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RIP: Dick Dale, 81, King of the Surf Guitar, ‘Miserlou’

March 18, 2019

LOS ANGELES — Dick Dale, whose pounding, blaringly loud power-chord instrumentals on songs like "Miserlou" and "Let's Go Trippin'" earned him the title King of the Surf Guitar, has died at age 81. His former bassist Sam Bolle says Dick Dale passed away Satu...

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You Likely Never Heard of Him, But He Played on 40 No. 1 Hits

AP News

March 12, 2019

LOS ANGELES — Hal Blaine, the Hall of Fame session drummer and virtual one-man soundtrack of the 1960s and '70s who played on the songs of Frank Sinatra, Elvis Presley and the Beach Boys and laid down one of mu...

Photo of two surfers sharing a wave in Half Moon Bay, California

Surf’s up in California, Where It’s Now the Official Sport

AP News

August 21, 2018

LOS ANGELES — "Let's go surfing now, everybody's learning how," the Beach Boys have been telling us in song since 1962. "No other sport represents the California Dream better than surfing — riding the waves ...

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RIP: Dick Dale, 81, King of the Surf Guitar, ‘Miserlou’

You Likely Never Heard of Him, But He Played on 40 No. 1 Hits

Surf’s up in California, Where It’s Now the Official Sport

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