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Surf Coasters - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The Surf Coasters are a Japanese surf band that was started by Shigeo Naka in 1994. The band's became known due to their stint on the talent show television program, Ebisu-Onsen (which was very similar in concept to the American program, Star Search), on which the winning band would receive a recording contract. The band also played that year with surf music legend and "King of the Surf Guitar", Dick Dale, who was on his first tour of Japan. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Surf_Coasters   (361 words)

San Antonio Current - Music:Surf guitar king   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-01) "King of the Surf Guitar" (1963): An Alonzo Willis-penned tribute to Dale's prowess, this is a perfect combination of girl-group R&B and Dale's blazing six-string. For his unofficial theme song, "King of the Surf Guitar," he employed an R&B girl-group which touted his greatness, while he answered with raunchy guitar licks. These days he's jamming onstage with his 12-year-old son Jimmy (already dubbed "the Prince of Surf Guitar") and playing to kids young enough to be his grandchildren. www.zwire.com /site/news.cfm?newsid=13518830&BRD=2318&PAG=461&dept_id=484045&rfi=6   (848 words)

Little Steven's Underground Garage: Dick Dale, known as the "King of the Surf Guitar," was born Richard Monsour in Boston on May 4, 1937 to Lebanese and Polish parents. His family moved to Southern California in 1954 where he learned to surf, and with the encouragement of his father, began to develop the guitar style for which he is famous. A lefthander, he began by playing a right-handed guitar upside down, without restringing it, adding to the unique sound he was creating, and when he finally could afford a lefty guitar, he continued to string it with the bass strings on the bottom. www.littlestevensundergroundgarage.com /surf/dickdale.html   (262 words)

AudioFind - usenet newsgroup index   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-01) Dick Dale - King Of The Surf Guitar "13 - The Victor.mp3"yenc (~~/9) Dick Dale - King Of The Surf Guitar "10 - The Wedge.mp3"yenc (~~/6) Dick Dale - King Of The Surf Guitar "07 - King Of The Surf Guitar (Vocal).mp3"yenc (~~/6) www.audiofind.com /alt.binaries.sounds.mp3.1960s&o=25   (393 words)

DICK DALE - KING OF THE SURF GUITAR   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-01) DICK DALE - KING OF THE SURF GUITAR Hij wordt wel eens The King of the Surf Guitar genoemd. De naam The King of the Surf Guitar kreeg Dale van zijn vrienden met wie hij dagelijks ging surfen en voor wie hij dikwijls zijn gitaar bovenhaalde. www.cucamonga.be /interviews/DickDale1102.htm   (2748 words)

The History of Rock Music. Dick Dale: biography, discography, reviews, links King Of The Surf Guitar (Rhino, 1989) e` un'antologia dell'epoca d'oro. Dick Dale invented surf music, and that would be enough to guarantee his place in the history of music, but he also coined an influential guitar style, a style that wed the frantic pace of folk-rock, the sound effects of psychedelia and the fury of punk-rock years before any of these had been invented. King Of The Surf Guitar (Rhino, 1989) is an anthology of the golden age. www.scaruffi.com /vol1/dale.html   (769 words)

Cowabunga! The Surf Box The Ventures were as influential to surf guitar players as Dick Dale, and most surf bands had at least one Ventures song and one Dick Dale song in their repertoire. "Surf Bunny" was not originally intended to be released as a record, but was done as a favor to Gray's mother, who was visiting from Louisiana and wanted to take home a tape of her son's band. Tandem surfing often involved some tricky gymnastics on the part of the woman, who usually rode the distance on her partner's shoulders - not an easy feat when you're travelling 25 miles an hour on the crest of a wave. hem.passagen.se /sonicsurfcity/links/surf_dictionary/surf_dictionary.htm   (15576 words)

LEGENDARY SURFERS: Surf Music Very heavy guitar strings are used to elongate the sound from the vibration of the strings, not the feedback qualities of an amplifier. Their popularity amongst surf musicians was despite the fact that during their 'surf' period, the Ventures didn't even play the right instruments for an authentic surf sound. In 1962, the archetypal surf instrumental "Pipeline" by The Chantays hit the airwaves and continues to be the standard for surf reverb. www.legendarysurfers.com /surf/legends/lsc212.html   (5868 words)

