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Catching A Wave

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Catching A Wave 06-06-22 Jun 06, 2022

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The tunes on this week's Catching A Wave are so good it's almost scary! We spin tracks from The Creature Preachers, The Go-Go's, Didi Wray, Link Wray, The Monkees, Draculina, Basilantros, Slink Moss Explosion, The Transonics, Los Dedos, The Exotics and Duke Galaxy & The Pipeliners. We also have a trio of "Holiday" tunes (songs with "holiday" in the title) from Chris Isaak, Lindsey Buckingham and Annette Funicello. A Two-nami is in the forecast with 2 out of this world tunes from The Kaputniks. Beth Riley has a deep track from The Beach Boys and we'll drop a coin in the Jammin' James Jukebox to hear our selection of the week.

Intro music bed: "Catch A Wave"- The Beach Boys Los Dedos- "Collapse" The Transonics- "Yes and No" The Creature Preachers- "Part-Time Frankenstein" Duke Galaxy and the Pipeliners- "Moondog's Revenge" The Go-Go's- "Get Up & Go" "Holiday" trio: Lindsey Buckingham- "Holiday Road" Annette Funicello- "A Surfer's Holiday" Chris Isaak- "Summer Holiday" Surf's Up: Beth's Beach Boys Break: The Beach Boys- "With Me Tonight" Follow "Surf's Up: Beth's Beach Boys Break" HERE The Monkees- "All The King's Horses" **Story about New Jersey 11 year old surfer Carter Doorley Read more in People Magazine HERE** Basilantros- "Grass Never Sleeps" Draculina- "The Stranger" The Exotics- "Surf Burglar" Two-nami: The Kaputniks- "Star Trek" The Kaputniks- "Star Wars" Jammin' James Jukebox selection of the week: The Belairs- "Little Brown Jug" Slink Moss Explosion- "Let's Explode" Didi Wray- "Rumble Girl" Link Wray- "Moped Baby" Outro music bed: Eddie Angel- "Deuces Wild"

Catching A Wave 05-30-22 May 30, 2022

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You won't believe all the great tunes we have for you this hour! We've got killer tunes from The Courettes, Brian Wilson, The Surf Hermits, His Lordship, The Manakooras, Cameronoise, Greg Townson, Todd Bradley, The Surfrajettes, The Northwest, The Fuzziyama Surfers, Southern Culture On The Skids and Sys Malakian (with Ted Pilgrim of Satan's Pilgrims). Beth Riley has a deep track from The Beach Boys and we also continue our celebration of the 10th anniversary of their 2012 That's Why God Made The Radio with another tune from that one. And of course, 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 Michael Purkhiser- "Moonshot '69" Sys Malakian- "Eternal Sacrifice (feat. Ted Pilgrim) His Lordship- "All Cranked Up" The Surf Hermits- "The Revolver" The Fuzziyama Surfers- "Facing The Wave" Erik Alesi- "Mostly Automatic" The Manakooras- "Un Sueno" The Northwest- "Shoreline" Surf's Up: Beth's Beach Boys Break: The Beach Boys- "Here Today" Follow "Surf's Up: Beth's Beach Boys Break" HERE The Surfrajettes- "Warm Up" Brian Wilson- "This Could Be The Night" Todd Bradley- "Filthy McNasty" (with Greg Townson) Greg Townson- "Let's Frolic" (with Todd Bradley, Caitlin Moss) 10th Anniversary Celebration of The Beach Boys- That's Why God Made The Radio The Beach Boys- "Shelter" Southern Culture On The Skids- "Mudbuggy" Jammin' James Jukebox selection of the week: The Pyramids- "Bikini Drag" Cameronoise- "Sort Of Like Danielle" The Courettes- "Talking About My Baby" Outro music bed: Eddie Angel- "Deuces Wild"

