Some guys record an album with songs that are filler. I recorded this album like it was my last. Dick Dale albumfillerguy Change image and share on social
Gene Krupa was my big hero, and I used to play on my mother's flour cans and sugar cans with the kitchen knives, listening to the big bands on my dad's records. Gene Krupa and Harry James. Dick Dale bandbigcan Change image and share on social
I'm going to make people happy. I'm going to make them forget about their cancer. I'm going to make them forget about their diabetes. Dick Dale cancerdiabetesforget Change image and share on social
I met Leo Fender, who is the guru of all amplifiers, and he gave me a Stratocaster. He became a second father to me. Dick Dale amplifierfatherfender Change image and share on social
I told them if were going to do it were going to do it right, I'm not leaving 'til it's done. My wife, child and I slept in the studio. We cut these raw. Dick Dale childcutleave Change image and share on social
Hendrix was the bass player for Little Richard. We were both left-handed, but we would use a right-handed guitar held upside down and backwards. He developed my slides and my riffs. In fact he used to say, and this is documented, 'I patterned my style after Dick Dale.' Dick Dale backwardsbasdale share on social
Buddy Rich was one of the most incredible technicians in the world, on this planet, but the only people he could really impress, who knew what he was doing was another musician or another drummer. Dick Dale buddydrummerimpress Change image and share on social
I can play every instrument there is, every horn, I've played all the saxes and trumpets and everything and keyboards. Dick Dale havehorninstrument Change image and share on social