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Listen Dick Dale's Guitar Screams With Pain And Pleasure

September 26, 2010 – With a tour on the way, Dale says he'll be keeping true to his inner ferocity on stage.

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Dick Dale performing at KEXP.

Listen Dick Dale: Surf Guitar's King Still Rules KEXP

January 12, 2010 – The man who pretty much invented "surf rock" gives a shredding music lesson at KEXP. KEXP

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Listen Dick Dale and the Birth of Surf Rock

May 25, 2007 – Dick Dale is the man known as "the King of the Surf Guitar." He launched surf rock in 1960.

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Listen 'Misirlou,' from Klezmer to Surf Guitar

January 8, 2006 – Guitar legend Dick Dale and NYU prof Yale Strom help trace the history of a haunting melody.

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