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Jeff:
You might be on to something there...or, maybe Dick's wife,
Jill made up the account...or maybe one of Dick's minions
(The Dickheads) is serving his master...
Well, anyway, whoever set it up, it is cool to have a
MySpace place devoted to the inimitible King of the Surf
Guitar: Dick Dale.
Long Live the King,
;) -dp
--- Jeff <> wrote:
> Maybe Jimmy Dale made up that Myspace account for his
> ol' daddy.
>
>
> Jeff(bigtikidude)
>
>
>
> --- In , DP <noetical1@y...>
> wrote:
> >
> >
> > --- Alexander Thorburn Hoffman <indiglowblue@y...>
> > wrote:
> >
> > "...I recently took a look at Dick Dales myspace bio.
> >
> >
> >
> > Is there any truth to some of these claims and others
> > made in the full bio?..."
> >
> >
> > Alexander:
> >
> > I'm skeptical that even an "authentic" Dick Dale
> MySpace
> > Bio? I question the majority of those "MySpace
> Bios"...they
> > are mostly fictitious...especially for "big name"
> > personalities.
> >
> > For instance, last I heard, Dick Dale does not live in
> > Pasedena CA...he lives in 29 Palms CA.
> >
> > Also, I don't think the real authentic Dick Dale would
> > include the late 50s-early 60s "Biker/Greaser Dick
> Dale"
> > photo that made the rounds on the internet a couple
> years
> > back.
> >
> > Also, the Dick Dale MySpace doesn't mention one word
> about
> > Dick's son, Jimmy Dale...and Dick rarely goes
> two-minutes
> > without promoting his "guitar prodigy" son.
> >
> > It looks like whomever created the "Dick Dale and his
> > Deltones" MySpace page visited DD's website, copied and
> > pasted some info, and threw in some additional info
> found
> > on various DD CDs out there.
> >
> > I don't think it was the real authentic Dick Dale who
> > created the MySpace page...I think the real authentic
> Dick
> > Dale keeps himself busy with the "official Dick Dale
> world
> > wide website" located at : www.dickdale.com
> >
> > All that said, when I spotted "Dick Dale" on MySpace, I
> > immediately petitoned him to make me one of his MySpace
> > pals! In addition, I'm MySpace friends with Abraham
> > Lincoln, Napoleon, Julius Ceasar, Sigmund Frued and
> George
> > Washington too! And all of the Ramones!
> >
> >
> > ;)-dp
> >
> >
> >
> >
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I visited the MySpace Dick Dale site, and to me the whole thing looks faked.
The writing in the bio is like that of a 13 year old C-minus English student,
and quite a few of the facts are simply wrong. I doubt that Dick has anything
to do with this MySpace account.
Bruce D
DP <> wrote:
Jeff:
You might be on to something there...or, maybe Dick's wife,
Jill made up the account...or maybe one of Dick's minions
(The Dickheads) is serving his master...
Well, anyway, whoever set it up, it is cool to have a
MySpace place devoted to the inimitible King of the Surf
Guitar: Dick Dale.
Long Live the King,
;) -dp
--- Jeff <> wrote:
> Maybe Jimmy Dale made up that Myspace account for his
> ol' daddy.
>
>
> Jeff(bigtikidude)
>
>
>
> --- In , DP <noetical1@y...>
> wrote:
> >
> >
> > --- Alexander Thorburn Hoffman <indiglowblue@y...>
> > wrote:
> >
> > "...I recently took a look at Dick Dales myspace bio.
> >
> >
> >
> > Is there any truth to some of these claims and others
> > made in the full bio?..."
> >
> >
> > Alexander:
> >
> > I'm skeptical that even an "authentic" Dick Dale
> MySpace
> > Bio? I question the majority of those "MySpace
> Bios"...they
> > are mostly fictitious...especially for "big name"
> > personalities.
> >
> > For instance, last I heard, Dick Dale does not live in
> > Pasedena CA...he lives in 29 Palms CA.
> >
> > Also, I don't think the real authentic Dick Dale would
> > include the late 50s-early 60s "Biker/Greaser Dick
> Dale"
> > photo that made the rounds on the internet a couple
> years
> > back.
