Dick Dale

Dick Dale, stage name of Richard Anthony Monsour, also known as The King of the Surf Guitar, (Quincy (Massachusetts), may 4, 1937) is an American guitarist who is one of the pioneers in the field of surf rock and one of the most influential guitarists of the early 1960s. He experimented with reverberation and made use of custom builtFenderamplifiers, including the first-ever 100-Watt amplifier.



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[verbergen]  *1 Biography  ==Biography[ Edit] == Dick Dale, the son of a Lebanese father and Polish mother, soon learned to play music on a ukulele, the drums, trumpet and eventually guitar. His musical influences came from his uncle, a belly-dancing musicplayer. Many of his first songs contained thereby influences from the Middle East.
 * lifestyle 2
 * 3 Peel Sessions
 * 4 discography
 * 4.1 Albums
 * 4.2 Singles
 * 4.3 compilations/anthologies/soundtracks
 * 5 external links

Dale is often credited as one of the first electric guitarists who played an exotic sound. He is an expert in surfer and wanted his music to reflect the sounds he heard whilesurfing. While he is primarily known for introducing the use of reverb effects, which give the guitar a "wet" sound which has since become surf sound, was especially Dales fast staccato-method of playing his trademark.

Dale was left-handed and was initially forced to play on a right-handed guitar, in the same way as Jimi Hendrix would do a few years later. He did this without however, he played in this way, "upside down" (while Hendrix would restring his right way edited) and played the higher strings often by the neck through the top to approach, instead of his fingers far to stretch out from underneath. Even after he won a left-handed guitar, Dale continued to play this way. Dale is also known for his percussive, heavy playing style where he, for most guitarists, extremely heavy strings sets used, respectively 16 p, 28 p, 20 p, 38w, 48w, 58w whereas standard guitars and strings contain from 9 to 42.

With his band the Del-Tones (bassist Ron Eglit, drummer Ron Fish and guitarist Carl Verhein), were very busy local Dales live shows. The song "Let's go Trippin" from1961 is often regarded as the first surf rocknummer. This was followed by more locally released songs, including "Jungle Fever" and "Surf Beat" on his own Deltone label.His first full-length album was Surfers ' Choice "from 1962. This album was released by Capitol Records and distributed worldwide. Dale appeared in that time the Ed Sullivan Show and often in multiple movies. His second album was named after his nickname: "King of the Surf Guitar".

Though surf rock became popular within the US national, began the British invasion in the American charts in 1964. Dale was hit by rectal cancer, though he continued performing live, a while back.

In 1979 he almost lost a leg after he had injured himself while swimming; a by the polluted water-derived infection made the minor injury however much worse. As a result, Dale environmentalist was and he began to act again soon. In 1986 he took on a new album and was nominated for a Grammy Award. The use of "Misirlou" in the Quentin Tarantinomovie Pulp Fiction resulted in a large group of new admirers. Since then he has released a number of albums and continues to tour.

In 1993, a guitar solo with the Southern California band "The Pagodas" included (David Lane & John Purcell) which was released as a vinyl single.

In the late 1995, he recorded a surf rock version of Camille Saint-Saëns's on "Aquarium" for the musical support of the indoor roller coaster Space Mountain in Disneyland to California.

The Black Eyed Peas have in 2005 the song "Pump It" (from the album Monkey Business) heavily samples "Misirlou" in released where Dales is processed. "Misirlou "is also represented in the video game Guitar Hero II and the movies Pulp Fiction, Taxi, Taxi 2, Taxi 3 and Taxi 4.

Dale was in 2009 included in the Musicians Hall of Fame. ==Lifestyle<span class="mw-editsection" len="327" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] == <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">Dale has never used alcohol or drugs, and discourages use by band members and crew. Health is a priority for him. Years ago, he decided not to eat more red meat. Dale also studied martial artsfor 30 years. At the age of seventy he still put on an energetic live show down. ==Peel Sessions<span class="mw-editsection" len="329" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] == <p lang="en" len="222" style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">Dick Dale made four recordings for John P Peel Sessions.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">Peel later selected Let's Go Trippin' as tune for his BBC Radio 4series Home Truths. ==Discography<span class="mw-editsection" len="327" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] == ===Albums<span class="mw-editsection" len="322" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === ===Singles<span class="mw-editsection" len="323" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === ===Compilations/anthologies/soundtracks<span class="mw-editsection" len="351" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] ===
 * 1) 30 March, 1995 (Maida Vale 4)
 * 2) July 10, 1995 (3 Mcr.)
 * 3) 28 August, 2002 (Maida Vale 4)
 * 4) 24 March, 2004 (Maida Vale 4)
 * Surfers ' Choice (Deltone 1962)
 * King of the Surf Guitar (Capitol 1963)
 * Checkered Flag (Capitol 1963)
 * Mr. Eliminator (Capitol 1964)
 * Summer Surf (Capitol 1964)
 * Rock out with Dick Dale and his Del-Tones: Live at Ciro's (Capitol 1965)
 * The Tigers Loose (Balboa 1983)
 * Tribal Thunder (HighTone 1993)
 * Unknown Territory (1994)
 * Calling Up Spirits (Beggars Banquet 1996)
 * Spacial Disorientation (Dick Dale Records/The Orchard 2001)
 * Surfers Choice (Sundazed Records: October 2006 Re-release
 * Let's Go Trippin'/Del-Tone Rock (Deltone 1961)
 * Jungle Fever/Shake-N-Stomp (Deltone 1961)
 * Misirlou/Eight 'til Midnight (Deltone 1962)
 * Secret Surfin Spot/Surfin' and Swingin' (Capitol 1963)
 * Let's Go Trippin' ' 65/Watusi Jo (Capitol 1965)
 * "Pipeline" with Stevie Ray Vaughan, nominated for a Grammy
 * Hot Rod Music on Capitol (Capitol 1963)
 * The Big Surfin' Sounds on Capitol (Capitol 1964)
 * Golden Summer (United Artists 1976)
 * King of the Surf Guitar: The Best of Dick Dale & The Del-Tones (Rhino 1986)
 * Pulp Fiction (soundtrack) |Pulp Fiction soundtrack (MCA 1994)
 * Cowabunga Surf Box Set (Rhino 1996)
 * Rocket Jockey (Rocket Science Games/Sega Soft 1996)
 * Better Shred Than Dead: The Dick Dale Anthology (Rhino 1997)
 * MOM II Music for our Mother Ocean: (Surf Dog Records 1997)