Dick Dale experimenting with modes
By DJ M on October 13th, 2008
In Miscellaneous Music

JAZZ.COM "You thought that Miles and Trane were the only people experimenting with modes in the early 1960s? Think again. Dick Dale, the King of the Surf Guitar, was playing some crazy scales on his Stratocaster back in the day, with a little help from his friend: the Fender reverb unit. The 'wet sound' from this high-tech (for 1962) baby defined a new style of play. In Dale's words, he 'just started cranking on that mother.'"