Saw him around ‘96 after Pulp Fiction in Australia. Painfully loud, and Fender clean. Never heard such a loud guitarist - and I’ve seen Motörhead, The Melvins and Sunn.

I met Dick in Portland Oregon in the mid-1990s. I was walking into a pub and he was walking out. He came up to me with a big smile, shook my hand, and said “Man, you’d better get in there, they’re about to give that surfboard away.” Although I knew his name and had heard plenty of his music I had never seen him, nor had any idea that he was going to be there, so I figured that he was just some friendly guy coming out of a bar. When I got inside I was surprised to see a nice, new surfboard that he had autographed and a picture of him signing it. Well, I didn’t win the surfboard but I can say that I got to meet and shake hands with the Surf Guitar legend himself, Dick Dale.

I was lucky enough to run into him on tour at a truck stop in line at a Subway in Iowa in 2003, he invited me and my dad to join him for lunch. Got photos and autograph too. Super nice guy and incredible story and musician. Was such an honor!

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2 жыл бұрын

DT…..Thanks for sharing your memories … Joe

Man, When you hear the record recording of Misirlou, it doesn’t do him justice. He and his guitar playing evolved so much farther beyond the surf rock scene of the 60s I just tried to play to the same degree that he did on MTV in the 1995 and I just couldn’t keep up!!! I’m 19 years and I didn’t have the same stamina to play as he did. And he was 58! God bless Dick Dale, was a true god. Why isn’t he in the Rock Hall of Fame? He deserves it.

I met Dick Dale about fifteen yrs ago in St Augustine Fla. at the Old Mill rest. and bar. Went in mid afternoon for a beer while the wife and daughters where shopping. The OLD Mill is a small little place. There's only two or three of us at the time with this older retired guitar musician entertaining us. He had some posters pined up and a stack of CD's and a tip jar. I didn't know who he really was but I was impressed. As I walked out I dropped a ten dollar bill in the jar. Before I made it to the stairs he called me back and handed me a CD thanking me for enjoying him. A number of years latter I found out who he was to music history. I'm still looking for that CD he gave me.

I can't believe I actually got to attend one of his shows. Saw him on my birthday in 2017 at Continental Club in Houston and enjoyed the entire show mere inches from the stage. He played several instruments and blew us all away with his energy and charisma. I got a guitar pick from his stagehand and I still beam with pride remembering how much my friends enjoyed the show.

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3 жыл бұрын

Hi XxXx…. Yes we inducted Dick around 2008 or 2009. He stole the show… best, Joe

I got to hang out with Dick Dale many times. The drummer in my old band Bluebird (his name is Bryan Brown) played drums for Dick for a few years circa 2000. I would often tag along as Bryan's drum tech. One evening before a show somewhere in OC Bryan and Ron the bass player go for dinner and Dick and I hang in the motel because Dick needs to get his guitars ready for the show. He works on his and because I'm also an experienced guitar tech I work on his spare. for about 90 minutes Dick and I hung out playing guitars and I got to hear a slightly more expanded version of the Fender story. A memorable evening. If anybody wants the info I can still remember details about his gear and setup (this may covered in detail by others and isn't necessary here) Thanks for upload Joe.

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4 жыл бұрын

Thank you Barry.... Joe

@Pimp-Master

4 жыл бұрын

He had this big mansion on the water across from the Wedge in Newport Beach. Legend was that it belonged to the Gillette family before he got it. That must have been great living there. He was very primal and instinctual about his career moves I understand, AND a lefty to boot. Lefties are always smarter than the average bear.

@satsubatsu347

4 жыл бұрын

Barry Thomas I bet that was a benefit show at the Galaxy Theatre. If memory serves you guys were an east coast outfit. Dick was always a stand up dude and seemed to love just hanging out. I would be very interested in his gear setup. The engineering that went into that stuff is awesome.

@stringtheoryguitars4952

3 жыл бұрын

Are you kidding!??!?! YES we want to know every single thing you can share!!!! When it comes to the true pioneers like Dick Dale, the preserving of details are critically important for the sake of history. Anything you can share would be of tremendous value. Thank you!

