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As a 12 year old, I was inspired to learn the drums by listening to The Ventures.

Ventures guitarist Nokie Edwards died on March 13, 2018 at the age of 82 from an infection following hip surgery.

Nole Floyd Edwards was born in Lahoma, Oklahoma, on May 9, 1935, to a family of migrant fruit pickers who eventually relocated by horse-drawn wagon to Puyallup.

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Nole Floyd Edwards was born in Lahoma, Oklahoma, on May 9, 1935, to a family of migrant fruit pickers who eventually relocated by horse-drawn wagon to Puyallup.!

Nokie Edwards

American musician (1935–2018)

Musical artist

Nole Floyd "Nokie" Edwards (May 9, 1935 – March 12, 2018) was an American musician and member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

He was primarily a guitarist, best known for his work with The Ventures,^[1] and was known in Japan as the 'King of Guitars'. Edwards was also an actor, who appeared briefly on Deadwood, an AmericanWesterndramatelevision series.

Early life

Edwards was born in Lahoma, Oklahoma, the son of Elbert Edwards and Nannie Mae Quinton Edwards,^[2] an original enrollee of the Western Cherokee.^[3] Edwards came from a family of accomplished musicians, so that by age five he began playing a variety of string instruments, including the steel guitar, banjo, mandolin, violin, and bass.

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His family relocated from Oklahoma to Puyallup, Washington.

During Edwards' late teen years he joined the United States Army Reserve. After traveling to Texas and California for tr