Richard Anthony Monsour

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Richard Anthony Monsour, better known as Dick Dale, was an American guitarist and pioneer of surf rock whose aggressive playing style and reverb-heavy sound earned him the title "King of the Surf Guitar."

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instanceOf guitarist ⓘ
human ⓘ
musician ⓘ
songwriter ⓘ
alsoKnownAs King of the Surf Guitar ⓘ
associatedAct The Del-Tones ⓘ
causeOfDeath heart failure ⓘ
collaboratedWith Fender Musical Instruments Corporation ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1937-05-04 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 2019-03-16 ⓘ
ethnicOrigin Lebanese ⓘ
Polish ⓘ
genre instrumental rock ⓘ
rock and roll ⓘ
surf rock ⓘ
influenced Eddie Van Halen ⓘ
Jimi Hendrix ⓘ
Stevie Ray Vaughan ⓘ
The Beach Boys ⓘ
influencedGenre surf rock ⓘ
instrument Fender Stratocaster ⓘ
electric guitar ⓘ
knownFor aggressive staccato picking style ⓘ
heavy use of spring reverb ⓘ
pioneering surf rock guitar sound ⓘ
movement surf music ⓘ
notableAchievement helped develop the Fender Showman amplifier ⓘ
notableAlbum Calling Up Spirits ⓘ
Checkered Flag ⓘ
King of the Surf Guitar ⓘ
Mr. Eliminator ⓘ
Spacial Disorientation ⓘ
Surfer’s Choice ⓘ
Tribal Thunder ⓘ
Unknown Territory ⓘ
notableEvent revival of popularity after Misirlou was featured in the 1994 film Pulp Fiction ⓘ
notableWork King of the Surf Guitar ⓘ
Let’s Go Trippin’ ⓘ
Misirlou ⓘ
Nitro ⓘ
Shake N’ Stomp ⓘ
Surf Beat ⓘ
occupation guitarist ⓘ
musician ⓘ
singer ⓘ
songwriter ⓘ
placeOfBirth Boston, Massachusetts, United States ⓘ
placeOfDeath Loma Linda, California, United States ⓘ
recordLabel Capitol Records ⓘ
Deltone Records ⓘ
Rhino Records ⓘ
residence Southern California, United States ⓘ
linked to: Southern California
stageName Dick Dale ⓘ

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