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Catching A Wave 01-02-23 Jan 02, 2023

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So excited about 2023 and all the new music sent in recently and on the way! We'll start a "good time" song spotlight this year as we look back on some albums celebrating an anniversary! Lots of them are celebrating a 60th anniversary this year including The Challengers- Surfbeat and we'll hear a track from that one. Duane Eddy is in the Green Room segment talking about Forrest Gump. Beth Riley has a great deep track from The Beach Boys in her Surf's Up: Beth's Beach Boys Break and we'll drop a coin in the Jammin' James Jukebox to hear our selection of the week (Chicago and The Beach Boys related). Plus, we've got great rockin' tunes from Martin Cilia, The Arcs, The Ventures, The Hondells, The Screaming Seagulls, Link Wray, The Beatersband, Norby Violano, Retrofofuetes, Dennis Diken with Bell Sound, The Del Roswells, Poolhead and The Salinas! Intro music bed: "Catch A Wave"- The Beach Boys Martin Cilia- "On The Beach" The Ventures- "The Alien" The Beatersband- "When You Walk In The Room" Norby Violano- "Shazam" The Del Roswells- "Set Course For Space (UFO GO!)" "Good Time" segment: The Challengers 60th anniversary of Surfbeat! The Challengers- "Bulldog" Poolhead- "Shotgun" The Salinas- "Red Plate" Surf's Up: Beth's Beach Boys Break: The Beach Boys- "Loop De Loop (Flip Flop Flyin' In An Aeroplane)" Follow "Surf's Up: Beth's Beach Boys Break" HERE The Arcs- "Eyez" (radio edit) Link Wray- "It Was Elvis" Dennis Diken with Bell Sound- "The Sun's Gonna Shine In The Morning" The Screaming Seagulls- "Snow Surfer" Green Room segment: Duane Eddy on Forrest Gump Duane Eddy- "Rebel Rouser" Jammin' James Jukebox selection of the week: Peter Cetera- "I Can Feel It" (co-written by Carl Wilson and rhythm guitar, Ricky Fataar on drums) Retrofoguetes- "Tentacula" The Hondells- "Speedway" Outro Music Bed: The Beach Boys- "Shut Down, Part 2"

Catching A Wave 12-26-22 Dec 26, 2022

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Deven Berryhill from The Tourmaliners is in our Green Room segment talking about their new album on Pacific Records talking about their new album, Surfidia along with a couple of tracks from that album. I drop a coin in the Jammin James Jukebox to hear our selection of the week (featuring Chris Casello) and Beth Riley has a deep track from The Beach Boys in her Surf's Up: Beth's Beach Boys Break. Speaking of The Beach Boys, we have another previously unreleased track from them that just came out on their Sail On Sailor box set. Plus, we've got rockers from Man Or Astro-man?, Impellitteri, Brian Ray, The Zipheads, Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers, The Grogans, The Dwellers, Weird Aliens, Party Nerves, The Longboards and Kincaid & The Memetics!

Intro music bed: "Catch A Wave"- The Beach Boys Man Or Astro-man?- "Microverses" The Zipheads- "Telekinesis" Weird Aliens- "Goin' To See A Dog About A Man" Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers- "Slaughter On Tenth Avenue" Party Nerves- "Coffin Hop" The Longboards- "Naked Jungle" Brian Ray- "On My Way To You" Kincaid & The Memetics- "Places We'd Like To Be" Surf's Up: Beth's Beach Boys Break: The Beach Boys- "My Love Lives On" Follow "Surf's Up: Beth's Beach Boys Break" HERE The Grogans- "No Thanks (I'm Going Surfing)" The Dwellers- "Saltwater Cowboy, Act 1" The Beach Boys- "Hard Time" Green Room segment: Deven Berryhill on The Tourmaliners new album, Surfidia The Tourmaliners- "Surfidia" The Tourmaliners- "Swanky" (feat. Eddie Angel) Jammin' James Jukebox selection of the week: The Prodigals (feat. Chris Casello)- "Sharkskin Buffalo" Impellitteri- "17th Century Chicken Picken" Outro music bed: Eddie Angel- "Deuces Wild"