Up the Downstair: Show #69: King of the Surf Guitar Dick Dale is known as the "King of the Surf Guitar" because he invented surf music back in the 1950s. Dale took the guitar and started to beat it to death, and he blew up Leo Fender's amp and blew out the speaker. A special 85 watt output transformer was made that peaked 100 watts when Dale would pump up the volume of his amp, this transformer would create the sounds along with Dale's style of playing, the kind of sounds that Dale dreamed of. www.upthedownstair.net /2006/05/show-69-king-of-surf-guitar.html   (562 words)

SURF MUSIC King Of The Surf Guitar: The Best Of Dick Dale and His Del-Tones and I was hooked. Surf music was crackling over the static on AM radios all around me when I was a kid, and the sound was intimately tied up with hot rods and the custom car culture I was steeped in as a boy. A lot of the new surf sound digs into a closely related genre, loosely known as "spy-fi" -- the "spooky" sound of the theme music for the spy and cheap-o science fiction movies and TV shows of the 60s. www.gregburch.net /music/SurfMusic.html   (414 words)

The Surfers   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-01) The more daring surfers would carry their "Big guns" (surfboards designed for riding tall waves) into the water, pick up a "hairy" wave (a fast wave that is difficult to surf) and "shoot" (ride) it, sometimes "hot dogging" (performing tricks) to impress the "bunnies" (girls) on the shore. Dale worked closely with Leo Fender, the manufacturer of the first mass produced, solid body electric guitar and the president of Fender Instruments, to improve the Showman amplifier and to develop the reverberation unit that would give surf music its distinctively fuzzy sound. Dale followed with "Surfbeat," "Surfing Drums," and "Shake 'n' Stomp," and in 1962 produced the classical surf instrumental, "Miserlou." In early 1963, Capitol Records signed Dale and called him the King of the Surf Guitar. www.history-of-rock.com /surfers.htm   (381 words)

Barnes & Noble.com - Music: King of the Surf Guitar: The Best of Dick Dale, Dick Dale & the Del-Tones, CD King of the Surf Guitar: The Best of Dick Dale is the definitive compilation of the father of surf-rock, containing 18 of his best-known songs, including all of his biggest hits ("Miserlou," "Let's Go Trippin'"), all presented in their original versions and in excellent audio. In addition to showcasing the roots of surf, King of the Surf Guitar demonstrates what a skilled and eclectic guitarist Dale was. Dale was one of the first guitarists in rock & roll to rely on studio and guitar effects and fuse elements of world musics to his sound, and every one of his experiments is captured on this disc. music.barnesandnoble.com /search/product.asp?userid=4X3XEHU3VH&ean=81227575625   (307 words)

NewStandard: 7/30/97 The king of the surf guitar is pacing his New York hotel room like an angry, caged lion. He had brought with him an Elvis-sounding voice and a rockabilly guitar that he played upside-down and backward because he was left-handed and couldn't afford a southpaw model. His surfer buddies nicknamed him "king of the surf guitar," a title he hated because he thought it was limiting. www.southcoasttoday.com /daily/07-97/07-30-97/b04ae066.htm   (1214 words)

B.B. King Blues Club & Grill, Show schedule and ticket information. Ticketing, Box Office DICK DALE is the "King of the Surf Guitar". He was not only the first person to create the surf music sound, he was the first to take a sport and develop a music for it. He was also the first musician to have more than one record on the Top Ten charts at one time, and to have five songs from a single album on the charts at once. www.bbkingblues.com /schedule/moreinfo.cgi?id=2419   (123 words)

Beetcafe.com - The Rockford Illinois Area Entertainment Guide For those who haven't had a chance to see the King (no not Elvis, this is the King of Surf Guitar) now is your chance. According to the biography at his website Dale "invented surf music in the 1950's." The site also says that, "He was given the title "King of the Surf Guitar" by his fellow surfers with whom he surfed with from sun-up to sun-down. Whether you go to pay homage to the "father of heavy metal", the "king of surf guitar" or just to hear some killer music from a rock legend, you need to go to this show. www.beetcafe.com /musicfeaturesdisplay.cfm?id=1043   (654 words)

