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Surfing and the oud

Jameel - 3-24-2006 at 09:21 PM

Fascinating story about Dick Dale and the Del Tones, and the origins of his famous surfer guitar riff. Who knew that Dick Dale was Lebanese? All I have to say is "God Bless America" :xtreme:

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5134530

Dr. Oud - 3-25-2006 at 08:45 AM

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Originally posted by Jameel
Fascinating story about Dick Dale and the Del Tones, and the origins of his famous surfer guitar riff. Who knew that Dick Dale was Lebanese? All I have to say is "God Bless America" :xtreme:

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5134530

I used to see Dick Dale at the Avalon Ballroom in Newport Beach when I was a surfer in San Clemente and a beach lifeguard in South Laguna California! This was 8 or 9 years before I first heard an oud, but that "Miserlou" sorta got to me...The world gets smaller every day!