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King Of The Surf Guitar - Dick Dale

King Of The Surf Guitar

Dick Dale  

Format: 1 Vinyl

Genre: pop, rock

Barcode: 0089353314521

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Description

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Artist

American guitarist and record label owner.
Born: 4th May 1937, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Died: 16th March 2019, Loma Linda, California, USA
Dale helped pioneer the sounds of surf music and has been proclaimed "King of the Surf Guitar". The 1961 single Let's Go Trippin' on his own Deltone Records is considered the first surf record. Wanting his playing to reflect the sounds and feeling of surfing, Dale used staccato picking on heavy gauge strings and heavily reverbed amplification (although this was not present on his initial recordings), which he worked closely with Leo Fender to help develop custon-made amplifiers. Dick is also a self-taught player, learning to play left-handed on a right-handed guitar without restringing the instrument (even in his late years, he still played with the guitar strung upside down). His playing often displayed a Middle-Eastern influence which came from his father's family (who is Lebanese).

Dale started out playing around southern California with his backing band, the Del-Tones, in the late 1950s. Dick Dale & His Del-Tones became a popular attraction around southern California and Dick had appearances in a number of 1960's "beach" movies. Early records were released by Dick's father, Jim Monsour on the Deltone Records imprint. Dick later signed to Capital Records and issued for 4 studio LPs (there were frequent line up changes in the Deltones and the Capital LPs featured Dick backed by mostly studio musicians). A bout with rectal cancer forced Dick's retirement in 1965 but he returned in the 1970s', reviving the Del-Tone name for a time. He eventually dropped the Del-Tone name a released several solo albums in the 1990s and early 2000s.
In 1994, his biggest hit 'Miserlou' gained popularity again by being chosen as opening tune for the Quentin Tarantino film 'Pulp Fiction'.
Although his studio output in the new millenium was sparse, Dick continued to perform live. In early 2008, Dick announced that his rectal cancer had returned and he was in the process of receiving treatment.
He returned to touring work in 2009 and has toured up until being treated again, this time für heart failure and kidney failure which finally led to his death at the age of 81.

Tracks

A1  Miserlou  02:15

A2  King Of The Surf Guitar  02:06

A3  Let's Go Trippin'  02:12

A4  Surf Beat  03:01

A5  Shake N' Stomp  02:12

A6  Riders In The Sky  02:19

A7  Hava Nagila  02:07

B1  The Wedge  02:01

B2  Tidal Wave  02:02

B3  Mr. Peppermint Man  02:24

B4  Surfing Drums  04:53

B5  Jungle Fever  02:16

B6  A Run For Life  02:10

B7  Surfin' Rebel  02:02

Releases

Formats

CD, Vinyl

Labels

RockBeat Records

Countries

United States of America

years

2012

Members

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