Dick Dale - The Wedge (Live on KEXP)

[@nogodiggydie]

RIP old man. You played one of the best shows I've ever been to in my life.

[@colinmason9974]

Same here, only saw him once maybe 4 years ago and he destroyed it!

[@almostliterally593]

Loudest show ever?

[@kyledavis828]

yea man caught him when he came to Memphis last.... definitely will remember that one. total legend

[@FallicIdol]

I think three of my top 5 favorite concerts are Dick Dale shows.

[@silversurfer100]

The first time I was truly exposed to a ripping guitar was one evening many years ago walking a long way home from the Buena Park Mall in California. On the way I was passing this building then named the "Retail Clerks Union" and Dick Dale and the DelTones were playing for the local high school crowd. The notes were ringing loud across the boulevard and stopped me dead in my tracks. I was 12 years old, now over 60, and his guitar still gets to me today. Hail to the master of the surf guitar!!

[@mikem597]

Pat Notneeded Thanks for reminding me of the Retail Clerks. "Back then", my fend and I used to drive to one of three musical hot spots each week end: Retail Clerks, Harmony Park, or the Rendezvous (In Newport Beach). Great surf bands played. Dick Dale, Dave Myers...others. Great times were had by all !

[@adamwatson9214]

One of a kind. Nobody plays like him. He was willing to feel the pain required to get the sound he wanted out of those piano strings. There are amazing guitar players, but only one Dick Dale. I’m very glad I got to meet him. RIP

[@SAPOINSATTE]

The Arabic scales used in this. Wow. Who would have thought 1960s American surf rock would end up to be the best display of modern Arabic music. وانا من فلسطين -

[@ccchatorocks]

He has lebanese origin. Thats why. I think u know that. Just in case a kind reminder to whose who don’t know

[@StratBurst92]

@@ccchatorocks Father was Lebanese, Mother was Polish.

[@ccchatorocks]

@@StratBurst92 thx bro for the info. I didnt know about his mother's origin. rip legend dick dale

[@bryansmathers927]

Dick Dale. The greatest surf guitarist ever!!

[@StamatisStabos]

Rest In Surf King Dale

[@monapause]

my dad had all of his records, so I grew up listening to him. I finally got the chance to see him live last saturday at viva las vegas rockabilly weekend. I was overcome with joy. I'm shocked that he's not in the rock and roll hall of fame.

[@theplanetariumscene]

He should be in the rock and roll hall of fame, him and Link Wray.

[@alanhernandez1376]

Surf rock is extremely underrated

[@Rwtheking]

Yeah the rock and roll hall of fame is a joke sadly

[@bryansmathers927]

Yes I agree!! Dick Dale absolutely belongs in the Rock Hall!!

[@bristlefist]

Who gets to decide who goes in the rock'n'roll hall of fame?

[@dennisszejman6390]

I seriously miss him. I saw him 5 times, my favorite. He was a real nice guy too who would talk to his fans after the show, no celebrity ego at all, just a good friendly guy. His wife Lana is a beautiful and good hearted person as well. Thanks for sharing the video with us.

[@Danioabyss]

this man now 76 years old, but still plays like he is 20!

[@mikem597]

Vastly under rated guitar player, Dick Dale has always been one of my favorites. The style and the sound are iconic.

[@brandonjones5801]

Mike M a

[@josh0g]

Trying to think if there is any song in American music more widely recognizable than Misirlou... maybe Green Onions by Booker T & the MGs. Rest in Peace, Dick Dale, and Rest in Music.

[@TheStones1965]

He belongs at the very top on the list of great guitar players.

[@DavidSmith-fe2ws]

I was a kid in New Zealand in the sixties and my big brother used to throw me a few cents to wax his long board and make sure the girl next door didn't know where he was. these tunes were the sound track to those moments.

[@bentonvinyl]

I knew he was left-handed but didn't realize his guitar is strung right-handed. I've got a neighbor who is a drummer but also plays a guitar exactly like Mr. Dale. It's amazing to see/hear it in person. Dick Dale...simply fantastic!

[@jahkgdm]

For years he lived in the corner house next to the wedge on the bay front. He has/had a custom motorhome with a mural of him in an inner tube playing guitar in the surf. Legendary!!

[@alchemydrive]

RIP, saw him play twice and he was phenomenal.

[@southwalesoutdoors]

Brilliant guitarist. A true innovator who created a whole genre. God like. Music so powerful that you don't need words.. that's special.

[@SHELBY13GT500]

Seen him many times! Epic!

[@sleeve51]

Dick Dale is a super monster killer. Been listening to him for over 50 yrs and his music still holds up. If you've never been to the Wedge, you owe it to yourself to go there on a good day (high surf). Terrifying but beautiful.

[@markthelopez]

looks like even you old bastards learnt the internet language

[@brianbirc]

Steven Conrad Yes the Zooport Wedge in Balboa gets very big. It has some crazy shorebreak that can, has and will hurt and even kill NOT FOR THE BEGINNER TYPE TO GET WET OFTEN. Great bodysurfing not the best surfing with closeout board snapping barrels but on occasion big waves after surfing the Cali Pipeline/ The Point with the right swell direction though a deep channel can throw double overhead thick square barrels on fast waves with perfect shape. The sand on shore vibrates and is lined up with $$$$ cameras. Good Times and some of maybe the best barrels I ever had. Epic before surfline waking up to the roar and Supplies you check it and it is Amazing and uncrowded. Those days did not get much of a crowd in the water with the big size and THICK square barrels they can hit hard. Back around the time of the best OP PRO the last year they sold beer there. kzbin.info/www/bejne/bpSUfICXfbpgp9U 1986 Good times aye Pigs

[@michaelmcgehee4898]

Dick can still rock!! Never Forget!!! His surf music is still legendary! Remember his rendition of Pipeline with Stevie Ray Vaughn? I'm 62 and Still rocking!

