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Catching A Wave 10-24-22 Oct 24, 2022

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LOTS of rockin' new and classic tunes for you this week from Ichi-Bons, The Jagaloons, Zak and The Krakens, 77s, Weird Aliens, Brian Setzer Orchestra, Los Freneticos, The Hide Outs, Retrofoguetes, John Mellencamp, The 502s, Nick Frater, Los Atarrayas, Jeremy Warmsley and The Green Reflectors! We continue our 10th anniversary celebration of The Beach Boys' That's Why God Made The Radio release with another track from that and Beth Riley has a deep track from them in her Surf's Up: Beth's Beach Boys Break. As always, we've got a super cool selection of the week in our Jammin' James Jukebox as well.

Intro music bed: "Catch A Wave"- The Beach Boys Weird Aliens- "Catchin' The Waves" The Brian Setzer Orchestra- "Mr. Surfer Goes Jazzin'" The Green Reflectors- "Secret Agent Spy Scopes" The Jagaloons- "Baja Blast" Ichi-Bons- "Downshiftin'" (live) Retrofoguetes- "The New Hypnotic Wave Of Retrofoguetes" John Mellencamp- "Carolina Shag" The 502s- "Just Another Song" Surf's Up: Beth's Beach Boys Break: The Beach Boys- "Wake The World" Follow "Surf's Up: Beth's Beach Boys Break" HERE Jeremy Warmsley- "Sing From The Heart" Los Freneticos- "Blowfish" Zak and The Krakens- "C'mon Do The Kraken" The Hide Outs- "Surf Bass" 10th Anniversary Celebration of The Beach Boys- That's Why God Made The Radio The Beach Boys- "Pacific Coast Highway" Nick Frater- "Stuck In My Ways" Jammin' James Jukebox selection of the week: Man Or Astro-man?- "Interplanet Janet" 77s- "Deep End" Los Atarrayas- "Professional Pig" Outro music bed: Eddie Angel- "Deuces Wild"

Catching A Wave 10-17-22 Oct 17, 2022

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Another exciting new box set from The Beach Boys is on the way in November and we hear a live track from that release this hour on Catching A Wave. Beth Riley also has a deep track from them in her Surf's Up: Beth's Beach Boys Break and we drop a coin in the Jammin' James Jukebox to hear our selection of the week (also with a connection to The Beach Boys). Our Green Room segment returns as we hear part of a chat with Eddie Angel as we talk about Link Wray. There's tunes from both Link and Eddie too as well as rockers from Bloodshot Bill, Black Flamingos, Galvezton, The Beatles, Arno De Cea & The Clockwork Wizards, Rol Junell & The Nellands, Masters Of The University, The Beths, The Slimetones, The Young Barons and Cameronoise!

Intro music bed: "Catch A Wave"- The Beach Boys Bloodshot Bill- "Spitfire" Black Flamingos- "Stingray" The Beach Boys- "You Need A Mess To Help You Stand Alone" (live) Cameronoise- "Page Before Me" The Young Barons- "Intoxica" Arno De Cea & Tje Clockwork Wizards- "Rumble In The Uranium Jungle" The Slimetones- "Terror On Two Wheels" The Beths- "Change In The Weather" Surf's Up: Beth's Beach Boys Break: The Beach Boys- "Oh Darlin'" Follow "Surf's Up: Beth's Beach Boys Break" HERE The March Divide- "All I Know" GALVEZTON- "Low Way" Link Wray- "Rumble Rock" Green Room segment: Eddie Angel on Link Wray Eddie Angel- "Lynxtail" Jammin' James Jukebox selection of the week: Bruce & Jerry- "I Saw Her First" Masters Of The University- "Darth Vader's Theme" The Beatles- "Tomorrow Never Knows (Take 1)" Outro music bed: Eddie Angel- "Deuces Wild"

Catching A Wave 10-10-22 Oct 10, 2022

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We start a new segment on this week's Catching A Wave that we'll do periodically called Juke Box Heroes. We check in on Al Jardine's jukebox and play 3 of the tunes that he has loaded in there. We'll spin a solo tune from his as well. Beth Riley has a great deep track from The Beach Boys too in her Surf's Up: Beth's Beach Boys Break. And we'll drop a coin in my jukebox too to hear our Jammin' James Jukebox selection of the week. Plus, we've got rockin' tunes from Brian Wilson, Laughing Gravy (Dean Torrence), The Go-Go Rillas, The Grass Roots (with mix and performance from The Courettes), Z & The Tiki Twisters, Resonadores, Urban Zotel & The Thunderbirds, Electric Heaters, The Brain Waves, The Violet Mindfield, The Strings Aflame and the Dwellers!

