Posted on 03/17/2019 12:59:20 PM PDT by EveningStar
Dick Dale, known as “King of The Surf Guitar,” has passed away, sources said on Sunday.
Dale, who had been quietly suffering health issues for many years, was considered a leader in the surf guitar genre. Dale was 82.
Born Richard Anthony Monsour, his famous songs, like “Miserlou,” and many others have become part of the American music fabric.
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Doyle Bramhall II plays the same way..... He can hit a lick...youtube him.
Earnie Isely (big pal of Hendrix) plays ambidex...right or left, upside down or whatever.
I have a signed Poster from him up in my Office. Got it when I met him at the NAMM Show years ago.
RIP...
I used to work with a guy who played in a band called The Woodies (named after a car, of course). Some of their stuff is on Youtube, like this: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=X99Ew_5YgAY
In my experience most guitar players don’t know how to sight read sheet music. Guitar is very different than a keyboard, it’s laid out two dimensionally versus linearly like a keyboard. Sheet music translates to piano playing easier than guitar playing. Basically all piano players learn to sight read from the start, most guitar players never do. Perhaps that’s why improvisation is considered so important to guitar players. We need to be capable of winging it in a song, playing notes that suit the chords on they fly without being able to rely on sheet music to tell us what notes to finger next.
Fairly thin
And now we have the "Get her a cheeseburger" crowd when a pic of a fit girl is posted.
He was also great with the accordian and violin.
Probably up until the early 70s...instrumentals were used as lead in to the top of the hour newscasts on radio....even top-40 stations had TOH news
I learned to read sheet music through orchestra all through my school years. For playing guitar, I found it wasn’t worth the effort. The keys were usually selected for compatibility with other instruments. I never liked playing in E flat or B flat but that’s how sheet was scored, usually.
Plot twist: Metal without distortion sounds like surf music.
This guy was great, a one of a kind. You just had to smile when you heard his stuff. RIP and thanks for the ride.
He was one of a kind, RIP Dick Dale and thanks.
I think he would agree he had a pretty good run...
Yeah he can definitely hit a lick:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MSzbDsbCR88
And of course Albert King has to be mentioned in any discussion of lefty players who strung upside down.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Py37G9qsfY
That is from “Back to the Beach” a wonderful send up of all those beach movies from my lost youth.
RIP Mr. Dale. You were awesome.
Yes and so many more in this niche: The Eliminators, Los Straightjackets, the Fathoms, and one of my fav's an all girl band out of Toronto, The Surfrajettes. This type of music is not dead by a long shot, bands have been formed in all over the planet performing in this style...
Played 10 years in a band with a guitarist who grew up in So. Cal in the 60’s. Dick Dale was his main influence at a young age and his playing had shades of the surf style.
Need to catch up with him and express my condolences.
Dick Dale, R.I.P. Ping.
Thank for the ping.
RIP to a great guitar player of yesterday. Loved “Miserlou”.
“Noooooo
Rest in piece”
Hopefully in one piece.
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