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Catching A Wave

A great place to discover and relive vintage and modern rockabilly, blues, surf, roots, r&b, oldies, etc. Hear favorites and obscure tracks as well as exclusive interviews

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Catching A Wave 03-28-22 Mar 28, 2022

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LOTS of new tunes and classics on this hour of Catching A Wave! We have a trio of "drive" tunes from Los Straitjackets, The Ventures and Jan & Dean. Beth Riley has a deep track from The Beach Boys that everyone is in love with. We continue our 10th Anniversary celebration of The Beach Boys' album, That's Why God Made The Radio and we'll drop a coin in the Jammin' James Jukebox! Plus, we've got great tunes from Greg Townson, Christian Love, Danny B. Harvey, Erik Alesi, The Razerbills, The Rumtones, The Babalooneys, Ramones, Cameronoise, Davie Allan & The Arrows, Jeremy Slemenda and Link Wray! Intro music bed: "Catch A Wave"- The Beach Boys The Razerbills- "Rossito's Revenge" Davie Allan & The Arrows- "Straight 'N Arrow" Ramones- "Go Lil' Camaro Go" Cameronoise- "Wheel Of Misfortune" Jeremy Slemenda- "Out Of Nowhere" Trio of "Drive" tunes: Los Straitjackets- "Galaxy Drive" The Ventures- "Night Drive" Jan & Dean- "I Gotta Drive" Surf's Up: Beth's Beach Boys Break: The Beach Boys- "Everyone's In Love With You" Follow "Surf's Up: Beth's Beach Boys Break" HERE The Babalooneys- "Wide-Track Weekend" Greg Townson- "My Crush On You" Erik Alesi- "Last Breath" Danny B. Harvey- "Surf Cat" 10th Anniversary Celebration of The Beach Boys- That's Why God Made The Radio The Beach Boys- "Spring Vacation" Jammin' James Jukebox selection of the week: Jack Nitzsche- "The Lonely Surfer" The Rumtones- "Terror In The Trench" Christian Love- "Talk About The Things" Link Wray- "Green Hornet" Outro music bed: Eddie Angel- "Deuces Wild"

Catching A Wave 03-21-22 Mar 21, 2022

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Kicking off Spring 2022 with a hot new Catching A Wave! Our Two-Nami is on Mike Campbell with tracks from his bands Blue Stingrays and The Dirty Knobs. Beth Riley has a funky deep track from The Beach Boys in her Surf's Up: Beth's Beach Boys Break. We get to stompin' with a trio of tunes with "stomp" in the title from Eddie & The Showmen, J.P. McDermott and Western Stomp and The Space Cossacks and we drop a coin in the Jammin' James Jukebox to hear our selection of the week! Plus, we have tunes from Surfer Joe, Black Valley Moon, Stereophonic Space Sound Unlimited, The Courettes, Messer Chups, Draculina, Fime, The Krontjong Devils, The Mellows, Fime and The Woodhavens! Intro music bed: "Catch A Wave"- The Beach Boys Surfer Joe- "Hit The Surf" Draculina- "Jet Black" The Krontjong Devils- "Call Me" Fime- "Born 2 Love" The Woodhavens- "Barkada" Trio of "Stomp" theme: Eddie & The Showmen- "Showmen Stomp" J.P. McDermott and Western Bop- "Long Beach Stomp" The Space Cossacks- "Solaris Stomp" Surf's Up: Beth's Beach Boys Break: The Beach Boys- "Funky Pretty" Follow "Surf's Up: Beth's Beach Boys Break" HERE Messer Chups- "Point Conception '63 The Beach Boys- "California Dreamin'" (early version) The Mellows- "I'm Coming Home" Black Valley Moon- "Bikeage" Two-Nami on Mike Campbell: The Dirty Knobs- "Rumble" Blue Stingrays- "Dawn Patrol" Jammin' James Jukebox selection of the week: The Shadows- "Man Of Mystery" The Courettes- "So What" Stereophonic Space Sound Unlimited- "Inspector Cortez" Outro music bed: Eddie Angel- "Black Widdow"

