When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit: Guitar Tricks Surf guitar is iconic. The moment you hear a tremolo-picking slide you can ...

Surf’s up in Long Beach this summer, and you don’t even have to get in the water to catch the beach vibes thanks to the return of the Surf Guitar 101 Festival and Weekender. “It is definitely going to ...

The Blue Hawaiians from Los Angeles were there, as were Frankie & the Pool Boys from San Francisco and Fascinating Creatures of the Deep from Santa Cruz. The Black Flamingos came in from New Jersey as ...

Like Jimi Hendrix and Eric Clapton, Dick Dale was an undisputed guitar god. Known as The King of Surf Guitar, he amplified the sound of California’s surf culture with his gold Fender Stratocaster ...

Dick Dale, the “King of the Surf Guitar” who formulated the sound and attack of the Southern California-bred instrumental style in the early ‘60s, has died. He was 81. His bassist, Sam Bolle, ...

Dick Dale, guitar virtuoso and surf music pioneer, has died at age 81. Dale’s death was initially reported by California Rocker and later confirmed by the Guardian, who spoke with Dale’s live bassist ...

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Dick Dale, whose pounding, blaringly loud power-chord instrumentals on songs like "Miserlou" and "Let's Go Trippin'" earned him the title King of the Surf Guitar, has died at age 81. His former ...

Dick Dale, universally hailed as the king of the 1960s surf guitar sound that heavily influenced the development of rock 'n' roll guitar — and of rock 'n' roll guitars themselves — has died at age 81.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Dick Dale, whose pounding, blaringly loud power-chord instrumentals on songs like “Miserlou” and “Let’s Go Trippin'” earned him the title King of the Surf Guitar, has died at age 81 ...

One of the things that defined surf rocker Dick Dale’s music, career and his life was that he never held anything back. It was true of his quest for a thundering sound that could replicate the ...