The Del-Tones

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musical group surf rock band

The Del-Tones were the backing band for surf rock pioneer Dick Dale, helping to define the early surf music sound in the 1960s.

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Surface form	Occurrences
Dick Dale and His Del-Tones	1

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	musical group ⓘ surf rock band ⓘ
activePeriod	1960s ⓘ
associatedAct	Dick Dale NERFINISHED ⓘ
basedIn	Southern California NERFINISHED ⓘ
collaboratedWith	studio musicians in Los Angeles ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
genre	rock and roll ⓘ surf rock ⓘ
hasRole	backing band ⓘ
helpedDefine	early surf music sound ⓘ
influencedGenre	surf music ⓘ
instrumentation	bass guitar ⓘ drums ⓘ electric guitar ⓘ
languageOfWork	instrumental ⓘ
notableFor	live performances with high volume levels ⓘ loud, reverb-heavy guitar sound ⓘ
notableMember	Dick Dale NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableSongType	instrumental surf rock track ⓘ
notableWork	Let’s Go Trippin’ NERFINISHED ⓘ Misirlou NERFINISHED ⓘ Shake N’ Stomp NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOfMovement	first wave of surf rock ⓘ
performanceRegion	Southern California beach communities NERFINISHED ⓘ
performanceVenue	Balboa Peninsula clubs ⓘ
performedGenre	instrumental rock ⓘ
performedWith	Dick Dale and his Del-Tones NERFINISHED ⓘ
recordLabel	Capitol Records ⓘ Deltone Records NERFINISHED ⓘ
styleCharacteristic	Middle Eastern and Mediterranean melodic influences ⓘ heavy spring reverb use ⓘ rapid alternate-picking guitar lines ⓘ

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this entity surface form: Dick Dale and His Del-Tones