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Post by AGD on Mar 17, 2019 15:24:38 GMT -5
I'm hearing Dick Dale died early this morning, California time, aged 82.
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Post by Mikie on Mar 17, 2019 15:28:17 GMT -5
King of The Surf Guitar, gone at 81. He once said that playing live kept him alive.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 17, 2019 16:00:58 GMT -5
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Post by Al S on Mar 17, 2019 17:09:12 GMT -5
Rest In Twanging Peace, Dick Dale.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 17, 2019 17:39:05 GMT -5
Crap!
Q.D.E.P. I was 10yo when he came to Sacramento to do a promotional appearance for a surf movie in which he appeared. I don't remember the movie, but I do remember begging my mom to go to the the movie's premiere at Mather Drive-In on Folsom Blvd. They handed out 8x10's. I shook his hand. Miss Sacramento was there, too. Jam on, big Kahuna. |
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Post by Emdeeh on Mar 17, 2019 18:43:51 GMT -5
I'm grateful to have seen Dick Dale playing at one of the CWF shows.
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Post by jh055 on Mar 18, 2019 7:05:00 GMT -5
Interesting factoid about DD..for the guitarists out there anyway. Dick played a lefty built guitar but with the strings upside down. That is, thickest string on the bottom. Effectively “backwards, AND upside down.” There’s more than one way to skin a cat, I guess.
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Post by Mikie on Mar 18, 2019 11:00:47 GMT -5
Brian Wilson: "I’m sorry to hear about Dick Dale passing. Dick’s guitar playing was a big influence on all of us, and we covered “Misirlou” on our Surfin’ USA album in ‘63. Love & Mercy to Dick’s family".
Dick often stated that HE was the originator of Surf Music, not The Beach Boys.
Good article here:
www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/dick-dale-surf-guitar-king-dead-obituary-809294/
One article says he was 81, another says 82, and yet another says he was 83. |
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Post by lonesurf on Mar 20, 2019 18:47:34 GMT -5
I was lucky to see Dick in concert three times in the late nineties and early 2000's. He toured with a bassist and his teenage son on drums.
He was truly a force of nature when he strapped on a guitar.
Beach Boy connection...
Dick is credited on this track (with BW involvement):
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Post by Micha on Mar 21, 2019 4:23:40 GMT -5
What else will this year have in store for us? First Hal Blaine, now Dick Dale...  RIP. |
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RIP.