Dick Dale
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Born to a Lebanese father and a Polish-Belarusian mother, he first learned piano at nine, later added trumpet and ukulele before acquiring an $8 guitar that he paid for in installments; his uncle’s tarabaki drumming shaped the rapid alternate-picking style he called “the pulsation,” and a family move to Southern California during his teens introduced him to surfing, a key influence on his emerging…
Biography written by WatchMoods, based on public sources
