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Old 03-17-2019, 07:17 PM
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It: R.I.P. Dick Dale
King of the Surf Guitar

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Old 03-17-2019, 07:30 PM
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R.I.P. This recording was just posted on one of my favorite YouTube channels a little over a week ago: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kARv4j_QTw4.
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Old 03-17-2019, 07:38 PM
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Amazing.

Amazing man, amazing style, amazing schtick. I met him a couple of times, interviewed him once.

You only had to interview Dick once to get the whole complete Dick Dale story, told mostly in the third person. I asked one question and sat back and let the tape roll for 45 minutes.

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Old 03-17-2019, 09:25 PM
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Saw him last year @ the Iron Horse in Northampton, Ma. Even at his age it was a great show. He had a lot to do with Fender amp and guitars growing into what they became. Sorry to hear he's gone... the sound will live on!
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Old 03-17-2019, 09:27 PM
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Sad to hear.....a true original who kept playing the way he wanted to and didn't conform to what the suits wanted just to make money.
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Old 03-17-2019, 09:33 PM
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r.i.p. i got lucky and saw him play a few times. amazing, sad...
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Old 03-18-2019, 08:33 AM
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During the Academy Awards show in 1994 he put on an awesome display of his talents doing Miserlou live. Every time I see Pulp Fiction I think about that performance. Hard to believe that song was released in 1963.
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Old 03-18-2019, 08:39 AM
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I saw something about this a day or two ago which was then dismissed as a hoax... still not sure.

Kind of funny seeing news articles talking about his "rapid alternating picking style" and not calling it tremolo picking.
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Old 03-18-2019, 08:57 AM
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Yup a truly unique pioneer on the electric guitar that's for sure. RIP Mr. Dale.
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Old 03-19-2019, 11:39 AM
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This was him at 60. Sweet mother of god. May we all shred what we do at 60 the way Dick shredded this at 60.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9UmmbF1Zyvk
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Old 03-19-2019, 02:53 PM
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Saw him here a year and a half ago. True master.

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Old 03-19-2019, 03:16 PM
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You can't surf and not love Dick Dale...another great one is gone.
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Old 03-19-2019, 06:29 PM
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If you look closely he is playing left handed guitar but it’s strung like an upside down right handed. I read he learned, first playing on an upside down right handed guitar and never really “unlearned” it. I’m sure that has a lot to do with his signature sound.
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