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Bookmark or Share- Dick Dale - WikipediaRichard Anthony Monsour (May 4, 1937 – March 16, 2019), known professionally as Dick Dale, was an American rock guitarist. He was a pioneer of surf music, drawing on Middle Eastern music scales and experimenting with reverb. Dale was known as "The King of the Surf Guitar", which was also the title of his second studio album.
- Dick Dale, Surf Guitar Legend, Dead At 81 : NPRDick Dale, the surf rock pioneer who took reverb to new levels, died on Saturday night. He was 81. The guitarist's health had declined over the past 20 years due to a number of illnesses,...
- Biography & History of Dick Dale - Dick DaleBorn in 1937 in Quincy, Massachusetts, Richard Anthony Monsour, widely known as Dick Dale, was an influential American musician who helped shape the surf rock genre. Surf rock is a unique music style featuring guitars with heavy reverberation. Dale’s musical inspiration was broad, drawing from Middle-Eastern music to traditional rock and roll.
- Dick Dale, 81, King of the Surf Guitar, Dies - The New York TimesMarch 17, 2019. Dick Dale, who was known as the King of the Surf Guitar and recorded the hit song “Misirlou,” which was revived on the “Pulp Fiction” film soundtrack, died on Saturday in Loma...
- Dick Dale | King of the Surf GuitarDick Dale was an American guitarist who pioneered the surf rock genre in the 1960s. His unique playing style blended Middle Eastern influences with rockabilly and electric guitar techniques. Born Richard Monsour in 1937, Dale learned piano as a child but gravitated toward the guitar, playing it left-handed and upside down.
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