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The King of Surf Guitar


Pragmatism: the relentless pursuit of seeing things as they really are.
 
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Barbarian at the Gate
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RIP, he was one of the greats.



“Posterity! You will never know how much it cost the present Generation to preserve your Freedom! I hope you will make good use of it. If you do not, I shall repent in Heaven, that I ever took half the Pains to preserve it.”
― John Adams

"Fire can be our friend; whether it's toasting marshmallows, or raining down on Charlie."
- Principal Skinner.


 
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Yes, he was.

He played a right handed guitar upside down and held left-handed, and later started playing a left handed guitar and strung it in reverse to keep the string order the same.

Made it hard for some of his licks to be played as he played them.

Sort of like Ringo playing right hand drum set left handed.




"the meaning of life, is to give life meaning" Ani Yehudi אני יהודי Le'olam lo shuv לעולם לא שוב!
 
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I got to see him in concert on the Santa Monica Pier several years ago. Very cool show.

I remember trying to learn "Misirlou." "Trying" being the operative word. RIP.




Link to original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZIU0RMV_II8



"It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data. Insensibly one begins to twist facts to suit theories, instead of theories to suit facts." Sherlock Holmes
 
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Live Slow,
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Damn, growing up surfing in the late 90s/ early 2000’s in socal- his sound was our sound. I was going to go see him live in May. Bummer...




"I won't be wronged, I won't be insulted, and I won't be laid a hand on. I don't do these things to other people and I require the same from them."
- John Wayne in "The Shootist"
 
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I saw him play in a small venue 15 or so years back. I could not tell you who the opening acts were, but I remember being very impressed with Dick Dale. I still have the ticket stub around here somewhere.
 
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One of the greats.




The fish is mute, expressionless. The fish doesn't think because the fish knows everything.
 
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RIP to one of the greats.

 
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We didn't surf much in Mississippi, and I had never heard of Dick Dale. The most excellent "Pulp Fiction" soundtrack re-introduced him.
 
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