Catching A Wave 05-23-22 May 23, 2022

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It's another jam-packed hour of great tunes and fun segments on this Catching A Wave! Beth Riley has a deep track of The Beach Boys in her Surf's Up: Beth's Beach Boys Break. Mike Love from The Beach Boys is in our Green Room segment talking about his late bandmate and cousin, Carl Wilson. We have a "strange" trio of tunes from The Breakers, X (with Robby Krieger) and The Shadows and we'll drop a coin in the Jammin' James Jukebox to hear our selection of the week. And if that isn't enough, we've got rockers from Tijuana Panthers, The Violet Mindfield, The Whys, Aqualads, The Green Reflectors, Pixies, King Beez, Los Straitjackets, Ramones, The Inquisitors, L'Exotighost and The B-52's! Intro music bed: "Catch A Wave"- The Beach Boys The Green Reflectors- "Dr. Goldfoot" The Whys- "Clump Of Beach" L'Exotighost- "Kamongo" The Inquisitors- "Break Fast" Ramones- "I Wanna Be Sedated" "Strange" trio: *The Breakers- "Strange Shores" X (with Robby Krieger)- "Strange Life" The Shadows- "The Stranger" Surf's Up: Beth's Beach Boys Break: The Beach Boys- "In The Parking Lot" Follow "Surf's Up: Beth's Beach Boys Break" HERE Pixies- "Cecilia Ann" The B-52's- "Rock Lobster" (original 1978 version) *Los Straitjackets- "Friday On My Mind The Violet Mindfield- "No Reason Why" Green Room segment: Mike Love on Carl Wilson The Beach Boys- "God Only Knows" (live in Detroit, MI November 17, 1967) Jammin' James Jukebox selection of the week: Pat Boone- "Beach Girl" King Beez- "Cops & Robbers" Tijuana Panthers- "False Equivalent" Aqualads- "Cat On A Hot Foam Board" Outro music bed: The Beach Boys- "Carl's Big Chance"

Catching A Wave 05-16-22 May 16, 2022

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Lots of great tunes and good vibes on this Catching A Wave! We've got a trio of tunes with the word "without" in the title from Cayucas, The Hondells and McKinley James. The Wheel Of Fun, Fun, Fun returns with covers of The Beach Boys by Papa Doo Run Run, The Challengers and The Weeklings. Beth Riley also has a deep track from The Beach Boys that will make you flip a coin...and we drop that coin in the Jammin' James Jukebox to hear our selection of the week! Speaking of The Beach Boys earlier, we hear a newly remastered mix of "Good Vibrations" plus rockin' tunes from The Delstroyers, Secret Agent, Lee Hazlewood's Woodchucks, Garner Firebird, Shorty's Swingin' Coconuts, Webb Wilder, Toro Jones, Stories From Shamehill as well as Evan Foster and Wave Electric from the new Surf You Next Tuesday 2 The Revenge compilation!

Intro music bed: "Catch A Wave"- The Beach Boys The Delstroyers- "Zomb Zomb" Stories From Shamehill- "Flatten The Curb" Secret Agent- "Honeytrap" Webb Wilder- "Rocket To Nowhere" Toro Jones- "Low Tide" Trio of "Without" tunes: Cayucas- "Lonely Without You" The Hondells- "The Rebel (Without A Cause)" McKinley James- "I Can't Live Without You" Surf's Up: Beth's Beach Boys Break: The Beach Boys- "Heads You Win, Tails I Lose" Follow "Surf's Up: Beth's Beach Boys Break" HERE Lee Hazlewood's Woodchucks- "The Man" Wave Electric- "Moon Surfing" Evan Foster- "Surfer's Anthem" Wheel Of Fun, Fun, Fun: Papa Doo Run Run- "Wouldn't It Be Nice" (with Mike Love and Jeffrey Foskett) The Challengers- "Surfin' Safari" The Weeklings- "Help Me Rhonda" Jammin' James Jukebox selection of the week: The Ventures- "Pedal Pusher" Garner Firebird- "Zero To Sixty" The Beach Boys- "Good Vibrations" (2022 stereo mix & master) Shorty's Swingin' Coconuts- "Raunchy Twist" Outro music bed: The Ventures- "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction"

