Dick Dale
Instrumental rock, Composer
1937 –
Who is Dick Dale?
Dick Dale is an American surf rock guitarist, known as The King of the Surf Guitar. He pioneered the surf music style, drawing on Eastern musical scales and experimenting with reverberation. He worked closely with Fender to produce custom made amplifiers, including the first-ever 100-watt guitar amplifier. He pushed the limits of electric amplification technology, helping to develop new equipment that was capable of producing distorted, "thick, clearly defined tones" at "previously undreamed-of volumes." The "breakneck speed of his single-note staccato picking technique" as well as his showmanship with the guitar is considered a precursor to heavy metal music, influencing guitarists such as Jimi Hendrix and Eddie Van Halen.
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- Born
- May 4, 1937
Boston - Also known as
- Richard Anthony Monsour
- Dale, Dick
- The King of the Surf Guitar
- Children
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Lived in
- Orange County
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on July 23, 2013
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