this appeared in the NESMA Yahoo forum, posted by VINNIE "O" who used to have a band called SURF SQUAD; they were, essentially, as I understood it, the only 'DICK DALE TRIBUTE BAND' that Dick himself 'authorized' - Vinnie and Dick are close friends

so here is Vinnie's post, re-posted here as I thought folks here would be interested in seeing this....

UNSTEADY FREDDIE

Hey All,

Vinnie "O" here (Formerly of SURF SQUAD). I just wanted to let you all
know that I spoke to Dick Dale today, just as he was going in for his
2nd day of Chemotherapy and Radiation. The rectal cancer that hit him
back in 1966 has returned in the form of a large tumor in his colon.
His spirits seem high and he is concentrating on his treatment and
recovery. He has a long road ahead of him. The official time line is
as follows: 6 weeks of Chemotherapy and Radiation at the same time, 6
weeks of healing time, then they cut the tumor out, then more
Chemotherapy, and more healing time. Total down time will be approx.
one (1) year.

Thoughts and prayers everyone and lots of them. The Big Kahuna needs
every one he can get right now. Back in 1966 Jimi Hendrix was recording
"Third Stone from the Sun" when he got the news that his friend and
mentor DD was dying of cancer. As a sad tribute to Dick, Jimi spoke the
ominous line "and you'll never hear surf music again" on the psychedelic
track to Third Stone. Hendrix turned out to be wrong then, I pray he's
wrong again. Write to Dick. Often. dick@... is the best way
to get through to him. And he will answer every e-mail.

Peace, Love & Surf

Vinnie "O"

http://www.facebook.com/unsteady.freddie

I would have no idea if this would apply to Dick or not... But you should really ask permission to have a tribute concert in a person's name. I had the idea brought to me and I really wasn't okay with it, it would have made me feel very uneasy. And make sure the person okay's the charity the money would go to.

You can be assured if Linda is planning any kind of Tribute to DD it's approved.

Jake is 100 percent correct on this..we've emailed Dick's attorney to see if doing a fund raiser show here with our band, the pyronauts + would be ok with the Dale family.....we won't do one unless it's ok'd

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Well, i'm no Dick Dale but......after the 2nd surgry on my SPINE!! i wish my friends had done something for me and my wife Ronnie. It was the worst time of our lives and we could have used the help AND some money to help pay the bills and stuff. My friends and band mates didn't even come visit me when i was suffering hard in pain because they didn't want to see me like that. That's when my friends became my "friends"!! If Dick Dale needs help.....LET'S ALL DO WHAT WE CAN.
There's nothing worse than going it alone IF...you need help. I pray for a full recovery for Dick Dale. If there's anything i can do from Hawaii PLEASE don't hesitate to ask.
Aloha,
Ron-Rhoades

The TakeOffs
"Kauai's Only All-Instrumental Surf Band"
http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-TakeOffs/312866840587

Dick and I are both receiving tons of emails pouring out the love and admiration from so many caring people across the nation...Dick is very pleased to see so much love being poured out...He told me earlier he is doing good today and each day brings him one giant step toward getting out there and kicking butt once again...

As for anyone wanting to do a tribute to Dick please email me thru this website and I will give you the information to contact Dick's Business Director for permission or advice...

Thanks for your prayers and emails but don't stop there Dick has only just begun to fight...He is my best friend and I'm counting on him being here for a long time to come...

Sincerely
Linda
HBISM Secretary/Special Events Director

I'm a lover not a fighter, a hugger not a handshaker and I take friendships very seriously...Love the life you live, live the life you love.

How about a Dick Dale tribute MP3 comp with all of us submitting our own version of a DD cover?......
He might get a real kick out of all us "butchering" his tunes...........ed

Traditional........speak softly and play through a big blonde amp. Did I mention that I still like big blonde amps?

eddiekatcher
How about a Dick Dale tribute MP3 comp with all of us submitting our own version of a DD cover?......
He might get a real kick out of all us "butchering" his tunes...........ed

That's a GREAT idea -

Vocals or intros - it's all good.

"You can't tell where you're going if you don't know where you've been"

I put dibbs on "Ring of Fire". We did it instrumentally in the old X-Rays' "Trailer Park Surf Suite." It rocked! ed

Traditional........speak softly and play through a big blonde amp. Did I mention that I still like big blonde amps?

I like the idea of putting together a selection of covers of DD tunes for him....I think it might be a problem to send him all the mp3's...when I wanted to send him an advance of our last cd via mp3's he told me that the files might be too large and his server (I believe) might not let them through. If someone here could burn the tracks to a cd we could mail to him. We would love to add a track as long as it's just the one copy for Dick and those involved. We have two studio tracks and several live tracks to pick from...

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