[@Warrogue1]

You and me both!

[@frankbear4136]

Master RIP 🪦 😢

[@emc4lsd]

Unlike the music kids these days put out.... This makes me happy

[@artistray621]

What's really cool about this song is that it conjures up memories of being at The Wedge.

[@bshpilot64]

Hot August Nights Beach Party in Reno 1987 and the Sausalito Art and Wine Festival DD Concert 2006. Dick Dale was incredible! Lifetime DD fan for over 50 years! I first heard "Miserlou" cruising Central Ave in Phoenix,AZ and Avalon,Santa Catalina,... the "Endless Summer" of 1962.

[@gregfujita2582]

Dick Dale ruled socal rock n roll forever

[@stefanodruetta]

ROCKET JOCKEY brought me here. I can't believe how much time I've spent listening to Dick Dale without even knowing it, when I was 12 or something.. this sound just makes me go nuts and want to be bald and outrageous.

[@TheRedRaven_]

stefano druetta one of the best classic PC games next to Doom, never got tired of abusing the soccer refs 😂

[@charlesmiller2472]

One of the very few guitar players that play with the bass string at the bottom. Amazing. As a lefty, he must have learned on right handed guitar, and just got used to playing that way. First surf songs I learned on guitar back in 60's were Dick Dale's The Wedge, Miserlou, Surf Beat, and The Victor. Got to meet him once thru my friend, whose brother gave Dick Dale surf lessons.

[@dotothenn]

One of the greatest, if not the greatest!!!

[@el_stino]

Hang loose up there Dick ... May you ride the skies on 20.000 tons of reverb!

[@katygrischy1642]

rest in peace, king of the surf guitar. thanks for lighting up my life from back in the 60's til eternity.

[@brianmcdowell6066]

The drummer and bassist are hanging on for their lives!

[@nunomc2815]

Great sound ! This is unique !

[@jamesappelman7731]

man he is a amazing guitar player for sure

[@solin.victus]

Rest in Power, The King!

[@rudewey]

The real instrumental surf musician master.

[@AK-qt3sk]

I was born in 1981. But his music is smth magical

[@jpschulze1093]

Back in the day in Fullerton, Ca we used to sit on Denny Swyden's front yard and listen to Dick Dale and his Del Tones practice. l could be wrong but as l recall Larry Loeck jammed with him. Funny thing is, in later years l moved to a small place in Veneta, Or.., only a block from another Music Legend, Noki Edwards

[@SKATETOSLAYER]

Absolutely nuts.

[@6909Scrappy]

The Guitar God, my favorite version.Thanks for posting.

[@julianG1212]

This guy created metal

[@xijack]

Dick Dale = biggest guitar tone; you could drive a train along those strings

[@WeldKingFabrication]

What an epic stud!

[@banababowling]

The amazing Dick Dale!

[@PetroPhelps]

Fantastic guitar.

[@mateostsalikis6782]

fantastic guitar!

[@cactification]

A guitar god in his own right!

[@seshagirivalangiman4990]

Hail Dick Dale!

[@neverinoeh246]

R.I.P Dick Dale.

[@ratalino73]

saludos desde argentina!!!!!

[@jamessilba2271]

Master of surf / bandit

[@AngelaFerrannini]

R.I.P., Mr. Dale.

[@EL34XYZ]

Awesome!!!!!!!!!!!

[@regularnimnule9715]

Badass!!

[@diaryofagrievernamedjohnwe1433]

RIP em up in heaven

[@syntaxerror2341]

A fucking legend.

[@marcuserektus]

If there's any energy in their equipment, these guys completely wring it out!

[@minemaniac0305]

His music cannot be transcribed successfully- the feel, tempo, and way he plays cannot be expressed in words!

[@elevensixty2434]

KILLER

[@MrNatural_OG]

body surfed the wedge back in the 80s a few times, it was BITCHEN!

[@0Imtheslime0]

was not many around who plays right hand guitar left handed without restringing it upside down.

[@Bulhakas]

What happened to the tremolo picking in those riffs?

[@Thoracius]

Sound guy has this mixed like Dick Dale is playing some background rhythm guitar part. Needs to be increased in the mix like a 6db.

[@PlatoFire11]

@xijack so true man.

[@chucklubchenko4661]

RIP

[@heilvictory729]

Hes not tremelo picking though. Still awesome. But I prefer the tremelo or speed picking version

[@solin.victus]

So Benicio Del Toro is playing bass behind Dick Dale, seems legit!

[@jonas141298]

016 ;)

[@blabbyblah1]

Don't shut up and take my money!

[@RobertPetersen-i2q]

Hoppe Turnpike

[@kjn94]

haha epic face 2:02

[@gium.t.4585]

muy sencillo de tocar la guitarra como él, robas una guitarra, resulta que eres zurdo...no pasa nada, la pongo para el otro lado y sin cambiar el orden de las cuerdas, para qué? ... entonces te das cuenta que no eres Dick y despiertas del sueño

[@d.nakamura9579]

This camerawork is frustratingly BAD. Can they keep not switching and avoiding his hands? Unbelievable

[@Geronimo66]

Dick Dale rules but the drummer kinda bugs me.

[@NevNevStone]

I live near the wedge in newport

[@cgravier]

beiber

[@jaguar4637]

capolavoro chitarristico

[@MA-eh6ji]

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