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Post by erik on Mar 17, 2019 18:08:08 GMT -5
Another big loss in the rock and roll world, as Dick Dale, the "King Of The Surf Guitar", passed away yesterday at the age of 81. He didn't have any real hits per se, but Dale and his band the Del Tones got their 1962 instrumental classic "Misrlou" onto the soundtrack of the 1994 Quentin Tarantino film PULP FICTION: variety.com/2019/music/news/dick-dale-dead-dies-surf-guitar-king-1203165282/ |
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Post by sliderocker on Mar 17, 2019 18:43:00 GMT -5
He and his band did one of the Frankie-and-Annette beach movies. I can't remember which one, but he was one of the first rock guitarists who was a leftie. It's a mystery as to why his music didn't catch on with the general public. He was quite talented and he was around before the Beatles and the British Invasion dominated the charts.
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Post by erik on Mar 17, 2019 19:17:12 GMT -5
Whatever "hits" he had during the heyday of surf music in the early 1960s were primarily confined to Southern California, which was unfortunate, but kind of predictable, given that his sound was a fairly good approximation of the surfer lifestyle here. It is kind of a shame that it took a bloodbath of a film like PULP FICTION to give him more than just cult attention; but at least it happened.
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Post by Partridge on Mar 17, 2019 19:43:10 GMT -5
Read this article about Dick Dale's pain: Dick Dale |
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Post by the Scribe on Mar 17, 2019 20:24:44 GMT -5
Read this article about Dick Dale's pain: Dick DaleWow. |
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Post by rick on Mar 19, 2019 14:16:07 GMT -5
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Post by erik on Mar 19, 2019 19:05:24 GMT -5
I suppose one could say that he "invented" surf-rock, at least with his style of electric guitar, which does reflect the turbulent excitement of surfing; but it has to be said that the Ventures, as a band, may have laid the groundwork (albeit unintentionally) when they had their first two hits, "Walk Don't Run" and "Perfidia", in 1960. And in some ways, he was kind of overtaken on a national level by groups like the Marketts ("Balboa Blue"; "Out Of Limits"), the Surfaris ("Wipe Out"), the Pyramids ("Penetration"), and the Chantays ("Pipeline").
Nevertheless, Dick Dale certainly had a huge part in forming the basic spadework for the entire West Coast rock sound, not just for surf music but, in my opinion, certain aspects of the sound of groups like the Byrds and even the Eagles.
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