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BULLETIN: RIP Dick Dale, ‘King of the Surf Guitar’ Passes Away at 82
California Rocker ^ | March 17, 2019 | Donna Balancia

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.

(Excerpt) Read more at californiarocker.com ...


TOPICS: Music/Entertainment
KEYWORDS: dickdale; obituary; swinglowsweetchariot
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To: Rebelbase

RIP, God speed


41 posted on 03/17/2019 2:44:32 PM PDT by Chode ( WeÂ’re America, Bitch!)
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To: EveningStar

“Miserlou” became part of the American music fabric.

Must be a small invisible thread in the fabric, maybe in the inner liner.


42 posted on 03/17/2019 2:53:21 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom
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To: EveningStar

I feel awful. I love Dick Dale.


43 posted on 03/17/2019 2:54:55 PM PDT by hellinahandcart
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To: OttawaFreeper
Yes, you are right. If you want a great sampler of instrumental hits, buy this...

...lots of fantastic music and I remember every single one of them when they were popular.

44 posted on 03/17/2019 2:57:04 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom
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To: shelterguy

Some people are just naturals at it, sounds like your dad was. I am not, I like natural talent and it’s a struggle but I keep trying. Worth it because for me it’s just for fun and the challenge of doing something I’m not necessarily good at but making myself a tiny bit better every day.


45 posted on 03/17/2019 2:58:48 PM PDT by pepsi_junkie (Often wrong, but never in doubt!)
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To: EveningStar

As a guitar player, he’s an inspiration to me.


46 posted on 03/17/2019 2:59:57 PM PDT by sauropod (Yield to sin, and experience chastening and sorrow; yield to God, and experience joy and blessing.)
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To: V K Lee

I’ve got “Ghost Riders in the Sky” by 10 artists...Mr. Dale isn’t going to be #11.


47 posted on 03/17/2019 3:02:48 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom
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To: waterhill

Now that is GOOD! Thanks for the link. I just bought it on Apple iTunes Store.


48 posted on 03/17/2019 3:07:02 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom
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To: Jimmy Valentine

I just listened to The Ventures “Pipeline” which I always liked, then Dick Dale. Wow, no comparison. The Ventures cover seems labored and too technical compared to the free flowing and wild Dick Dale cover.


49 posted on 03/17/2019 3:12:56 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom
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To: pepsi_junkie

“He’s left handed and he plays a left handed guitar. But he strings the strings backwards, bass on the bottom and treble on top. It’s like he learned to play by using a right handed guitar flipped to the left but didn’t bother to restring it in reverse like Jimi Hendrix did.”

Check out Albert King. He did the same thing, as do I. I think Doyle Bramhall II, Bobby Womack and Bob Geldof played lefty with righty strings as well. I know Jimi Hendrix learned to play that way but switched over to standard strings before he got famous.


50 posted on 03/17/2019 3:17:14 PM PDT by FXRP (Just me and the pygmy pony)
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To: waterhill
What a song; campy movie though, Back to the Beach
May God have mercy on him
51 posted on 03/17/2019 3:22:18 PM PDT by af_vet_1981 (The bus came by and I got on, That's when it all began)
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

Back when Rap was coming up out of the cellar the Letters to the Editor section of Keyboard magazine was a war zone, with half of them yammering about creative genius and the other half screaming that it wasn’t even music.

One guy wrote in that it didn’t matter ‘cause white folks had already Had Rap for Ages. They called it Square Dancing.


52 posted on 03/17/2019 3:23:49 PM PDT by To-Whose-Benefit? (It is Error alone which needs the support of Government. The Truth can stand by itself.)
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To: To-Whose-Benefit?
LOL. White folks also had the Light Opera of Gilbert & Sullivan and it was called "Patter Song." Call it civilized and intelligent rap.

I still liken rap more to the natives in darkest Africa beating on logs and yelping around the fire.

53 posted on 03/17/2019 3:30:48 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom
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To: EveningStar

Randy Nauert of The Challengers passed away last month . He lost his home and all his animals who were in his Zen Zoo on his property in Malibu during the recent fire . https://shacc.org/2019/02/09/rip-randy-nauert/


54 posted on 03/17/2019 3:52:55 PM PDT by sushiman (i)
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To: FXRP
Speaking of Hendrix, in the song Third Stone from the Sun, the line...

So to you I shall put an end
And you'll never hear surf music again ...
[At half-speed] That sounds like a lie to me
Come on man, let's go home

...was alleged by Dick Dale to have been Hendrix's way of encouraging his recuperation when Dale was seriously ill. RIP.

55 posted on 03/17/2019 4:11:53 PM PDT by DoodleBob (Gravity's waiting period is about 9.8 m/s^2)
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To: EveningStar

RIP, Mr. Dale. You’re in the ultimate big band now, sir. And my little band has Pipeline in our set list. We play it at every gig.


56 posted on 03/17/2019 4:25:07 PM PDT by Free in Texas (Celebrate diversity. Own firearms of every caliber.)
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To: shelterguy

Some of the best musicians I ever played with can’t read a lick. Many of us learn by having it passed down to us (lore).


57 posted on 03/17/2019 4:35:00 PM PDT by Free in Texas (Celebrate diversity. Own firearms of every caliber.)
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To: EveningStar

Fortunate enough to see Mr. Dale play once with Brian Setzer..good stuff.


58 posted on 03/17/2019 4:36:59 PM PDT by TomServo
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To: taildragger

Don’t forget the Tornados or Duane Eddie.


59 posted on 03/17/2019 4:50:12 PM PDT by Roccus (When you talk to a politician...ANY politician...always say, "Remember Ceausescu")
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To: EveningStar

Pretty cool dude. Hang ten and rest easy.


60 posted on 03/17/2019 5:26:51 PM PDT by higgmeister ( In the Shadow of The Big Chicken)
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