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

Reply to Ptah (Reply #10)

Wed Mar 13, 2019, 08:59 AM

Mar 2019

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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Ghost Riders In The Sky (Floyd R. Turbo trigger warning) [View all] Ptah Mar 2019 OP

No,no,no. This is the real Dick Dale blm Mar 2019 #1

hmm Ptah Mar 2019 #2

Dick Dale's Lawrence Welk gigs paid the mortgage so he could surf. blm Mar 2019 #3

The King of the Surf Guitar was on Lawrence Welk? Brother Buzz Mar 2019 #5

Yup blm Mar 2019 #6

I remember the singer and saxophone player on Lawrence Welk with the same name... Brother Buzz Mar 2019 #7

That's a different Dick Dale Ptah Mar 2019 #8

That's not guitarist Dick Dale on LW in the OP blm Mar 2019 #9

It's Neil LeVang, as LW says in the introduction. Ptah Mar 2019 #10

I didn't hear that part. He sure looks like Dick Dale. blm Mar 2019 #11

Neil LeVang was anything but a Milquetoast guitar player Brother Buzz Mar 2019 #12

I get that. When I thought it was Dick Dale, I heard it as a very blm Mar 2019 #13

Are you sure it was Les Paul doing the ribbing, and not Leo Fender? Brother Buzz Mar 2019 #14

Lol - yes. I worked with Les on a few projects 1989-1995. blm Mar 2019 #15

Dick Dale just died Brother Buzz Mar 2019 #16

Oh man. Guitarist hearts are breaking around the world. blm Mar 2019 #17

I'm sad he never had the opportunity to hang up his guitar Brother Buzz Mar 2019 #18

Where is Floyd? nt Hotler Mar 2019 #4