Catching A Wave 03-14-22 Mar 14, 2022

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This hour is all kinds of fun! For one reason, we've got the Wheel Of Fun, Fun, Fun returning with randomly selected covers of The Beach Boys. And a variety of more reasons including Surf's Up Beth's Beach Boys break and a cool track from The Beach Boys selected by Beth Riley, a trio of "reverb" tunes from Wiped Out, Martin Cilia and Southern Culture On The Skids" and of course the Jammin' James Jukebox to hear our selection of the week. Plus, there's great tunes from JD McPherson, The Surf Junkies, The Grip Weeds, Mike Campbell & The Dirty Knobs, The Creature Preachers, Stories From Shamehill, The Zipheads, King Pelican and The Sparks Boys!! Intro music bed: "Catch A Wave"- The Beach Boys The Zipheads- "The Day The Surf Stood Still" Stories From Shamehill- "Bo George" The Sparks Boys- "Dead Valley" King Pelican- "The Rider" The Surf Junkies- "The Tube" "Reverb" trio: Wiped Out- "Reverbology" Martin Cilia- "Reverb Beach" Southern Culture On The Skids- "Red Beans N' Reverb" Surf's Up: Beth's Beach Boys Break: The Beach Boys- "Come Go With Me" Follow "Surf's Up: Beth's Beach Boys Break" HERE JD McPherson- "Just Around The Corner" The Creature Preachers- "When You Sleep" Wheel Of Fun, Fun, Fun: The Anderson Council- "I'd Love Just Once To See You" Pat Dinizio- "Surfer Girl" Junior Brown & The Beach Boys- "409" Jammin' James Jukebox: Los Straitjackets- "Tailspin" Mike Campbell & The Dirty Knobs- "Wicked Mind" Outro Music Bed: Eddie Angel- "Mustang"

Catching A Wave 03-07-22 Mar 07, 2022

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Great new tunes continue to come in for Catching A Wave every week! We've got rockin' tracks from The Courettes, Frogman, Atomic Drag, America, Surf Zombies, Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers, The Surfbeat Club, The Outta Sites, Darren Michael Boyd, Jeremy & The Harlequins, Astrosurf, The Dirty Licks, Halibears, The Desolate Coast and The Avocados. We've got a Two-nami in the forecast with a couple of tunes Brian Wilson produced. Beth Riley has a fun song 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 selection of the week! Intro music bed: "Catch A Wave"- The Beach Boys Frogman- "C.C. Rider" The Dirty Licks- "Baby Rattle" The Desolate Coast- "Cindy's Breakaway" The Outta Sites- "She's So Fine" The Avocados- "Surf Juan O' Juan" The Courettes- "Hop The Twig" Darren Michael Boyd- "Melting Beneath The Moon" The Surfbeat Club- "Jack Is Back" Surf's Up: Beth's Beach Boys Break: The Beach Boys- "Chug A Lug" Follow "Surf's Up: Beth's Beach Boys Break" HERE America- "Driving" Jeremy & The Harlequins- "It Won't Be Long" Astrosurf- "Swamp Water" Halibears- "Hasta La Twista" Two-Nami (both produced by Brian Wilson): Rachel & The Revolvers- "The Revo-lution" Bob & Sheri- "The Surfer Moon" Jammin' James Jukebox selection of the week: Jan & Arnie- "The Beat That Can't Be Beat" Surf Zombies- "Burning Love" Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers- "Heartbreakers Beach Party" Atomic Drag- "Brain Blob In Jar Grows Eyes" Outro music bed: Eddie Angel- "Deuces Wild"

