Dick Dale And His Del-Tones - Surf Beat

Surf guitar hero Dick Dale, And His Del-Tones, perform the driving "Surf Beat". Unbelievably, this was only issued as a B-side to "Mr Peppermint Man" in 1962.

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Music

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• Dick
• Dale
• Del-Tones
• Deltones
• 1962
• Surf
• Beat

[MrKodyska]

My grandpa used to hang out with Dick Dale in the san fernando valley!

[SirBasildeBrush]

@MrKodyska I'm impressed!

[gary32080]

I just saw his show in St. Augustine Fl an hour ago . It was Awesome

[SirBasildeBrush]

@gary32080 Cool. wish I could have been there,

[LeftyHangsLower]

You can feel the raw energy created by the live performance here. Thanks for the upload!

[SirBasildeBrush]

@LeftyHangsLower A great performance from one of the great performers

[bharfarar]

us guys would listen to Dick Dale in our car on the way to Huntington Beach in the late 60's, then we'd catch the outside break body surfing on a good day. Later we'd go across the street from the pier and look at the upcoming stars at the Golden Bear. We'd get sodas, look at cute girls in bikinis, and wonder when the next set of waves would come in. When they did, we'd grab our fins and run into the surf laughing as the spray came up to our faces.

[SirBasildeBrush]

@bharfarar Sounds too good to be true!!

[safarisonoro]

take all and go to skate park, the best

[TheNauded]

@alans5king Dale tried to capture the sound he experienced in his head while surfing, the heavy reverb does have a kind of watery feel to it. This in combination with the emerging surf culture from which the music originated probably attributed to the name. I also don't think rock music sounds like rocks at all.

[alans5king]

still don't know how this is surf music ???!!!!i't could be anything,sincerely,alan

[mickeymousebiker1]

Listening to this is one of the best ways to spend the last official day of Summer 2011. Adios -- Summer 2011! Laird Hamilton -- this one's for you!

[ivymercer]

at 1.20 the bloke in the middle is just so gay.

[fleebus1]

What a ride. Back in 62 at the Rendezvous Ballroom Newport Beach. So many memories of that era. It's unfortunate kids today cannot have those same experiences we had then. Just listen to the surf music, it will tell the story of a those years that have gone by bye.....

[MrRonnieG]

@pataphysician66 ~ The strangest performance I ever saw at the Golden Bear was in the Spring of '73 with my girlfriend/later/wife. It was Hoyt Axton and the guy got so drunk drinking wine, he actually attempted to pour wine (from the bottle!) into the microphone! It was a 10pm start and about 2am, with Axton stone drunk and falling off the bar stool he was sitting on, we got up and left.

[pataphysician66]

@MrRonnieG I saw Arlo Guthrie in '68 at the GB. During his ALice's Restaurant days. Very good, but very silly humor. That was Arlo- we even chatted with him afterwards. So homespun and groovy at the same time.

[alexelperron]

@bharfarar

that last sentence sounds kinda homosexual

[dustybeers]

@bharfarar You folks are sooooo lucky. I've been landlocked my whole life. What a drag:( You don't tell your friends "hey let's go over to the next mountain and see if we can pick up some chicks." See what I'm sayin?? lol