( CNN ) -- Ventures lead guitarist Bob Bogle , whose fretwork on such instrumental hits such as `` Walk -- Do n't Run '' and `` Hawaii Five-O '' influenced countless bands , died Sunday in Vancouver , Washington . Bob Bogle ( second from left ) co-founded the Ventures , the highly influential instrumental band . He was 75 . The cause was non-Hodgkin 's lymphoma , according to Don Wilson , who co-founded the Ventures with Bogle in the 1950s . `` He had a special sound that nobody could ever re-create . He was totally unique as a guitar player , '' Wilson told CNNRadio . Wilson and Bogle learned how to play guitar while working as construction workers in the 1950s in their native Tacoma , Washington . The pair formed the Ventures in 1958 . `` We had a lot of time on our hands after work , so we 'd get together and play , '' Wilson recalled . `` A year and a half later , we had a number two hit called 'Walk -- Do n't Run . ' `` The group first heard the song on a Chet Atkins record . Several other hits followed , including `` Perfidia , '' `` Walk Do n't Run '64 '' and `` Diamond Head . '' The group took the theme of the TV show `` Hawaii Five-O '' into the Top Ten in 1969 and later supplied background music for the series . But the band , which played almost solely instrumentals , was perhaps more influential for its albums . Thirty-eight of the band 's long-players hit Billboard 's Top 200 chart , including albums that covered country songs , dance tunes and Christmas melodies . One of the band 's albums was titled `` Play Guitar with the Ventures , '' and countless did . `` I ca n't think of a better contribution for instrumental music on his style than 'Walk -- Do n't Run , ' `` Wilson said . `` A lot of good would-be guitar players and garage bands would go out and buy guitars just to learn that song . '' The Ventures were voted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2008 . At the induction ceremony , Creedence Clearwater Revival 's John Fogerty praised the group : `` It 's enough to say , the Ventures are the most popular instrumental band of all time , '' he said . Bogle fought his illness with dignity , Wilson said . `` His doctors gave him 10 years to live , and he lived 12 . The last two years were really tough . At least he lived to know the Ventures had been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame . '' Bogle is survived by his wife , Yumi . CNNRadio 's Ninette Sosa and Matt Cherry contributed to this story .
Bob Bogle , Williams ' lead guitarist , dead at 75 . Williams and Bogle inspired countless others with guitar playing . Songs ' ` ` Walk -- Do n't Run , '' ` ` Hawaii Five - O ''