One man's view of music - past, present, and future. A look at recordings and music from many genres
from the Mad Doctor of Musical Mayhem
Tuesday, July 3, 2012
Dick Dale & The Del-Tones: Misirlou
It is said that a young fan challenged Dick Dale, the king of the surf guitar, that he couldn’t play a song only one string of his guitar. Being half Lebanese, Dale had seen his relatives play the Turkish song “Misirlou” on one string of an Oud. So, as the story goes, Dick cranked up the tempo and made this Middle Eastern classic a classic surf-rock tune. It appears that he actually uses two strings – the low and hi Es.
The song was recorded by Dick Dale and his Del-Tones in 1962 and modern fans will remember the one string tune as the theme to Quentin Tarantino’s “Pulp Fiction.” Dale, the left handed sultan of surf and faqir of the Fender Strat, brought this song to a rock crowd, while others paved the way for its inclusion as a standard in Greek rebetiko, klezmar, jazz, and exotica musical circles. But for today, it is our Tasty Licks Tuesday recording.
Associate Provost and Professor of Mass Communication at Alderson Broaddus University and an adjunct faculty member at Southern New Hampshire University.
Graduate of Marshall University, West Virginia University, Southern New Hampshire University, Kentucky Christian University and Mountain State University.
Dissertation on institutional rebranding (see newriver.net) was the 2009 international winner of the Alice L. Beeman Dissertation Award for Outstanding Research in Communications and Marketing for Higher Education Advancement and was the 2008 Leo and Margaret Goodman-Malamuth Outstanding Dissertation Award for Research in Higher Education Administration.
Placed as a winner in five Active Industry Research Contemporary Hit Radio "Pick the Hits" competitions from 1983 through 1987. Each competition had 31 winners. Placed 2nd (1st among radio participants), 6th, 10th (twice), and 21st in the five competitions.
Awarded 14 gold & platinum records and an international sales award from various record companies. Winner of 30 Public Relations awards.
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