DICK DALE -"Riders In the Sky" (1963)

[fpg213263fu]

I would have love to play with Dick.



[dougspair]

...Oh yeah...he's 74 now and Still kickin' butt

[dougspair]

...Yeah...Richard Monsour...he's Lebanese....kicks it like Jimi Hendrix...both were lefties...

[ebonics4everyone]

Why does this song remind me of that butt rape scene in Quentin Tarantino's Pulp Fiction? Bring in the gimp!

[DrStrangefate]

@ebonics4everyone

Who's Zed?

.....Zed's dead, baby.........Zed's dead.

[faragatanfarra]

Six Dicklikes!

[TheCubana1998]

I Surf To Your Songs All The Time - Asp Pro Surfer Christina Maria Martinez

[AliensUTubedME]

@TheCubana1998 This guy was way B4 his time.Keep Surfin hard.

[mustachesarerad]

Six Dislikes?? SIX PEOPLE NEED TO BE KARATE CHOPPED.

[bluesman341]

His real name is Robert Monsour-he's from Boston-He's great----

[1979audiman]

this sounds kick ass on my $80 squier even. Rock on

[DoubleEdgedSword12]

Makes me want to pick up my strat again

[RIDDLE0MASTER]

@DoubleEdgedSword12 Go ahead!

[Beastieboi89]

im a Johnny Cash fan...and this...is EPIC

[shanv79]

GREAT

[Tonithenightowl]

I always feel like I'm on speed when I listen to Dick Dale lol His energy was amazing. However if you want to hear another great version of this song ( and yes the lead singer had to grow on me too) but the lead guitarist is to die for, try Spiderbait.

[AtomAppleOMGizzle]

Is that Apache in the middle?

[stephenhayesuk]

@AtomAppleOMGizzle i thought so

[Pyp28]

Full 5.1 :) :)

[TierodMcslush]

He is the king of loud....he is the ONLY reason you are able to play a solid body fender as loud as you can....

[27wingnut]

Dick Dale just flat out rocked!!!!!!

[thechino]

The drums rock.

[aviator701]

Best version (outside Vaughn Monroe) Bob Nolan and Sons of The Pioneers! Sons may have been the first group to sing Ghost Riders.

[nubs1946]

Dick Dale is the GREATEST

[mikjon67]

I prefer The Shadows version!!!! Now thumbs down me if I'm not right!!!!

[Macnavor]

So seductive this tune is

[jmorey64]

You cant say anything bad about this.....Dick Dale is great and The Ventures also! Just good music!

[rockinngrantham]

So many shit comments on here as usual from people who clearly don't know what they are talking about. In which case, just educate yourselves by researching etc what music you are listening to. and @ any Brit people - the late great John Peel reckoned Dick Dale gig in London back in prob early 90s was best gig he had ever been to - and he'd seen the lot man. Hoping to get Dick Dale over here to play again before its too late, if y'all know what I mean. King of surf guitar for sure!!!

[xwsftassell]

@rockinngrantham I went to that gig, it was incredible. Met John Peel too!

[AYJAY81194]

this song is hard but not imposible practice and you can learn it awwwww yaaa

[dakpak1951]

Vaughn Monroe is the ultimate "Ghost Riders in the Sky"

[spacepatrolman]

@dakpak1951 He had a hit with it so did burl ives when dj norm n. night did oldies count downs he said he couldnt do the hits of the week in a year before 1956 because the whole top 20 would be vaughn monroe [vaughn monroe played a singer in a bonanza episode who was coached in seranadeing a girl by pernell roberts]

[illustriouschin]

The only thing I don't like about Dick Dale is most of the recordings of his music are quite bad.

[discipleofralph]

Roy Clark schools Dick, sorry...

[pussteaser]

screw ya buddy thrandull

[rafapencilart]

DICK DALE THE KING OF SURF :)

[revveduprockabilly]

listen to dick dale's song "Nitro" and tell me that isnt metal.

