LOS ANGELES (AP) — Dick Dale, whose pounding, blaringly loud power-chord instrumentals on songs like “Misirlou” and “Let’s Go Trippin'” earned him the title King of the Surf Guitar, has died at age 81 ...

Dick Dale, the “King of the Surf Guitar” whose biggest hit served as the opening song for 1994 cult classic Pulp Fiction, has died, according to multiple reports. He was 81. Dale died on Saturday, his ...

Dick Dale, a California-based musician and surfer whose rumbling and percussive guitar work drew inspiration from the thundering force of ocean waves, earning him the title king of surf guitar, died ...

Dick Dale, universally hailed as the king of the 1960s surf guitar sound that heavily influenced the development of rock 'n' roll guitar — and of rock 'n' roll guitars themselves — has died at age 81.

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 ...

Dick Dale played electric guitar like he was more interested in the electricity than in the guitar. Listen to the way he starts his signature song, “Misirlou,” with the sound of his pick slicing ...

Dick Dale played electric guitar like he was more interested in the electricity than in the guitar. Listen to the way he starts his signature song, “Misirlou,” with the sound of his pick slicing ...

Richard Monsour may have grown up in snowy Massachusetts, but the guitarist known as Dick Dale brought the rock music of California’s surf culture to the nation. Known as the “King of Surf Guitar,” ...

Surf guitar legend Dick Dale, whose song “Misirlou” gained fame in director Quentin Tarantino’s “Pulp Fiction,” died Saturday night. He was 81. Dale’s bass player, Sam Bolle, confirmed his death to ...

Richard Monsour may have grown up in snowy Massachusetts, but the guitarist known as Dick Dale brought the rock music of California’s surf culture to the nation. Known as the “King of Surf Guitar,” ...