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DICK DALE: Guitar Player magazine once asked me, who is your influence? And I said Hank Williams. And they said Hank Williams doesn't play electric guitar. And but that's who it was. And music to me ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio – For a guy whose forte was guitar instrumentals, Dick Dale had a way with words. “I’ve been performing since 1955 . . . and I’m going to keep performing until I die because I’m not ...

Dick Dale, a California-based musician and surfer whose rumbling and percussive guitar work drew inspiration from the thundering force of ocean waves, earning him the title king of surf guitar, died ...

Like Jimi Hendrix and Eric Clapton, Dick Dale was an undisputed guitar god. Known as The King of Surf Guitar, he amplified the sound of California’s surf culture with his gold Fender Stratocaster ...

Surf guitar legend Dick Dale, whose song “Misirlou” gained fame in director Quentin Tarantino’s “Pulp Fiction,” died Saturday night. He was 81. Dale’s bass player, Sam Bolle, confirmed his death to ...

The Beach Boys may have perfected surf music, but Dick Dale invented it. Dale, who died of heart and kidney failure Saturday at age 81, singlehandedly created the distinctive surf-guitar sound that ...

Nearly 60 years ago, surfers flocked to the waves along Newport Beach to try mastering the new craze. When the sun set, they needed someplace to dance and Dick Dale delivered it at Rendezvous Ballroom ...

LOS ANGELES (CBSLA)-- Dick Dale, the "King of Surf Guitar" has died. He was 81. Dale's surf guitar became synonymous with Southern California's beach culture in the late 50s and 60s. It was unclear ...