LOS ANGELES - Dick Dale, whose pounding, blaringly loud power-chord instrumentals on songs like “Miserlou” and “Let’s Go Trippin’” earned him the title King of the Surf Guitar, has died at age 81. His former bassist Sam Bolle says Dick Dale passed away Saturday night. He played “Miserlou,” ‘’The Wedge,“ ‘’Night Rider” and other compositions at wall-rattling volume on a custom-made Fender Stratocaster guitar. His surfer buddies had already nicknamed him King of the Surf Guitar, a title he said he initially resisted, fearing it would limit his audience. ___ This story has been corrected to say that Dick Dale died at age 81.

Source: thestar March 17, 2019 23:37 UTC