Dale Ernest Loyola
September 18, 1947 – November 12, 2023
Trudie Lombard Hentze just posted the following sad news...
I received a message from Dale Loyola's sister, Pat Loyola Frith-Smith - BHS 59, to let us know that Dale died in a car accident in Arizona on November 12, 2023. He was still playing his drums at 76, and was in too many bands to list - some famous and some not; the last being the Cactus Wine Band in AZ. He is greatly missed by his two nieces and sister, Pat.
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Dale Loyola-Drummer
Dale Loyola started his musical career during the rock `n roll phenomena of the late 60's in Hollywood and San Francisco, where he learned his craft playing with blues and rhythm & blues bands. An immediate success, he expanded his horizons to several styles. His career has seen him play at such venues as the Whisky A Go-Go, the Fillmore West, the Cow Palace, the Rose Bowl and the Cheetah, performing with musical legends Dobie Gray, The Hook, The Doors, Boz Skaggs, Paul Butterfield, Andy Williams, Elvin Bishop, Sinbad and Ray Charles, to name a few.
To date Dale has performed in 22 states and 11 foreign countries, including Hawaii, Alaska, Scandinavia, Las Vegas, the Mediterranean and the Caribbean. He has done studio recording for Capitol, UNI, A&M and Motown Records, written the award-winning song, Best of Times, and co-wrote/co-produced several independent productions. During all this, he even found time for a part in the movie Jurassic Park. Wherever he plays, he brings a unique feel and drive to each performance, as well as a soulful, sardonic and playful vocal style.
Currently Da Mule (a nickname given Dale while living in Hawaii) is appearing in Reno with The Method and In2It. With his powerful rhythmic drive and self-demanding style, he's enthusiastically laying down tracks of one of his favorite forms of music, Good old rock'n'roll!
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Dale on YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/@daleloyola932/playlists
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