Man, I love that Guy! Just yesterday I obtained a record of his music and it just BURNS, that sound is on fire 🔥. Pun intended And I love to listen to these Grandpas who did SO MUCH for Rock n Roll- please tell him. Rock wouldn’t be the same without. Hendrix and Pink Floyd, Krautrock and the Hippies- they would never come to be without. All my listening stuff is from the 70‘s and older, I have many instruments and don’t know what the heck I’m doing… Just do it! Go with the Flow, feel it, ride it, get tossed off and do it again, As long we play them records good music won’t die. ❤

I absolutely love how he’s discussing these details without any hesitation...there’s none of the typical “Ah, I think it may have been...”, like most interviews with classic musicians, they don’t remember the details that well, here, Dick is talking about it like these things happened earlier the same day. Great interview!!

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3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching Daniel....Best, Joe

Incredible history you've collected, Joe.

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4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching Roget.... Joe

Joe, what an incredible interview! You were so fortunate to spend time with him! He and Leo changed Rock n Roll forever!💫

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4 жыл бұрын

Thanks Larry... Joe

Great interview Joe. Dick was certainly a one off player & nobody could tell a tale quite like he could either.

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4 жыл бұрын

Hi Shaun ... yes They broke the mold after they made Dick ... He was truly one of a kind. Thanks for watching... Jor

I learned pipeline from listening to Dick Dale Records, it was 67 or 68 AWESOME Intertainer. REST IN PEACE Dick Dale 🎸🙏🕊❤

I saw this dude live in 2014 he came to a local bar and he arrived just a little bit late but they came out and made up for the late arrival with the rocking presence. I didn’t see the end of the show but despite being old age Dick did a great show and his son Jimmy was on the drums RIP to a true American guitar legend

Great interview. These guys were making history and didn't know it.

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4 жыл бұрын

Thanks Jimmy.... Joe

@guzmanperez1109

4 жыл бұрын

@@MusiciansHallofFameMuseum Joe these stories just keep gettin better! cheers!!!

4 ohms DAMN THATS A FIRE 🔥 STARTER ! That’s pushing it !

I live in Huntington Beach Ca. Surf City Dick Dale was a friend of mine, My grandpa worked for Leo Fender, Dick was one of our idles. He moved to the desert and I lost touch saw him at NAMM a couple years back and then he passed RIP Dick Dale many great moments together.

I feel lucky to have see him live numerous times and shake his hand!! Loved his shows!!

I saw DD 30 years ago in a small Atlanta venue. My ears are still ringing😎

I saw Dick Dale a few times right up close. Somewhere, in storage, I have two sets that he played, filmed right in front of him, about five feet away, of him playing at the L.A. County Fair, around 1987. In between his sets, I just had time to travel to another stage and get The Kingsmen doing 'Louie, Louie' before heading back to film Dick and his then version of the Deltones for set two. I'm hoping that this still exists, in storage, but my brother threw away a lot of my stuff when I moved. He was really cool too talk to. He treated his fans like old friends.

Hah, damn that was awesome. Dick seems like a sweetheart himself, what a legend.

What I'd give to sit down with Mr. Dale for 5 or 6 hours and a case of beer to just revel in the stories he had to tell. He's seen it all, he was with all the right people, he was in the right places, and he definitely molded the sound of surf guitar to perfectly emulate the surf scene at the time. And what a great moment in time to be experiencing it.

Doesn’t get any better!! Love this! ❤

Like I knew about Dick Dale, but I really didn’t realize his influence on the engineering. So rad.

I met DD at 2003 NAMM...a real thrill!

Dick Dale was the reason I ever picked up a guitar. I never got to meet the man but i hope he rests easy.

@harveymushman2219

2 жыл бұрын

He walked out the small building he was playing in with a small crowd around him as he played...I was sitting in my 67 VW bus cross the small narrow street...he walked up to me at my drivers side window while playing....so awesome....

Love the old stories and pivotal history.

This was great. I was born in '57 so a kid during the Surf's first wave. Skateboarding? We called it Sidewalk Surfing. Always knew Dick Dale was important to Fender but great to hear it from the man himself. ha, i'd read guitar mag interviews where he'd talk in the third person. Dug seeing this !! Annie, Annette Funicello. My first crush. I was like 5 or 6.

I met Dick many years ago. Shook hands with him and he nearly broke mine. He had thirty years on me, but he was ten times stronger 🙂

@RedGibsonsRock

3 жыл бұрын

The handshake you'd expect from a guy who plays 16-60 strings, lol!