Intro music bed: "Catch A Wave"- The Beach Boys Urban Zotel and The Thunderbirds- "The Chase" Resonadores- "Conga" The Go-Go Rillas- "O-Rang-a-Tang" The Violet Mindfield- "Beautiful Nightmare" The Dwellers- "Tide Breaker" The Electric Heaters- "Beyond Banzai" The Brain Waves- "Slithering" Brian Wilson- "Run James Run" Surf's Up: Beth's Beach Boys Break: The Beach Boys- "Mona" Follow "Surf's Up: Beth's Beach Boys Break" HERE Z & The Tiki Twisters- "Mechanical Ducks" The Laughing Gravy (Dean Torrence)- "Vegetables" (Alternate Mix) Al Jardine- "California Dreamin'" (with Glen Campbell and David Crosby) Juke Box Heroes: Selections from Al Jardine's jukebox Chuck Berry- "Sweet Little Sixteen" The Chords- "Sh-Boom" Bill Haley & His Comets- "(We're Gonna) Rock Around The Clock" Jammin' James Jukebox selection of the week: The City Surfers- "Beach Ball" The Grass Roots (with mix and performance by The Courettes)- "Let's Live For Today" The Strings Aflame- "Factotum" Outro Music Bed: Eddie Angel- "Deuces Wild"

Catching A Wave 10-03-22 Oct 03, 2022

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On this week's Catching A Wave, we board the Time Machine for the week of January 5th, 1962 to hear 3 tunes on Los Angeles, CA KFWB's chart including the #1 song. We have a trio of "quiet" tunes from Nick Lowe with Los Straitjackets, The Explorers Club and The Manakooras. Beth Riley has a deep track from The Beach Boys and we drop a coin in the Jammin' James Jukebox to hear our selection of the week (The Surfaris). Plus, don't miss new and classic rockers from The Surfrajettes, Jerry Cole & His Spacemen, Los Dedos, Satan's Pilgrims, Chewbacca's, Dead Racoon Riot, Jim and The Sea Dragons, The Bradipos IV, Hot Chickens, Set Waves and Abyssal Lurkers!

Intro music bed: "Catch A Wave"- The Beach Boys Chewbacca's- "Astro Collision" Dead Racoon Riot- "Buena Onda" The Surfrajettes- "El Condor Pasa" Set Waves- "Kook Don't Steal My Wave" Abyssal Lurkers- "Hard Pants Day" "Quiet" trio: Nick Lowe with Los Straitjackets- "A Quiet Place" The Explorers Club- "Quietly" The Manakooras- "Quiet Village" Surf's Up: Beth's Beach Boys Break: The Beach Boys- "Mona" Follow "Surf's Up: Beth's Beach Boys Break" HERE Los Dedos- "Collapse" Hot Chickens- "Surfin' Bird" The Bradipos IV- "50" Catching A Wave Time Machine Week of January 5th, 1962 for KFWB Los Angeles, CA; #19- The Beach Boys- "Surfin'" (Take 8) #13- Dion- "The Wanderer" #1- The Tokens- "The Lion Sleeps Tonight" Jammin' James Jukebox selection of the week: The Surfaris- "Punkline" Satan's Pilgrims- "Gear Grinder" Jim and The Sea Dragons- "Galaxie" Jerry Cole & His Spacemen- "Bronze Surfer" Outro music bed: Eddie Angel- "Deuces Wild"

