Posted by terry morgan on August 07, 2008 at 14:15:30:
In Reply to: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Muscle Beach Party, et al. posted by Frank Cavaliere on August 07, 2008 at 14:06:03:
He was King in Southern California and was "King of the Surf Guitar." Leo Fender used to give Dale prototypes of new Fender equipment to test out. He was at his best when he sounded "unpolished," IMHO. When Capitol tried to make him a traditional pop surf player, it failed.