Dick Dale dead at 81

[Gil Bang 26230]

"The King of the Surf Guitar", and also a drinking buddy of my late uncle.

RIP dude..

[Gil Bang 26230]

 

[phdhorn 6225]

Was coming in to post this.
If you played some type of guitar that you plugged in somewhere in some rock band or another from 1960 through oh, 2019, you were influenced greatly by Dick Dale.  Period.

RIP to a giant, no a GIANT who everyone from George Harrison to Ike Turner to Jimi Hendrix to the guy who plays guitar for Hanson gave huge respect props to.

[Onboard 2.0 9083]

Wow a great loss is visited upon the world of music today.

[TwiceHorn 32071]

RIP.  Scanned this bio at wikipedia.  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dick_Dale

Interesting factoids:  he was Lebanese and the surf sound derived from Arabic music.  And he pushed Fender to make amps go to 11 (over 100W!!!!111!).

Also says he kept playing to pay medical bills.

[Buzzrock 15136]

Damn, iconic to say the least. RIP.

[smuggs 9397]

RIP

 

 

 

[MC Fresh Breath 4075]

Jalopnik had this on their site today:

 

 

 

[TwiceHorn 32071]

12 hours ago, TwiceHorn said:

RIP.  Scanned this bio at wikipedia.  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dick_Dale

Interesting factoids:  he was Lebanese and the surf sound derived from Arabic music.  And he pushed Fender to make amps go to 11 (over 100W!!!!111!).

Also says he kept playing to pay medical bills.

I guess maybe the revelation that surf guitar is of Arabic origin is a blinding glimpse of the obvious.  Uncharacteristically for me, I had never looked up the origin of the word "misirlou."

[Grandioso 2592]

He was ripping it up til the very end. I want to say he was at the Continental Club here in Houston like 2 months ago.

[MrPhlegm 3413]

Rip to one of the elite minority.