@roadstarman58

3 жыл бұрын

@@RedGibsonsRock Still had a grip like a vise in 2007!

Great interview. What a character and lots I didn't know about him.

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4 жыл бұрын

Thanks William.... Joe

Saw him twice in the mid-'90s, and stood right in front of him both times, pocketing his many used picks. His picks were Fender extra heavy, and they all were melted clean through.

Dick Dale autographed a CD for me at the Triple Door in Seattle. RIP Dick

Awesome video! Thank you for sharing. I never knew about Dick’s relationship with Leo Fender, and all that he did to improve those Amps. I have always admired the fact that Dick learned to play his guitar upside down, and never restrung it like Jimi did. Amazing pioneer and innovator. RIP Dick...

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3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Strum... Glad you enjoyed it and thanks again for watching our channel.., Joe

These historic interviews are all treasures with the only complaint is they're too short, but I guess we all feel that way. What a true pioneer and legend and listening to him rattle off all that tech detail is tremendous history never to be duplicated again. Glad you're reopening Joe, good luck and we'll see y'all this fall!

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4 жыл бұрын

Thanks Brotzmann.... Joe

Very interesting interview Joe. It's really amazing that DD worked with Leo Fender at the beginning of what became his guitar empire. Always enjoy listening to a self taught musician. Nothing like having the inborn talent to play an instrument. I could listen to his stories all night! Thanks for your videos & stay safe. OH, and so glad to hear that the MHOFM is open.............👍👍😉😉👏👏👏👏

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4 жыл бұрын

Thanks Steve... Joe

How priceless this video is! Pushing the guitar pedal to the floor burning down the hse in tube power overdrive ! Luv it!

I just wanted to say, I really appreciate how y'all put the pictures and names on the screen of the people he talked about because a lot of these people I've never heard of lol

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4 жыл бұрын

Thanks Midnight.... Joe

What a hoot this guy is, gotta love his stories!

I`ve seen Fender amps catch on fire on stage. Ha! I was on drums and saw it burning while STILL MAKING SOUNDS! That`s how we finished a show one night in Louisiana. The amp lasted over a minute until the flames got bad!

I love these interviews. Thanks!

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4 жыл бұрын

Thanks Joe...... Best.......... Joe

Great video! Thanks for uploading!

Hello again, this is music history that everyone can learn something from.

I'm from Orange County, and Dick ran several clubs; one would burn down, and he'd start another one. Orange County, (California) is also where Fender Musical Instruments and RIckenbacker started, (in Santa Ana, Ca.)...so cool!

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3 жыл бұрын

I think a saw you 'trippin n' stompin' at Rendezvous Ballroom about 60 years ago. Yeah, I'm sure of it!

Little known fact: Keith Moon was a big surf music fan and Brian Wilson/The beach boys idolized Dick Dale.

Outstanding. Thank you for this history and keeping it alive. You continually put out treasures.

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4 жыл бұрын

Thanks Billy... Best... Joe

I watched the bass player from Burning Spear amplifier catch fire at the Capitol Theatre. Good times. Great band.

@nellymoriarty_5783

4 жыл бұрын

Intetesting

@slow-mo_moonbuggy

4 жыл бұрын

@@nellymoriarty_5783 Burning Spear is in my top.3 reggae bands. Black Uhuru is number one.

Saw Dick at the Cabooze in Minneapolis. Brought my drummer with. We stood in a slightly elevated area about 20 ft off the front of the stage with nobody in front of us.. Massive. After that show, I had an auto body friend do my strat in a champagne metal flake with a gold mirror pick guard. I used it & my Fender Super Reverb, every time we played the Cabooze. Wish I still had it.(What I will be getting is one of those T-shirts you sell.)

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4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching Buddy... Joe

@buddylobos5277

4 жыл бұрын

@@MusiciansHallofFameMuseum T shirt & mug comin' my way!

Wonderful! Sincere gratitude for such a lovely interview full of fabulous information and history ;o)

Great presentation! Thanks

I met his old band mate Marcus last week. Great guy we had the honor to make a live feed video for Guitar Grader . Definitely as equally talented. Either way he was telling me the story the exact same way. Had no idea the amp he was playing with was built by Leo!

Dick Dale's clean was louder than SRV's distorted drive. Frightfully loud! Salute--The original Machine Gun!

