Dick Dale....Ghost Riders in the Sky

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  • Dick Dale... invented surf music in the 1950's. Not the '60's as is commonly believed. 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. He met Leo Fender the guitar and amplifier Guru and Leo asked Dale to play his newly creation, the Fender Stratocaster Electric Guitar. The minute Dale picked up the guitar, Leo Fender broke into uncontrolled laughter and disbelief, he was watching Dale play a right handed guitar upside down and backwards, 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.

Komentáře • 540

  • @JohnWhorphin
    @JohnWhorphin Před 6 lety +154

    Saw him play at Club Soda in Kalamazoo in 1995. He was amazing. The kid who was playing drums for the show? A really young Jack White.

  • @josephwiggins642
    @josephwiggins642 Před 5 lety +191

    RIP Dick Dale. The Surf will always be up for you Bro

    • @NormAppleton
      @NormAppleton Před 3 lety +2

      Not the surf it's the desert.

    • @codyboast5587
      @codyboast5587 Před 3 lety +6

      @@NormAppleton he made one of the best surfing songs ever so yeah the surf will always be up for him.

  • @poughkeepsiejohn1
    @poughkeepsiejohn1 Před 14 lety +31

    They HAVE to put Dick Dale in The Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame! He's become one of those individuals whose talent is now unquestionable.

    • @NormAppleton
      @NormAppleton Před 11 měsíci +2

      Simple Fact, nobody sounded like him, ever.

    • @GoodNewsJim
      @GoodNewsJim Před 7 měsíci +1

      Ah frick All halls of fame. Political cess pools. I mean hhof changed my life n all as a video gamer, but pick your favorites yourself, not some jagoffs with comittee lol

  • @andromeda1376
    @andromeda1376 Před 5 lety +40

    That's amazing, he played a right handed guitar left-handed impromptu.
    He was a genius who created a new sound.
    He left a positive mark on America's culture.
    He will be missed but never forgotten. RIP-Dick Dale🙏

  • @yorkieelliot2487
    @yorkieelliot2487 Před 9 lety +427

    For the first minute of this, I thought I was watching the new installment of Star Wars.

    • @LongshoremanX
      @LongshoremanX Před 8 lety +3

      They should add this music to the intro of Star Wars

    • @bulacudaniel
      @bulacudaniel Před 8 lety +2

      +yorkie elliot Which, also, apeared in the 50's not the 70's as we, commoners, know...

    • @willreppert5059
      @willreppert5059 Před 8 lety +3

      same

    • @grb1184
      @grb1184 Před 7 lety +6

      Yeah, that was some graphic silliness. I was waiting for the Silver Surfer in space... He plays using strings that are like cables. Very thick. That's how he got that sound. Also, he's left handed. The last time I saw him he almost had a punk band trio. Loud, simple, memorable and way-out fun! Looks bad and tough but a nice guy. Don't tell anyone.

    • @jaoasoares9113
      @jaoasoares9113 Před 6 lety

      not at all

  • @pizzolattomarcelo
    @pizzolattomarcelo Před 2 lety +11

    This is the masterpiece of a guitar sound, thank you Dick Dale

  • @valerieumphenour3565
    @valerieumphenour3565 Před rokem +2

    When he moved out to the west coast, he lived across the street from my Mother in Costa Mesa. Went to Newport Harbor High. Early 50”s.

  • @Cavallaro2376
    @Cavallaro2376 Před 5 lety +7

    RIP, Dick Dale. You were truly the King of Surf Guitar music, the teacher with many students. Your music lives on!

  • @supernikki12100
    @supernikki12100 Před 5 lety +9

    RIP Dick Dale. Never saw you play but you will always be King of the Surf Guitar.

  • @sidgysoho1960
    @sidgysoho1960 Před 3 lety +14

    Eddie Van Halen can now rightly take his place beside Dick Dale, Glen Campbell and Roy Clarke since they are, and always have been, the members of the same club. Unique Guitar Masters. Cheers

  • @1mespud
    @1mespud Před 5 lety +16

    Thank you DICK DALE for doing your part to help tame mankind with your gift and talent. Your influential guitar playing style and music was part soundtrack to our young baby boom lives. May GOD bless your legacy and surviving family.

  • @MrRckstdy77
    @MrRckstdy77 Před 9 lety +35

    Saw him in mid to late 90's for free on the Santa Monica pier free. Its was awesome.

  • @quentin3330
    @quentin3330 Před 8 lety +38

    Dick Dale is born on May the 4th.... May the 4th be with you! The Star Wars crawl seems fitting.