All Christmas Show! Catching A Wave 12-19-22 Dec 19, 2022

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It's the annual Catching A Wave Christmas show! All Christmas all hour long! Santa brought a gift early which is my awesome wife Beth Riley co-hosting with me! She has a Christmas tune from The Beach Boys in her Surf's Up: Beth's Beach Boys Break, we spin the "wheel of Fun, Fun, Fun" to hear a Beach Boys Christmas cover by Davie Allan & The Arrows and I've got a holiday rocker by The Hi-Risers in the Jammin' James Jukebox! Plus, we get in the festive spirit with songs from The Surfrajettes, The Ventures, The Smithereens, Shaun Young, The Monkees, The Surfaris, The Tourmaliners, Chris Isaak, Nick Lowe & Los Straitjackets, The Krontjong Devils, Surf Zombies, The Courettes, The Grip Weeds, Cameronoise and The Linda Lindas! Intro music bed: "Martin Cilia"- Oh Come All Ye Faithful" The Surfrajettes- "Marshmallow March" *Christmas Vacation snippet The Linda Lindas- "Groovy Xmas" Shaun Young- "Blue Christmas" The Smithereens- "Christmas Time All Over The World" Chris Isaak- "Almost Christmas" The Monkees- "What Would Santa Do" The Courettes (feat. The Tremolo Beer Gut)- "Christmas (I Can Hardly Wait)" The Grip Weeds- "Welcome Christmas" Surf's Up: Beth's Beach Boys Break: The Beach Boys- "The Man With All The Toys" Follow "Surf's Up: Beth's Beach Boys Break" HERE *A Christmas Story snippet Surf Zombies- "Sleigh Ride" The Surfaris- "Santa's Speed Shop" The Tourmaliners- "Hark The Herald Angels Sing" Wheel Of Fun, Fun, Fun: Davie Allan & The Arrows- "Little Saint Nick" Nick Lowe & Los Straitjackets- "Winter Wonderland" *Elf snippet The Krontjong Devils- "Here Comes Santa Claus" Jammin' James Jukebox selection of the week: The Hi-Risers- "Christmas Lights" The Ventures- "Joy To The World" *How The Grinch Stole Christmas movie snippet Cameronoise- "And A Star On Top Of It All" Outro music bed: Martin Cilia- "Oh Come All Ye Faithful"

Catching A Wave 12-12-22 Dec 12, 2022

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There's more great tunes coming in as well as Christmas rockers this week too on Catching A Wave! Crank up the latest from Satan's Pilgrims, The Beach Berserkers, Arno De Cea & The Clockwork Wizards, The Tulsa Doom, The Kaisers, The Orions, Ocean Alley and a classic from The Atlantics. Plus, since you're on the "Nice" list, we've got Christmas tunes from Magnatech, Jan & Dean, Jason Janik, Travis Koester, JD McPherson, Underwater Bosses, The Dubceks and The Green Reflectors (with guest Mark Malibu). Beth Riley has a great deep track from The Beach Boys in her Surf's Up: Beth's Beach Boys Break and as always we drop a coin in the Jammin' James Jukebox selection of the week! Intro music bed: "Catch A Wave"- The Beach Boys The Beach Berserkers- "Brand New Speedos" Arno De Cea & The Clockwork Wizards- "Everything Under The Sun Is For Everyone" Jason Janik- "Oh Come Emmanuel" The Dubceks- "The First Noel" Jan & Dean- "Frosty The Snowman" The Green Reflectors (with guest Mark Malibu)- "Toboggan Hop" JD McPherson- "Bad Kid" Underwater Bosses- "Yuleride" Surf's Up: Beth's Beach Boys Break: The Beach Boys- "It's About Time" Follow "Surf's Up: Beth's Beach Boys Break" HERE Magnatech- "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen" Travis Koester- "A Very Surfy Christmas" The Tulsa Doom- "Right Turn Clyde" The Orions- "Sneaky Heart" Ocean Alley- "Perfume" Jammin' James Jukebox selection of the week: B. Bumble & The Stingers- "Nut Rocker" Satan's Pilgrims- "Typhoon" The Kaisers- "Sugary" The Atlantics- "The Sheriff Of Nottingham" Outro music bed: Eddie Angel- "Deuces Wild"

