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Encyclopedia > Nokie Edwards
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Nokie Edwards (born Nole Edwards 9 May 1935, in Lahoma, Oklahoma) is a guitarist best known for his work with The Ventures. Image File history File links Question_book-3. ... is the 129th day of the year (130th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1935 (MCMXXXV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar). ... Lahoma is a town located in Garfield County, Oklahoma. ... For other uses, see Oklahoma (disambiguation). ... For the UK magazine, see Guitarist (magazine). ... Walk Dont Run (1960) The Ventures are a rock instrumental band formed in 1958, by Don Wilson and Bob Bogle, two Seattle masonry workers. ...


History

Edwards began playing guitar when he was very young.As a teenager he was playing regularly in numerous country bands which included a stint playing with Buck Owens. After relocating to the Pacific Northwest he met Don Wilson and Bob Bogle who were the founding members of The Ventures. Alvis Edgar Buck Owens, Jr. ... Don Wilson may refer to any of the following individuals: Don Wilson (baseball player), Major League Baseball player and 1971 National League All-Star Don Wilson, former English cricketer Don Wilson, member of the surf rock band The Ventures Don W. Wilson, Archivist of the United States (1987-1993) Don... Walk Dont Run (1960) The Ventures are a rock instrumental band formed in 1958, by Don Wilson and Bob Bogle, two Seattle masonry workers. ...


Edwards was hired as a bassist and occasional guitarist in his earliest tenure with the band. In 1962, following an 8-month absence, he returned to The Ventures as the band's official lead guitarist. The band released a series of best-selling albums through 1968 at which time Edwards left the band to pursue a business in thoroughbred race horses.


In 1969 Edwards started pursuing a solo career and released albums from 1969 through 1972. His solo attempt was unsuccessful and he returned to The Ventures in 1973. Edwards performed with the band until 1984 when he left to pursue a career in Nashville. In the late 1980s Edwards re-joined The Ventures for another short stint of recording and touring before returning to Nashville.


Throughout the 1990s Edwards was involved with numerous country influenced recording projects. In 2002 Edwards announced that he was going to produce a guitar of his own design, called "The Hitchhiker". Edwards has also hosted several "Nokie Edwards" guitar festivals and guitar clinics.


Most recently, Edwards has pursued an acting career, cast in the Television Series, Deadwood. Deadwood is an American television drama series that premiered in March 2004 on HBO. The series is a Western set in the 1870s in Deadwood, Dakota Territory. ...


Nokie Edwards' guitar playing style is noted for its varied technical approaches inlcuding flatpicking, finger-picking and a hybrid of both styles.


Edwards continues to tour Japan annually with the Ventures and as a solo performer.


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The Ventures - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (1568 words)
When they added Nokie Edwards on bass, and Howie Johnson on drums, right after being signed by Dolton Records, they maintained this strong lead/rhythm interplay, so that even with Johnson's very much jazz/swing-influenced drum style, their sound carried an aggressive "drive" that was very influential on the sound of guitar-based combos that followed.
Around this time, Nokie Edwards, a budding guitar virtuouso in his own right, suggested that Bogle's lead guitar abilities were being stretched, and that they were in essence wasting Nokie's talents by keeping him on bass.
The combined effect of putting Nokie Edwards on lead guitar, and bringing Mel Taylor in on drums, created what many fans feel was The Ventures at their very best, a lineup that remained unchanged until Edwards left the band in 1968, to be replaced by Gerry McGee.
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