Dick Dale

Who they were

Personal life Dale was married three times. His first wife Jeannie in the 1970s was a Tahitian dancer in Hawaii and provided backup vocals for the 1975 release "Spanish Eyes." [ citation needed ] Together, they created a musical revue and toured at resorts in Las Vegas, Reno and Lake Tahoe. From the proceeds, the couple made successful investments in nightclubs and real estate, allowing Dale to purchase his three-story 17-room dream mansion at "the Wedge" in Newport Beach.

Richard Anthony Monsour, known professionally as Dick Dale, was an American rock guitarist. He was a pioneer of surf music, drawing on Middle Eastern music scales and experimenting with reverb. Dale was known as "The King of the Surf Guitar," which was also the title of his second studio album.

Early life

Educated at: Quincy High School and Washington Preparatory High School.

Early life Dick Dale was born Richard Anthony Monsour in Boston , Massachusetts, on May 4, 1937. He was of Lebanese descent from his father, James ( Arabic : جيمس منصور ), [ 1 ] and of Polish - Belarusian descent from his mother, Sophia "Fern" (née Danksewicz). [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] [ 4 ] His family subsequently moved to Quincy, Massachusetts , which at the time had a significant Lebanese population in the neighborhood of Quincy Point .

Path and career

Career 1960s Dale began playing in local country western–rockabilly bars, where in 1955 he met an entertainer who went by Texas Tiny, who gave him the name "Dick Dale" because he thought it was a good name for a country singer. [ 1 ] Fender Showman, owned by Dick Dale Dale employed non-Western scales in his playing. He regularly used reverb , which became a trademark of surf guitar. Being left-handed, Dale would become known for his unorthodox method of playing a right-handed guitar upside-down,

Why this date

Dick Dale appears on our March 16 calendar for 2019 as a death entry.