[revveduprockabilly]

...and carl perkins and jerry lee and guys like that were playing were mostely under three minutes ( another connection to punk rock and metal)

[revveduprockabilly]

i have to agree with inkdropfalls, definitely one of the predicesors of metal all surf rock was really, just like johnny cash was the first real punk rocker. before it was cool to sing about killing people and shootin them and runnin from the cops and being in jail (notice the crossover themes here with rap music) and being drunk and on drugs and causin fights (punk music) Cash sang about and lived it all. not to mention that alot of the early rockabilly stuff guys like elvis and gene vincent...

[Emm1Twe4kz]

holy crap stereo made this real boss, great find

[Dunitlucky]

Ghost Riders in the Sky was first made famous by Vaugh Monroe singing it.

[viciogames]

Surf music is so underrated around the wolrd, but its one of the best type of songs in the world.

[someguyoketcetc]

It's funny, I'm a guitar player and I love this stuff yet when I listen to it I'm always tapping my desk imagining being the drummer.

[alexdroogie100]

@someguyoketcetc the way the drums and rhythm guitar interact in mych surf music explains this.

[Anaris10]

Glad to see Link Wray mentioned..R.I.P.,Native brother!

[Tonithenightowl]

I just noticed how the guitar is strung for a right handed musician but he plays it left handed. Which means, he can pick up any guitar and play. Smart man.

[InkDropFalls]

This reminds of metal

[greendayfan234]

@InkDropFalls dick dale is the father of all "loud rock music" he was the first guitarist to use distortion in his amps and crunch.

[MrSTANDFORAMERICA]

@greendayfan234 father of what was known as the sounds of surf

[InkDropFalls]

@greendayfan234 OK maybe i should said why i think it reminds me of early metal .

Its the Trilling and triplets not to mention the tempo

And to me it sounds like a step towards what makes makes up early metal ...his ahead of time .....

sorry if that offends you just an oppinonon the mood of the music

[dasdasist]

@InkDropFalls this music has nothing to do with metal, so leave metal where metal is and leave thid type of music where it is supposed to be

[revveduprockabilly]

@dasdasist Listen to "Nitro" by Dick Dale and tell me thats not metal, or a predecessor of metal anyways.

[dasdasist]

@revveduprockabilly um...its rock n roll to me, no real connection to metal

[dasdasist]

@revveduprockabilly well no connection genre wise

[Rushworshiper92]

haha the beggining sounds like the Ants came marching in! hahahaha awsome

[FeldwebelWolfenstool]

Surfin' in the Sky.

[lezwitch]

Yeah but Concrete Blonde has performed a cover of it..so have Bob Dylan, Elvis Presley, Bobby Darrin, 101 Strings, the Baja Marimba Band, Deborah Harry (of Blondie) Lorne Green, Walter Brennan, Lawrence Welk, etc etc etc. But the best version is still by Vaughn Monroe. (The one that's the most fun to listen to is by the Scottish band The Chaps

[ivymercer]

spahetti western i would love to see a gunfight cowboy style between brittany spears and another talentless with dick dale playing this in the background. and he gets to smash his axe over the winners head.

[TomM60]

Yes, I hear the likeness between this and Duane Eddy's sound. This is wonderful. :-)

[garylcunningham]

We'll get the right one eventually....."Riders On The Storm"

[dinnerpianist]

The drums seem too dry, crisp and panned to one side more than I remember the sound on mono LP and 45s of that era. The playing also seems too tentative to work with the gonzo feel of Dick Dale having fun with the studio and amp processing of his day.

[xocomrade]

nice amount of info in sidebar

[johncervin]

Saw him 2 years ago at the Rhythm Room in Phoenix.....He had just been voted top guitar player in the WORLD on the Continent!

[hudson2861]

No this sound like an ennioe marcone piece would come from this. This came first. He recognized the talent. Dick Dale is a surf music icon and never got his just desserts.

[grimgrimdeath666]

@hudson2861 what do you mean when u say and never got his just desserts

[stogayot]

estan conmadre estas rolas

[mikerebel]

translation: this music kicks ass

this show that rock doesnt have one language, it can be undestood by anyone

[stogayot]

tu que pendejo

[talissin]

indeed this 60's surf music was a gold mine for any.