Catching A Wave 09-26-22 Sep 26, 2022

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On this Catching A Wave hour, we've got a trio of skateboard themed tunes from Jan & Dean, The Challengers and The Hondells to honor the super cool skateboarding dog, Bamboo. We continue our 10th anniversary celebration of The Beach Boys' album That's Why God Made The Radio with another track from that. Beth Riley has a cool deep track from them in her Surf's Up: Beth's Beach Boys Break and we drop a coin in the Jammin' James Jukebox to hear our selection of the week. Plus, we've got tunes from 77s, Bloodshot Bill, Didi Wray, The Young Barons, Black Valley Moon, The Trashmen, The Atlantics, Dick Dale (with Huey Lewis on harmonica), Surf Ghost, The Outpost, Surf Monster and The Rumtones!

Intro music bed: "Catch A Wave"- The Beach Boys Black Valley Moon- "Russian Roulette" The Young Barons- "Perfidia" Bloodshot Bill- "Busted Tail" Dick Dale- "F Groove" (feat. Huey Lewis on harmonica) The Rumtones- "Nazare" Skateboard trio: Jan & Dean- "Sidewalk Surfin'" The Challengers- "Asphalt Spinner" The Hondells- "Little Sidewalk Surfin' Girl" Surf's Up: Beth's Beach Boys Break: The Beach Boys- "Time To Get Alone" Follow "Surf's Up: Beth's Beach Boys Break" HERE The Atlantics- "Whitewash" The Trashmen- "True Love" (previously unreleased Carl Perkins cover) Didi Wray- "Peter Gunn" Surf Ghost- "California Dyin'" 10th Anniversary Celebration of The Beach Boys- That's Why God Made The Radio The Beach Boys- "From There To Back Again" The Outpost- "Santa Cruz" Jammin' James Jukebox selection of the week: The Tremolos- "The Weird One" 77s- "Do It For Love" (stadium mix) Surf Monster- "Piercing" Outro music bed: Eddie Angel- "Deuces Wild"

Catching A Wave 09-19-22 Sep 19, 2022

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We hear the NUMBER ONE song from our listener-voted "Favorite Song By The Monkees" Countdown this hour! We've got a Catching A Wave EXCLUSIVE from Little Quirks covering "Different Drum" as well as 2 previously unreleased tunes from an upcoming Dean Torrence release. Beth Riley has a great deep track from The Beach Boys in her Surf's Up: Beth's Beach Boys Break and speaking of...we spin the Wheel Of Fun, Fun, Fun to hear randomly selected Beach Boys covers by The Everly Brothers, Phil Keaggy and She & Him. We'll also drop a coin in the Jammin' James Jukebox to hear our selection of the week (also Beach Boys related). Plus, we've got tunes from GALVEZTON, The Tsunami Brothers, Beck, The Hang Ten Hangmen, The Dwellers, The Charades, Joe McAnaney and Hula Ghost!

Intro music bed: "Catch A Wave"- The Beach Boys The Dwellers- "Just Another Surf Song" The Hang-Ten Hangmen- "Surf Party" Beck- "Gamma Ray" 2 previously unreleased from upcoming Dean Torrence collection: Flo & Eddie with Dean Torrence- "Ride The Wild Surf" Terry Melcher, Bruce Johnston & Dean Torrence- "Love Lace" The Charades- "Mr. Moto" Joe McAnaney- "The Banzai Summer" GALVEZTON- "Looking Glass" Surf's Up: Beth's Beach Boys Break: The Beach Boys- "We'll Run Away" Follow "Surf's Up: Beth's Beach Boys Break" HERE Hula Ghost- "Those Are Technically Pajamas" CATCHING A WAVE EXCLUSIVE: Little Quirks- "Different Drum" Beachfront Vinny- "Stop The World & Surf With U" Wheel Of Fun, Fun, Fun: The Everly Brothers (with The Beach Boys)- "Don't Worry Baby" Phil Keaggy- "God Only Knows" She & Him- "Heads You Win, Tails I Lose" Jammin' James Jukebox selection of the week: Al Jardine- "Don't Fight The Sea" (with The Beach Boys) #1 in Top 5 Countdown of Favorite songs by The Monkees: The Monkees- "Last Train To Clarksville" The Tsunami Brothers- "Surfer Lola" Outro music bed: The Monkees- "Pleasant Valley Sunday" (Backing Tracks)