  • @LaylaSpellwind
    @LaylaSpellwind Před 8 lety +29

    Pro tip: Music and Writing, instead of separate. Pretty sure we all came here for Dick Dale.

  • @lukey3507
    @lukey3507 Před 5 lety +21

    RIP Dale, the song from Pulp Fiction (Misirlou) is one of his pieces of work I'll always remember.

  • @5argetech56
    @5argetech56 Před 5 lety +37

    RIP... Brother Dick! Surf will always be up! :)

  • @khrystein
    @khrystein Před 7 lety +19

    musicians come and go but there will always be a sacred spot in my heart fo Dick Dale

  • @archangele1
    @archangele1 Před 5 lety +12

    Dick Dale was amazing. Was sad to hear of his passing. He was the king of the surf guitar.
    But, the reverb or delay sound was pioneered by another great guitarist way back
    around 1950 by Johnny Guitar Watson in his epic recording "Space Guitar".
    He used a classic trick of recording thanks to the spacing of record, play back, and monitor heads on
    old reel to reel recording tape decks. Dick used Leo Fender's reverb unit to get that
    classic wet, delayed reverb effect. I have a tube Fender reverb unit and nothing else has
    that classic surf guitar sound.
    I really enjoy listening to both Dick Dale and Johnny Guitar Watson. Two totally different
    types of music, but both musicians are just so great, May they both rest in peace...
    Or, maybe start an amazing guitar band in heaven!

    • @reedbender1179
      @reedbender1179 Před 7 měsíci

      Yes,Johnny Guitar Watson,a true gangster guitarist ! 😎 If we add Link Ray .🤔...power trio from Hell !😂

  • @merlinolson1
    @merlinolson1 Před 11 lety +8

    I had a 64' VW camper, complete with a Muntz 4 track stereo with two 12 Harmon speakers with 30' cables. Used to blast DD while surfing the SoCal coastline in the sixties. Nothing like dropping into a five footer while Dick is ripping.....ahhhhhhhh!

    • @willshaw6405
      @willshaw6405 Před 6 lety

      merlinolson1
      My God, I hadn't thought about "Madman Muntz" in 50 years! !
      I had that 4 track, too...WONderful !! Thanks for that memory !

  • @donaldteuber8588
    @donaldteuber8588 Před 5 lety +15

    A different time... a different world. Dick Dale the original.. The music will last forever.

  • @66Flux
    @66Flux Před 10 lety +358

    The music starts at 1:15

  • @sanoj1969
    @sanoj1969 Před 14 lety +2

    Thanks to info about Dick Dale and a great tribute to him. He is a very talented guitarplayer !!

  • @jmtrapp
    @jmtrapp Před 11 lety +9

    I only recently heard of this man. Amazing stuff he can do with a guitar.

  • @danr5105
    @danr5105 Před 5 lety +8

    Wow, Dick Dale passed away March 16 2019,just a few days ago. He was 81. Thanks for the music Richard Anthony Monsour

  • @dannydv888
    @dannydv888 Před 9 lety +74

    Dick Dale was a mentor to Jimi Hendrix. You don't get more influential than that!!!

    • @lanadale1479
      @lanadale1479 Před 2 lety +3

      Yes, My husband was the Mentor to many great musicians over the decades...Thank You!!!

  • @TUNADOG2GO
    @TUNADOG2GO Před 12 lety +5

    one of my favorite guitar players for over fort years.

  • @welchshahan714
    @welchshahan714 Před 6 lety +1

    I saw him live once and he blew my F***ing A** away!!!! sorry for the language.

  • @acdeucee
    @acdeucee Před 11 lety +2

    Saw Dick last night at Space in IL. What a Talent! Brilliant and astonishing. So gifted and a heart Of Gold. What a priveledge to see this legend. Just love Him!!!

  • @Shoegazebasedgenre0.
    @Shoegazebasedgenre0. Před 10 lety +38

    dick dlae was a great legend of music history...but sadly he's so underrated

    • @tonihauger3104
      @tonihauger3104 Před 5 lety +3

      SO true. Dick can play ANY instrument you give him! His son Jimmy is very talented too!

  • @mosrite60
    @mosrite60 Před 8 lety +1

    Dick Dale certainly an awesome surf guitar playing dude. OMG. Surprised the strat could stand up to such unusual punishment!!!! . mos60

  • @darkwhitedirewolf
    @darkwhitedirewolf Před 13 lety +1

    Great guy, we can over look the one toke over the line thing :) Well it was cool too actually!

