dick dale-riders in the sky-live in berlin

[ChevyZ241]

A LEGEND...truly one of the greats

[MsOldGregg]

I have seen him several times over the years and he always has time for his fans. He may be 72 but he still rocks.

[DougPatton1]

Mesmeric ! May not be as good as he once was, but once in a while as good as he ever was !!

[EvelTwinOfSlogmaster]

Speed doesn't count when it's sloppy, Grandpa!

[torqueup74]

I swear I've never seen an idiot such like this...he's screwed enough to consider himself guitar legend...Christ help him.

[RockabillyPinstriper]

dick dale's left forearm must be JACKED!

[prexium01]

I'm sorry, this song was never meant to be done this way. It sounds horrid.

[redfenderguy]

well sorry but i dont rate him one little bit sorry

[sommergold]

rock!Rock! ROCK!

please visit my channel, the biggest collection of GHOST RIDERS IN THE SKY videos here on Youtube. And you are a PART of it!

Greetings,

Rolf (German fan)

[BVW369]

Benn listinin to Dick Dale since '63. He still kicks ass.

[oldphoque]

He is definately using a lefty Strat. IDK about his strings. Maybe he learned on a right handed guitar and can`t change his ways. This is a lefty.

[TheElectricHeat]

when you've abandoned chord structures, traditional stringing is pointless

[blargfromouterspace]

Its a left handed guitar strung right handed, so the low pitch strings are on the bottom

[NickFeder]

I could not love that guy any more if I tried!

That's a lie!  I'm gonna try REALLY hard!

[turduckenband]

hmm with a username like peeholemcgee i bet you're real mature

[jayjayrox740]

dudes hes older the my grampa but he rox

[rickfaw]

Strings his guitar upside down

[TheCrispyDelicious]

Wow. I never noticed that until now. Neat.

[satzmeister]

Great Guy - Great Sound?

Does anybody know, who the bassist is?

[xxgreasedemon13xx]

last i heard and seen(this was about 2 and a half years ago) it was his son...but idk about in this video or anything new

[predatortap]

the bass player is Sam Bolle he plays for a surf band called slacktone and used to play for agent orange dicks son never played bass for him he has played guitar with his dad at shows and has drummed for a few songs that is all now he is the drummer for a up and coming band called forever came calling

[Prix21]

i prefer this version

[killer16423]

dick dale is awesome!

[silvershark222]

I can't wait for Dick to start touring again!

[spf1410]

Viva Dick Dale!

[andreagenta]

Questo vecchio di merda è 1 mito! GRANDE DICK!!!

[prophetarisn]

I LOVE DICK!

[cfgauss]

I hop you mean Dick Dale xD

[minespatch]

Is Dani California in there?!

[leerider52]

they should have used Dick Dale music for Ghost~Rider..........DD still the best!!!

[Jansson54]

this is damn good!!!

he is my idol!

[dickdaleown99]

oh man he got fingers like hell i really love this !!!! =D

[ronaldsneek]

Saw him live twice in Amsterdam, he makes people happy with what he likes. What a job!

Dick, I really hope you get well soon, so maybe you can come to Amsterdam again. John, thanks for posting!

[Dealit707]

LMAO....These German dudes can only be thinking one thang...."What is this friggin dude be all about"??...don't have a clue, but, I like it!!.....Surfs Up!!

[alfonsino34]

theres a strong song country in hands of dick dale making that song much better

[Zippertheslipper]

He is one cool Polak like me. ;)

[erixoff]

Half polish, half libanese, and 100% rock'n'roll :-)

[askldjj]

I did a metal version of misirlou if anybody's interested...

[cholling]

Play it on a cello and I am there, dude.

[jma128]

LOL yeah

[jma128]

He's the man, hands down! He really makes that Strat scream!

[nonodont]

left hands down

[ObeyVonZip]

I love how he wears a Dick Dale For President t shirt on stage. He's of a few people who actually deserve the right to do something like that.

[erixoff]

A real rock'n'roll spiritual president, oh yes !!!

[DLoganFoster]

Dick Dale is the alltime KING of the surfboard strat !!

[renattopaes]

Jack Black on the Bass? Hauhauauh!

[herminestover]

a staggering combo of incredible technique and musical creativity, i think there is really NO NAME for what exactly he does. the melody and chording is deeply gratifying, and the screams of the instrument really cut to the desire to dance wildly!

