Bob Bogle, lead guitarist and co-founder of the rock band The Ventures, known for 1960s instrumental hits including “Walk, Don’t Run,” has died at age 75.
Don Wilson, the band’s other co-founder, confirms that Bogle became ill over the weekend and died Sunday.
The band sold millions of albums and heavily influenced other rock guitarists. It was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2008. The hall’s Web site hailed The Ventures as “the most successful instrumental combo in rock and roll history.”
“Walk, Don’t Run” reached No. 2 on the Billboard chart in 1960, and a revised version, “Walk, Don’t Run ‘64,” reached No. 8 in 1964. Among the band’s other hits were “Perfidia” and the theme from “Hawaii Five-O.”
Funeral arrangements have been made for Bob Bogle. Services will be held on Friday, June 19, at 12.30 p.m. The address is: Evergreen Memorial Chapel, 1101 NE 112th Avenue, Vancouver, WA 98684.
This will be a closed casket ceremony, for family and friends – others mourners are welcome.
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