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Ventures Fan Jam

 
Many Ventures fans also play musical instruments.  Both an unplugged and electrified Fan Jam session was held enabling pickers and drummers to get up on stage and at least for a moment pretend they were a Venture (or at least be in the spotlight by playing Venture's tunes).

I was amazed at just how good many of these players were.  Even the Venture's official webmaster (Kirk) did drum duties on a couple of songs, along with a couple of tablemates of mine (Jon and Mark).

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Jon on Bass and Mark, along with Kirk Schutte on drums wow the crowd with a Ventures tune. Kirk Schutte on drums along with Bob Cannistraro on lead guitar.

Kirk is The Ventures official webmaster.

Jack DeFranco (l) having a great time. Jon and Mark again.  They play together in a group called The Relics in the Madison, Wisconsin area. A youthful drummer, that was very good at his craft.  He appreciated viewing and getting tips from Leon Taylor (The Ventures), Alan White (Yes), and Jimmy Lester (Los Straitjackets).
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A father and son team that delighted the audience.

Dad and son were having a heck of a time too.

 

The woman pictured here was playing some sort of motion type electronic device that put out some really neat sounds. Same woman doing a great job on Telstar.

Besides an amplified Venture's fan jam, Ventures fans also got together for an unplugged session.
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This was the unplugged fan jam.  It took place outside the front of the main performance lounge.

 
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