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Very sad to hear Dick Dale, the King of Surf Guitar, died last night at age 81. I was lucky enough to meet Dick, and see him play, when I was a Cool Teen™. theguardian.com/music/2019/mar…
In 1995, Dick wrote a regular column for Music Confidential, an internationally-distributed (albeit short-lived) tabloid-style music magazine that my family published. His column was "Pissed Off and Pissed On," a place for him to vent about whatever he wanted.
A personal highlight was seeing him play the magazine's launch party at the Viper Room in Hollywood, along with most of my family, and random B-list celebs like O.J. Simpson's buddy Kato Kaelin and the kid who played Brian Krakow on My So-Called Life.
Here's a photo from that night, February 16, 1995. 18-year-old me is in the bottom-right with the curly hair and glasses, just above my mom, and to the right of my uncle and aunt. You can see my grandma just above Dick's guitar in the purple dress. My childhood was unusual. 
Anyway, nice guy. Great musician. I’m sorry he’s gone.
Very sad to hear this upsetting postscript about Dick Dale. I wonder how many other working artists quietly suffer like this.