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

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There's so much great new and vintage tunes rolling in here every week on Catching A Wave! We've got some rockin' tracks from Todd Bradley, JD McPherson, The Surfrajettes, Televisionaries, Cop Shop, The Rondells, The Smithereens, Los Dedos, Jan & Dean, The Wave Chargers, The King Beez and a trio of songs to help you get "down" by Los Straitjackets (with Reverend Horton Heat), Mr. Mister and Bruce Johnston! Beth Riley has a great deep track by The Beach Boys in her Surf's Up: Beth's Beach Boys Break. We hear from Kurt Reil of The Grip Weeds in our Green Room segment and as always we drop a coin in the Jammin' James Jukebox for our selection of the week! Intro music bed: "Catch A Wave"- The Beach Boys Todd Bradley- "Round Midnight" King Beez- "Hound Dog" Televisionaries- "Mad About You" Cop Shop- "Sub-Rock" The Wave Chargers- "Bombora" Time to get "Down": Bruce Johnston- "Down Under" Mr. Mister- "Don't Slow Down" Los Straitjackets (with Reverend Horton Heat)- "Down The Line" Surf's Up: Beth's Beach Boys Break: The Beach Boys- "Salt Lake City" Follow "Surf's Up: Beth's Beach Boys Break" HERE The Rondells- "El Chicken" Jan & Dean- "Girl, You're Blowing My Mind" The Surfrajettes- "Roller Fink" Los Dedos- "March Of The Crabs" Green Room segment: Kurt Reil on Brian Wilson tribute and love of The Beach Boys The Grip Weeds- "You're So Good To Me" Jammin' James Jukebox selection of the week: The T-Bones- "Rail-Vette" JD McPherson- "Let's Rock" The Smithereens- "Back To Balboa" Outro Music Bed: Jan & Dean- "Girl, You're Blowing My Mind" (instrumental backing track)

Catching A Wave 05-02-22 May 02, 2022

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We have a hot new Catching A Wave this hour with rockers from His Lordship, Jack White, Mario Monterosso, Dick Dale, Greg Townson, Stereophonic Space Sound Unlimited, Los Straitjackets, The Zipheads, The Babalooneys, The Violet Mindfield, Halibears, Pitted, Underwater Bosses, The Surfbeat Club and more. Beth Riley has another awesome deep track from The Beach Boys in her Surf's Up: Beth's Beach Boys Break. We board the Catching A Wave Time Machine for the week ending March 21st, 1964 and 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 Dick Dale- "Peter Gunn" Stereophonic Space Sound Unlimited- "Land Of Swingin' Atoms" The Surfbeat Club- "Triple Type" Jack White- "Fear Of The Dawn" Underwater Bosses- "Sea Wolf" Pitted- "The Best Barrels Ever" Greg Townson- "Step Aside" The Babalooneys- "Moment Of Truth" Surf's Up: Beth's Beach Boys Break: The Beach Boys- "That Same Song" Follow "Surf's Up: Beth's Beach Boys Break" HERE Halibears- "Twisting Sister" Mario Monterosso- "40 Miles Of Bad Road" His Lordship- "Run Chicken Run" Catching A Wave Time Machine week ending March 21st, 1964: #29 Freddy "Boom Boom" Cannon- "Abigail Beecher" #5 The Beach Boys- "Fun, Fun, Fun" #1 The Beatles- "She Loves You" Jammin' James Jukebox selection of the week: Billy Ward & His Dominoes- "Jennie Lee" The Violet Mindfield- "By The Sunrise" The Zipheads- "Accendino" Los Straitjackets- "Squid" Outro music bed: Eddie Angel- "Deuces Wild"

