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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. Dale was known as "The King of the Surf Guitar", which was also the title of his second studio album.
DICK DALE - Misirlou 1963. Dick Dale, known as The King of the Surf Guitar. Dale's surf rock version later gained renewed popularity through its use in the 1994 Quentin Tarantino film Pulp...
Dick Dale 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. He is also widely known as the “King of Surf Guitar,” a nickname that fans gave him early in his career. Dale inspired generations.
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...
(YouTube) He was known as The King of Surf. And while Dick Dale may not have been a household name in some circles, in the guitar and surf worlds he was a legend — a player credited with helping...
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, Calif....
Dick Dale, “the King of the Surf Guitar,” has died at the age of 81. California Rocker first reported that Dale died Friday. His bassist Sam Bolle confirmed Dale’s death to the Guardian....
