"At the Grammy Museum in Los Angeles, CA. December 7, 2019-
August 3, 2020"
Published December 2, 2019 | by cavehollywood
By Harvey Kubernik
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| Courtesy of Fiona Taylor |
The exhibit will open on Dec. 7, and will run until Aug. 3, 2020.
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| PHOTO CREDIT: Universal Music Group |
On Jan. 9, musician Jeff "Skunk" Baxter (who has been associated with the Ventures since the 1980's and has done recordings with them over the years), Fiona Taylor (Mel Taylor's widow and band manager), and other special guest to be announced soon will be at the museum to discuss stories behind the exhibit with Scott Goldman in the Clive Davis Theater.
"It's such an honor to have an exhibit dedicated to the Ventures at the Grammy Museum and be recognized for our impact on music history, " said Don Wilson, founding member of the band. "I like to think that, because we "Venturized" the music we recorded and played, we made it instantly recognizable as being the Ventures. We continue to do that, even today."
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Harvey Kubernik and Don Wilson interview (2006)
Q: How did you find the Chet Atkins cover version of "Walk, Don't Run?"
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| PHOTO CREDIT: Universal Music Group |
A: My partner Bob Bogle had a Chet Atkins album Hi Fi In Focus. And Chet had song on it, "Walk, Don't Run," and we loved the melody. But Chet played it in a finger style, almost classical, almost jazz. And actually, it was written by a jazz guitarist Johnny Smith. Now, Johnny Smith's version we never heard. But we were really enamored by that particular song. And so, we couldn't play it like that. So, we started playing it in the clubs while we were moonlighting after our construction job. You weren't making any money playing. You got $5.00 a night and played four hours. We played Duane Eddy and a little bit of Chuck Berry. I grew up in the 1940s and loved big band stuff. I picked up trombone and played it all the way through high school.
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Kubernik is the author of 15 books. His literary music anthology Inside Cave Hollywood: The Harvey Kubernik Music InnerViews and InterViews Collection Vol. 1, was published in December 2017, by Cave Hollywood. Kubernik's The Doors Summer's Gone was published by Other World Cottage Industries in February 2018. It was nominated for the 2019 Association for Recorded Sound Collections Awards for Excellence in Historical Recorded Sound Research.
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