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My uncle gave me a trumpet, but I loved the Louis Armstrong sound and the Harry James sound and I played by ear and I played always soulful or very direct from the gut.

Dick Dale

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Dick Dale
Age: 81 †
Born: 1937
Born: May 4
Died: 2019
Died: March 16
Composer
Guitarist
Record Producer
Boston
Massachusetts
Richard Monsour
Richard Anthony Monsour
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