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Now that's way overstating it, Klas. Sure, Dick's sound has a bit of natural
overdrive but he's not getting distortion anywhere near to Black Sabbath levels.
And just 'cause the back up band is energetic doesn't mean they're heavy metal.
I never considered Moon and Entwistle, for instance, a heavy metal rhythm
section.
-Marty
----- Original Message -----
From: Klas Fjellgren
To:
Sent: Monday, January 17, 2005 11:36 AM
Subject: [SurfGuitar101] Re: Dick Dale may hate the surf tag
Yeah, intense heavy metal guitar...
Here are some "highlights" from the shows I've seen:
# A big part of the set consists of boring covers like for
example "House Of The Rising Sun"
# Another big part of the set consists of his own more recent "heavy
metal" songs
# Plays very few of his own 60's instros and when he do it's often
short versions put together in a medley
# Uncool guitar tone because of too much sustain which makes it sound
more like heavy metal than surf
# Many songs are over 5 minutes in length
# Heavy metal sounding backing band
Does this sound familiar? Or maybe he's only like that while playing
in Europe...?
And yes, I don't like heavy metal ;-)
/ Klas
--- In , "Marty Tippens"
<mctippens@e...> wrote:
> Whether Dick or any of us label the Dick Dale sound of today
as "surf" or not, it's definitely some intense instro guitar through
a reverb tank and Dual Showman.
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> -Marty
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> I've seen Dick Dale perform live several times during the last 10
> years and I would say that he doesn't like surf music at all...
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