On Fri, 04 May 2007 19:40:08 -0400, HK wrote:

Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:
On Fri, 04 May 2007 11:39:54 -0400, HK wrote:

...Dick Dale.

A few of you here will know who he is and why his music is relevant to
this newsgroup.

Happy 70th.

King of The Surf Guitar.

Unfortunately, a one note act.

It was a note heard around the world.

Piffle....

Link Wray was the seminal influence for rock guitarists, had a much
more eclectic sound and years earlier.

Dale deserves his due for his interesting sound, but compared to Wray,
he was strictly an amateur.