stereo/unison. The crowd went nuts on that one.
Maybe I injected a little new energy into the proceedings. Heck, I even
got Don Wilson to smile and laugh, which Bob Bogle has told me is a
rare feat.
The Venturettes are always a lot of fun and are great people. I've
worked with them twice (both times that they have appeared) and
everyone looks forward to their schitck.
Nokie, The Ventures and I have quite a few surprises lined up for 2005.
We'll keep you posted.
Regards,
Les
On Thursday, October 7, 2004, at 06:06 PM, Marty Tippens wrote:
>
> Hey Brian,
>
> I have to agree that those Venturettes look like a lotta fun!
>
> I'm not sure if your shock over the Venture playing Wipe Out is more
> towards elation or terror. For me, it's the latter. The fact that the
> Ventures still play Wipe Out is a point of distress to many Ventures
> fanatics like myself. I wish they would lose the number, which they
> never played correctly anyway, and replace it with one of their
> excellent originals or lesser heard tunes.
>
> If you take a look at the Ventures live albums of the past 15 years,
> there's a good ten or more of 'em and they all have the same basic
> track list which includes Wipe Out, Caravan, Walk Don't Run, Hawaii
> Five - O etc... They do occasionally throw in a few bones for us
> hardcore fans now and then. But enough Wipe Out and WDR already!!
> Well, apparently their just tryin' to please the general crowd which I
> can't blame 'em for.
>
> -Marty
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Brian Neal
> To:
> Sent: Thursday, October 07, 2004 4:03 PM
> Subject: RE: [SurfGuitar101] The Ventures with Les Fradkin at Salmon
> Fest
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>
> I am really quite shocked that the Ventures still play Wipe Out...!
>
> And who are the Venturettes? Do they actually play all those gorgeous
> guitars?
>
> Must have been quite cool to play with them...
>
> BN
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