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aloneagain
Second Love
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 Posted - 09/06/2010 : 23:37:51
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| Any of you old surfers out there remember the Rendevous Ballroom in Balboa? Dick Dale and the Del Tones held court there for a couple of years 1961-62, and I was privileged hear the birth of Surf Music by the master, the King of the Surf Guitar, Dick Dale. I like to think Arthur may have stopped in there or the other venues Dick played in. There is a definite surf riff in Love's stuff. |
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SignedRW
Fifth Love
USA
280 Posts |
Posted - 10/06/2010 : 01:45:20
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My first live concert ever, the summer before I started junior high;
Dick Dale and the Deltones at the Rendezvous Ballroom, just about the
coolest thing I'd ever seen. If someone had told me then that being
at that show was going to somehow lead to a lifetime of rock n' roll
and a career in rock radio, I'd have had tremendous difficulty buying
it, but in retrospect, it still doesn't sound too bad. As Dick said, back
in 1963, "Let's go trippin'." And within just a few short years, did we ever.... |
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rocker
Old Love
USA
3606 Posts |
Posted - 10/06/2010 : 14:59:58
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| You know I read that Dale supposedly hated the way his 60's records sounded. He said Capitol just didn't know how to record him. And he also blew out many Fender amps with his guitar notes! |
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lemonade kid
Old Love
USA
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Posted - 10/06/2010 : 22:24:32
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Forgive me, but is he still playing....I remember he played Portland Maine several years back. The King of the Surf guitar forever!
I remember that Capital albums came with an extra 45 stuck in the
jacket promoting someone else....cool stuff for sure.
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so why don't you...do...love.
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aloneagain
Second Love
USA
36 Posts |
Posted - 11/06/2010 : 09:15:54
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I guess it was the Rendezvous Ballroom. Did you go over to the Prison of Socrates to chill out afterward with Tim Morgon? Tim sang Kingston Trio and his own stuff. The Prison was across the walk at the head of Balboa Pier, same as the Rendezvous.
I have Surfer's Choice and it is in mono. It's not deep sound. I am going to convert it to a file, see what I can do with audacity. Dick has been fighting cancer and I wanted to see him at the Coachouse last year but couldn't fit it in. |
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SignedRW
Fifth Love
USA
280 Posts |
Posted - 11/06/2010 : 17:35:03
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I saw Tim at the Prison of Socrates quite a few times, and also at
both of the Ice House locations, in Glendale and Pasadena. Around
that time he was also doing numerous high school and junior high
assembly performances. All four of his albums are available on CD
from his own web-site or from CD Baby. Nice biography piece on him,
(mainly autobiographical) penned by surfer/musician/writer Corky
Carroll at Tim's web-site. Dick Dale does still perform, at least as
recently as last year, despite a serious cancer scare a couple of
years back, and the shows remain as rockin' high energy as ever.
I believe that he still resides in the Twentynine Palms area. |
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lemonade kid
Old Love
USA
9873 Posts |
Posted - 11/06/2010 : 18:33:41
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Originally posted by Signed RW
I saw Tim at the Prison of Socrates quite a few times, and also at
both of the Ice House locations, in Glendale and Pasadena. Around
that time he was also doing numerous high school and junior high
assembly performances. All four of his albums are available on CD
from his own web-site or from CD Baby. Nice biography piece on him,
(mainly autobiographical) penned by surfer/musician/writer Corky
Carroll at Tim's web-site. Dick Dale does still perform, at least as
recently as last year, despite a serious cancer scare a couple of
years back, and the shows remain as rockin' high energy as ever.
I believe that he still resides in the Twentynine Palms area.
Great, Rick. Thanks. Twenty Nine Palms area....nice.
I remember driving through there on my way to LA from Phoenix and I'd
swear I counted more than 29 palms....
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rocker
Old Love
USA
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Posted - 11/06/2010 : 22:01:02
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| lk...Dale was out on tour in late 09 ..and I believe now he's being treated for cancer but it doesn't appear to slow him down... |
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