Just a thought. Maybe Dick always avoids being associated with surf music anymore is partly because of all the sh*t being said about him on the various surf forums

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I've never spent a cent on a Dick Dale show, it's tough wanting to see this guy.

It only gets tougher once you've gone and heard him "sing"

Well my question now is has his singing declined? His '60s singing was pretty bad, but those vocals songs mixed into those album were fun. His taste in instrumental music has gone down, so has his singing followed a similar path?

...and Josh, since when does someone achieving a "legend" status, be it in their own mind, or a truely deserved one, make it worthy of throwing money at someone?

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zak

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I've never spent a cent on a Dick Dale show, it's tough wanting to see this guy.

It only gets tougher once you've gone and heard him "sing"

Well my question now is has his singing declined? His '60s singing was pretty bad, but those vocals songs mixed into those album were fun. His taste in instrumental music has gone down, so has his singing followed a similar path?

...and Josh, since when does someone achieving a "legend" status, be it in their own mind, or a truely deserved one, make it worthy of throwing money at someone?

i didn't go see him to support him or any reason of the sort, i went to go see him because the man himself is a part of history, thus making him a legend. i wanted to meet him and just experience the same person that the people in the first wave did, even though it would have been a completely different show. i never said dick was worth throwing money at, but i gladly payed the $20 to see him, because it was worth it to me. i probably wouldn't have if it were a whole bunch more money.

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I went to see him cuz I like surf loud and proud. He plays more than surf... Country, Blues, Spanish guitar styles and drums & trumpet too. He plays what he likes to play.
I had a chance to talk to him in Cleveland a couple of years ago before he hit the road and he talked about the guitar only being a tool to get sounds from. Keep it simple and the player will make it sound complex. There are no rules and tradition is over-rated. Look for the sound you want and play it...anything goes with guitar.
Some players want to sound just like the album track so there is less growth in ones playing creativity, only duplication. Don't be afraid to create.
He probably gets sick of playing the same tunes over and over and knows there are other styles to play.
The gear evolution stories get better all the time. Sure he was a major player but many people helped him to get "the sound" he was after.

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I'd take Gretzky over Dick Dale any day, but I like hockey way more than I like surf music. I know that's not what you were getting at, though, haha.

Dick's claims do seem outrageous, and I personally didn't believe most of the stuff he was talkng about when I saw him. I give him credit for being a talented musician, though. Still, if you want to talk about new and different styles of playing, I'd look to other current groups for that before going straight to Dick Dale. That's just my opinion, though.

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I can say I'm a big fan of DD, but more DD from the 60's. I'm a younger guy (23) and my first introduction to surf music was DD and SRV in back to the beach when I was 4. I said to myself that I wanted to be like Dick, crazy hair, and all.

...Oh Man! NOT the hair!! I had crazy hair of my own back then...no need to copy Dick.

WaimeaBay
I agree. As a younger fan all this stuff is pretty new to me, and I happen to love Dick's 60's era stuff. I think it can hold its own against any modern surf music. People bashing Dick on a Surf forum seems more outlandish than Dick saying he invented sliced bread.

Well he DOES play a Strat, doesn't he? That in itself ought to be worth a good bashing I always thought that Strats WERE Surf guitars until I joined this forum and found out otherwise Now I'm finding out the consensus is that Dick Dale is a poser?

Seriously though, I agree with you.

WaimeaBay
Is he the most technical guitar player out there... hell no, but the sound that comes out of his amp sounds pretty damn good. Does it really matter if he believes his contributions to amp building are more significant than they really are?

I agree!

I watched that linked video and didn't really see anything that I thought was THAT boastful or exaggerated...but maybe I missed it. Did he DESIGN the amps? No friggin' way...but he certainly was a pioneer when it comes to the development (testing) of them as is widely documented. It doesn't really make any difference to me whether he's a royal a-hole, not the worlds greatest player, if he can't surf, or anything else as long as I enjoy listening to some of his music (which I do). I'll probably go see him next time he comes to town regardless of his personality flaws

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The Chantays used 2 Strats to record Pipeline....can't really think of a more "surfy" sounding song than that........................

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The Chantays used 2 Strats to record Pipeline....can't really think of a more "surfy" sounding song than that........................

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