VIDEO: ‘Surf Rock’ Creator Dick Dale Dead at 81

Monday, March 18, 2019
GoLocalPDX Lifestyle Team

'Surf Rock' Creator Dick Dale Dead at 81.  The guitarist had been suffering from diabetes and an unknown form of cancer since at least 2012.

Dale is credited with creating the 1960s genre, "surf rock."

His signature sound mixed staccato picking and reverb with Middle Eastern melodies.

It went on to earn him the nickname, "King of the Surf Guitar."