Catching A Wave 04-25-22 Apr 25, 2022

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Get ready for another fun hour of Catching A Wave! We continue our celebration of the 10th anniversary of The Beach Boys album That's Why God Made The Radio with another stellar track from that release. Speaking of The Beach Boys, Beth Riley has a deep track from them singing about their favorite late night talk show host. We have a trio of tv show themes from Danny Gatton, Los Straitjackets and The Ventures and of course we drop a coin in the Jammin' James Jukebox to hear our selection of the week! Plus, we've got tunes from The Courettes, Jan & Dean, Duane Eddy, The Jackets, Shorty's Swingin' Coconuts, Secret Agent, Slink Moss Explosion, Danny B. Harvey, Frogman (with Hershel Yatovitz), Slacktone, The Krontjong Devils, The Rip Chords and The Eye Five.

Intro music bed: "Catch A Wave"- The Beach Boys Shorty's Swingin' Coconuts- "Il Cavaliere" The Eye Five- "Hang Five" The Jackets- "What About You" The Krontjong Devils- "Gangsters" Slacktone- "Skateboard Commando" Trio of TV themes: Danny Gatton- "The Simpsons" Los Straitjackets- "Batman Theme" The Ventures- "Hawaii Five-O" Surf's Up: Beth's Beach Boys Break: The Beach Boys- "Johnny Carson" Follow "Surf's Up: Beth's Beach Boys Break" HERE Duane Eddy- "Banana Peels" Secret Agent- "Rockaway Beach" Slink Moss Explosion- "Pass It Around" Frogman (with Hershel Yatovitz)- "Golden Town" 10th Anniversary Celebration of The Beach Boys- That's Why God Made The Radio The Beach Boys- "The Private Life Of Bill And Sue" Jan & Dean- "Palisades Park" Jammin' James Jukebox selection of the week: Michael Blessing (Nesmith)- "A Journey With Michael Blessing" The Courettes- "Trash Can Honey" Danny B. Harvey- "Snake Charmer Blues" The Rip Chords- "'40 Ford Time" Outro music bed: Eddie Angel- "Mustang"

Catching A Wave 04-18-22 Apr 18, 2022

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Tons of NEW tunes and classics on this week's Catching A Wave! Hear rockers from JD McPherson, Kioea, The Surfrajettes, Fire Whale, The SurfAnauts, Frankie & The Poolboys, Jeffrey Foskett, Wiped Out, The Surf Junkies, Televisionaries, The Surfaris, The Me Gustas, Sant Anna Bay Coconuts, King Pelican and Beach Bomb! Beth Riley has a deep track from The Beach Boys, we have a Twonami with 2 in a row by Link Wray and 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 The SurfAnauts- "Intoxica" Fire Whale- "Wave Paradox" Televisionaries- "Ultimatum" The Surf Junkies- "Tequila" Beach Bomb- "Tsharknami" JD McPherson- "Manta Ray" Wiped Out- "Mellow Out" King Pelican- "In The Shadow Of The Gallows" Surf's Up: Beth's Beach Boys Break: The Beach Boys- "Full Sail" Follow "Surf's Up: Beth's Beach Boys Break" HERE Sant Anna Bay Coconuts- "The Transporter" The Me Gustas- "Arriba, Abajo" Jeffrey Foskett- "Thru My Window" Two-nami: Link Wray- "Rawhide" (from Bullshot) Link Wray- "Run Chicken Run" (live at The Paradiso) Jammin' James Jukebox selection of the week: Los Straitjackets & The Trashmen- "High School Confidential" Kioea- "Crane Feather" Frankie & The Poolboys- "Free Fall" The Surfaris- "Go Go Go For Louie's Place" Eddie Angel- "Deuces Wild"

Catching A Wave 04-11-22 Apr 11, 2022

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The Wheel Of Fun, Fun, Fun returns this hour with randomly selected covers of The Beach Boys by Dave Alvin, Alexis Cunningham and Christian Love! We pay tribute to Dallas Wood of The Sadies who passed away Feb. 17 at 48 years old. Beth Riley has a great track from The Beach Boys in her Surf's Up: Beth's Beach Boys Break, we have a "wind" themed trio of tunes from Cameronoise, Danny Amis & Twin Tones and The Ventures and we drop a coin in the Jammin' James Jukebox to hear our selection of the week. Plus, we pack in rockers from The Grip Weeds, Mario Monterosso, Stories From Shamehill, Danny B. Harvey, The Explorers Club, The Courettes, Les Robots and Radioactive Electric Eel Factory!

