Trivia

In 2004 was on tour with his son Jimmy Dale, a 12 year old who can play some of his dad's lightning-fast guitar solos note for note

Not to be confused with singer/saxophonist Dick Dale, a regular on The Dodge Dancing Party (1955) for many years.

Voted #31 on Rolling Stones magazine's 2004 list of the top 100 greastest guitarists of all time.

He was the son of Sophia "Fern" (Danksewicz) and James A. Monsour. His parents were born in Massachusetts, both of them to emigrant parents. His father's family was Lebanese/Syrian and his mother's Polish/Belarusian.

Worked at Hughes Aircraft doing metallurgy.

Once refused delivery of a box of cables from Guam.