When listening to his story of Leo Fender seeing Dick play Leo's new stratocaster, it's interesting to consider "What made Leo Fender laugh." Note he did not laugh when he first saw Dick hold his guitar the "wrong" way, he laughed when he actually saw and heard what Dick did with it. Dick sets up the story beautifully by saying how the innovator Fender was so focused on his craft and art that he never smiled. So that is a clue as to why Dick's totally outside-the-box approach so tickled his funny bone.

I met him after a show here in Lafayette Louisiana years ago. He sat down with a bunch of us and just shot the shit. Super down to earth.

@Seaker24

3 жыл бұрын

He did the same thing here on Long Island many times. Just a wonderful guy. He was plagued with health problems his whole life but you would never know. An inspiration as a human being.

Best video from my hero I've ever seen. Thank you sharing this.

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2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching John…..Joe

Thank you for compiling all the interesting early rock history!

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3 жыл бұрын

Thank you stebunn... glad you’re enjoying it .. Joe

I learn so much on these videos Joe. What a LEGEND Dick Dale is. Thank you so much for everything Joe 👍🏻😎

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3 жыл бұрын

Thanks again David…. Joe

@mrDCunningham

3 жыл бұрын

@@MusiciansHallofFameMuseum Happy Fathers day Pappa Joe

What a great channel, thank you.

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3 жыл бұрын

Thank you Ed for watching... Joe

Dick looks great. The Doctor of LOUD! Reverb that dripped tone. Back in the day 62/63/64/65 I played drums in a Surf cover band. We could never quite get that dripping reverb tone that DD achieved on vinyl. A true innovator.

Ok great.....Now I'm addicted to the channel! Great content from the vault...keep 'em coming!

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4 жыл бұрын

Thanks Vic... You make me feel like a dealer:) I am happy you’re hooked and yes there are more old and hopefully new ones coming soon... Best, Joe

My dad was in those crowds at the Rendezvous Ballroom.

Awh, he's dead. He's probably one of my favorite guitarists, i remember years ago hearing his songs and being like ''wow, that guys good, who is, that?'' Some of my favorite people and favorite musicians and bands come from the US, its just a real melting pot for great music and so many different kinds. This is a great channel, hello from Ireland

@nellymoriarty_5783

4 жыл бұрын

Nelly Moriarty-Pate from FL parents Scotch-Irish my father was called black Irish never heard that again

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4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching.... Best, Joe

@irishelk3

4 жыл бұрын

@@nellymoriarty_5783 Black Irish?, no way, that's a funny name, you think they'd call him Fred or John.

@lanadale1479

3 жыл бұрын

My husband Dick Dale Pioneered and Created Fender Amps, Speakers, Transformers and pioneered Strat Guitar along with Like Second Father Leo Fender as well as DD is responsible for the JBL Lansing speakers and his own Genre of Music in 1955 marking 65 years in the business. Dick is a Master music Legend who played every single instrument self taught and never took a lesson. DD also owned two of the largest nightclubs in Southern Ca. in the 1970s and early 80s.

@zackgibson3389

3 жыл бұрын

@@lanadale1479 rest in peace ma'am

Another great one Joe, The Who, Stones, Wilson et Al plus Marylin - Amazing guy and innovator. Good u got this as those stories would have been lost if u hadn't had the vision and access. True music masterpieces Thnx

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3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Steve... Joe

Tell it like it is Dick! 16 ga. strings & heavy metal. Whodathunkit? 🎸

Amazing video. Thanks.

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4 жыл бұрын

Thanks G.G ...................Joe

The history in these interviews is priceless. I love and need this channel respect joe. .i saw DD 15 tines met him a couple. .i have a linited reissue of the pendleton on that Beach Boys record

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4 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much Robert...sincerely....Joe

Thank you for such history

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3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for your support too ziad.....Joe

much LOVE always, Kimmyssong

Always have a few of your tunes in the play list. Great stories, didn't know, cool!

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4 жыл бұрын

Thanks BA .... Joe

Outstanding!!!

Great listening to this . Amazing

Fascinating thanks again

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4 жыл бұрын

Thank you Nelly...... Joe

Saw him late in his career at the Cubby Bear in Chicago. He was so loud, couldn't make out what he was playing. Shame. Love his recordings.

I saw an ad about 20 years ago w/ this guy "Dick Dale" playin in the sand. Never heard of him. Now I gotta learn all about him. Incredible story here.