Intro music bed: "Catch A Wave"- The Beach Boys Stories From Shamehill- "Return Of The Space Mariachis Part 1" Les Robots- "You Got What I Want" RIP Dallas Good of The Sadies...passed February 17-2022 48 years old: The Sadies- "The Double Wide" Radioactive Electric Eel Factory- "Last Trout On The Left" The Courettes- "Killer Eyes" "Wind" trio: Cameronoise- "Windmills" Danny Amis & Twin Tones- "South Wind" The Ventures- "Windy and Warm" Surf's Up: Beth's Beach Boys Break: The Beach Boys- "Where I Belong" Follow "Surf's Up: Beth's Beach Boys Break" HERE Mario Monterosso- "Driving To California" The Explorers Club- "I've Been Waiting" (from Grand Hotel celebrating 10 years since it's 2012 release) Wheel Of Fun, Fun, Fun: Dave Alvin- "Surfer Girl" Alexis Cunningham- "Don't Worry, Baby" Christian Love- "All Summer Long" Jammin' James Jukebox selection of the week: Carole King- "Queen Of The Beach" The Grip Weeds- "Lies" (Instrumental mix from A Deeper Dig) Outro: Eddie Angel- "Deuces Wild"

Catching A Wave 04-04-22 Apr 04, 2022

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We've got a "secret" trio of tunes from The Young Barons, Dick Dale & His Del-Tones and Stereopohic Space Sound Unlimited. Hear 2 tracks from the new Frogman release with Deke Dickerson and Danny B. Harvey. Beth Riley has a windy tune from The Beach Boys in her Surf's Up: Beth's Beach Boys Break. We board the Catching A Wave Time Machine for the week ending January 5th, 1963 for some tunes on the KFWB Los Angeles chart and we'll drop a coin in the Jammin' James Jukebox to hear our selection of the week. We'll also pay tribute to Sandy Nelson who passed away on February 14th, 2022 at 83 years old. Plus, we have tunes from The Zipheads, The Surf Hermits, The Leonites, Didi Wray, Masters Of The University, Papa Smurf and Peopleperson!

Intro music bed: "Catch A Wave"- The Beach Boys The Surf Hermits- "Attack Of The Killer Pi" Peopleperson- "Suave Surf" Masters Of The University- "Marty and Stuart" RIP Sandy Nelson (Dec. 1-1938 - Feb. 14, 2022): Sandy Nelson & The Sin City Termites- "Surf Tune" Didi Wray- "You Are My Gillman" "Secret" trio: Stereophonic Space Sound Unlimited- "Secret Lab" Dick Dale & His Del-Tones- "Secret Surfin' Spot" The Young Barons- "Secret Agent Man" Surf's Up: Beth's Beach Boys Break: The Beach Boys- "Winds Of Change" Follow "Surf's Up: Beth's Beach Boys Break" HERE Frogman with Deke Dickerson- "Man Of Mystery" Frogman with Danny B. Harvey- "Close Encounters" Catching A Wave Time Machine Week ending January 5, 1963 on KFWB Los Angeles #29 Duane Eddy- "(Dance With The) Guitar Man" #15 Chubby Checker- "Limbo Rock" #1 Dick Dale- "Miserlou" Jammin' James Jukebox selection of the week: Sagittarius- "My World Fell Down" Papa Surf- "Malaguena" The Zipheads- "Agent Z" Outro music bed: Eddie Angel- "Deuces Wild"

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