Dick Dale

Acting

Dick Dale

Born 4 May 1937 · Boston, Massachusetts, USA · Died 16 March 2019 at 81

Dick Dale, born Richard Anthony Monsour, was an American musician and actor. He was a pioneer of surf music, drawing on Middle Eastern music scales and experimenting with reverberation, known as "The King of the Surf Guitar". Dale worked closely with the manufacturer Fender to produce custom-made amplifiers.