Catching A Wave 02-28-22 Feb 28, 2022

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There is so much great music packed into this hour on Catching A Wave! Beth Riley has a whistlin' tune from The Beach Boys in her Surf's Up: Beth's Beach Boys Break. We've got a trio of "fish" themed tunes from Los Straitjackets, George Harrison & Dick Dale. We continue our 10th anniversary celebration of The Beach Boys' That's Why God Made The Radio album and we'll drop a coin in the Jammin' James Jukebox to hear our selection of the week. We'll pay tribute to Ronnie Spector who passed away on January 12th, 2022 with a solo tune and a classic from The Ronettes. Plus, we've got tunes from Didi Wray, Ramones, The Lucky Odds, The Insanitizers, The Rip Chords, Susanna Hoffs, HJ & The Constellations, Underwater Bosses, The Currie Brothers, Marty Rudnick and The Me Gustas!

Intro music bed: "Catch A Wave"- The Beach Boys The Me Gustas- "Conduit" The Lucky Odds- "Snake Eyes" Marty Rudnick- "Some Summer" The Currie Brothers- "Link Ray Gun" Underwater Bosses- "The Black Demon Of Cortez" "Fire" themed trio: Los Straitjackets- "The Fishin' Hole (Theme From The Andy Griffith Show)" George Harrison- "Fish On The Sand" Dick Dale- "Fish Taco" Surf's Up: Beth's Beach Boys Break: The Beach Boys- "Whistle In" Follow "Surf's Up: Beth's Beach Boys Break" HERE Susanna Hoffs- "No Good Trying" Didi Wray- "Love You Till Tuesday" The Insanitizers- "The Escape" HJ & The Constellations- "Tubular Spectacular" 10th Anniversary Celebration of The Beach Boys- That's Why God Made The Radio The Beach Boys- "Isn't It Time" (single mix) Jammin' James Jukebox selection of the week: The Overtones- "Red Checker Wagon" Ramones- Surf City" Remembering Ronnie Spector: Ronnie Spector and The Ronettes- "I'd Much Rather Be With The Girls" The Ronettes- "Be My Baby" The Rip Chords- "Hey Little Cobra" Outro music bed: The Beach Boys- "Isn't It Time" (instrumental)

Catching A Wave 02-21-22 Feb 21, 2022

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Surf instrumentals of Elvis Presley? You bet! Magnatech and The Terrorsurfs give some reverb drenched King covers this hour. Also, Greg Townson covers The Honeys. The Grip Weeds cover The Monkees. The Supertones cover the Surf Raiders. There's a trio of "Searchin'" themed tunes from The Raybeats, The Margraves and The Raybeats. Plus, we've got rockers from The Courettes, Lulufin The WooHoo, Dave Delmonte & The Cross County Boys, The Surf Junkies and El Borko. Beth Riley has a deep track from The Beach Boys in her always awesome 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!

Intro music bed: "Catch A Wave"- The Beach Boys The Surf Hermits- "Barrel Pounder" Magnatech- "(Marie's The Name Of) His Latest Flame" Greg Townson- "Pray For Surf" El Borko- "Headmixer Larry" Dave Del Monte & The Cross County Boys- "Hurricane" Trio of "Searchin'" Themed tunes: The Margraves- "Searchin' For You" Robert Plant & Alison Krauss- "Searching For My Love" The Raybeats- "Searching" Surf's Up: Beth's Beach Boys Break:The Beach Boys- "There's No Other Like My Baby"Follow "Surf's Up: Beth's Beach Boys Break" HERE Lulufin The WooHoo- "Jellyfish" The Courettes- "R.I.N.G.O" The Grip Weeds- "For Pete's Sake" Catching A Wave Time Machine For the week ending April 30, 1966: #32 Brian Wilson- "Caroline, No" #4 The Beach Boys- "Sloop John B" #1 The Young Rascals- "Good Lovin'" Jammin' James Jukebox selection of the week: The Busters- "Bust Out" The Supertones- "Curl Rider" The Terrorsurfs- "Little Sister" Outro music bed: Eddie Angel- "Deuces Wild"

