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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 11-08-21 Nov 08, 2021

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We have SOOO many new tunes and classics for you on the new Catching A Wave! Hear The Surfrajettes, Brian Wilson, Man Or Astro-Man?, Satan's Pilgrims, The Bomboras, The Dirty Licks, Todd Bradley, Trevor Lake, Jackslacks, Fire Whale, Secret Agent, The Dirty Licks and Duane Eddy! Beth Riley has a deep track from The Beach Boys in her Surf's Up: Beth's Beach Boys Break. The Wheel Of Fun, Fun, Fun returns with 3 covers of The Beach Boys by Rivers Cuomo, Peanuts and The Midnight Callers AND we'll drop a quarter in the Jammin' James Jukebox to hear our selection of the week!

Intro music bed: "Catch A Wave"- The Beach Boys Secret Agent- "Man In The Middle" Man Or Astro-Man?- "Space 1991" The Surfrajettes- "Couch Surfing" The Dirty Licks- "Holograham Crackers" *Rush Hour snippet The Bomboras- "Party At Greggs" Brian Wilson- "God Only Knows" Duane Eddy & The Rebels- "Beach Bound" Fire Whale- "Breathe Smoke" Surf's Up: Beth's Beach Boys Break- The Beach Boys- "Sunshine" Follow "Surf's Up: Beth's Beach Boys Break" HERE Todd Bradley- "Next Summer" Trevor Lake- "Pretend It's Summer" Wheel Of Fun, Fun, Fun: Rivers Cuomo- "Don't Worry Baby" Peanuts- "I'm Waiting For The Day" The Midnight Callers- "Do It Again" Jammin' James Jukebox selection of the week: The Rumblers- "Boss" Jackslacks- "Avalanche" Satan's Pilgrims- "The Dredger" Outro music bed: Eddie Angel- "Deuces Wild"

Catching A Wave 11-01-21 Nov 01, 2021

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Lots of new tunes, some classics and a lot of fun segments this hour! We've got rockin' tracks from Martin Cilia, Girl Over Planet, The Neptunas, Southern Culture On The Skids, Deke Dickerson, Little Kahuna, Big Mick & The Curl, The Breakers, Hot Rod Trio and B Confidential & The Secret Four. There's a trio of "Money" themed tunes from 3 monster guitarists: Dick Dale, Eddie Angel and Brian Setzer. Speaking of money, we drop a coin in the Jammin' James Jukebox to hear our selection of the week and Beth Riley has a deep track from The Beach Boys in her Surf's Up: Beth's Beach Boys Break!

Intro music bed: "Catch A Wave"- The Beach Boys Southern Culture On The Skids- "Everybody's Talkin' At Me" The Neptunas- "The Lonely Bull" Deke Dickerson- "Shot Up With Hallmark" Little Kahuna- "Road Trip" *snippet from Blue Hawaii Big Mick & The Curl- "The Flyin' Hawaiian "Money" theme: Eddie Angel- "No Money" Brian Setzer- "Stack My Money" Dick Dale- "Money" Surf's Up: Beth's Beach Boys Break- The Beach Boys- "Somewhere Near Japan" Follow "Surf's Up: Beth's Beach Boys Break" HERE Girl Over Planet- "Rollin' With The Creeps" The Breakers- "The Most Trouble I Have Ever Been In" B Confidential & The Secret Four- "Black Is The Color Of My Baby's Soul" Two-Nami: James Wilsey- "The Rattler" Chris Isaak- "Another Day" Jammin' James Jukebox selection of the week: The Tri-Five- "Come & Get It" Hot Rod Trio- "Snoopy's Revenge" Martin Cilia- "Don't Pay The Ransom" Outro music bed: Duane Eddy- "Curveball"

