Talk:Dick Dale

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This article has soooo many little mistakes from the normal story.

Dick Dale played a Stratocaster, but saying the Stratocaster's amp is confusing because the amp has nothing to do with the guitar.

He played loud and that is why the amps caught on fire.

I've heard that the reverb was developed for Dick's voice, but never have heard that it was actually built into a microphone itself. They got the reverb from Hammond organs. Nothing new, they were just the first to use it for guitars.

Misirlou is a traditional Greek song.

I thought Misirlou was a belly dance standard all over the Middle East? however this page says the dance is based on the Greek Syrtos, so you probably are sort of right.

why not be bold and fix the mistakes yourself? reagards, High on a tree 23:46, 24 Aug 2004 (UTC)

My father is good friends with Dick. If anyone needs information for this article, contact me (BleachInjected@BakersfieldDDR.com). Thank you.

--BleachInjected 07:52, 13 September 2005 (UTC)

there should also be note made that Dick Dale has gotten the credit for the advances in music that were actually made by Link Wray. Dale has gotten the credit based mainly on his rise to popularity on the "Pulp Fiction" soundtrack.

What advances are you reffering to? Link Wray is mainly attributed the fuzz sound and the use of power chords, whereas Dick Dale is credited with his staccato playing and later use of reverb.

How is a Black Eyed Peas song using Dale's samples remotely interesting? Thousands of other tracks did that.

What other tracks are you speaking of?

Contents 1 Outrage... 2 Added to article 3 Place of Birth 4 This man discovered that a guitar could scream 5 Del-Tone Line Up

[edit] Outrage...

I can't Believe Dick Dale Isn't in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame yet...doesn't that seem like a total outrage?

Javier/Phoenix —Preceding unsigned comment added by 65.122.12.8 (talk) 19:11, 18 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Added to article

Sad news: Dick Dale has cancer again. See: http://www.surferspath.com/news/category/industry/play-one-for-dick-dale/ . I have added this to the article.. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Kdrive (talk • contribs) 15:39, 5 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Place of Birth

In [this interview], Dick Dale makes a point of saying that be was born not in Beirut, but Boston. Some reliable sources on the web say the same, while other, seemingly reliable sources say he was born in Beirut. While I realize that musicians sometimes lie and interviewers sometimes get things wrong, I couldn't find a more credible link stating he was born in Beirut and so I changed the info accordingly.Fullobeans (talk) 05:55, 25 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] This man discovered that a guitar could scream

Dick Dale is much more than surf rock. Years before Hendrix and Duane Allman, he discovered the raunchy power of the electric guitar, the paradigmatic American sound of the second half of the 20th century. Listen to him play with Stevie Ray Vaughn. Heavy metal, electric blues, the sound of the Jefferson Airplane, more: I say it all began in Dick Dale's head. And to top it off, people: he plays like that at age 71!!132.181.160.42 (talk) 02:49, 10 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Del-Tone Line Up

I removed the names of the Del-Tones from the article because it was not really correct. There were frequent line up changes in the Del-Tones and I haven't been able to find a source that lists who the original Del-Tones were. Ron Eglit didn't start playing with Dick until 1979, so he was definitely not one of them. The Civilized Worm (talk) 20:15, 10 June 2008 (UTC)