Catching A Wave 02-14-22 Feb 14, 2022

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There's so much great music to choose from every week on Catching A Wave! This hour, hear a Star Wars theme trio from The Surf Hermits, Urban Surf Kings and Doyley & The Twanglords. Beth Riley has a deep track from The Beach Boys in her Surf's Up: Beth's Beach Boys Break. We've got a Green Room segment with a snippet of John Fogerty's Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame induction speech for The Ventures. We also pay tribute to Don Wilson (co-founder of The Ventures) who passed away on January 22nd, 2022. Plus, we've got some rockin' tunes from The Explorers Club, The Rumtones, The Surfbeat Club, The Tourmaliners, The Starhoppers, Brian Wilson and friends, The Mighty Gordinis, Les Robots, The Wipeouters, Genki Genki Panic, JJ and The Trash Dogs, The Avocados 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 Genki Genki Panic- "Zelda II: The Adventures Of Link Palace" The Avocados- "Fuzz Pit" The Wipeouters- "Luna Goona Park" The Mighty Gordinis- "Minnesota Twist" The Starhoppers- "Sled Driver" Star Wars Theme: The Surf Hermits- "Boba's Robe" Urban Surf Kings- "Star Wars" Doyley & The Twanglords- "Imperial Death March" Surf's Up: Beth's Beach Boys Break: The Beach Boys- "All This Is That" Follow "Surf's Up: Beth's Beach Boys Break" HERE The Surfbeat Club- "Ballroom Blitzkrieg" The Explorers Club- "I've Been Lonely Too Long" Les Robots- "Come Back If You Dare" The Tourmaliners- "Point Break" Green Room segment: John Fogerty induction speech snippet for The Ventures in the Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame/ Don Wilson tribute The Ventures- "Who'll Stop The Rain/ Bad Moon Risin'" Jammin' James Jukebox selection of the week: The Catalinas- "Banzai Washout" Brian Wilson & Friends- "California Saga" JJ and The Trash Dogs- "Sharkbite" The Rumtones- "Sand Spitters and Painkillers" Outro Music Bed: The Ventures- "Walk Don't Run"

Catching A Wave 02-07-22 Feb 07, 2022

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This episode of Catching A Wave is HOT! Partly due to our trio of "Fire" themed tunes from Southern Culture On The Skids, Cheap Trick and The Hi-Risers! Beth Riley has a great deep track from The Beach Boys in her Surf's Up: Beth's Beach Boys Break. And speaking of them, we have a snippet of Mike Love talking about "409" and Capitol Records in our Green Room segment and we also drop a coin in the Jammin' James Jukebox to hear our selection of the week. Plus, crank up some rockers from The Grip Weeds, Les Agamemnonz, El Castillo, Sheverb, Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet, Surfer Joe, Messer Chups, Link Wray, Dick Dale, Olivia Jean and 12AX7! Intro music bed: "Catch A Wave"- The Beach Boys The Dirty Licks- "Go-Kart Death Race" El Castillo- "El Norte" 12AX7- "Tomales" Messer Chups- "Bumble Boogie" Surfer Joe- "Rebel Princess" "Fire" theme: Southern Culture On The Skids- "Fight Fire" Cheap Trick- "Light Up The Fire" The Hi-Risers- "Fire Hazard" Surf's Up: Beth's Beach Boys Break: The Beach Boys- "Little Girl (You're My Miss America" Follow "Surf's Up: Beth's Beach Boys Break" HERE Les Agamemnonz- "Theme" Olivia Jean- "Tsunami Sue" Dick Dale & His Del-Tones- "426 Super Stock" Link Wray & His Ray Men- "Steel Trap" Green Room segment: Mike Love on "409" and Capitol Records The Beach Boys- "409" Jammin' James Jukebox selection of the week: The Beatles- "Cry For A Shadow" Shadowy Men On A Shadowy Planet- "Good Cop Bad Cop" The Grip Weeds- "Lady Friend" Sheverb- "Burn The Breeze" Outro Music Bed: Eddie Angel- "Deuces Wild"