Halloween show! Catching A Wave 10-25-21 Oct 25, 2021

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It's a full hour of Halloween songs and fun on this week's Catching A Wave. Beth Riley has a "monster" song from The Beach Boys in her Surf's Up: Beth's Beach Boys Break and we get a spooky tune in our Jammin' James Jukebox selection of the week too! Plus, we've got tunes from Dick Dale, Los Straitjackets, Didi Wray, Mark Malibu & The Wasagas, Black Flamingos, Billy F Gibbons, Jason Janik, The Creature Preachers, Man Or Astro-man?, Satan's Pilgrims, The Volcanics, Shriek If You Know What I Did Last Friday The 13th, Blackball Bandits, Messer Chups, Dave Del Monte and Atomic Drag! Intro music bed: "Batman"- The Ventures Blackball Bandits- "Night Of The Vampire" Black Flamingos- "Are You Afraid Of The Dark?" Mark Malibu & The Wasagas- "Summer Of Frightenstein" Atomic Drag- "Atomic Undead" *The Teenage Psycho Meets Bloody Mary trailer Messer Chups- "Ghost Party" Didi Wray- "Twilight Zone" *Halloween Convention Of Spooks trailer Dave Del Monte- "Haunted Horror Howl" The Volcanics- "Witching Hour" Surf's Up: Beth's Beach Boys Break-The Beach Boys- "Monster Mash"Follow "Surf's Up: Beth's Beach Boys Break" HERE Shriek If You Know What I Did Last Friday The 13th- "Surfer Funeral" Satan's Pilgrims- "Gravewalk" *The Werewolf trailer The Hi-Risers- "Call Me The Wolfman" Man Or Astro-man?- "Madness In The Streets" The Creature Preachers- "Mr. Hyde's New Ride" Los Straitjackets- "Tarantula" Jammin' James Jukebox selection of the week: Link Wray- "The Shadow Knows" *Creature From The Black Lagoon trailer Billy F Gibbons- "Desert High" Jason Janik- "It's Alive" Dick Dale- "Ghost Riders In The Sky" Outro music bed: Ben Vaughn- "Psycho Beach Party"

Catching A Wave 10-18-21 Oct 18, 2021

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We hear the #1 song in our Top 5 Favorite Songs Of The Beach Boys Countdown as voted on by YOU! It was a tight race and over 50 songs were submitted as your favorites. We also hear a deep track by The Beach Boys from Beth Riley in her Surf's Up: Beth's Beach Boys Break and a tune from their latest Feel Flows boxset later on the show as well. We've got a trio of tunes from artists/bands with a color in their name (Junior Brown, The Green Reflectors and Blue Stingrays) as well as rockers from Surfer Joe, Los Twang Marvels, Greg Townson, The Surfaris, Jason Lee & The R.I.P.Tides, Shoot The Pier, The Explorers Club, Jason Janik, Slacktone, The Rip Chords and Blackball Bandits!!

Intro music bed: "Catch A Wave"- The Beach Boys Jason Janik- "Light'em Up" The Explorers Club- "Say You Will" Blackball Bandits- "Night Rider" The Rip Chords- "Surfin' Craze" *Spongebob snippet Greg Townson- "Aztec" (feat. Yolanda Marvel) "Color" theme artist/band: Blue Stingrays- "Green Sea" Junior Brown- "Rock-A-Hula Baby" The Green Reflectors- "Crypt Kicker" Surf's Up: Beth's Beach Boys Break: The Beach Boys- "Pitter Patter" Follow "Surf's Up: Beth's Beach Boys Break" HERE Slacktone- "Blast Bolero" Surfer Joe- "Coil Burner" Jason Lee & The R.I.P.Tides- "Pain Killer" Shoot The Pier- "Hallucinations" Top 5 countdown of YOUR favorite songs by The Beach Boys: #1 The Beach Boys- "Wouldn't It Be Nice" Jammin' James Jukebox selection of the week: Legendary Masked Surfers- "Gonna Hustle You" Los Twang Marvels- "Guitars In Orbit" The Beach Boys- "Seasons In The Sun" Outro Music Bed: Eddie Angel- "Deuces Wild"

