Wow - that video was fantastic.

I think you're right about the location too. Funny to see him rocking the bling'd out gold watch. Lastly, perhaps the most impressive is all the blonde amps the Beach Boys were rocking' at that ball park

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In the early '80's, I was working at the Licorice Pizza main warehouse and offices in Glendale when Dick Dale drove up in a black Cadillac with a slinky gal at his arm and a trunk full of "The Tiger's Loose" LP's. We'd had Tom Petty, Sting, Marshall Crenshaw, Berlin and several others come to that building but I was by far most excited to see Dale. Only one other warehouse worker even knew who he was to the extent that they could name songs from his records. I remember telling Dick that I'd just found a copy of "Live at Ciro's" to which Dick replied, "That album is crap. This new one is the best thing I've ever done!" It was a thrill to meet him that first time and he looked just like he does in the video. Shortly after, I saw him at a show at the Country Club with the Surf Raiders and Jon & the Nightriders. That was a really big shoe. I still have the signed copy of The Tiger's Loose lp from his visit to the LP warehouse. I remember the linked video playing on local T.V. - maybe KTLA. The sad thing is that surf music went on a downward tradjectory through the rest of the 80's. Pulp Fiction in '94 gave it the real shot in the arm it needed. -Marty

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Great story Marty!

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A great clip. Thanks a lot for sharing this with us.
From a European point of view: we were happy to get a glimpse of the stars
and persons reviving the old spirit.
The Beach Boys were and are till touring the world, Jan & Dean nver cale to Europe ( Ihad met Dean in 1978 in Hollywood and asked him about the absence in Europe, as there are so many collectors and fans of them, he couldn´t give a prpoper answer to my question. There was " maybe along with the tv film "Dead mnan´s Curve we´ll make it."
Before that it was the radio especially AFN who had djs like Jim Petwer
whose shows were recorded on vinyl and sent to all American Forces stations around the world.
I was happy to have a station only 30 kilometers away from where I lived until 1973 and the Jim Pewter Original Oldies Show was a higlight in my weekly time schedule.
Two or three times a year he had a"surfin´ special" or "hot rod specail" show. Never had heard of The Lively Ones, Challengers,Bel Airs etc. before.
Groups whose records have never been released in Germany until the 1970s when bootlegging became a fad and collectors had made their own compilations to get back somne of the money they had spent on the records in auctions and for mail fees.
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You gotta love Dick Dale! He is thee man! He is the King of The Surf Guitar. The girls, the cars, the tigers!!! He's surf music's one and only Rock Star. His bravado is unmatched. He can say he invited surf music in 1956 and people believe him!! He can re-invent himself to every generation. In this clip he says the B-52's and Devo were emulating his guitar riffs. In the 90's he became the godfather of metal! I'm not being sarcastic. I really admire his bravado. Long live Dick Dale!

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I've been thinking about this clip for a day or so. My first impression is that at one time, Dick cared about his guitar. It actually looks really good here. Second, Dick is 45/46 years old, about my age. Makes me think I should start growing out my hair, and pretending that I don't really give a shit about anything, including my guitars and gear.

Here's an article from a few years later that clearly shows what happened in the meantime.
http://articles.latimes.com/1985-01-17/entertainment/ca-7964_1_guitarist-dick-dale

Divorce, court, injury, and other assorted stuff. His life is full of half-starts, and almosts.....

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Carol,I dont recall ever hearing of a club of that Name here in Anaheim.
I remember Baja Marty saying that Dick used to play a club in Garden Grove
and another one in the (inland empire) in the 80s.
I wanna say they were both called the Rendezvous club, but not positive.
Maybe John Blair can chime in on if this is true.
also was DD involved in owning those at all?

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Carol,I dont recall ever hearing of a club of that Name here in Anaheim.
I remember Baja Marty saying that Dick used to play a club in Garden Grove
and another one in the (inland empire) in the 80s.
I wanna say they were both called the Rendezvous club, but not positive.
Maybe John Blair can chime in on if this is true.
also was DD involved in owning those at all?

Never heard of "Richies." Dick bought the "Playgirl Club" in Garden Grove in the 80s and renamed it "The Rendezvous." He also had the "Rendezvous II" in Huntington Beach for a short time. In 1968 (not the 80s), he opened "Dick Dale's" out on Van Buren Avenue in Riverside. There were several acres of land behind the club where he kept his animals. A few years ago, the building was still there, relatively unchanged from how it looked in the late 60s.

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Saw Dick Dale at a free, all day Surf band show in back of Moody's Music in G.G. He was the last act in a day long show of different bands and was so loud that he only got to play a couple songs before the police shut it down. He was incredible.

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Listening to Dick's "Tiger's Loose" LP now, and I was reminded of this song (see below) - not one of his classics. But Dick's intro IS classic: "Here's a song I just got through writing last night." You gotta love the man's nerve!!

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