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20:09 on March 18 2019

Jack White Posts Tribute To The Late Dick Dale

StereogumDick Dale, the legendary surf rock guitarist best known for the Pulp Fiction soundtrack staple "Misirlou," died yesterday at age 81. Among the many paying tribute to the ... more info
01:06 on March 18 2019

Dick Dale, surf guitar pioneer, dies at 81

ReutersDick Dale, who became known as "king of the surf guitar" with a twangy rapid-fire, reverb-heavy sound that he said recreated what he heard in his head while riding the wa... more info
17:38 on March 18 2019

Jack White pays tribute to Dick Dale: “A unique innovator”

Consequence of SoundBeach Boys' Brian Wilson, R.E.M.'s Mike Mills, Slash, and more also honor the "King of Surf Guitar." more info
22:40 on March 17 2019

Dick Dale, pioneer of the surf guitar, dies at 83

L.A. Times - EntertainmentDick Dale, whose pounding, blaringly loud power-chord instrumentals on songs like “Miserlou” and “Let's Go Trippin“’ earned him the title K... more info
23:18 on March 17 2019

Dick Dale, ‘King of Surf Guitar,’ dies at 81

Chicago Sun-Times, IL"I play like a lumberjack cutting down a tree," the musician told the Sun-Times in 1993. more info
21:35 on March 18 2019

Surf rocker Dick Dale shaped the sound of Southern California — and spread it to the world

L.A. Times - EntertainmentDick Dale played electric guitar like he was more interested in the electricity than in the guitar. Listen to the way he starts his signature song, “Misirlou,â€... more info
23:45 on March 18 2019

Dick Dale, 'King of the Surf Guitar,' and keeper of his own place in surf music history

L.A. Times - EntertainmentOne of the things that defined surf rocker Dick Dale’s music, career and his life was that he never held anything back. It was true of his quest for a thundering s... more info
21:35 on March 18 2019

Surf rocker Dick Dale shaped the sound of Southern California — and spread it to the world

L.A. Times - Pop & HissDick Dale played electric guitar like he was more interested in the electricity than in the guitar. Listen to the way he starts his signature song, “Misirlou,â€... more info
23:45 on March 18 2019

Dick Dale, 'King of the Surf Guitar,' and keeper of his own place in surf music history

L.A. Times - Pop & HissOne of the things that defined surf rocker Dick Dale’s music, career and his life was that he never held anything back. It was true of his quest for a thundering s... more info
12:57 on March 18 2019

Guitarist Dick Dale 1937 – 2019

JamBaseDick Dale, “The King Of The Surf Guitar,” died at the age of 81. more info

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