Ghost Riders In The Sky (Floyd R. Turbo trigger warning)

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https://www.democraticunderground.com/10181192419

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1. No,no,no. This is the real Dick Dale

https://m.

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2. hmm

Dick Dale recorded a surf-rock version for his second album, King of the Surf Guitar,
released in 1963.

" (Ghost) Riders in the Sky: A Cowboy Legend" is a cowboy-styled
country/western song written in 1948 by American songwriter,
film and television actor Stan Jones.

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3. Dick Dale's Lawrence Welk gigs paid the mortgage so he could surf.

Two distinct versions of the song played by the same guitarist. The version of GRITS I posted is Dick Dale in his true, original style.

[Brother Buzz]

5. The King of the Surf Guitar was on Lawrence Welk?

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6. Yup

But, still........he persisted. 😎

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7. I remember the singer and saxophone player on Lawrence Welk with the same name...

but not THE Dick Dale




Left to Right: Dick Dale, Russ Klein, Dave Edwards, Bob Davis and Peanuts Hucko

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8. That's a different Dick Dale

Richard L. "Dick" Dale (September 14, 1926 – December 26, 2014) was an
American singer and musician, best known as a featured singer and saxophone player
on the television variety show The Lawrence Welk Show.

A native of Algona, Iowa, he served in the United States Navy during World War II
after graduation from Algona High School. His entertainment career began when
he worked for several bands such as Harold Loeffelmacher and his Six Fat Dutchmen
polka band. He was discovered by Lawrence Welk in 1951.

During his tenure on The Lawrence Welk Show, in addition to playing the saxophone,
Dale sang not just solos but also in duets, performed in comedy sketches, dances,
and also played Santa Claus for many years on the Christmas shows. Even after the
show went into retirement in 1982, he continued to perform with his fellow Welk alumni.
From 1990 to 1996, he co-owned and operated the Rainbow Music Theater in Pigeon Forge,
Tennessee with fellow Welk star Ava Barber.


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dick_Dale_(singer)

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9. That's not guitarist Dick Dale on LW in the OP

playing a milktoast version of GRITS?

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10. It's Neil LeVang, as LW says in the introduction.

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11. I didn't hear that part. He sure looks like Dick Dale.

Funny, it was Les Paul joking around with guitarist Dick Dale in the 90s about Lawrence Welk show that I heard he appeared there. Maybe it was a running joke I didn’t pick up on. I thought Les was teasing him about the appearances.

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12. Neil LeVang was anything but a Milquetoast guitar player

He was an accomplished LA session musician with some serious licks, but as a professional session musician, he played exactly what his client wanted.

He took a lot of ribbing from other musicians about the Welk gig, but the one-day-a-week filming paid his alimony and child support. That, and he was paid twice scale to play the white bread music.

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13. I get that. When I thought it was Dick Dale, I heard it as a very

watered down version of his style. I absolutely get that a regular paycheck is a good deal for musicians, artists, and writers.

Les must have been teasing Dick that night based on the shared name with the other guy. I wouldn’t have gotten the joke at the time. This thread actually explained a joke made in 1995 that I did not know I didn’t get ..... at the time. 😁

[Brother Buzz]

14. Are you sure it was Les Paul doing the ribbing, and not Leo Fender?

Dick Dale worked closely with Leo Fender for years, testing and blowing up his equipment.

"My hero as I became older was the great Leo Fender because he made one of the first guitars to hold up in a bar fight." - Charlie Deal

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15. Lol - yes. I worked with Les on a few projects 1989-1995.

So I heard lots of stories and good natured kidding. Dick Dale popped in for one of the events.

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16. Dick Dale just died

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/mar/17/dick-dale-dies-aged-81-misirlou-pulp-fiction

I just may have to watch Pulp Fiction again

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17. Oh man. Guitarist hearts are breaking around the world.

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18. I'm sad he never had the opportunity to hang up his guitar

He had to continue touring, year after year, to pay for his medical expenses. But to his credit, he still performed well to the end.

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4. Where is Floyd? nt