Legendary rockers Dick Dale and Girl Trouble have shared a stage in Tacoma many times, the last being over a year ago. These influential musicians have 50 year and 30 year careers, respectively. They have stood the test of time, sticking to our hearts like a home cooked meal sticks to the ribs, and together, along with The Dignitaries, will again share a stage Thursday, Nov 29, at The Swiss in Tacoma.

Girl Trouble's Bon Wheelie reminisces in an email about a show with Dale at the old Hell's Kitchen on Sixth Avenue: "I was watching him in the side bar so I could still see him on stage. He jumped off the stage, still playing, and walked over to the few of us watching from that spot and played to us. Then he walked out onto 6th Ave, still playing, and right out into the street. About 25 of us followed him out there and he stopped traffic while he played! It was unbelievable."

Dick Dale, 75, attributes his energy and enthusiasm for touring as "a chance to be Johnny Appleseed."  Dale, a cancer survivor who says he's nowhere near retiring, does a national tour three times a year.

Read Nikki McCoy interview with Dick Dale in the Weekly Volcano's music section.

THE SWISS, DICK DALE, GIRL TROUBLE, THE DIGNITARIES, THURSDAY, NOV. 29, 8 P.M., $20, 1904 JEFFERSON AVE., 253.572.2821