“The style of music I developed, to me at the time, was the feeling I got when I was out there eating it on the waves. It was that good rambling feeling I got when I was locked in a tube with white water caving in over my head.” —#DickDale#InstrumentalSurfThis tweet was posted on February 18, 2021.
During the summer of 1961, #DickDale & his Del-Tones played dances known as “stomps” to thousands of teenagers in Southern California. As crowds grew, Dale and his group played at increasingly higher volumes, causing amplifiers to malfunction on a regular basis. #InstrumentalSurfThis tweet was posted on January 22, 2021.