Hey y'all-

my buddy Dick Dale will be comming to Portland, Sat, Dec, 2 at the Music Millenium at 23rd and Johnson. Dicky's put me in charge of his media promotion and such, so if you're in the media
( radio, tv, print) and want to do an interview with him- drop me a line!

radiotimryan@hotmail.com

...and his Deltones?

Cool!
/fires up "Nitro"

Great news for anyone over 60

Toecheese, not everyone like Brittney Spears like YOU do!

DD got substantial college radio airplay of his 1990's releases. Those CDs didn't really hit the mainstream, but he did pick up some younger fans.

I have had the pleasure of touring with Dicky twice- first when I was 19, and then for 8 months last year.. he is hands down the most bad ass guitar player out there- period!

Dick Dale is a living legend.

and he is still "The King of the Surf Guitar" although he can thank Tarantino for resurrecting a not so big hit for him in Pulp Fiction.
I personally prefer Lets go trippin to miserlou.

ACTUALLY dodger, Miserlou was a huge hit. Back in those days, hits on t he west coast didn't always go national- Miserlou did. Dick was even on the Ed SUllivan show..

Obviously, Toecheese has no idea who he's talkin' 'bout.

Talk about R&R HoF nominees, he deserves it more than some of the others!

you'll hear miserlou at the start of the black eyed peas hit single from this year pump it. hope he got paid for it they did.

Oh yeah, dicky got paid. BUT he got NO mention from the Black eyed peas.- PISSED me off! In the rap community, I always find it hilarious that a video on MTV is listed as:

jay z, feat. T-Dawg, Feat. S-amonella, Feat XXX$, Feat. .. ( you get the idea)


menaing they'll give credit to EVRYONE and everyone appearing on the song, BUT WON'T GIVE CREDIT TO THE ARITST THEY'RE SAMPLING!

It should havebeen lsited as this:

Blackeyed Peas, Feat. Dick Dale
Pump it

So I grabbed my Whitburn, and looked under Dick, under Dale, under Deltones.... and I couldn't find a single song that ever reached the Top 40.

So exactly how do you guys define a hit?

Oh jeez, how many "hits" did Led Zepplin have? Less than Mr. Mr., I'm sure.

"Hit songs" are roughly equivalent to grades in elementary school, as far as I'm concerned. In the grand scheme, they don't mean anything.

" Surfers choice"

1963 Pop Albums No. 59


1962 "Let's Go Trippin'" Pop Singles No. 60

Dick was on Capitol records the Same time as the Beatles. I personally think his best work is on " Calling up Spirits" and " tribal thunder", released in the early 90's.

UnGodamn believable. Those two albums changed my life.

Go get those two!

Hey Timryan

It worked. I put Dick on K103's Website Concert Listing and I'll mention him on air.

Mike B

...and for our REALLY old readers, this is not the one from the Lawrence Welk Show.

Yes-Semoochie- thank you for pointing that out! As a regular viewer of the LW show (it's good to drink beer to!), I alwwyas Chucke when Lawrence introduces " Dick Dale"..

Here's a funny story:

This was down in central CA. I was outside, when an old couple ( in their 80's ) came up and asked me if Dick Dale ( thinking it was the LW dick dale) was REALLY playing. and I said yes. It didn't dawn on me that they thought it was DD from LW. So they went and bought tickets. I saw them when Dick went on stage. Their mouths dropped! their ears were covered!

it's a classic Dick story..

It makes you wonder how many people mistakenly went to Bill Graham concerts.

Will Dick Dale be doing a regular show in the area besided the Music Millenium appearance?

ya but tim, miserlou still does not chart on the us single pop chart. album yes, single no.

One of the tracks I have is called "Surfin Hootenany" by Al Casey which features both Dick Dale and Duane Eddy. Does Dick use his real name?

The Black Eyed Peas didn't sample he came in an re-recorded it for them....So is that still sampling or is it not...Discuss...

I saw Dick Dale at the Crystal a couple of years ago. It was all ages, we were in the "drinking" section of course, but close. He's amazing. And, really, really, loud. And funny. And plays trumpet also, and I bet a few other instruments, right Tim?

Dick Dale & His Del-Tones, Chart Records:

1961 Let's Go Trippin' [60](70) Deltone 5017
1963 Peppermint Man (91) Deltone 5020
1963 King of The Surf Guitar [124] Capitol 4963
1963 The Scavenger [98](94) Capitol 5048

[-] = Billboard Chart Position.
(-) = Cash Box Chart Position.

Chart data from: Joel Whitburns's Top Pop Singles 1955-1986 & Bubbling Under The Hot 100 1959-1981, plus Cash Box Pop Singles Charts 1950-1993 by Pat Downey, George Albert & Frank Hoffmann.

Tommybig-

NOPE, The Original version of " Miserlou" is the one that the blackeyed peas use. I just asked Dick..

He was huge in Southern California and that was about it.
Dick Dale had 2 different records in the top 5
of both KFWB and KRLA on Jan 1 1963.
"Miserlou" was #1 on both and "Peppermint Man" was # 5. The flip side of "Peppermint Man" was
"Surf Beat" and charted on KRLA that same week.
The #1 Album in L.A. for several months was
"Surfer's Choice"

Dick Dale, Billboard Chart Albums:

1963 Surfer's Choice [59] Deltone 1001
1963 Checkered Flag [106] Capitol 2002

Then Will I Am lied...in an interview he said that he came in and recorded it for them...damn liars...

Hey Tommy~

Yeah, or WIll I AM might have been confused.

great news for any fan of music and guitar

SO who's gonna be there? let me know, so we can all introduce our selves?

Hey Craig, Maybe its time For K-hits to play some Dick Dale! What do ya think???

I have in my hand a CD called "surfin Hits" on the Rhino label which has two songs by Dick, "Let's Go Trippin" and "Miserlou". I am wondering if he would autograph that for me.

so i guess my question got lost in the shuffle, is Dick doing an actual show in PDX to coincide with the MM stop? when and where?

Well Wayne, you'll just have to go and check it out, won't you?

What time?

Okay, kids. Dicky's going to be at Music Millenium, Saturday , Dec 2nd, 6:00 PM to promote the re-release of his landmark album
" Surfers Choice" . Yes, he'll be doing an acoustic show with his 13 year old son, Jimmy- who is a dynamo! Waynes world- YES!!~ Dick will glady autograph it for you!

So you know, I was Dick's road manager/ head guitar tech last year.

I'm from Okie land, and I remember hearing his songs played. Also wasn't he in one of the many beach whatever movies?

Saw him at Johnnie D's in Somerville Massachusetts in 1999.

Does he still travel around the states in that funky camper bus?

No, the funky camper bus has been retired- THANKFULLY!

timryan, count me in, my son who is 15 is hooked on dick dale {from pulp fiction} we will both be there

The Pulp Fiction Soundtrack is one of the best Soundtracks EVER. It revitalized a lot of great songs and artists that have been forgotten about.Plus Urge Overkill's Remake of Neil Diamond's "girl you'll be a woman soon" is a million times better than the original!!
With Every Quentin Tarantino movie that comes out, You can always bet that a "killer" soundtrack will come along with it.