Catching A Wave 10-11-21 Oct 11, 2021

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We're continuing our Top 5 Countdown of YOUR favorite songs by The Beach Boys this week as hear tunes #3 and #2. Beth Riley also has a deep track from them in her Surf's Up: Beth's Beach Boys Break. We've got a trio of tunes with "Watusi" in the title from Reverend Horton Heat, Duane Eddy and The Ventures plus we'll drop a coin in the Jammin' James Jukebox to hear our selection of the week! Plus, we've got tunes from Brian Setzer, The Swongos, D. Clayton Thompson, Mark Malibu & The Wasagas (from the Hallmark Guitars compilation, Kustom Kings Ride Again), Jeffrey Foskett, Johnny Burnette, Escape The Tube, The Surf Raiders, The 5.6.7.8's, Los Blue Marinos, Coffin Daggers and Los Freneticos!

Intro music bed: "Catch A Wave"- The Beach Boys Brian Setzer- "Drip Drop" Jeffrey Foskett- "Sunshine All The Time" The Swangos- "Cardboard Creature" The Coffin Daggers- "Flowers In The Rain" Los Freneticos- "Americana Twist" "Watusi" theme: Duane Eddy- "Wild Watusi" The Ventures- "The Wah-Watusi" Reverend Horton Heat- "Watusi Rodeo" Surf's Up: Beth's Beach Boys Break: The Beach Boys- "Let Us Go On This Way" Follow "Surf's Up: Beth's Beach Boys Break" HERE Johnny Burnette- "Sweet Suzie" Mark Malibu & The Wasagas- "Red Monster On The Loose" Los Blue Marinos- "Wild Marino" The 5.6.7.8's- "Jane In The Jungle" Top 5 countdown of YOUR favorite songs by The Beach Boys: #3 The Beach Boys- "God Only Knows" #2 The Beach Boys- "Good Vibrations" Jammin' James Jukebox selection of the week: Annette Funicello & The Beach Boys- "The Monkey's Uncle" The Surf Raiders- "Tsunami" D. Clayton Thompson- "Driving Guitars" Escape The Tube- "The Tube Thief" Outro Music Bed: Eddie Angel- "Deuces Wild"

Catching A Wave 10-04-21 Oct 04, 2021

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It's a party on this week's Catching A Wave! We hear a trio of "party" themed tunes from Annette, The Surfrajettes and Los Straitjackets with The World Famous Pontani Sisters and Kaiser George. We hear #5 and #4 in our Top 5 Countdown of YOUR favorite songs by The Beach Boys. Beth Riley has a deep track from The Beach Boys as well 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 (a song you may know by The Monkees but this band did it first). Plus, we've got The Grip Weeds, La Luz, Little Kahuna, Black Flamingos, Supraphonics, Big Mick & The Curl, Southern Culture On The Skids, The B. Christopher Band, Twang Inspectors and The Surf Hermits all joining in on the party!

Intro music bed: "Catch A Wave"- The Beach Boys Big Mick & The Curl- "67 Impala" Black Flamingos- "Feathery" Little Kahuna- "Little Kahuna" Twang Inspectors- "Snails On Speed" The Surf Hermits- "Palaver In The Desert" Trio of "Party" themed tunes: Annette- "Muscle Beach Party" The Surfrajettes- "Party Line" Los Straitjackets (with the World Famous Pontani Sisters & Kaiser George)- "Twist Party" Surf's Up: Beth's Beach Boys Break: The Beach Boys- "A Casual Look" Follow "Surf's Up: Beth's Beach Boys Break" HERE The B. Christopher Band- "Pool And A Pond" The Grip Weeds- "After The Sunrise" La Luz- "In The Country" Southern Culture On The Skids- "Run Baby Run" Top 5 countdown of YOUR favorite songs by The Beach Boys: #5 The Beach Boys- "Don't Worry Baby" #4 The Beach Boys- "Surf's Up" Jammin' James Jukebox selection of the week: The Astronauts- "Tomorrow's Gonna Be Another Day" The Supraphonics- "Pedal Pusher" Outro Music Bed: Eddie Angel- "Mustang"