Dumb Angel Magazine Surf Guitar Pioneer, Member of the Belairs, and writer of "Mr. Spooky Surf from Van Nuys, California — Haunting the surf and garage scene since 1996 — Their first album was released by Rob Zombie in 1997 Formerly of surf instrumental combo, the Looney Tunes, the Kahuna from Germany is now mixing a potent concoction of Esquivel-flavored lounge with a surf a-go-go backbeat. www.dumbangelmagazine.com /links/surf.htm   (137 words)

Both Kinds Of Music » Blog Archive » King Uszniewicz, Surf Saxophonist This post is brought to you by the department of historical corrections in the history of surf music. Ernie “King” Uszniewicz and his Uszniewicztones formed in Detroit in 1969 as an oldies band playing in a bowling alley, where they were eventually discovered by Cub Koda. Cub was supposedly impressed by the ineptitude of King U and his boys, so he produced a 7″ single featuring the song Surfin’ School. both-kinds.com /2006/01/12/king-uszniewicz-surf-saxophonist   (837 words)

Guitar Facts : Guitar Articles   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-01) He was given the title King of the Surf Guitar, by fellow surfers after they saw him play a right handed guitar with his left hand he held the instrument upside down and backward. A guitar once owned by Mother Maybelle Carter, a member of one of country music's most influential families, has been acquired by the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum. Larry Thomas, Chairman and Co CEO of Guitar Center, commented, We are highly appreciative to Harvey for the many contributions he made to our company during his five years on the board. www.ilovetoplaymyguitar.com   (1013 words)

Dick Dale Guitar Tabs/Sheet Music - Surf Guitar Lesson - Buy/Purchase Online 11-19-2004 * Dick Dale * Surf Guitar Lesson Known as "The King Of Surf Guitar", Dick Dale is famous for his fast picking technique, his use of exotic scales, and extreme reverb sound. Example #6 teaches the classic intro surf guitar lick that was used for many surf guitar songs.Example #8 shows the chords E minor and A minor, that are found played in many surf guitar songs, played using the vibrato bar with a slight downward bend and relase. This famous guitar lick became the intro for many surf guitar songs. www.guitartabbooks.com /freelessons/dickdaleguitartabs.htm   (255 words)

MTV | Dick Dale - Profile and Biography Dick Dale wasn't nicknamed "King of the Surf Guitar" for nothing: he pretty much invented the style single-handedly, and no matter who copied or expanded upon his blueprint, he remained the fieriest, most technically gifted musician the genre ever produced. Dale was featured in Life magazine in 1963, which led to appearances on The Ed Sullivan Show and the Frankie/Annette film Beach Party; he also released the follow-up LP King of the Surf Guitar, and went on to issue three more albums on Capitol through 1965. Surf music became a national fad, with groups like the Beach Boys and Jan & Dean offering a vocal variant to complement the wave of instrumental groups, all of which were indebted in some way to Dale. www.mtv.com /music/artist/dale_dick/bio.jhtml   (1280 words)

Amazon.com: King Of The Surf Guitar: The Best Of Dick Dale & His Del-Tones: Music: Dick Dale & the Del-Tones   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-01) In the early 60's Dick Dale (not to be confused with the singer in Lawrence Welk's band) was one of the pioneers of a style of high-speed, highly-charged guitar music that in its own way is every bit as powerful as heavy metal and has spawned hundreds of imitators to this very day. The Surfcoasters are a Japanese surf guitar band that Dale has called "the best surf guitar band ever". High praise from the sensi of surf guitar indeed. www.amazon.com /King-Surf-Guitar-Dale-Del-Tones/dp/B00000348H   (1438 words)

Dick Dale and the Deltones Dale was playing a right handed guitar left handed and changing the chords in his head then transposing the chords to his hands to create a sound never heard before. Dick Dale called "King of the Surf Guitar," to a large degree invented and defined the form in the early '60s with his pioneering use of Fender reverb, dazzling staccato playing, and thundering instrumentals that incorporated Middle Eastern and Latin melodic influences. Dale's impact was largely limited to Southern California, but his influence was vast, helping ignite surf music and contributing several of the genre's most enduring classics, especially "Let's Go Trippin'" and "Miserlou" (both of which were covered by the Beach Boys on their early albums). www.history-of-rock.com /dick_dale_and_the_deltones.htm   (1303 words)

