Misirlou - Dick Dale Cover - Sam Coulson

The Dick Dale classic! Hope you dig it. my wrist hurts! haha!

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"Misirlou" is a folk song from the Eastern Mediterranean region, with origins in the Ottoman Empire. The original author of the song is not known, but Arabic, Greek and Jewish musicians were playing it by the 1920s. The earliest known recording of the song is a 1927 Greek rebetiko/tsifteteli composition influenced by Middle Eastern music. There are also Arabic belly dancing, Armenian, Persian, Indian and Turkish versions of the song. This song was popular from the 1920s onwards in the Arab American, Armenian American and Greek American communities who settled in the United States.

The song was a hit in 1946 for Jan August, an American pianist and xylophonist nicknamed "the one-man piano duet". It gained worldwide popularity through Dick Dale's 1962 American surf rock version, originally titled "Miserlou", which popularized the song in Western popular culture; Dale's version was influenced by an earlier Arabic folk version played with an oud. Various versions have since been recorded, mostly based on Dale's version, including other surf and rock versions by bands such as the Beach Boys, the Ventures, Consider the Source, and the Trashmen, as well as international orchestral easy listening (exotica) versions by musicians such as Martin Denny and Arthur Lyman. Dale's surf rock version later gained renewed popularity when director Quentin Tarantino used it in his 1994 film Pulp Fiction, and again when it was sampled in the Black Eyed Peas' song "Pump It" (2006).

[oldschooltakingyaback]

Such a simple sounding song, yet, difficult. Great job.

[chrispeacock]

Used to have the exact guitar with a Bareknuckle nailbomb in, loved it . Big regret selling it 😭 . Things we do eh 🤪

[Guesswho-xo]

Great version of one of the GREAT songs in Rock history. To hear how amazing he was as an older man, check out Dick Dale's "Tribal Thunder" album

[Bobely]

Love this sound buddy ! are you pluged into the helix ? would love to build a patch like this ;-)

[roliejohntalentscout]

What an awesome job with that guitar cover. Really enjoyed listening you play that classic! Have you heard of Sessions? I think you will kill it there!