Biography[edit]

Born near Wagoner, Oklahoma, Bogle worked as a bricklayer in California from the age of 15. A self-taught guitar player, Bogle met Don Wilson in Seattle in 1958, where they worked together on various construction sites. They went on to form a band, the Versatones, which evolved into the Ventures. Bogle's lead guitar on the band's 1960 cover of "Walk, Don't Run" helped to influence the next generation of guitarists including John Fogerty, Steve Miller, Joe Walsh and Stevie Ray Vaughan.^[2] Bogle's use of the vibrato arm was particularly notable,^[3] as it was also with their second single, "Perfidia".


The Ventures' song "Wild Child" was sampled by the Wiseguys on "Start the Commotion", giving Bogle his only hit writing credit on the British charts, reaching number 47 and spending 2 weeks on the chart.


Bogle died at age 75 on June 14, 2009, from non-Hodgkin lymphoma in Vancouver, Washington.^[4][5]