Catching A Wave 12-05-22 Dec 05, 2022

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The great tunes keep rolling into Catching A Wave studios every week! Hear The Tourmaliners (with Ron Blair of Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers), Ichi-Bons (on Hi-Tide Recordings), The Delta Ring, Abyssal Lurkers, Motorhead, The Routes, The Reverbly Ones and newly released A Cappella mix of The Beach Boys! Beth Riley also has a deep track from them in her Surf's Up: Beth's Beach Boys Break. Billy F Gibbons is in our Green Room segment talking about his awesome Whisker Bomb Hot Sauce (and we do mean HOT) along with a HOT Christmas rocker from him as well. There's more Christmas tunes in the mix too from Mark Malibu & The Wasagas, Jim and The Sea Dragons, Switchfoot, The Breakers, Dave Del Monte & The Cross County Boys and The Malibooz (with Dean Torrence). Plus, as always we drop a coin in the Jammin' James Jukebox to hear our selection of the week! Intro music bed: "Catch A Wave"- The Beach Boys Ichi-Bons- "Switchblade" The Delta Ring- "Mars Needs Puppies" Jim and The Sea Dragons- "Kringle All The Way" The Breakers- "O Holy Night" Mark Malibu & The Wasagas- "Ice Rider" Switchfoot- "Scrappy Little Christmas Tree" Dave Del Monte & The Cross County Boys- "Hey Mrs. Claus" The Malibooz- "Santa Drives A Super Stock Dodge" (w/ Dean Torrence) Surf's Up: Beth's Beach Boys Break: The Beach Boys- "Chasin' The Sky" Follow "Surf's Up: Beth's Beach Boys Break" HERE Abyssal Lurkers- "They Rise" The Tourmaliners- "Voyage To Mars" (feat. Ron Blair from Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers) The Routes- "Like A Knife" The Beach Boys- "All This Is That" (A Cappella mix) Green Room segment: Billy F Gibbons on Whisker Bomb Hot Sauce (find info on product HERE) Billy F Gibbons- "Jingle Bell Blues" Jammin' James Jukebox selection of the week: Link Wray and The Ray Men- "Summer Dream" Motorhead- "Rockaway Beach" The Reverbly Ones- "Bombora" Outro music bed: Eddie Angel- "Deuces Wild"

Catching A Wave 11-28-22 Nov 28, 2022

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What a killer hour of great music this week!! We've got a new track from The Ventures from their release New Space from Pony Canyon Records in Japan. Christmas tunes are hitting the playlist this week too with a "Christmas Day" themed trio of tunes from Cheap Trick, Jim Babjak and The Weeklings. There's also a trio of instrumental Christmas tracks from The Surfrajettes, Slowey & The Boats and The Young Barons. Beth Riley has a deep track from The Beach Boys in her Surf's Up: Beth's Beach Boys Break, Duane Eddy is in our Green Room segment talking about one of his tracks that John Fogerty played on and we have a fun rocker in our Jammin James Jukebox selection of the week. Plus, there's tunes from The Jackets, The Surf Hermits, Genki Genki Panic, Satan's Pilgrims, The Cranzers, The Kaisers and The Jagaloons! Intro music bed: "Catch A Wave"- The Beach Boys Satan's Pilgrims- "Bayonet Constitution" The Cranzers- "Seagulls Party" The Kaisers- "Monkey Train" The Jagaloons- "Beyond The Exclusion Zone" Genki Genki Panic- "Camp Crystal Lake" "Christmas Day" trio: Cheap Trick- "I Wish It Could Be Christmas Every Day" Jim Babjak- "It's Love On Christmas Day" The Weeklings- "Christmas Day" Surf's Up: Beth's Beach Boys Break: The Beach Boys- "Problem Child" Follow "Surf's Up: Beth's Beach Boys Break" HERE The Surf Hermits- "Speaking With Ghosts" Instrumental Christmas trio: Slowey & The Boats- "Sleigh Ride" The Young Barons- "Lil' Drummer Boy" The Surfrajettes- "All I Want For Christmas Is You" Green Room segment: Duane Eddy on John Fogerty playing on one of his tracks Duane Eddy- "Kickin' Asphalt" Jammin' James Jukebox selection of the week: The Rockin' R's- "Heat" The Jackets- "Pie In The Sky" The Ventures- "Fly Me To The Moon" Outro music bed: Eddie Angel- "Deuces Wild"

