4 photos of The Ventures playing at L.A.'s Starwood in 1981

[Edward Lopez]

NOTE: After posting this I saw the Forum on how to post photos here and I won't be able to do it from my PC but I do have 4 of the 10 on my Flickr page. So if there's interest I'll follow the instructions and try to get them here or the appropriate forum.

In 1981 while living in Los Angeles (San Fernando Valley) I found out they were going to play at the STARWOOD and I attended with my camera. After the opening acts, The Ventures got on the stage. I have to tell you that I suffered a major disappointment for they were not using Mosrites! What a total drag. Still, they were exciting.

I took 10 photos and I might have taken more but for some technical reason my camera's flash wouldn't fire on all photos. So some are stage lit and some are flashed. After the show I went backstage with a drawing I had made of the bass drum showing The Ventures logo and they all signed it. There was a slight resistance to my accessing backstage but I wasn't stopped when I showed them my drawing specifying that all I wanted were autographs.

Prior to seeing them at the STARWOOD I worked for a music publication and one day I was asked to bring some misdelivered mail to the building next door. On the envelopes, it said THE VENTURES! With glee I rushed next door and Mel Taylor opened the door and I was so befuddled that I called him by the guitarist's name! You won't believe it but I did this twice, except Bob Bogle answered the door the 2nd time.

Then one day I was shopping at a Robinson's department store and when I got on line to pay, the person in front of me was Mel Taylor. We struck up a conversation and we laughed our butts off when I reminded him of my experiences when bringing the mail.

If you guys would like me to post the photos, please let me know what forum to place them in and if I can upload them from my hard drive.

[Sarah93003]

Sure, I'd love to see them.

[Veenture]

Yes Bob, always interesting to watch. To upload pics here, you need to sign up at an internet host like Photobucket first. It's free and easy to do.
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[Edward Lopez]

Yes Bob, always interesting to watch. To upload pics here, you need to sign up at an internet host like Photobucket first. It's free and easy to do.
--------- http://register.photobucket.com/

While I do have a Photobucket account I haven't uploaded any photos to it. However, as I mentioned I do have 4 of the 10 photos (one of each Ventures) at Flickr. Can I use my Flickr photos?

[Veenture]

Can I use my Flickr photos?

...can always give it a try (before pressing the Submit button when posting, I suggest you hit the "Preview" button first to test the water)

[Edward Lopez]

[Edward Lopez]

My 4 (out of 11, 1 being the Starwood marquee) The Ventures photos were successfully posted from my Flickr page. I posted them in a separate thread so that the members will know they've been posted. Thanks to all who helped.

The thread is titled: 4 photos of The Ventures playing at L.A.'s Starwood in 1981

[101Volts]

Very nice! That isn't Don Wilson in the last photo, is it? Is that Harvey Wicklund?

Austin

[Edward Lopez]

Very nice! That isn't Don Wilson in the last photo, is it? Is that Harvey Wicklund?

Austin

That is Don Wilson. Compare my photo to the one of Harvey at http://tedgreenebookeditions.com/photoa ... als/hw.jpg a world of difference! Don is better looking. You can see Don in 1981, same year as my photo, at http://www.gettyimages.com/detail/74912 ... um-Archive

[101Volts]

Very nice! That isn't Don Wilson in the last photo, is it? Is that Harvey Wicklund?

Austin

That is Don Wilson. Compare my photo to the one of Harvey at http://tedgreenebookeditions.com/photoa ... als/hw.jpg a world of difference! Don is better looking. You can see Don in 1981, same year as my photo, at http://www.gettyimages.com/detail/74912 ... um-Archive

Thanks, I can see now. When did Harvey tour with The Ventures? I know he was with them in 1982.

Austin