[NoirMusic]

What exactly he does? Isn't he considered one of the first generation of Surf players? If not the innovator then one of them...

[predatortap]

he is the first he basically started the whole surf culture and punk surfers were basically the first group of anti establishment people after the world war 2 era before hippies and were basically what punks derived from and people such as Jan and Dean the members of the beach boys ventures and surfaris used to go watch his shows live before those bands ever existed and so did Jimi Hendrix before he got famous he used to stick around after shows asking Dick questions trying to learn from him

[NoirMusic]

Maybe. A lot of people feel Dale is the first surf rocker...but then again he was riding Duane Eddys coat tails in sound if not in style. Certainly there is plenty of connective tissue shared by Duane Eddys music and Dick Dales...

[Connerdale]

Don't forget that Dale is not only then Duane Eddy, but played surf music before Duane even became famous.

[Connerdale]

he started surf music, in 1955-56

[NoirMusic]

Based on what? All my original vynl of Dale was 1961 (a single) and albums starting in 1962... Plus I haven't seen much in the way of his fame much prior to this. Duane Eddy, by comparison was on the national music charts as early as 1958. I even own an interview where Dale himself talks about Duane Eddy as an influence. Now personally I prefer Dick Dale, a lot more fun, a lot less country. But surf didn't just "happen" it was an off shoot of instrumental rock...

[Connerdale]

There's a video here on YouTube where Dick says himself he started the surf sound in 55-57 (he doesn't remember exactly). You could point out some similarities between Dick and Duane like Dick's reverb and Duane's. Duane wanted a "big" sound while Dick just wanted to sustain his guitar notes. Duane was lucky in that he got noticed first so you could easily make the assumption that Duane was a big influence, but he probably was just a minor influence.

[NoirMusic]

Well I don't know about you but I am leary of any artist, cool or not, who thinks they created a sound and everyone else is a copy. Duane Eddy had his sound, Santo and Johny had theres, The Centurions had theres, and the whole slew of Bay Area acts had theres. Not all were Dick Dale copy-cats and it is likely that when, for instance, The Centurions Started playin' in like 1956 that Dick Dale was not already god o' surf and that they probably hadn't even heard him to imitate him.

[Connerdale]

Well you may be right, however like I said he may have started playing in '55, which would be a year ahead of The Centurions. In that year they could have heard of him and made music influenced by him. We would have to talk to The Centurions' band members and all those other Bay Area bands to know for sure.

[NoirMusic]

True. When I hear artists, any artists, talk about "creating" a style I really feel I have to take it with a grain of salt. Nothing happens in a vacum. DD, DE may have heard each other and been influenced by each other, evolving a style. I know when D.E talks it is more about Chet Atkins and Les Paul and certainly as he evolved it went from instrumental rock to more and more country. D.D...while awesome....didn't really evolve as an artist. He seems to play a lot of the same stuff....

[titsmagee9999]

LOOK UP en wikepedia to learn about anybody

[klockan1337]

hmm the bass player looks like Jack Black

[scrawnyscream]

one time i saw him at the roxy in hollywood about 2 hours after the show.. about 3am.. i saw him get in a car with 2 young beautiful women.

[RCRamone1971]

dick dale for president

[rondini2]

Left handed guitar with strings strung as if a rightie turned around

Low strings on the bottom instead of the top, and going to the opposite tuning machine than usual

[efbellweather]

Upside down and backwards plays he.

Thats a right handed guitar un modified.

Pretty damm good.

[reckonman]

dick dale looks like a freak at his age playing that shit , i mean , this is a young mans game

[jma128]

Considering his age, he performs with a good amount of energy.

[slyfan64]

yah, how old is he? 60s-80s?

[jma128]

He's 70

[slyfan64]

thanks

[ledfingers1]

Legendary...don't forget the bass player, and the drummer...they all rock

[qird]

Saw him last Tuesday in Melbourne. Amazing man.

[DustyPigeons]

man this is so spectacular to see these lick being laid down gives me chills to see the genius at work

[BassAgent]

Damn, he kicks ass!!!

[nikcatello]

DD is the most under rated guitarist of all time!

[herrska]

i completely agree. the only time i ever here about him is from my friends, n they refer to it as ' that one song from pulp fiction' . they just dont know what theyre missing

[spacepatrolman]

The Ventures said the only act they would consider being an opening act for would be Dick Dale.

[Falcizzle]

That solo was pretty badass.