Catching A Wave 09-27-21 Sep 27, 2021

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September may be coming to a close soon but things are still hot here on Catching A Wave. We've got tunes from Greg Townson, The Volcanics, Slowey & The Boats, The Hang Ten Gallon Hats, The Tourmaliners, Junior Brown, Louie & The Wolf Gang, The Anderson Council, The Guantanamos, Satan's Pilgrims, The Routes, Mark Malibu & The Wasagas and more! We've got a Two-Nami in the forecast with 2 in a row featuring Danny Amis. Beth Riley has a toe-tapping 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 Greg Townson- "Go Go Power" Junior Brown- "Surf Medley" Louie & The Wolf Gang- "What The S___urf" The Hang Ten Gallon Hats- "Surf Session At Sunset" The Anderson Council- "Fire Island" The Guantanamos- "Guantanamos Twist" The Tourmaliners- "Amber" The Bomboras- "Riot City" Surf's Up: Beth's Beach Boys Break: The Beach Boys- "Take A Load Off Your Feet" Follow "Surf's Up: Beth's Beach Boys Break" HERE The Routes- "Wasabi Attack" Mark Malibu & The Wasagas- "Punch Out At The Beach" The Volcanics- "Fool Around" Two-Nami: Danny Amis- "Whiplash" The Raybeats (feat. Danny Amis)- "Big Black Sneakers" Jammin' James Jukebox selection of the week: Carl Wilson- "Givin' You Up" The Beach Boys- "Slip On Through" (Alternate 1969 mix with session intro) Slowey & The Boats- "Border Serenade" Outro Music Bed: Eddie Angel- "Deuces Wild"

Catching A Wave 09-20-21 Sep 20, 2021

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We've got an action packed hour of rockin' vintage and modern tunes for you on this week's Catching A Wave! We'll hear a trio of tunes with "California" in the title from Cheap Trick, Dick Dale and Lenny Kravitz. Beth Riley has a cool deep track from The Beach Boys in her Surf's Up: Beth's Beach Boys Break, we board the Catching A Wave Time Machine to hear 3 songs in the top 100 for the week ending October 17th, 1964 and we'll drop a coin in the Jammin' James Jukebox to hear our selection of the week! Plus, we've got killer tunes from Didi Wray (feat. Señor Chancho), Jason Janik, Ramones, Wiped Out, The Hi-Tide Orchestra, The Coguaros, Marvin Etzioni, The Tremolo Beer Gut, Blackball Bandits, The Cudas and Bamboogie Injections!

Intro music bed: "Catch A Wave"- The Beach Boys The Hi-Tide Orchestra- "Akaw!" Didi Wray (feat. Señor Chancho)- "One Step Beyond" The Tremolo Beer Gut- "Jive Jimmie Juma" Bamboogie Injections- "Marsfield Engineer" Blackball Bandits- "Down The Poisoned River" Trio of "California" tunes: Dick Dale- "California Sun" Lenny Kravitz- "California" Cheap Trick- "California Girl" Surf's Up: Beth's Beach Boys Break- The Beach Boys- "Island Girl" Follow "Surf's Up: Beth's Beach Boys Break" HERE Wiped Out- "Shark Attack" Marvin Etzioni- "Summer In A Bottle" Jason Janik- "Fire Walker" Catching A Wave Time Machine Week ending October 17th, 1964: #23 Jan & Dean- "Ride The Wild Surf" #13 The Hondells- "Little Honda" #1 Manfred Mann- "Do Wah Diddy Diddy" Jammin' James Jukebox selection of the week: Black Flamingos- "Flamingo Twist" Ramones- "Rockaway Beach" The Coguaros- "Bumble Twist" The Cudas- "My Summer Song" Outro Music Bed: Ramones- "California Sun" (instrumental)

