Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Surf guitar is iconic. The moment you hear a tremolo-picking slide you can instantly imagine surfers riding waves and hanging 10.

While surfing and guitars have always gone together, very few top-notch surfers have made the grade as professional musicians. Here, surf music for the soul. While surfing and guitars have always gone ...

Dick Dale, “the King of the Surf Guitar,” has died at the age of 81. “Dick Dale was truly the King of Surf Guitar. Before the Beach Boys gave this new genre lyrics, Dick Dale was providing the ...

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 ...

At the Jersey Shore, Dale was a guitar hero who entertained fans for decades thanks to his summertime shows. Dale died Sunday, March 17, according to the Associated Press. No cause has been released.

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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.

Surf guitar legend Dick Dale, whose song “Misirlou” gained fame in director Quentin Tarantino’s “Pulp Fiction,” died Saturday night. He was 81. Dale’s bass player, Sam Bolle, confirmed his death to ...

Corrections & Clarifications: A previous version of this story misstated Dick Dale's age. LOS ANGELES – Dick Dale, whose pounding, blaringly loud power-chord instrumentals on songs like "Miserlou" and ...

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, ...