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3 жыл бұрын

Hi Rick.... you’ll love his story and talent... merry Christmas..Joe

@rickvia8435

3 жыл бұрын

@@MusiciansHallofFameMuseum Thanks, Joe - Merry CHRISTMAS---

I had the pleasure of bumping into Dick quite by accident. He was at a hotel across from John Wayne airport in Irvine, CA. I think he thought I was a reporter because I was holding a clipboard and there were some media types floating around. He chatted up a pretty good storm with me. What a very, very nice man. RIP Dick.

Fender guitar played thru a magnatone amp, and fender bass played thru a Ampeg amp. The best combo ever. That's where the sound is!

He has legendary stories for days, but that Pipeline w/ Stevie Ray V.is the best cover of this tune next to original Chantey's .

VERY interesting. Real history.

He really was an amazing performer, I had the pleasure of seeing him twice. Once in Toad's Place in New Haven, CT and another time in Boston (I think at the Paradise Lounge if I remember correctly). I still have a guitar pick from the Boston show :-) Thanks for sharing this great interview with a true master showman and musician!

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4 жыл бұрын

Thanks Pal... Best...... Joe

Thank you

THE American Icon for SURF GUITAR...❤❤

Fantastic player.👍👍🎸😎

I sat in with a friends band twice when we opened for Mr. Dale. I've never heard anyone play so perfectly those instrumental surf classics, and play so LOUD! He was a great guy. We both had a friend in Hal Blaine, Dick was wide eyed when I told him we were good friends, and Dick talked about all his records on Capitol that Hal played on ... So, I called Hal on my cell phone, and let Dick say hello and talk a bit with Hal, it was a good night.

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2 жыл бұрын

Hi Steve… thanks for sharing… that’s a great story. That was very cool to call Hal for Dick. Hal was a close friend of mine too. I didn’t know Dick nearly as well but we were friends and I am grateful that we got to know each other when we did. He was very proud to be inducted into the MHOF. Best, Joe

@massF1

2 жыл бұрын

@@MusiciansHallofFameMuseum Thank you Joe!

A sheer delight to listen to! Joe: did you record any other interviews with Dick?

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4 жыл бұрын

Unfortunately no... We did induct Dick in 2008 or 2009 and we have a 5 camera shoot of his performance which was unreal... Best, Joe

I saw him play at Club Congress in Tucson, AZ. Club Congress is tiny venue that punches above its weight.

last saw him play in Denver , Aug 2018... always a showman and never disappoints... what a great soul, I miss being able to go see him play. Proud to be a Dick head.

This is dope

I still play a 1961 Fender Showman. I run her hard and never baby it in the least. But do maintain it well. Mine is an absolute tank! If you can smoke one a blonde Showman, you're really doing something! Spoke with Dale about 7 years ago about who was and wasn't to be trusted in Brownface era repair men for a total restoration. After all, who else better than the man himself? He asked me to keep him in mind if I ever wanted to sell her. So sad he's passed. RIP.

Dick is the King of Heavy Metal! Now I know why, and so humble to!

@mudfly3

3 жыл бұрын

humble means the opposite of what you think

Fact is this was more common than we believe , as venues got bigger so was the need for more powerful amps as there were no p.a. systems in use... Many a baseman amps were blown up in the hands of Eddie Cochran.

Amazing Grace

Awesome :)

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4 жыл бұрын

Thanks Brian... Joe

Wow...Rock n Roll archive History... Period correct..lol...

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4 жыл бұрын

Thanks....Joe

Joe: As always, thank you for this! Is the rest of the interview available?

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4 жыл бұрын

This is the whole interview... Thanks... Joe

Wow, I could listen to him all day long. I'll take your advice and check out his web site.

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4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching Terry.... Joe

Wow imagine that

I got a Traynor yb1a in 69 after the other Traynor head was stolen and traded the 2 15s for 15" JBLs. You can knock the stuff off the walls. I'm old and my arm is stroked out so I don;t play any more but I've never got rid of it. It'll do MC5 stuff or Cream and you do't need a fuzz or gain pot. I've never played it over 2 but that's loud enough my ears won't go that high.

Rest in peace, king.

I didn't know it was possible to catch speakers on fire and I like to play turned up to "11".

👍🏼

Thanks Dick, Thanks Joe...

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3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Ian... Joe