Catching A Wave 11-21-22 Nov 21, 2022

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We play a trio of tunes honoring the late, great Jerry Lee Lewis who passed away on October 28th at 87 years old. There's a live track from 1964 from him, Jimmy Page teaming up with Jerry Lee on a Led Zeppelin cover and a Killer cover from The 5678's! Beth Riley has a deep track from The Beach Boys on her Surf's Up: Beth's Beach Boys Break. We also play the final track from their That's Why God Made The Radio release as we finish up our 10th anniversary celebration of that release and we'll drop a coin in the Jammin' James Jukebox for our selection of the week. Plus, there's great tunes in the mix from Frankie and The Pool Boys, Ichi-Bons, The Malibooz, The Green Reflectors, The Eye Five, Wiped Out, Master Wave, Lucky 757, High Noon Kahuna, Messer Chups, Jim & The Sea Dragons, The Courettes and Sys Malakian! Intro music bed: "Catch A Wave"- The Beach Boys The Green Reflectors- "Cruisin' For A Bruisin'" Wiped Out- "The Hearse" Sys Malakian- "Dolphin Ride" The Courettes- "Bye Bye Mon Amour" Messer Chups- "Night Stripper" Jim & The Seadragons- "The Murder Hornet Twist" High Noon Kahuna- "Sharktooth" Lucky 757- "Let's Get Ready" Surf's Up: Beth's Beach Boys Break: The Beach Boys- "Slip On Through" Follow "Surf's Up: Beth's Beach Boys Break" HERE The Malibooz- "Sweet Surf Music" Jerry Lee Lewis tribute: Jerry Lee Lewis- "Good Golly, Miss Molly" (live) Jerry Lee Lewis with Jimmy Page- "Rock And Roll" The 5678's- "Great Balls Of Fire" 10th Anniversary Celebration of The Beach Boys- That's Why God Made The Radio The Beach Boys- "Summer's Gone" Frankie and The Pool Boys- "The Stargazers" Jammin' James Jukebox selection of the week: The Cornells- "Beachbound" The Eye Five- "Coast Ghost" Ichi-Bons- "Snake Eyes" (live) Monster Wave- "Lighthouse Lagoon" Outro music bed: Jerry Lee Lewis- "High School Confidential"

Catching A Wave 11-14-22 Nov 14, 2022

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We combine our Green Room and Two-nami segments this week to honor the late, great Robert Gordon who unfortunately passed away on October 18th, 2022. We hear him talking about playing with Link Wray on his first 2 albums along with a track from one of those and a track from his upcoming Cleopatra Records release with guitarist Chris Spedding. Beth Riley has another fun deep track in her Surf's Up: Beth's Beach Boys Break and as always we'll drop a coin in the Jammin' James Jukebox to hear our selection of the week. There's a track from both The Surfrajettes and Reverend Horton Heat who will be touring together early 2023 and songs from Satan's Pilgrims, Hawaiian Roller Coaster, Didi Wray, The Smithereens, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Los Choppers, Bowling For Soup, The Brain Waves, The Slimetones, The Mach IV, Kincaid & The Memetics and Surf Cult. Intro music bed: "Catch A Wave"- The Beach Boys The Brain Waves- "Torpedo Juice" The Slimetones- "Slime and Punishment" Surf Cult- "Let's Play Hide The Soul" Kincaid & The Memetics- "The Out Of Towners" *Bob Ross snippet Red Hot Chili Peppers- "Shoot Me A Smile" Los Choppers- "Electro Mostro" Didi Wray- "Dracula's Theme" (cover of The Ghouls) Satan's Pilgrims- "Southwester" Surf's Up: Beth's Beach Boys Break: The Beach Boys- "Cherry, Cherry Coupe" Follow "Surf's Up: Beth's Beach Boys Break" HERE Bowling For Soup- "Gilligan's Island Theme" *The Surfrajettes- "Roxy Roller" *Reverend Horton Heat- "Forbidden Jungle" Tour dates HERE Green Room/Two-Nami segment: Robert Gordon on playing with Link Wray Robert Gordon with Link Wray- "The Way I Walk" Robert Gordon with Chris Spedding- "One Day Left" Jammin' James Jukebox selection of the week: The Hi-Lites (feat. Randy Hard)- "Beach Baby" The Smithereens- "Out Of This World" Hawaiian Roller Coaster- "Jellyfish Sting" The Mach IV- "The Coast Road" Outro music bed: Eddie Angel- "Deuces Wild"