Catching A Wave 09-12-22 Sep 12, 2022

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We continue our Top 5 Favorite Song Countdown of The Monkees on this Catching A Wave as we hear #3 and #2 this hour. We've got Monkee covers by The Grip Weeds and Weezer too. There's a Two-Nami in the forecast again with the same song by 2 different artists...David Bowie & The Surfrajettes. Beth Riley has a deep track from The Beach Boys in her Surf's Up: Beth's Beach Boys Break and we drop a coin in the Jammin' James Jukebox to hear our rare selection this week. Plus, we've got a variety of tunes from The Delta Bombers, Magnatech, The Smithereens, Santa Anna Bay Coconuts, The Volcanics, The Dubceks, Fat Kahoona, Satan's Pilgrims, Kincaid and The Memetics and The Electric Heaters! Intro music bed: "Catch A Wave"- The Beach Boys The Smithereens- "Monkey Man" Santa Anna Bay Coconuts- "Toledo Panic Button" Satan's Pilgrims- "Riot On The Seaside Strip" #3 in Top 5 Countdown of Favorite songs by The Monkees: The Monkees- "Pleasant Valley Sunday" Weezer- "I'm A Believer" The Dubceks- "Humanoids From Challenger Deep" The Delta Bombers- "Dogs Of Pavlov" Magnatech- "Surfin' Demon Twist" Surf's Up: Beth's Beach Boys Break: The Beach Boys- "Here Comes The Night" Follow "Surf's Up: Beth's Beach Boys Break" HERE Kincaid and The Memetics- "Retro Cicada" The Electric Heaters- "Chai Yo!" Fat Kahoona- "Orange Bow Tie" The Volcanics- "Concrete Carver" Two-Nami: David Bowie- "Suffragette City" The Surfrajettes- "Surfrajette City" Jammin' James Jukebox selection of the week: Dick Dale & Francine York- "The Enlistment Twist" #2 in Top 5 Countdown of Favorite songs by The Monkees: The Monkees- "Randy Scouse Git" The Grip Weeds- "For Pete's Sake" Outro music bed: The Monkees- "Pleasant Valley Sunday" (Backing Track)

Catching A Wave 09-05-22 Sep 05, 2022

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Hey, Hey...we're starting our countdown of YOUR favorite songs by The Monkees this week. We'll hear #5 and #4 in our countdown on this Catching A Wave radio show. There's also a couple of Monkees Covers by The Ventures and The Shadows. We premiere a NEW tune from Shaun Young in our Two-Nami segment (also includes a track from his surf band The Thunderchiefs). Beth Riley has a 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. Plus, we'll spin new and classic rockers from The Bradipos IV, Los Straitjackets, The Astronauts, Cayucas, The Surfaris, The Jangles, The Manakooras, The Anderson Council, Atomic Drag and Man Or Astro-Man?!

Intro music bed: "Catch A Wave"- The Beach Boys The Bradipos IV- "When The Sirens Sing" The Astronauts- "Big Boss Man" The Manakooras- "Blue Sunset" #5 in Top 5 Countdown of Favorite songs by The Monkees: The Monkees- "(I'm Not Your) Steppin' Stone" The Ventures- "A Little Bit Me, A Little Bit You" The Surfaris- "Yep" The Jangles- "Monkey See, Monkey Do" Cayucas- "Sayulita" Surf's Up: Beth's Beach Boys Break: The Beach Boys- "A Thing Or Two" Follow "Surf's Up: Beth's Beach Boys Break" HERE The Anderson Council- "Mary Ann With The Shaky Hand" Atomic Drag- "Now It's Dark" Man Or Astro-Man?- "Jonathan Winters Frankenstein" Los Straitjackets- "I Feel Fine" Green Room segment: PREMIERE- Shaun Young- "Splashdown" The Thunderchiefs- "Estratosfera" Jammin' James Jukebox selection of the week: The Tremblers- "Steady Eddy" #4 in Top 5 Countdown of Favorite songs by The Monkees: The Monkees- "Daydream Believer" The Shadows- "Last Train To Clarksville" Outro music bed: The Monkees- "Gonna Buy Me A Dog" (backing track)