Catching A Wave 01-31-22 Jan 31, 2022

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It might be cold where you are right now but it's summer all year long here on Catching A Wave! Beth Riley rescues us with a great track from The Beach Boys in her Surf's Up: Beth's Beach Boys Break. A "Two-Nami" is in the forecast with 2 in a row from The Surfaris (released 52 years apart) and we drop a coin in the Jammin' James Jukebox to hear our selection of the week. We've got a fun variety of tunes in the mix too from Susanna Hoffs, B.A. Charles, Jan & Dean, Darren Michael Boyd, Whistle Bait, The Red Elvises, The Terrorsurfs, Underwater Bosses, The Silicon, Marmalade Wake, Voodoo Surf Tribe, Bali Lamas, The Go-Go's and Twang Inspectors!

Intro music bed: "Catch A Wave"- The Beach Boys Underwater Bosses- "Aqualizer" Marmalade Wake- "Coconut Crackers" Whistle Bait- "At The Beach" Voodoo Surf Tribe- "Tijuana Tombstone" Twang Inspectors- "Snails On Speed" Susanna Hoffs- "You Just May Be The One" The Silicon- "Black Dory" Jan & Dean- "Sidewalk Surfin'" Surf's Up: Beth's Beach Boys Break: The Beach Boys- "Rock 'N' Roll To The Rescue" Follow "Surf's Up: Beth's Beach Boys Break" HERE B.A. Charles- "Marston Beach Break" The Terrorsurfs- "The Great Tuna Tumour" Bali Lamas- "Twang Ten" The Go-Go's- "Vision Of Nowness" Two-nami: The Surfaris- "Memphis" (1963) The Surfaris- "Point Panic" (2015) Jammin' James Jukebox selection of the week: The Flame- "See The Light" Darren Michael Boyd- "Amphibian Rhapsody" The Red Elvises- "Love Pipe" Outro Music Bed: Eddie Angel- "Deuces Wild"

Catching A Wave 01-24-22 Jan 24, 2022

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We start a new segment celebrating the 10th anniversary of The Beach Boys' That's Why God Made The Radio album that we'll spotlight throughout the year. Plus, Beth Riley brings a deep track from them in her Surf's Up: Beth's Beach Boys Break. We drop a coin in the Jammin' James Jukebox to hear a great rockin' selection of the week. We pay tribute to Michael Nesmith with a tune from The Monkees that he wrote and did lead vocals on. We also have some killer tunes from Rapt In Blue, The Surf Raiders, The El Caminos (covering The Surf Raiders), Brian Wilson, Tiki Riot, The Desolate Coast, The Ventures, The Hondells, The Breakers, Del Sotos, El Castillo, Magnatech and The Avocados.

Intro music bed: "Catch A Wave"- The Beach Boys The Avocados- "Flipside" El Castillo- "Double Tap" Tiki Riot- "Savages" The El Caminos- "Wave Walk'n" The Surf Raiders- "Curl Rider 84" Michael Nesmith- RIP (December 30, 1942 - December 10, 2021): The Monkees- "Sunny Girlfriend" The Desolate Coast- "The Punk Stole My Raffle Ticket" Laramie Dean- "Space Beat" Surf's Up: Beth's Beach Boys Break: The Beach Boys- "That's Not Me" Follow "Surf's Up: Beth's Beach Boys Break" HERE The Ventures- "Slaughter On 10th Avenue" (live in Seattle, WA) Magnatech- "Surf, Gentlemen!" Del Sotos- "Reverboard" The Breakers- "Afternoon Moon" 10th Anniversary Celebration of The Beach Boys- That's Why God Made The Radio The Beach Boys- "Think About The Days" The Beach Boys- "That's Why God Made The Radio" Jammin' James Jukebox selection of the week: Dick Dale- "Del-Tone Rock" Brian Wilson- "Slightly American Music" Rapt In Blue- "Bramble Bay" The Hondells- "He Wasn't Coming Back" Outro Music Bed: Eddie Angel- "Mustang"

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