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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 (born May 4, 1937, Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.—died March 16, 2019, Loma Linda, California) 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.
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...
Known as the “King of the Surf Guitar”, Dick Dale invented the genre with his fierce, never-before-seen style and was often imitated but never duplicated by artists around the world. Born Richard Monsour in Boston in 1937, Dale was exposed to music at a young age.
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.
Dick Dale was an American guitarist who pioneered the surf rock genre in the 1960s. His unique playing style blended Middle Eastern influences with rockabilly and electric guitar techniques. Born Richard Monsour in 1937, Dale learned piano as a child but gravitated toward the guitar, playing it left-handed and upside down.
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,...
