Dick dale and his del

Greatest Hits 4 versions. Leo Fender kept giving Dale amps and Dale kept blowing them up! Archived from the original on Dale broke through the electronic barrier limitations of that era! Retrieved 28 May — via LA Times. Sell so many jars of Noxzema skin cream and we'll send you this ukelele.

This is an important part of especially west coast music history. He used it to achieve a "wet" sound that, when coupled with the double-picking technique heard on many of his recordings, is considered the authoritative surf guitar sound many musicians sought to achieve. Just what I was looking for. All rights reserved. Despite its regional dominance top ten in all five major west coast U.

King Of The Surf Guitar. I'm dating myself, but I actually saw Dick Dale at a "surf dance" when I was in high school. Later in the decade he made records for the Cougar and Accent labels after a scary diagnosis of colon cancer; it sidelined him for awhile but didn't do him in. Retrieved 28 May — via LA Times. Interesting Finds Updated Daily.

Till one night Leo and his right hand man Freddy T. In the liner notes of Better Shred Than Dead: Views Read Edit View history. However, Dale would return to music in the s, reviving the Del-Tone name and performing around southern California. The style of music I developed, to me at the time, was the feeling I got when I was out there on the waves. Dale, in gratitude to his late friend, later covered " Third Stone from the Sun " as a tribute to Hendrix. He is of Lebanese descent from his father and Polish - Belarusian descent from his mother.