> >
> > Also, the Dick Dale MySpace doesn't mention one word
> about
> > Dick's son, Jimmy Dale...and Dick rarely goes
> two-minutes
> > without promoting his "guitar prodigy" son.
> >
> > It looks like whomever created the "Dick Dale and his
> > Deltones" MySpace page visited DD's website, copied and
> > pasted some info, and threw in some additional info
> found
> > on various DD CDs out there.
> >
> > I don't think it was the real authentic Dick Dale who
> > created the MySpace page...I think the real authentic
> Dick
> > Dale keeps himself busy with the "official Dick Dale
> world
> > wide website" located at : www.dickdale.com
> >
> > All that said, when I spotted "Dick Dale" on MySpace, I
> > immediately petitoned him to make me one of his MySpace
> > pals! In addition, I'm MySpace friends with Abraham
> > Lincoln, Napoleon, Julius Ceasar, Sigmund Frued and
> George
> > Washington too! And all of the Ramones!
> >
> >
> > ;)-dp
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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> protection around
> >
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"The writing in the bio is like that of a 13 year old C-minus English
student, and quite a few of the facts are simply wrong. I doubt that
Dick has anything to do with this MySpace account."
Bruce D,
All the more reason to think it is Dick :).
That is what I was going to say. If Dick is the one who updates his
website then I agree with Bill. His website is one of the worst I have
ever seen.
--- In , "supertwangreverb"
<supertwangreverb@y...> wrote:
> All the more reason to think it is Dick :).
No, Eddy Arnold had the first 45 (RCA, 1949).
john blair
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What' about 45 rpm singles, did Dick have the first one of
those?
Then the other bands just beat him to the Punch on the LP market?
Jeff(bigtikidude)
--- In , john.blair@s... wrote:
>
>
>
>
> > I recently took a look at Dick Dales myspace bio.
>
> >
>
> > I was surprised to read that Dick Dale "invented surf music in the
> > 1950's."
>
> While Dick certainly practiced his unique guitar style in the 50s,
the term
> "surf music" wasn't connected to his playing until 1961. There was
a
> specific time and place, and set of conditions that allowed that to
happen.
>
> > I'm also quite confused by the claim that Dick Dale's Surfer's
Choice
> > was the first surf album ever released, but perhaps that's
debateable
> > in how you interpret the sentence...but I am pretty sure that it
was
> > not released in the 50s...
>
> Don't be confused. "Surfer's Choice" wasn't released in the 50s.
It was
> released in 1962. First surf album? Debatable. Most likely, that
claim
> goes to the Challengers' "Surfbeat." Even the Mar-Kets' "Surfer's
Stomp"
> album was released before "Surfer's Choice."
>
> > "Dale had already been titled 'King of the Surf Guitar' by his
surfer
> > friends before his creation of the Fender Reverb, Dale's first
album
> > called 'Surfer's Choice' was the first Surfing album to be
> > commercially sold with a picture of Dale surfing by the pier in
San
> > Clemente, Ca. with a surfing title on it. This album alone sold
over
> > eighty-eight thousand albums in the late 50's and today in the
90's it
> > would be like 4 million."
>
> The above paragraph was poorly written, inaccurate, and
misleading. It's
> true that "Surfer's Choice" sold like hotcakes, primarily in
Southern
> California. I don't know how accurate the 88,000 figure is, but
the number
> was certainly quite large and in the many thousands. It just wasn't
> released in the late 50s.
>
>
> john blair
>
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I wonder who had the first cassette.
Billy
---- wrote:
>
> No, Eddy Arnold had the first 45 (RCA, 1949).
>
> john blair
>
>
>
>
>
> "Jeff"
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>
>
>
>
>
> What' about 45 rpm singles, did Dick have the first one of
> those?
>
> Then the other bands just beat him to the Punch on the LP market?
>
> Jeff(bigtikidude)
>
>
>
>
> --- In , john.blair@s... wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > > I recently took a look at Dick Dales myspace bio.
