Dick Dale Interview (6/18/14)

On June 3, 2004 I turned 36 years old.  In my shallow thinking and ego based vanity, I bemoaned that I was now officially closer to 40 than 30.  I had just come back from a firecall with Station 69 in Lavallette, NJ and was whining to one of my fellow firefigters about my existential aging crisis.  He looked up from his beer can and basically told me to get myself to the Surf Club in Ortley Beach and watch a 67 year old man raise the roof and tear up the place on his lefty guitar.  He may have also said something to the effect of "stop being a little bitch", but I digress.  I heeded his advice and had my ass and my self pity handed to me as I watch this whirling dervish of surf culture show me a level of talent and fierce stamina no mere mortal should possess. He played for hours and then took time to meet everyone there.  He really talked to people and then around 2 AM he loaded up the van and with backing musicians less than half his age, he drove into NYC for the next night's gig at BB King's club like a rock & roll Dad with the kids sleeping in the back.  It was inspiring to say the least.

A few years later I snuck my little brother Brian in to see Dick at Asbury Lanes in Asbury Park.  We bonded as brothers that night fuled by the mystical musical alchemy Dick summoned to the stage that night.

In 2014 my band the New Age Blues Experience got to open for Dick at Rossport Farms.  It was an amazing experience.

This archival podcast release illustrates an intense and broad conversation with the late great, legendary Dick Dale.  The interview covers a vast expanse of Mr. Dale's thoughts, beliefs and feelings about a great many things.  He expresses, heartfelt, candid reflections on his friendships and experiences with other artists and notable figures including Elvis Presley, Keith Moon, Jimi Hendrix, Stevie Ray Vaughan, the Beach Boys, John Peel, Chris Isaak, the Ventures, Les Paul, Leo Fender, and Buddy Miles among others.

Other topics includes holistic health, the ancient cultural origins of "Miserlou", his deeply ingrained personal ethics and beliefs, his beloved wife Lana, and so much more.

There are an abundance of hard earned wisdom and life lessons lovingly shared here from a genuine American musical icon.  Rest in peace Sir, it was an honor to talk to you and open for you. - Colie Brice 4/18/25

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