Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Surf guitar is iconic. The moment you hear a tremolo-picking slide you can instantly imagine surfers riding waves and hanging 10.

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Like Jimi Hendrix and Eric Clapton, Dick Dale was an undisputed guitar god. Known as The King of Surf Guitar, he amplified the sound of California’s surf culture with his gold Fender Stratocaster ...

Dick Dale, “the King of the Surf Guitar,” has died at the age of 81. “Dick Dale was truly the King of Surf Guitar. Before the Beach Boys gave this new genre lyrics, Dick Dale was providing the ...

Guitarist Dick Dale, whose fast, thunderous sound pioneered the California “surf rock” genre of the early 1960s and gained a new generation of fans decades later through its appearance in “Pulp ...

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Surf guitar king Dick Dale, known for hits like "Miserlou" and "Let's Go Trippin," has died at age 81. LOS ANGELES -- Dick Dale, whose pounding, blaringly loud power-chord instrumentals on songs like ...

Corrections & Clarifications: A previous version of this story misstated Dick Dale's age. LOS ANGELES – Dick Dale, whose pounding, blaringly loud power-chord instrumentals on songs like "Miserlou" and ...