Pretty sure he listened to a LOT of the Ventures (and the Shadows) when he was a kid - and all of us eventually go back to our inner kid, sooner or later...
I absolutely love Hank C. Burnette's (a "widely known in narrow circles" rockabilly artists from Sweden) frantic cover of "Walk Don't Run" retitled "Run Don't Walk": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ZznCfvWpos
Both "Walk Don't Run" and "Sleep Walk" were covered by Steve Howe. One doesn't think of surf rock as influencing prog rock, but there you go!
Pretty sure he listened to a LOT of the Ventures (and the Shadows) when he was a kid - and all of us eventually go back to our inner kid, sooner or later...
Sleep Walk sounds a lot like Lennon’s This Boy, maybe it’s a direct influence.
Another Lennon connection: SW supposedly influenced Fleetwood Mac’s Albatross, which then supposedly influenced Sun King on Abbey Road.
I absolutely love Hank C. Burnette's (a "widely known in narrow circles" rockabilly artists from Sweden) frantic cover of "Walk Don't Run" retitled "Run Don't Walk": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ZznCfvWpos