Friday, June 4, 2010

The origins of Surf Rock

Turns out, Dick Dale dug up his signature song "Misirlou"from his Middle Eastern family background.  And it always just sounded like so much Space Race coolness to me.  Read all 'bout it here, and listen to some of the weird old versions of it too while you're visiting.
All courtesy of Dinosaur Gardens: "Excavating the tar pits of popular culture."  Indeed!

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