Nokie Edwards, lead guitarist with Rock and Roll Hall of Fame-inducted instrumental rock combo The Ventures, has died. By Lars Brandle Nokie Edwards, lead guitarist with Hall of Fame-inducted ...

Nokie Edwards, a guitarist with Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees the Ventures, has died at the age of 82, the band confirmed. “We have been advised this morning that Nokie Edwards passed away ...

"He will be missed," Don Wilson's family tells PEOPLE in a statement after The Ventures' co-founding member died peacefully of natural causes Saturday, surrounded by his four children Glenn Garner is ...

"It means so much to me that my kids made this," former Ventures guitarist Don Wilson, 87, tells PEOPLE Scott Huver is a writer-reporter at PEOPLE. He has been writing about entertainment, celebrity, ...

On April 26, 1960, the members of the Tacoma-based rock group “The Ventures” modeled their clean-cut look with matching blazers, ties and khakis. The fresh faced young musicians, from left, Nole F.

It’s August and well, surf's up! What better time to check in with one of the founders of The Ventures, whose instrumentals Pipeline, Diamond Head and Walk Don’t Run evoke the ocean scene as much as ...

Nokie Edwards, whose guitar playing in the Ventures helped define surf rock and earned the group a place in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, died on Monday. He was 82 years old. “Nokie Edwards passed ...