https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/dick-dale-surf-guitar-king-dead-obituary-809294/

found that out today...sucks...

I saw him in a small bar in New Rochelle or White Plains, NY, many (over 20) years ago.  He was amazing.

May The Four Winds Blow You Safely Home.

Bill, tgo

So Sad. Evidently he was sick for quite some time. Another spark rejoins the light.