RIP Dick Dale
 

King of the Surf Guitar. Played high speed tremolo picking, middle eastern scales, at groundbreaking high volume. Miserlou is the great-grandpa of Death Valley 69, in style if not substance. Field tested a lot of early Fender gear for Leo Fender. Kept touring through to near the end to cover the costs of cancer treatments.

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/17/o...dale-dead.html

An absolute guitar demon and one of the true greats. He was also Little Richard-esque in the sense of going around saying stuff like I am the originator, I am the emancipator! - Dick Dale would tell you he invented metal, punk, "indie", you name it. Which is fine: an original who could play like such a motherfucker's got the right to boast a bit sometimes.