King Of The Surf Guitar: The Best Of Dick Dale & H Music CD is available from Bestprices.com King Of The Surf Guitar: The Best Of Dick Dale & H Music CD is available from Bestprices.com An excellent one CD anthology by the man who effectively invented instrumental surf music, this collection of Dale's work spans the years 1961 to 1988 and includes all his (regional) hits. The sound quality is surprisingly good, even on earlier tracks like "Let's Go Trippin'" which were recorded for Dale's own small indie label before he moved over to Capitol. www.bestprices.com /cgi-bin/vlink/081227575625BT.html?associate=sonicswap   (155 words)

Saudi Aramco World : The Sultan of Surf   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-01) Characterized by a heavy bottom sound, strong rhythms and nearly constant staccato guitar picking, surf caught on, and in the first years of the 1960's captivated young people across the nation who eagerly embraced the romance of southern California. Between 1979 and 1982, a modest surf revival prompted bands in the United States and overseas to develop Dale-like sounds and styles. This is where a lot of great surf motifs originated." He tilts his head back and demonstrates, "Doom ti-ta ti-ta, doom ti-ta ti-ta, doom ti-ta ti-ta.... www.saudiaramcoworld.com /issue/199802/the.sultan.of.surf.htm   (1620 words)

Re: Basic Surf Guitar Question TB wrote: > One track, "King Of The Surf Guitar" just blew my mind that someone was > playing like that back in the early 60's. Not only is the lead guitar impressive, but ya gotta love the Motown-ish vocals (very rare for a surf song). The Ventures did a lot of surf in the early 60s, but went in other directions later. www.talkaboutthemusic.com /group/alt.guitar/messages/806281.html   (225 words)

DICK DALE The first recording using the Fender Reverb Unit, defining the surf sound, was Miserlou (5/62) based on a Greek folk tune of the '40s. The success of Surf Beat (11/62) firmly established Dale as King of the Surf Guitar (6/63). Since then, the term, "Surf", no longer applies to the sport, alone, but to a music style as well. www.fortunecity.com /tinpan/latin/111/id43.htm   (332 words)

DICK DALE AND HIS DEL-TONES RNLP 70074 King Of The Surf Guitar **** This IS the sound of primal surf, the source of the idea of really LOUD guitar leads. Demonstrating the power of CHUNK in surf, "Surf Beat" lent it's name to the genre, and clearly is a standard. This is the embodiment of rhythm based surf chunk. www.reverbcentral.com /reviews/d/dale1233.html   (763 words)

H2G2   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-01) While all this recording was going on, Dale began to attempt to re-create on the guitar the incredible feel - both physical and emotional - of riding waves. His surfing buddies took notice of this, and being equally impressed with his surfing abilities as his guitar playing abilities, they dubbed him 'King of the Surf Guitar'. This name was not given to him by record companies to market him - there was no such thing as 'surf guitar' or even 'surf music' before Dale [Dick Dale actually recorded his first surf guitar song a couple of months before The Beach Boys recorded their first tracks. www.bbc.co.uk /dna/h2g2/pda/A506585?s_id=2   (232 words)

CD Baby: JIMMY LUTTRELL: USA Guitar Surf King - from webcds Jimmy displays his guitar technique in the style of high wave surfing sound like the Ventures. Jimmy Luttrell, a native of Oklahoma City, have been playing the guitar since the age of 10. dazzling guitar ability, while focusing on the beautiful melody, that soon becomes a part of the listener. www.cdbaby.com /cd/luttrellj3/from/webcds   (378 words)

DICK DALE AND HIS DEL-TONES ST 1930 King of the Surf Guitar ****   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-01) Dick's namesake song and a number of really great surf instros are found in the grooves on this disc. Dick made it his own, adapting the Mariachi horn lead to his guitar, and then his trumpet in the break. The sound of reverb guitar and the surf to be, coupled with Dick's pre-surf R&B and rock 'n' roll standards gigs at the Rinky Dink meld nicely in this simple and pleasing track. www.reverbcentral.com /reviews/d/dale1218.html   (300 words)

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