  • @elleboucher
    @elleboucher Před 10 lety +2

    Saw him at Pioneer park in 1962, 1963 in San Bernardino California. My first live band :)

  • @fallfav
    @fallfav Před 9 lety +273

    I thought Dick Dale was not from the fifties but from a long time ago in a galaxy far far away.

  • @carrolle7101
    @carrolle7101 Před 5 lety +8

    RIP Mr. Dale - play in heaven with the angels - you will be greatly missed.

  • @saintpain8400
    @saintpain8400 Před 11 lety +1

    Great rendition

  • @ReinoutDijkstra
    @ReinoutDijkstra Před 15 lety +2

    Dick Dale was a true genius.
    The 50's like- rythm and the awsome fast playing surf sound is just awsome :D

  • @mcav3270
    @mcav3270 Před 5 lety +2

    Absolutely startling and soooo different as a guitarist, just fantastic!!!

  • @christopherwright2153
    @christopherwright2153 Před rokem +1

    I saw him play at a small club in Asheville, NC in 2002 or 2003. One of the best live shows I've seen. Really miss this guy.

  • @exilemike
    @exilemike Před rokem +1

    I ran sound for him when he played the Melody Inn in Indianapolis. He was a nice guy and his wife was super nice as well. Dick was an Air Force veteran and part of the fire crew.

  • @sfgiantpoet
    @sfgiantpoet Před 9 lety +2

    think i heard him n a bar in killarney back in 06..... booze free wednesday..... stood outside and could swear it was him. man was it good.

  • @Iliekchoocolatye
    @Iliekchoocolatye Před rokem +1

    Got to see him right before he passed I'm so grateful it was the best show I've ever seen

  • @joephysics5469
    @joephysics5469 Před 5 lety +2

    RIP Dale!!!! Thanks for 'the sound' that lifts our spirits each time we hear it.

  • @urpgag2
    @urpgag2 Před 8 lety

    This is the sort of whammer grade electronic surfer guitar that sets me off... my Altec A7 clones are soaring with a gorgeous home made triode push pull amp of a mighty twelve RMS watts per heh and it sounds Fantastic... Dick Dale is the man. I am in envy to all the guys who got to see him perform...

    • @friendcrow
      @friendcrow Před 8 lety +1

      You can still see him play. www.granadatheater.com/event/1016029-guitar-legend-dick-dale-dallas/

    • @urpgag2
      @urpgag2 Před 8 lety

      thanks Jerry. I didn't expect that. Unfortunately I'm in Iowa and we don't get nearly enough of that kind of cool up here lol the Other kind, yeah.

  • @howardmoses9242
    @howardmoses9242 Před 9 lety +3

    Amazing, one of the best guitar renditions. Eerie.

  • @barrydinwoodie9522
    @barrydinwoodie9522 Před 7 lety +1

    great stuff surf rules .

  • @keefek
    @keefek Před 15 lety +2

    Gorgeous!!!
    Dick Dale is one of the most accomplished guitarists, and most accomplished Strat players, in the history of electric guitar.
    The Strat was invented in 1954, so Dick Dale was way ahead of the pack.
    And, dig his take on a country/western standard.
    And, he's another brilliant leftie!
    He's fabulous.

  • @OldSkoolF
    @OldSkoolF Před 5 lety +1

    Since he passed there's not many Men like Dale left in this world.... I know he's up there Rockin in Heaven... Showin Our Father how it's done... Rock on Mr.Dale .... You Earned it...

  • @pjpugapillarfan2750
    @pjpugapillarfan2750 Před 5 lety +4

    Glad I saw him live years ago RIP MAN YOU ROCKIN WITH THE LORD NOW

  • @geoffreywinnie5442
    @geoffreywinnie5442 Před 5 lety +4

    When I watched him play he broke several of his larger guitar strings and had to restring them while we waited. Needless to say he was quick at that task.

  • @coralbricks
    @coralbricks Před 7 lety +12

    Some parts reminded me of when Johnny comes marching from home.

  • @jamesbradshaw3389
    @jamesbradshaw3389 Před 6 lety +8

    I have always followed the gospel according to that master musician Mr Scott Gorham Of Thin Lizzy. He says that Dick Dale was the first guitar hero that he took a liking to. Scott always has great taste

  • @SOLOIIguru
    @SOLOIIguru Před 14 lety +1

    absolutely stunningly brilliant song

  • @warnasuasana
    @warnasuasana Před 11 lety +2

    Thanks ... awesome ~

  • @MrTommyUdo
    @MrTommyUdo Před 12 lety +5

    A Long, Long Time Ago
    In a Galaxy Far Far Away
    ...There was a Guitar Legend by the name of Dick Dale

  • @05bobbo50
    @05bobbo50 Před 11 lety +3

    A legand in Surf music for us on the West coast in the early '60's-made me start learning the guitar by 1963..thank you for uploading this for the new generations to appreciate..

