Dick Dale Vinyl Record Albums

Real Name: Richard Anthony Monsour: American guitarist and record label owner. Born: 4th May 1937, Boston, Massachusetts, USA Died: 16th March 2019, Loma Linda, California, USA Dale helped pioneer the sounds of surf music and has been proclaimed "King of the Surf Guitar". The 1961 single Let's Go Trippin' on his own Deltone Records is considered the first surf record. Wanting his playing to reflect the sounds and feeling of surfing, Dale used staccato picking on heavy gauge strings and heavily reverbed amplification (although this was not present on his initial recordings), which he worked closely with Leo Fender to help develop custon-made amplifiers. Dick is also a self-taught player, learning to play left-handed on a right-handed guitar without restringing the instrument (even in his late years, he still played with the guitar strung upside down). His playing often displayed a Middle-Eastern influence which came from his father's family (who is Lebanese).