RIP, Dick. Dick DaleSurf rock pioneer Dick Dale has died at the age of 81. The guitarist, who is best known for 1962’s ‘Miserlou’, developed the hugely influential sound in the early 1960s by mixing rock with the Middle Eastern influences that he had inherited from his father, who was a Lebanese immigrant. His fifth song, 1961’s ‘Let’s […]The post Tributes paid after death of Surf Rock pioneer Dick Dale appeared first on NME.