[t5g4t4]

come in tijuana mexico

[rijste94]

sounds like something that would come in an ennio morricone piece

[rkeime1]

met him in ft myers fla in mid nineties and he say he was the first to flip a righthanded strat upside down and restring it

[rkeime1]

i almost forgot it was an incredible show his kid played a set on drums,he was maybe 10 yo

[venturesagogo]

Awesome Upload!!!! This version of "riders In The Sky" would just happen to be my favorite!!

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5 Stars!!!!! -Matt-

OUTSTANDING!!!!!!!!!

[WildmanBorneo]

This man is out there.......

[besarpies]

Dick was so hot and handsome at that time

[heyheyjr]

my favourite Link Wray tune right now is My Alberta, a very soothing track to go with my hectic northern alberta life.... ps thank you for posting all these great songs MRocks....you rock

[SuesDaytona]

If you like Dick Dale, Try Duane Eddy. He was another guitar that had a unique sound back then.

[MorriconeRocks]

And Link Wray. And also Vic Flick's guitar for 60's John Barry soundtracks.

[SuesDaytona]

You're right! !! I always forget about Link Wray!! The other two guys I'll have to check out, Thanks!

[ScorpioDragons]

@MorriconeRocks Link Wray rocks!

[Mr78130]

@SuesDaytona I like Dick

[partykrew666]

how have i not heard of this guy before? this is fucking awesome

[surf4food]

Are you serious? I'm glad you like it but you really have never heard of Dick Dale?

[partykrew666]

yeah before now, never. but im glad i found out who he is!

[Kenig1989]

Guys, tell me, please: who is autor of this melody? Is Dick Dale or Ennio Morricone?

[MorriconeRocks]

"Ghost Riders In the Sky" is a cowboy song written by Stan Jones in 1948. It has been covered by hundreds of artists, including Dick Dale, Johnny Cash, Elvis, The Doors, and Concrete Blonde.

[Kenig1989]

It is iteresting. Thank you very much!))

[garylcunningham]

@MorriconeRocks Hank Marvin of The Shadows did a great version! But The Doors didn't cover it, they had a song called "Riders In THe Sky".

[MrLCF80]

@garylcunningham

riders in the storm

[outlawprp]

@MorriconeRocks

Thanks for the info-you learn something new everyday!

[SheriffJimDuncan]

@MorriconeRocks don't forget the classic version by "The Outlaws."

[MOSKII58]

@MorriconeRocks  the Doors never covered Ghost Riders, but it did influence them to write "Riders on the Storm" which is played in that vein...but a seperate and different song..

[demondays34]

@MorriconeRocks you left out The Blues Brothers!!! and Spiderbait!!!! the 2 best covers of the song

[verbusen]

@MorriconeRocks You left out the biggest commercial (and well known) version by The Outlaws.

[Jramonesm]

@MorriconeRocks Are you sure? The Doors covered the song?, i've Never heared of it, And I'm a big fan

[tciii69]

@Jramonesm that was, Riders on the storm, close

[KHearse87]

@MorriconeRocks Actually the Doors song is "Riders on the Storm", and takes no cues from the old cowboy tune. Both great songs in their own right, but very different.

[fsiracusano]

@MorriconeRocks the doors covered it too? do you have a link? never heard that version!

[Beastieboi89]

@MorriconeRocks i like the Johnny Cash version but i think this one takes the cake

[12347771]

@Kenig1989 And for a southern rock version try The Outlaws version. Produced by Mutt Lange (Shanai Twain's Hubby) it's easily their 'freebird' and really does the song justice except they left out the redemptive lyrics..really check it out.. bless.

[MKJS006]

@Kenig1989 MorriconeRocks is correct...but look up this song by Toy Dolls.GREAT VERSION!

[lorenzowtjuh]

Dick Dale is THE King of Awesome

[jennadyann]

was...is....and will always be the King of surf guitar!!! Rock on 4-ever!!

[Froozerk567]

i love Dick Dale Totall KING!

[jennadyann]

Dick Dale is the king of the surf guitar....for sure!!!!

[awoosoul]

First off STOP arguing about who was better and when they played, nobody cares. We just want to enjoy these fantastic legends who all appreciated each other. Watch the video with Stevie Ray and Dick Dale. Stevie was enjoying being with Dick and we should to.

