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Dick Dale and His Del-Tones “Mr. Eliminator” 1964. “The King of the Surf Guitar” died this past Saturday, March 16th, at age 81 (b. Richard Anthony Monsour, May 4th, 1937). Mr. Eliminator was Dale’s fourth studio LP and, as the cover and song titles indicate, is heavy on the hot rod theme (see “Blond in the 406,” “Nitro Fuel,” “My X-KE,” “Hot Rod Alley”), with lots of surf guitar sprinkled liberally with Middle Eastern flavors (most especially “The Victor”) and Bo Diddley beats (“50 Miles to Go”). I like those last two tracks the best, a bit of a break from the surfy style. The only track I really don’t care for is “The Squirrel” which is just awful (Allmusic calls it “a lost cause”).

Green Front Boogie (1959) by The Del-Tones

Dick Dale and His Del-Tones - “The Lonesome Road”

“There’s a boy driving around, the craziest driver in our town. The other day a squirrel was driving down the road just as fast as he could go. Then he spotted some chickies driving in a woody and he said ‘Why you drive so slow? I got a fuel injected engine and some brand new slicks, I can stop her on a dime.’ So he revved up his engine and he laid some rubber and he got a $50 fine. Here he comes now, here comes the squirrel, look at him driving down the street. Here he comes now, here comes the squirrel, every car he has to beat.”

(via https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-y3h9p_c5-M)

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