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Yes...that's totally Dick Dale...
I was left with similar impressions from my times spent
with him at his home:
generous
sentimental
down-to-earth
and humble
a family guy
and old-fashioned, too.
he is an enigmatic character, and I think that's one of the
reasons we all love "Uncle" Dick...
Dick Dale has seen-it-all, and done-it-all, even if he
doesn't always show it or say it in a way we can always
understand.
-dp
ps: of course, then there's the little matter of his guitar
playing...
--- ipongrac <> wrote:
> I've been corresponding a bit with Linda Miller of the
> Huntington
> Beach International Surfing Museum. She's told me some
> things about
> Dick Dale that I was completely unaware of, but that
> really touched
> me. As a result, I'm starting to appreciate Dick Dale,
> or should I
> say, Richard Monsour, the man, much more. I'm posting a
> few
> excerpts of what she wrote, with her permission, as I
> thought some
> of you might be interested in reading this. Truly this
> man is an
> enigma. How can somebody that seems so self-obsessed
> behave in such
> generous and kind manner? Amazing. If you're
> interested, make sure
> you read the whole thing, cause I'm posting it in the
> order I
> received, and some of the most personal details are
> towards the end.
>
> Linda writes:
> Dick and I are best friends since he became best friends
> with my son
> Scotty when he was alive....Ever hear of Scotty Miller
> the kid DD
> dedicated his Cd Spacial Disorientation to with a write
> up in his
> liner notes....Scotty fought a long hard battle with
> muscular
> dystrophy with lot's of loving help from DD over a few
> years....My
> husband who is Scotty's dad and I were dealing with this
> devastating
> disease any way we could...My husband couldn't deal with
> it most of
> the time but DD was there to pick up the pieces every
> time thus
> holding this family together...I had a crush on DD when I
> was a
> teenager hanging outside the Rendezvous Ballroom in
> Balboa but had
> lost contact with him when he was dying of colon
> cancer...I thought
> he had died but discovered thru Scotty he was very much
> alive so we
> went to one of his concerts and when he came into the
> audience and
> took note of Scotty it would develop into much more....I
> turned into
> a lifelong friendship, helping us thru Scotty's toughest
> times, his
> untimely death, a shaky marriage that he helped put back
> together
> and a friendship that continues to grow ever
> stronger...DD is THEE
> greatest humanitarian that ever walked the face of this
> earth...Since he survived his bout with an incurable
> cancer that got
> miraculously cured he has literally helped 100's of
> special needs
> families like ours....Dick was instrumental in getting me
> a custom
> made Martin guitar to accommodate my limited ability due
> to muscular
> dystrophy....He recently saved my husbands life from a
> diabetic coma
> by helping me figure out why he was acting bizarre and
> out of
> control...DD is definitely the best friend this gal has
> ever had...
>
> In another email, Linda writes:
> we lost Scotty June 30th, 2002 but that was 13 months
> more than he
> was expected to survive....We were told in May 2001during
> another
> one of his numerous trips to the hospital that he
> wouldn't survive
> the weekend because he was in congestive heart
> failure....We brought
> him home and called Dick to give him the unfortunate
> news...We
> formed a prayer vigil with friends & family, which of
> course
> included Dick but 2 weeks went by and we miraculously
> still had
> Scotty...It was at that 2 week mark that Dick said to
> Scotty, "Are
> you going to wait to die or continue living and fighting
> as you have
> always done in the past?" To which Scotty asked "Can I do
> that? Do
> you mean I don't have to stay in bed and wait to die?
> Dicks
> answer "If I have to come and help mom get you out of
> bed I will do
> so." Then Dick went on to share what he learned from
> waiting to die
> himself from the cancer he was told would kill him in 3
> months at
> roughly tha same age as Scotty...He said, "Scotty I
> studied every
> religion and karate for the spiritual aspect of it, they
> all taught
> me the same thing, to concentrate of living not dying and
> feeling
> how you want to feel.....That's all Scotty needed and
> next day he
> not only was out of bed but his nurse and her family took
> him to the
> LA Zoo...Much to everyone's surprise he wasn't home when
> they came
> to pray with him and they all shook their heads in
> amazement...Dick
> called everyday to make sure his best buddy had what he
> needed and
> Mom stayed strong thru it all so she could make it thru
> this
> terrible ordeal...The thing that's most amazing to me is
> Dick has
> been helping other families for years and never blows his
> own horn
> about the humanitarin side of DD...We've met many of
> these families
> so we know it's true and that's how DD's circle of family
> grows
> cause he considers al of us family...He'll tell you he's
> sure all of
> us and the many future families he will help is the
> reason why he
> survived cancer and 5 other tragic episodes that nearly
> killed him
> and continues touring to be able to do so....If you read
> the liner
> notes of Spacial Disorientation you will read Scotty's
> excerpt but
> the rough mix Cd was dedicated to Scotty at the Endless
> Summer Jam
> Concert in Newport Beach in 2001...Scotty worked
> extensively with
> Dick on that Cd to perfect it, giving DD encouragement
> and advice at
> a time when Dick's father was dying....I'm happy to say
> both Scotty
> and Dick's father lived long enough to see if
> produced...Scotty, me
> and John were there when Dick debuted it at Omega Music
> in
> Hollywood.....3013 is Dick's son Jimmy's song cause Jimmy
> was born
> Jan 13....Scotty's favorite song on Spacial is
> "Walkin"....Silent
> Night I told Dick needed to have a kleenex box issued
> with it cause
> it's so beautiful...I have never heard Silent Night done
> as
> beautifully as Dick's...Yours is a song he and his mom
> used to sing
> to his dad but he forgot the words so Scotty found them
> on an old
> remake Cd by Vera Lynn from England 1942 and gave it to
> DD but of
> course after Spacial came out...Yours is a song written
> during the
> war for soldiers going over sees with words such as Yours
> till the
> stars lose their glory, Yours till the birds fail to
> sing., for I
> was born to be just yours....When you know the words its
> a beautiful
> piece...DD is one of THEE most sentimental guys you'll
> ever meet...
> I've often said I should write a book about the
> humanitarian side of
> DD so his fans and fellow musicians would know.
>
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