Nokie Edwards, whose virtuosic electric guitar playing helped define the surf-rock style of the Ventures, the immensely popular instrumental band that rose to prominence in the 1960s, died Monday in ...

Guitar quartet instrumentalists -- not strictly surf -- The Ventures are introduced by John Fogerty. Their iconic rock backbeat instrumental sound, led by Nokie Edwards lead guitar is timeless. The ...

A piece of rock and roll history has an Oklahoma connection. A guitar played by Nokie Edwards is being preserved in a vault at the Oklahoma Museum of Pop Culture (OKPOP). Edwards born in Lahoma, ...

Nokie Edwards, the influential lead guitarist for the “surf rock” pioneers the Ventures, has died at age 82. Ryan Greenblatt, who works on booking for the Ventures in North America and Europe, ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Nokie Edwards, the influential lead guitarist for the "surf rock" pioneers the Ventures, has died at age 82. Ryan Greenblatt, who works on booking for the Ventures in North America and ...

Nokie Edwards, a founding member of the Ventures who helped create rollicking, infectious and influential hits in the 1960s for the guitar-driven band, including the surf-rock standard "Walk, Don't ...