Catching A Wave 08-29-22 Aug 29, 2022

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There's an awesome variety of tunes on this week's Catching A Wave! Hear rockers from Michael Purkhiser, Televisionaries, The Police, Mark Malibu & The Wasagas, The Grip Weeds, Wave Electric, The Linda Lindas, Appalachian Surf Team, Surf Hat, The 5.6.7.8's, The Hondells, The Go-Go's, Pixies, Robotron, Chris Casello Trio and Katatonics. Beth Riley has a trippin' tune from The Beach Boys in her Surf's Up: Beth's Beach Boys Break. We also continue our 10th anniversary celebration of their That's Why God Made The Radio album with another track from that one. As always, we'll drop a coin in the Jammin' James Jukebox to hear our selection of the week as well. Intro music bed: "Catch A Wave"- The Beach Boys Michael Purkhiser- "Razor Ridge" Appalachian Surf Team- "Conquistador" Mark Malibu & The Wasagas- "Yé-Yé Girls" Chris Casello Trio- "Apache Katatonics- "Spy v. Spy" Surf Hat- "Bat" Wave Electric- "Margaritas By The Shore" Pixies- "Vault Of Heaven" Surf's Up: Beth's Beach Boys Break: The Beach Boys- "Let's Go Trippin'" Follow "Surf's Up: Beth's Beach Boys Break" HERE Robotron- "Expo '58" The Go-Go's- "He's So Strange" The Linda Lindas- "Tonite" The 5.6.7.8's- "Green Onions" 10th Anniversary Celebration of The Beach Boys- That's Why God Made The Radio The Beach Boys- "Strange World" Televisionaries- "Girls" Jammin' James Jukebox selection of the week: The Treasures- "Minor Chaos" The Police- "Regatta De Blanc" The Grip Weeds- "I'm Free" The Hondells- "Cycle Chase" Outro music bed: Eddie Angel- "Deuces Wild"

Catching A Wave 08-22-22 Aug 22, 2022

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What a fun show we have for you this hour!! We've got NEW and classic tunes from The Tourmaliners, Dion, Papa Surf, The Cosmic Wrays, Billy F Gibbons, The Electric Heaters, Cameronoise, S.H.A.R.P. (Surf Hermits and Angry Red Planet), Palma Hills, Mike Paulshook, Little Quirks and Surfnado Tiki Squad! Beth Riley has a great deep track from The Beach Boys in her Surf's Up: Beth's Beach Boys Break. We spend some time in the Green Room with a chat Beth had recently with Greg Martin of The Kentucky Headhunters about his favorite songs (which happens to be by The Beach Boys) and we'll play that one as well as fun solo track of his. We'll also drop a coin in the Jammin' James Jukebox to hear our selection of the week!! Intro music bed: "Catch A Wave"- The Beach Boys The Tourmaliners- "Grimace" Papa Surf- "While My Guitar Gently Surfs" Cameronoise- "A Night Off The Town" Little Quirks- "Maybelle" Surfnado Tiki Squad- "The Brewer" S.H.A.R.P. (Surf Hermits and Angry Red Planet)- "Chemical Warfare" Mike Paul Shock- "Poolboy" Surf's Up: Beth's Beach Boys Break: The Beach Boys- "Lana" Follow "Surf's Up: Beth's Beach Boys Break" HERE The Electric Heaters- "Nice Little Sunday" Palma Hills- "Surf" Billy F Gibbons- "She's On Fire" Green Room segment: Greg Martin on his favorite song The Beach Boys- "God Only Knows" Greg Martin- "Scratchy" Jammin' James Jukebox selection of the week: Bruce Johnston- "Moon Shot" Dion- "Summertime Blues" The Cosmic Wrays- "Blast On! Blast Off!" Outro music bed: Eddie Angel- "Deuces Wild"

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