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Rich Upright


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Post  Posted 17 Mar 2019 3:59 pm    
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A true pioneer of the surf rock genre. One of my favorite players
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Landon Jarrel

 

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Post  Posted 17 Mar 2019 4:18 pm    
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Sad indeed. He was a great inspiration to my guitar playing. Dick Dale lives through his music!
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Craig Stock


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Post  Posted 17 Mar 2019 4:34 pm    
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Yes, sad indeed, a true pioneer.

Nice Obit in Savingcountrymusic.com

https://www.savingcountrymusic.com/king-of-the-surf-guitar-dick-dale-has-died/
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Andy Volk


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Post  Posted 17 Mar 2019 4:43 pm    
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Dick Dale was at the forefront of one of there most unique and identifiable electric guitar styles in American musical history. RIP.
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Dave Mudgett


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Post  Posted 17 Mar 2019 4:51 pm    
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As far as surf guitar goes, he has been da' man for me for as long as I can remember. Hugely influential, often imitated (including by me), but never equalled.

RIP, The King of the Surf Guitar.
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Doug Beaumier


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Post  Posted 17 Mar 2019 4:55 pm    
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A very sad day..The Godfather of surf guitar is gone but his music will live forever. Surf on...
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Jon Zimmerman

 

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Post  Posted 17 Mar 2019 8:20 pm    
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Dick Dale passes into Icon status, so sad to learn of his passing. He had Leo's ear, and Fender R&D, tho Leo preferred Bob Wills type players. Dale wanted LOUD and clean, so he got it a ton.
As a side note, when I was on a learning curve and had permission to take my dad's VW bug to study with Candy Bollinger at the "Library", instead, with the speedo cable pulled out from metering miles, on down the Santa Ana freeway we'd sneak.. all 40 miles to Harmony Park Ballroom, to dance (well, she did a lot.. I was to shy) to the live show DD and Deltones would put on at certain nights. Talk about LOUD, thumping tunes that would vibrate right thru your chest! Bari sax players accented. I was mesmerized to be sure.
Really miss those adventures DD. Rest now from your travails in peace. 😞
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Godfrey Arthur

 

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Post  Posted 17 Mar 2019 8:27 pm    
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Godspeed Dick Dale!

May you be greeted with the biggest waves on which to surf at the pearlies.




The Dale sang as well:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fwx2pephwKU
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Mitch Drumm

 

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Post  Posted 17 Mar 2019 8:52 pm    
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Craig Stock wrote:
Yes, sad indeed, a true pioneer.

Nice Obit in Savingcountrymusic.com

https://www.savingcountrymusic.com/king-of-the-surf-guitar-dick-dale-has-died/


Crazy to read in that obit that it was none other than Texas Tiny who suggested that Dick Monsour should change his name to Dick Dale--Tiny being the former Guy Norris Cherry.

Tiny was the huge guy you occasionally see in Town Hall Party pix and clips from SoCal.

I'd imagine there is some obscure audio out there somewhere of Dale playing straight hillbilly stuff like I guess Nokie Edwards did in his earliest days.


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Brooks Montgomery


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Post  Posted 18 Mar 2019 6:16 am    
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RIP Dick Dale. I found it fascinating that the iconic surf sound that we all have in our heads had its roots in Dick Dale’s Lebanese musical influence from his father and you can clearly hear the “Arabic” (Phrygian?) scales in Misirlou (Pulp Fiction theme song).
https://youtu.be/1hLIXrlpRe8
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Mitch Drumm

 

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Post  Posted 18 Mar 2019 4:45 pm    
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His earliest recordings are outright rock and roll, with little hint of anything surf-ish.

That's a 1957 Lincoln behind him, so he's probably 20 or 21 here.


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Charlie McDonald


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Post  Posted 19 Mar 2019 4:01 am    
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Cool dude.
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Doug Beaumier


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Post  Posted 19 Mar 2019 8:05 am    
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In the past week we lost two great musicians who were born and raised in Massachusetts, moved to California as teens with their families, and made it big in the California music scene. That would be Hal Blaine and Dick Dale.
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Jim Cohen


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Post  Posted 19 Mar 2019 3:44 pm    
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NY Times Obit: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/17/obituaries/dick-dale-dead.html?action=click&module=Well&pgtype=Homepage&section=Music
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