Catching A Wave 11-07-22 Nov 07, 2022

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We are packed full of great tunes on this Catching A Wave from Martin Cilia, Man Or AstroMan, The Cowsills, Darren Michael Boyd, The Trashmen, Danny Amis & Twin Tones, The Wilder, The Kaisers, Set Waves, Ocean Alley, The Tiki Creeps…a trio of James Bond/Spy themed tunes from Darrel Higham, The Tsunami Brothers and The Charades. We have an interview snippet with Freddy Boom Boom Cannon in our Green Room segment. Beth Riley has a deep track from the Beach Boys in her Surf’s Up Beth’s Beach Boys Break and as always we drop a coin in the JJJ for our selection of the week.

Intro music bed: "Catch A Wave"- The Beach Boys The Tiki Creeps- "Gringo Parade" The Trashmen- "Bird Bath" Danny Amis & Twin Tones- "F.B.I." Set Waves- "Shoot The Curl" Ocean Alley- "Double Vision" Trio of "James Bond/Spy theme": Darrel Higham- "James Bond Theme" The Tsunami Brothers- "License To Surf" The Charades- "(Theme From) Goldfinger" Surf's Up: Beth's Beach Boys Break: The Beach Boys- "I'm Waiting For The Day" Follow "Surf's Up: Beth's Beach Boys Break" HERE The Wilder- "Surfin' Sunshine" Man Or Astro-Man?- "Distant Pulsar" Darren Michael Boyd- "A Waste Of Perfectly Good Sadness" The Cowsills- "Ya Gotta Get Up" Green Room segment: Freddy "Boom Boom" Cannon on "Palisades Park" Freddy "Boom Boom" Cannon- "Palisades Park" Jammin' James Jukebox selection of the week: Ronny & The Daytonas- "G.T.O." Martin Cilia- "Popcorn" The Kaisers- "Monkey Train" Outro music bed: Eddie Angel- "Deuces Wild"

Halloween Show! Catching A Wave October 2022 Oct 29, 2022

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It's our annual Catching A Wave Halloween show!!! Beth Riley has a deep track about a caveman named Alley Oop from The Beach Boys in her Surf's Up: Beth's Beach Boys Break and our Jammin' James Jukebox selection of the week is about a Werewolf! Plus, ghoulishly fun tunes from The Surfrajettes, Los Straitjackets, Satan's Pilgrims, Bobby "Boris" Pickett & The Crypt-Kickers, Messer Chups, Magnatech, The Courettes, Genki Genki Panic, The Jagaloons, Dick Dale, Dave Del Monte & The Cross County Boys, Atomic Drag, The Me-Gustas, Didi Wray, The Deadly Ones, The Breakers and The Ventures!

Intro music bed: "Catch A Wave"- The Beach Boys/ "Ghostbusters"- Los Straitjackets The Jagaloons- "Some Kind Of Munster" *It's The Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown snippet The Surfrajettes- "Banshee Bop" Messer Chups- "Doctor Spook" The Me Gustas- "Black Cat Crawl" *Jerry Seinfeld standup snippet Genki Genki Panic- "Drac'd Raw Dot Com" *That 70's Show snippet Magnatech- "Dr. Mabuse" *Looney Tunes/Bugs Bunny snippet Los Straitjackets- "The Mad Scientwist" Didi Wray- "Fuzzy Tango Halloween" Surf's Up: Beth's Beach Boys Break: The Beach Boys- "Alley Oop" Follow "Surf's Up: Beth's Beach Boys Break" HERE *Ghostbusters snippet The Deadly Ones- "Raunchy" Bobby "Boris" Pickett & The Crypt-Kickers- "Sinister Stomp" *King Of The Hill Boomhauer snippet Satan's Pilgrims- "Vampiro (Transylvania Twist)" Dick Dale- "Space Mountain" *Scooby Doo snippet The Breakers- "Tubular Bells (The Exorcist theme)" The Courettes- "Voodoo Doll" Jammin' James Jukebox selection of the week: The Neanderthals- "Werewolf From Outer Space" *That 70's Show snippet Atomic Drag- "The Return Of The Atomic Undead" Dave Del Monte & The Cross County Boys- "Coffin Car Coupe" The Ventures- "Twilight Zone" Outro music bed: Ben Vaughan- "Psycho Beach Party"

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