[ShewalksNbeauty]

One should always enjoy being with Dick.

[goodamerican]

I gotta admit - I like Dick too... lol

[zoso1019]

And....That's what she said!

[ne0nsurf]

actually he was the first to do this kind of fast surf sounding stuff. sure les paul did it too, to some extent but mainly it was dick dale and the surfaris.

[ne0nsurf]

Dick dale created the fast playing style that you hear in 70s punk, metal and gave us the alternative sounds.

he's a legend.

/watch?v=kgO-TDGpPCY

[OropherThranduil]

yeah, and link wray gave us the power chords and disortion, and this about 5 years earlier than dale, and also wray was as fast as dale in 63, just listen to jack the ripper, but he has overall a much dirtier tone with feedback and all tihs stuff, so he's a bit more proto punk, metal and so on.

[ne0nsurf]

who?

w w w . discogs . com/artist/Link+Wray

[rollovermikey]

This tune was my inspiration to learn to play the guitar. It was also the same reason I STOPPED trying to learn the guitar. I said to myself: "Self, you'll never be a Dick Dale, quit while you're ahead." That's when I learned to play piano. Guess what the first song I figured out by ear was? It wasn't Freebird...in fact, I still can't follow Billy Powell's keys! (R.I.P. Billy)

[BradM15]

check out The Best Ghost Rider on Guitar

[ryan2k99]

he is amazing he just sums uo everything that is the 60s surf american and no one else can ge that surfy feel and just for that i love it

[ozgribbo]

He seems to play two or three times as many notes as the original - and quicker! As someone who listened to 60s pop in UK , hearing this stuff in stereo is great. Sorry, but I also like Link Wray, Bert Weedon and Jeff Beck

[metalschooldrill]

Kind of like that Clint Eastwood theme.

[jonnyheysus]

OMG this is made of Win and Awesome

[MockStoneLLC]

dick dale=rockabilly

rockabilly>morricone>kill bill

kill bill=qintin tartiano=pulpfiction

pulpfiction=dick dale

conection?

[Bodacious468]

whoa.

thats far out.

and everything you named kicks balls.

[OropherThranduil]

Dick Dale = King of the SURF Guitar.

[ne0nsurf]

king of guitar period

[OropherThranduil]

just no, i mean he's the best when it goes to surf guitar, but overall hendrix or clapton are just more versatile.

[facelessfiend6]

hendrix and clapton are over rated as hell. Dick Dale never gets the credit he deserves.

[OropherThranduil]

yeah right, hendrix is overrated as guitar player, just like shakespeare as a writer or hitchcock as a director.

[SgtRock57]

Or Pinnochio as a puppet, or Moby Dick as a whale, or American Idol as a discoverer of talent..etc...etc..etc.

[OropherThranduil]

PINNOCHIO was ''born'' as a puppet, moby dick was born as a whale and American Idol sucks more balls than britney spears version of satisfaction.

[leerider52]

AMEN Facelessfriend6 and Amen

[dethpig420]

Yeah I HATE rockabilly (Here comes 8 thumbs down lmfao) But wow theres no other like this guy, who makes music this bad ass. None of todays rockabilly can even COMPARE. This mans guitar work is so innovative, so raw, so pure. He is one bad ass cat.

[ropermachine]

you got it !

[Ptisinge69]

YEAH RIDERS IN THE SKY !!!!!!!

[Squid1986]

Dick Dale, the Godfather of surf punk

[miguelalfredo10]

WOW, Very cool stuff, God Bless you Dale!

[McShaggswell]

Eff yes! This is one of my favorite Dick Dale songs!

[dholm13]

To listen to this in (stereo) just add &fmt=18 to the end of the URL and click on the green arrow to refresh and presto STEREO! It really sounds great in stereo!

-Dallas

[msorensen54]

Thanks.  It does make a big difference.

[dholm13]

It works on almost all You Tube videos. I make videos on ABBA, and I have the link in the "more info" so you can just click on it, close out the first screen, and it will be in stereo. Yes it does make the songs sound great!

-Dallas