Dick Dale
USA
Born: 04 May 1937
Years Active: 60, 70, 80, 90, 2000
Genres: Pop/Rock
Styles: Rock & Roll, Rock & Roll/Roots, Surf Revival, Instrumental Rock, Surf
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Dick Dale wasn't nicknamed "King of the Surf Guitar" for nothing: he pretty much invented the style single-handedly, and no matter who copied or expanded upon his blueprint, he remained the fieriest, most technically gifted musician the genre ever produced. Dale's pioneering use of Middle Eastern and Eastern European melodies (learned organically through his familial heritage) was among the first in any genre of American popular music, and predated the teaching of such "exotic" scales in guitar-shredder academies by two decades. The breakneck s...
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