Today’s pop music is so dependent on the human voice—whether singing or rapping—that it’s hard to imagine a time when instrumentals could be mainstream hits. In fact, no instrumental has topped the ...

TACOMA, Wash. — Don Wilson, co-founder and rhythm guitarist of the instrumental guitar band The Ventures, has died. He was 88. Wilson died Saturday in Tacoma of natural causes, surrounded by his four ...

There's almost always a few Austin City Limits Music Festival attendees each day who are so psyched to stake out a spot for the headliner that they arrive when gates open and sprint across Zilker Park ...

Plenty of stellar rock guitarists through the years have been honored posthumously. Some, though, remain underrated. And I happen to think that’s the case for Don Wilson, the rhythm guitarist of the ...

The Ventures were a 1960s surf-rock group. The band's hits included "Walk, Don't Run" and the theme song for "Hawaii Five-O." They were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2008. Guitarist ...

He was a founder, with Bob Bogle, of what has been called the best-selling and most influential instrumental band in rock ’n’ roll history. By Neil Genzlinger Don Wilson, co-founder of the ...

Wilson played rhythm guitar for The Ventures, which with over 100 million records sold, was the best-selling instrumental band of all time. TACOMA, Wash. — Don Wilson, co-founder and rhythm guitarist ...