Lorna Doone

My friend Victor and 

I heard the Ventures circa

1964

at Memorial

Auditorium in our

home town, Pueblo. There 

weren't many people

in the audience, even
though the Ventures were

pretty popular

those days. At intermission,
Victor talked to the

lead guitar player,

Nokie Edwards (I had to

look up Nokie's name

on the internet

just now). I think it was a

pretty good show. I

imagine that they
played "Walk, Don't Run," and also

"Pipeline" and "Wipeout."

"Pipeline" had that neat

muted descending E-string
opening. "Wipeout"

had the crowd-killing
drum solo by Mel Taylor.

There's just one more thing

I remember – We 

went to a vending machine,

and Victor made fun

of me for getting
Lorna Doone cookies instead

of a candy bar.