  • @mattdude58
    @mattdude58 Před 10 lety +1

    ty still learning at 56 lol

  • @pietroaligischiavi6951
    @pietroaligischiavi6951 Před 9 lety +6

    STILL A GREAT PERFORMER, I LOVE HIM, THE KING OF SURF GUITAR MUSIC!!!!

  • @rerik8444
    @rerik8444 Před 9 lety +3

    Dick must be the first punk guitarist. twenty years in advance. what a musician.

  • @trumpkilla1789
    @trumpkilla1789 Před 5 lety +2

    His double plucking of a chord is what also gave him such an incredible sound

    • @bonniepeyser1529
      @bonniepeyser1529 Před 5 lety +1

      I never saw anyone like him. I love you Dick Dale. I.hope you know how much you were admired. Genuis

  • @Zconk
    @Zconk Před 11 lety +1

    Elizabeth Cotton, known for composing the famous folk song, "Freight Train" covered by Peter, Paul & Mary and more was playing this way in the early 1900s at the age of 11. I've been playing this way since the '50s before I ever heard of Ms. Cotton or Dick Dale.

  • @Turtle152
    @Turtle152 Před 11 lety +1

    Overwhelming guitar sound, bigger than life.

  • @stevewashere4122
    @stevewashere4122 Před 3 měsíci

    I got to see Dick Dale in Peabody's Downunder in Cleveland. One of the absolute greatest concerts I've ever witnessed. It's the 2nd best one. I had chills going up & down my arms and spine. The guitar playing, the playing . . . Oh, he signs autographs after his shows. He signed my Pulp Fiction CD ( I heard him for the 1st time on Pulp Fiction)). He told me to buy better shred than dead which I did. I had a greatest hits CD at the time.

  • @lostpirate1252
    @lostpirate1252 Před 10 lety +6

    fantastic version

  • @tygrkhat4087
    @tygrkhat4087 Před 5 lety +12

    RIP Dick Dale. In Surf Heaven by day, Rock and roll Heaven by night.
    Eddie Van Halen couldn't play one of Jimi Hendrix's guitars without re-stringing it. But he could play one of Dick Dale's guitars. Just one of those little tidbits of rock and roll.

    • @johnwattdotca
      @johnwattdotca Před 5 lety +3

      tygrkhat40! Jimi used medium gauge strings, a .10 for high E, a jazz set-up.

  • @sheddski2942
    @sheddski2942 Před 7 lety +2

    my older cousin from Everett mass saw him many times in the 50s down on revere beach got his autograph on his 45

  • @oopsadaze
    @oopsadaze Před 10 lety +10

    2 of the Greatest, Link Wray and Dick Dale

  • @MrStacy1974
    @MrStacy1974 Před 8 lety +1

    I got to see him last year in Dallas , his outlaw stories from back in the day are funny as hell.

  • @mojostephen
    @mojostephen Před 12 lety +5

    When I saw him back around '95 he could still kick ass! I've been a Dickhead ever since...

  • @sniperdude213
    @sniperdude213 Před 12 lety +1

    best intro ever!!

  • @MrThisucks
    @MrThisucks Před 11 lety +1

    thanks for the star wars intro

  • @erikdale9145
    @erikdale9145 Před 5 lety +2

    RIP good buddy, you'll be missed and were always so much fun!

  • @hukslee
    @hukslee Před 12 lety +1

    Whoa there. I think the shadows deserve just as much credit as mr. dale

  • @vinceleone3952
    @vinceleone3952 Před 3 lety

    This just gave me goosebumps.It is such an injustice that Dick Dale is not in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.He was a pioneer and an innovator.RIP Great One.DDM

  • @johnnyangel1455
    @johnnyangel1455 Před 2 lety

    He told me this song is on Space Mountain at Disneyland in 1996 at the Chevy car show LA County fair. Met him n his young son. Grateful for meeting the King of surf guitar. There's Dick Dale than everyone else...

  • @fredredick5983
    @fredredick5983 Před 5 lety +7

    Fair winds and following seas brother

  • @mikemacairan3445
    @mikemacairan3445 Před 4 lety

    Underrated yet the surf guitarists hailed as their mentor & guru...RIP beautiful soul...Hendrix once said he got his sound from him...Awesome, Magnifique!!!

  • @mc2gregory
    @mc2gregory Před 10 lety +3

    Thanks for the anecdote, I had no idea Dale was a lefty!

