Dick Dale & His Del-Tones also known as
Dick Dale & The Del-Tones were a surf rock group from southern California, fronted by
Dick Dale. Formed in the late 1950's it is considered one of the first (if not the first) surf bands. Dick Dale (Richard Anthony Monsour, Boston, Massachusetts, May 4, 1937 – March 16, 2019) was an American
surf rock guitarist, singer and songwriter known as The King of the Surf Guitar. He pioneered and created what many call the surf music style, drawing on Middle-Eastern music scales and experimenting with reverberation. Dale worked closely w…
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