Talk:Dick Dale

Possible Errors

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. 67.121.201.211 07:30, 17 August 2004 (UTC)

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)

Also, the JBL D130 was introduced in 1948 and Bob Crooks used it in his first Standel amplifiers years before anyone heard of Dick Dale. The whole amplifier section of "Career" is pretty bad. Ampwright (talk) 23:00, 19 September 2011 (UTC)

If you can find well sourced references to correct what is "bad" then do so. — DocOfSoc • Talk • 11:47, 20 September 2011 (UTC)

I Can Help

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)

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)

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) I saw Dick Dale and the Del Tones play in 1963. Try an old album cover for verification. — DocOfSoc • Talk • 11:47, 20 September 2011 (UTC)

Dale was in the movies

In 1987 for example he made a cameo in the MGM Movie "Back to the Beach" with Frankie Avalon and Annette Funicello. The appearances by Dick Dale and his Del Tones were also in the 1963 Frankie and Annette movie "Beach Party". 70.59.50.1 (talk) 23:01, 25 November 2009 (UTC)

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