Don Wilson, one of the founders of the Ventures, is 78 today. Here they are performing “Slaughter on 10th Avenue” in 1966 in Japan, where they were a bigger deal than the Beatles.

Don Wilson, one of the founders of the Ventures, is 78 today. Here they are performing “Slaughter on 10th Avenue” in 1966 in Japan, where they were a bigger deal than the Beatles.
Ed Kilgore is a political columnist for New York and managing editor at the Democratic Strategist website. He was a contributing writer at the Washington Monthly from January 2012 until November 2015, and was the principal contributor to the Political Animal blog.
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