  • @grayj7441
    @grayj7441 Před rokem

    Played this at round 6am - 5am at WACF country music station in Paris, IL as a wake up tune. Mgmt was not amused. Lol

  • @wesleyhill4922
    @wesleyhill4922 Před 10 lety +2

    I love what you've done...I can't describe how I feel; it's just great! Perhaps "sensual" is the best way to express it!

  • @tophtml1
    @tophtml1 Před 9 lety +1

    Harmony Park, I was there.

  • @cardealyogrossmanski8445

    Met him n his son in 96. Car Chevy show Pomona Valley Fair. He performed this tune. Incredible ❤️

  • @thomasromeo8007
    @thomasromeo8007 Před 6 lety +2

    I used to right my motorbike with this blasting in my earphones when I lived in the south of France.
    What a feeling when you're speeding on the road by the sea on a warm summer day with this shite

  • @veluby
    @veluby Před 15 lety +1

    Very impressive, it did not know him.

  • @Baja13North
    @Baja13North Před 13 lety

    I saw Dick Dale I think in 93 at the Santa Monica Pier for the first time and he put on a killer show and I've been converted since then. Have all his records and truly appreciate his style of guitar player.

  • @raymoles
    @raymoles Před 5 lety +1

    I knew that Jimi Hendrix played a guitar upside down, but he had the strings in the right position. Dick Dale actually played it upside down with the bass string on the bottom of the fret, That is really incredible.

  • @oldhamegg
    @oldhamegg Před 12 lety +26

    I saw him a while ago, he signed some records I had of his, and then he flirted with my wife. :) old coot puttin the moves on my wife was funny.

    • @JorgeGeorgeD
      @JorgeGeorgeD Před 4 lety +13

      I'm still saddened by your wife's boyfriend passing

    • @mycubiclepenguin868
      @mycubiclepenguin868 Před 4 lety +1

      @@JorgeGeorgeD CZcams comment of the year right here

    • @yarygork2334
      @yarygork2334 Před 4 lety

      shhhhhhhh dont tell Lana... she cruises here...P.S. she was his wife till the end.

    • @esperonquegoste
      @esperonquegoste Před 3 lety

      POR FAVOR DICK VOCE PODERIA COMER A MINHA ESPOSA

  • @rte66byhd
    @rte66byhd Před 13 lety +1

    eat your heart out, hendrix! even better, fender will rip it out. what a talent. none better.

  • @blitzkrieg3546
    @blitzkrieg3546 Před 5 lety +1

    Our King is still alive , long live the King of Surfer rock ,,, Dick Dale

  • @ritwickdas4107
    @ritwickdas4107 Před 5 lety +8

    RIP the king of Surf🙌

  • @lexi3570
    @lexi3570 Před 12 lety +2

    the drummer also lends his expertise to this great recording

  • @darkwhitedirewolf
    @darkwhitedirewolf Před 13 lety +1

    This is an awesome version!

  • @Xsleeper
    @Xsleeper Před 15 lety +20

    This version has to be from the 70s after Hendrix came on the scene. DD did a version of this song in 63 but very different. This song even has some punk rock in it.
    Fantastic.
    DD may be the "King of the Surf Guitar" but he is also the "Father of Heavy Metal."

  • @dianapeterson3162
    @dianapeterson3162 Před 6 lety

    You tube introduced this to me long before I got my channel. I had no idea he is the original artist.

  • @carlamccoy
    @carlamccoy Před 10 lety +1

    This makes my heart beat very fast and I like it :]

  • @burt2800
    @burt2800 Před 13 lety +1

    This is so awesomely powerfull it's ripping my heart out!

  • @dzyanist
    @dzyanist Před 12 lety +1

    that's a BEAUTIFUL POST !!! , THANK YOU !!!! ...Its a fucking epiphany watching this man do what he does...!!!

  • @rhomotor
    @rhomotor Před 8 lety +9

    Dick Dale can really shred on a guitar!

  • @andymarabella5179
    @andymarabella5179 Před 9 lety +46

    Thanks for all the Star Wars crawl style information. I just wanted to hear the song though.

    • @thealaskan1635
      @thealaskan1635 Před 6 lety

      Andy Marabella what? It's free&yer still gonna bitch about it

    • @razzledcroaker3678
      @razzledcroaker3678 Před 5 lety

      @@thealaskan1635 It's not even correct, though. That's the annoying part.

  • @johnnyfarout
    @johnnyfarout Před 12 lety +2

    fucking like yeah

  • @barrewilks1011
    @barrewilks1011 Před 5 lety

    Thank You Brother for bringing a new kind of music to America It will live on forever rest in peace lh&r