I had the pleasure of seeing Dale perform three times. What amazes me the most about him, that even in his 60’s he performs at an amazingly higher level then most musicians and secondly he is incredibly approachable. When he played the Tavern Cavern (formerly Suite E and Nitwits) after the show he was signing girls boobs with a sharpie. He also signed the dash of Rocco’s 1970 Coronet RT.
One of the most memorable concerts was when he was playing Knights of Columbus Hall and his grandson was apparently his roadie (poor kid) and Dale’s (very old) amp was backfeeding like crazy, so while he is playing a hot lick, he is nodding at his grandson to fix it, mind you, Dale is a pretty big guy, and he wears cowboy boots. As his grandson is bent over trying to fix the amp, Dale is yelling at him, finally he just gets fed up, (literally) kicks his grandson in the ass, walks over to the amp, turns a knob about a half an inch and it is fixed. I have never laughed so hard in my life.
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9UmmbF1Zyvk&feature=related[/youtube]
Great choice, Lewis!
Mrs Jew & I saw Dick Dale at the Cabooze several years ago. On his way to the stage, Dale was kissing all the broads ala’ Richard Dawson during his Family Feud days. It was pretty comical. Then he tore the place up and I had a few more beers.
Pretty rockin’!
Dale is a dirty dirty dirty old man, and one of the best performances I’ve seen at the KofC. Did anyone else see Janis Figure when they played there?
I really like Janis Figure, they were a great combination of The Rev, The Cramps and Surf Rock.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c-a8TDILWJ0
Better song
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A7cz5wNeMxw&feature=related
And of course the Cramps classic dedicated to the lowly sanitary worker;
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rVLpaiH2hbQ
Local hipster turned Hollywood wannabe Nick Simon directed this Janis Figure video…
He also did a video for them that had a local hottie showing her boobies. I can’t find it though.
that’s a shame