I remember Eric Johnson mentioning Dick Dale as one of his heroes.
(Adding Eric Johnson to the playlist, too.)
Have you heard the “Pipeline” track he and SRV recorded?
Interesting choice-—I heard something on the radio a few years ago that got my attention simply AS A PIECE OF MUSIC and I couldn’t wait to hear who it was; the DJ said, THAT, believe it or not, was Dick Dale , who did all those surfin’ records!” It had NO relationship with what I would have expected from him.I couldn’t believe it, I was in the car and couldn’t find anything to write the name of the tune or the album down with, so I don’t remember what it was. But I would love to find out. SOMETHING JUST OCCURRED TO ME: i have Rhapsody, and I could type him in as “artist” and search for it that way.