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Dick Dale, Surf Guitar Legend, Dead At 81
By: Otis Hart | Anastasia Tsioulcas | NPR
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Dick Dale, the surf rock pioneer who took guitar distortion to new levels and whose version of “Misirlou” became pop-culture shorthand, died on Saturday night.