Catching A Wave 09-13-21 Sep 13, 2021

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Hold on for a wild surf this hour on Catching A Wave! Beth Riley has a deep track of The Beach Boys in her Surf's Up: Beth's Beach Boys Break. Plus, Mike Love talks about another family group influence on The Beach Boys...The Everly Brothers...in our Green Room segment AND we spin another track from The Beach Boys Feel Flows box set later too. Of course we also drop a coin in the Jammin' James Jukebox to hear our selection of the week and we also spin tunes from The Jagaloons, Surfer Joe, Trevor Lake, Introducers, Los Straitjackets, 12AX7, Underwater Bosses, The Cramps, King Of Hawaii, The Surfaris, Marmalade Wake, Black Valley Moon, La Luz, Messer Chups, The Metalunas and The Cosmic Wrays!!

Intro music bed: "Catch A Wave"- The Beach Boys The Jagaloons- "Journey To The Stars" The Cramps- "Peter Gunn" King Of Hawaii- "Man O' War" The Cosmic Wrays- "Ellen Barkin Across The 8th Dimension" La Luz- "Watching Cartoons" Black Valley Moon- "John Ashley's Eye" The Surfaris- "Wipe Out" (live) Surf's Up: Beth's Beach Boys Break- The Beach Boys- "San Miguel" Follow "Surf's Up: Beth's Beach Boys Break" HERE The Metalunas- "Tarzan" Surfer Joe- "Deep" Underwater Bosses- "Surftacular" 12AX7- "Mr. Lincoln Fell Down His Stairs" Green Room segment: Mike Love on The Everly Bros influence The Beach Boys- "Devoted To You" (Take 3/ Session 3) Jammin' James Jukebox selection of the week: Duane Eddy- "The Wild Westerner" Introducers- "Surf Feva" The Beach Boys- "This Whole World" (Alternate Ending) Trevor Lake- "Go Go Ferrari" Los Straitjackets- "Brooklyn Slide" Messer Chups- "Mini Skirt" Outro Music Bed: The Beach Boys- "Carl's Big Chance"

Catching A Wave 09-06-21 Sep 06, 2021

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There's still a couple of weeks of Summer left...but then again it's Summer all year long here on Catching A Wave! We've got another great Wheel Of Fun, Fun, Fun segment with covers of The Beach Boys by The Astronauts, Di Maggio Connection and The Anderson Council. Speaking of The Beach Boys, Beth Riley has a track you'll love in her Surf's Up: Beth's Beach Boys Break. We'll drop a coin in the Jammin' James Jukebox to hear our selection of the week and we've got tunes from Greg Townson, The Hang Ten Gallon Hats, Duane Eddy, Brian Setzer, Dick Dale, Lords Of Atlantis, Midnight Oil, Brian Wilson, Jim & The Sea Dragons, The Tourmaliners, The Breakers, Captain Rico & The Ghost Band and The Grip Weeds!!

Intro music bed: "Catch A Wave"- The Beach Boys Greg Townson- "Goin' Wild" Brian Setzer- "Smash Up On The Highway" The Grip Weeds- "Vibrations" Lords Of Atlantis- "Long Live The King" Dick Dale- "Sloop John B" Midnight Oil- "Wedding Cake Island" Captain Rico & The Ghost Band- "Running In The Wind" The Breakers- "Ocean Of Fire" Surf's Up: Beth's Beach Boys Break- The Beach Boys- "Roller Skating Child'" Follow "Surf's Up: Beth's Beach Boys Break" HERE Brian Wilson- "Desert Drive" Jim & The Sea Dragons- "City Under The Sea" Wheel Of Fun, Fun, Fun: The Astronauts- "Surfin' USA" Di Maggio Connection- "Don't Worry Baby" The Anderson Council- "Girl Don't Tell Me" Jammin' James Jukebox selection of the week: The Lively Ones- "Surf Rider" The Hang Ten Gallon Hats- "Giddy Up Surfboard" The Tourmaliners- "Amber" Outro Music Bed: Eddie Angel- "Mustang"

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