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Richard 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. [1] . Dale was known as "The King of the Surf Guitar", which was also the title of his second studio album .
Dick Dale was an American rock guitarist and pioneer of the surf music genre known for his percussive playing style and innovative use of the reverb amplifier effect. He is also widely known as the “King of Surf Guitar,” a nickname that fans gave him early in his career.
Biography & History of Dick Dale. Born 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.
Mar 18, 2019 · Dick 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...
May 22, 2023 · Our Top 10 Dick Dale Songs list takes a look at the music of one of rock's most legendary guitar players known for his big hit "Misirlou."
Mar 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 Linda,...
Mar 18, 2019 · Surf guitar pioneer Dick Dale, whose song Misirlou played over the opening credits to Quentin Tarantino's Pulp Fiction, has died aged 81. Dale was known for his blindingly fast strumming style,...
Mar 22, 2019 · BIANCULLI: Surf rock guitarist Dick Dale speaking to Terry Gross in 1993. He died last Saturday at age 81. Coming up, Justin Chang reviews the newest horror film from Jordan Peele...
Mar 18, 2019 · Fans and fellow musicians are remembering Dick Dale, who died Saturday at 81. Dale's sound inspired legions of musicians back in the 1960s and into the 21st century.
Mar 18, 2019 · Dick Dale, whose pounding, blaringly loud power-chord instrumentals on songs like Miserlou and Let's Go Trippin' earned him the title King of the Surf Guitar, has died at age 81.