> >
> > >
> >
> > > I was surprised to read that Dick Dale "invented surf music in the
> > > 1950's."
> >
> > While Dick certainly practiced his unique guitar style in the 50s,
> the term
> > "surf music" wasn't connected to his playing until 1961. There was
> a
> > specific time and place, and set of conditions that allowed that to
> happen.
> >
> > > I'm also quite confused by the claim that Dick Dale's Surfer's
> Choice
> > > was the first surf album ever released, but perhaps that's
> debateable
> > > in how you interpret the sentence...but I am pretty sure that it
> was
> > > not released in the 50s...
> >
> > Don't be confused. "Surfer's Choice" wasn't released in the 50s.
> It was
> > released in 1962. First surf album? Debatable. Most likely, that
> claim
> > goes to the Challengers' "Surfbeat." Even the Mar-Kets' "Surfer's
> Stomp"
> > album was released before "Surfer's Choice."
> >
> > > "Dale had already been titled 'King of the Surf Guitar' by his
> surfer
> > > friends before his creation of the Fender Reverb, Dale's first
> album
> > > called 'Surfer's Choice' was the first Surfing album to be
> > > commercially sold with a picture of Dale surfing by the pier in
> San
> > > Clemente, Ca. with a surfing title on it. This album alone sold
> over
> > > eighty-eight thousand albums in the late 50's and today in the
> 90's it
> > > would be like 4 million."
> >
> > The above paragraph was poorly written, inaccurate, and
> misleading. It's
> > true that "Surfer's Choice" sold like hotcakes, primarily in
> Southern
> > California. I don't know how accurate the 88,000 figure is, but
> the number
> > was certainly quite large and in the many thousands. It just wasn't
> > released in the late 50s.
> >
> >
> > john blair
> >
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John,
I meant surf 45 silly.
or did Eddy invent surf beofre Dick did in 55? hahaha!!!
Jeff(bigtikidude)
--- In , john.blair@s... wrote:
>
> No, Eddy Arnold had the first 45 (RCA, 1949).
>
> john blair
>
>
>
>
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> What' about 45 rpm singles, did Dick have the first one of
> those?
>
> Then the other bands just beat him to the Punch on the LP market?
>
> Jeff(bigtikidude)
>
>
>
>
> --- In , john.blair@s... wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > > I recently took a look at Dick Dales myspace bio.
> >
> > >
> >
> > > I was surprised to read that Dick Dale "invented surf music in
the
> > > 1950's."
> >
> > While Dick certainly practiced his unique guitar style in the 50s,
> the term
> > "surf music" wasn't connected to his playing until 1961. There
was
> a
> > specific time and place, and set of conditions that allowed that
to
> happen.
> >
> > > I'm also quite confused by the claim that Dick Dale's Surfer's
> Choice
> > > was the first surf album ever released, but perhaps that's
> debateable
> > > in how you interpret the sentence...but I am pretty sure that it
> was
> > > not released in the 50s...
> >
> > Don't be confused. "Surfer's Choice" wasn't released in the 50s.
> It was
> > released in 1962. First surf album? Debatable. Most likely,
that
> claim
> > goes to the Challengers' "Surfbeat." Even the Mar-Kets' "Surfer's
> Stomp"
> > album was released before "Surfer's Choice."
> >
> > > "Dale had already been titled 'King of the Surf Guitar' by his
> surfer
> > > friends before his creation of the Fender Reverb, Dale's first
> album
> > > called 'Surfer's Choice' was the first Surfing album to be
> > > commercially sold with a picture of Dale surfing by the pier in
> San
> > > Clemente, Ca. with a surfing title on it. This album alone sold
> over
> > > eighty-eight thousand albums in the late 50's and today in the
> 90's it
> > > would be like 4 million."
> >
> > The above paragraph was poorly written, inaccurate, and
> misleading. It's
> > true that "Surfer's Choice" sold like hotcakes, primarily in
> Southern
> > California. I don't know how accurate the 88,000 figure is, but
> the number
> > was certainly quite large and in the many thousands. It just
wasn't
> > released in the late 50s.
> >
> >
> > john blair
> >
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