Originally Posted by: JFO6Come on guys. Where are the songs by The Ventures. They were the first all guitar group....

I'm a Ventures fan too and even got to see them live (or what was left of the group) in '69. But to credit them as the "first all guitar group" might stretch things a bit. The Fireballs presumably predate the Ventures as they are sometimes credited with paving the way for the Ventures' instrument make-up of guitars and drums.

Time flies! 'We' continually commemorate great Rock bands, individual artists and songs. But many, including those above, are well past 50 years back in Rock history. The Ventures, Duane Eddy, Link Wray, and Dick Dale (my first guitar hero) are the instrumentalists that meant the most to me. Happily (amazingly?), Eddy performed as recently as two years ago, Dale is on tour now.

Fifty+ years we look back on! What a fantastic musical history rock has!! Fifty years before these guys were getting started takes us to...the very earliest days of records.