# Misirlou guitar solo > The guitar solo on Misirlou by Dick Dale and His Del-Tones (1962). Watch from the solo, plus the story and gear. A rock classic from the 1960s. Canonical URL: Dick Dale and His Del-Tones, 1962. Solo by *Dick Dale*. Machine-gun tremolo picking and a Middle Eastern melody made it the defining surf guitar recording. Misirlou by Dick Dale and His Del-Tones is featured in our lists. The solo is played by Dick Dale and the song was released in 1962. ## Sources ### Who played the guitar solo on Misirlou? Dick Dale played the solo on Dick Dale and His Del-Tones's Misirlou (1962). --- GreatestSolos ranks the greatest guitar solos by consensus across published lists. Agent guide: [llms.txt](https://greatestsolos.com/llms.txt) · [Sitemap](https://greatestsolos.com/sitemap.xml) · [Dataset (CSV)](https://greatestsolos.com/data/greatest-guitar-solos.csv) · [How we rank](https://greatestsolos.com/method/)