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R.I.P. Dick Dale

Guitar Legend: The Very Best Of Dick Dale Read More Dick Dale Dick Dale is the granddaddy of surf rock, and responsible for some of the most inexplicably catchy hooks and riffs to ever burst their way out of the Sixties in that infamous staccato picking. …

Surf rock pioneer Dick Dale has died on March 17. The “King of Surf Guitar” created the surf music style, which was influenced by Middle-Eastern music scales with reverberation. Dale influenced a generation of guitarists, including Jimi Hendrix and Eddie Van Halen.

According to californiarocker.com, they mentioned that he had “been quietly suffering health issues for many years.”

For the full death list head over to Musicians who died in 2019.

March (38)

[17 Mar 2019] Dick Dale (American guitarist and surf music pioneer), 81

[17 Mar 2019] Enrico Riccardi (Italian composer and lyricist), 84

[16 Mar 2019] Yann-Fañch Kemener (French singer), 61

[16 Mar 2019] Yulia Nachalova (Russian singer, actress and television presenter), 38, cerebral edema

[13 Mar 2019] Areg Nazaryan (Armenian musician, composer and film director), 54

[13 Mar 2019] Joseph Hanson Kwabena Nketia (Ghanaian ethnomusicologist and composer), 97

[12 Mar 2019] Mirek Hoffmann (Czech country singer, composer and lyricist), 83

[12 Mar 2019] Leopold Kozłowski (Polish composer and pianist), 100

[12 Mar 2019] Věra Bílá (Czech singer), 64, diabetes

[12 Mar 2019] John Kilzer (American singer and songwriter), 62

[11 Mar 2019] Hal Blaine (American Hall of Fame drummer for The Wrecking Crew), 90

[11 Mar 2019] Demétrius (Brazilian singer), 76

[10 Mar 2019] Charlie Karp (American musician, songwriter), 65

[10 Mar 2019] Asa Brebner (American guitarist, singer and songwriter for The Modern Lovers), 65

[09 Mar 2019] Aťka Janoušková (Czech actress, voice actress and singer for Amadeus), 88

[08 Mar 2019] George Neikrug (American cellist), 100

[08 Mar 2019] Eddie Taylor Jr. (American blues singer and guitarist), 46, heart failure

[08 Mar 2019] Michael Gielen (Austrian conductor), 91

[06 Mar 2019] Carlitos Rolán (Argentine singer and band leader), 78, kidney failure

[06 Mar 2019] James Dapogny (American jazz musicologist and pianist), 78

[06 Mar 2019] Mike Grose (British bassist for Queen)

[06 Mar 2019] Oleg Kudryavtzev (Russian drummer), 42

[06 Mar 2019] Kayoko Moriyama (Japanese singer and actress), 78

[06 Mar 2019] Charlie Panigoniak (Canadian Inuktitut singer and guitarist), 72

[05 Mar 2019] Annie Brazil (Filipino jazz singer), 85, pneumonia

[05 Mar 2019] Jacques Loussier (French pianist and composer), 84

[05 Mar 2019] Doru Popovici (Romanian composer, musicologist, writer and concert manager), 87

[05 Mar 2019] Sara Romweber (American rock drummer for Let's Active), 55, brain tumor

[04 Mar 2019] Anthony Ríos (Dominican actor and singer-songwriter), 68

[04 Mar 2019] Keith Flint (English singer for The Prodigy), 49, suicide

[04 Mar 2019] Leo de Castro (New Zealand singer and guitarist), 70

[03 Mar 2019] Ger Cusack (Irish singer), 77

[03 Mar 2019] Peter Hurford (British organist and composer), 88, Alzheimer's disease

[03 Mar 2019] János Koós (Hungarian singer, parodist and actor), 81

[02 Mar 2019] Eduardo Vázquez (Argentine DJ and musician), 37, suicide

[02 Mar 2019] Janice Freeman (American singer for The Voice), 33, blood clot

[01 Mar 2019] Stephan Ellis (American rock bassist for Survivor), 69

[01 Mar 2019] Paul Williams (English singer for Zoot Money's Big Roll Band, Juicy Lucy), 78

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Dick Dale and the Del-Tones - "Shake 'n' Stomp"

Shake 'N' Stomp

Dick Dale and the Del-Tones

Dick Dale is the granddaddy of surf rock, and responsible for some of the most inexplicably catchy hooks and riffs to ever burst their way out of the Sixties in that infamous staccato picking.

Best known for the cult hit "Miserlou" -- Greek for "Egyptian Girl," a song about a man from Greece who falls in a rather taboo relationship with an Egyptian woman -- Dick Dale and his Del-Tones went on from their 1962 Deltones record release to pioneer the surf rock movement of the early '60's. Though it was a brief little shindig, a lot of modern items root themselves in its undeniable lineage.

This piece, from Surfer's Choice, entitled "Shake 'N' Stomp," really lays it out as it is. It's fast, wild, and almost unstoppable -- much like the furious waves that inspired it.

Fans of this would do well to pick up the album. Besides the obligatory "Misirlou" (two versions!), it contains a bunch of nifty tracks sure to make your day a more pleasant one. Some of the vocal stuff is a bit dated (and it shows), but nothing that won't at least put a big goofy grin on your face. The great thing about this song -- much like its mother album -- is its impeccable ability to really get you moving.

Miserlou

And just because, here's "Misirlou" for those of you who've never heard it.

--Gus