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Surf rock is a genre of rock and roll associated with surf culture, particularly as found in Southern California. It was especially popular from 1958 to 1964 in two major forms. The first is instrumen
1963 performance flyer, promoting surf musicians
The Beach Boys performing "I Get Around" in 1964
The 1932 Ford that appeared on the cover to the Beach Boys' album, Little Deuce Coupe from 1963
Dick Dale
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Richard Anthony Monsour, known professionally as Dick Dale, was an American rock guitarist. He was a pioneer of surf music, drawing on Middle Eastern music scales and experimenting with reverb. Dale w
Surf music
…forms. The first is instrumental surf, distinguished by reverb-heavy electric guitars played to evoke the sound of crashing waves, largely pioneered by Dick Dale and His Del-Tones. The second is vocal surf, which took elements of the original surf sound and added vocal harmonies, a movement led by the Beach Boys…
Dale in 2006
Fender Showman, owned by Dick Dale
Dale performing in 2006