Rockabilly & Blues Radio Hour

We're nearing the end of April but thankfully there's no end in sight for great music to play on Catching  A Wave! We hear a track from an album by the Aqualads that is celebrating it's 20th anniversary on our Good Time segment. Beth Riley has a deep track from The Beach Boys in her Surf's Up: Beth's Beach Boys Break. Speaking of them, Tears For Fears pays tribute to The Beach Boys and Brian Wilson specifically as our You're The Inspiration segment returns. As always, we'll drop a coin in the Jammin' James Jukebox to hear our selection of the week too (The Galaxy Trio)! Plus, hold on to your beach chairs, we've got rockers from Los Dedos, Sant Anna Bay Coconuts, We Love Surf, The Surfaris, Semisonic, JUDODOJO, The Hula Girls, Los Misterios, The Riptide Rats, The Baron Four, The Verbtones, The Sandbanks and Cowabunghouls!   Intro music bed: "Catch A Wave"- The Beach Boys   Sant Anna Bay Coconuts- "Liquid Walls" The Surfaris- "Point Panic"* Semisonic- "The Rope" (radio edit) Los Misterios- "Surfing Motorcross"

We've got an hour packed with new tunes and classics on this Catching A Wave! We remember the late great Eric Carmen in our Two-nami segment with a solo track (with Brian Wilson and Bruce Johnston on BGV's) and one from the Raspberries. Beth Riley has a deep track from The Beach Boys in her Surf's Up- Beth's Beach Boys Break. We hear a tune from an album by Bo Diddley celebrating it's 60th anniversary in our good time segment and we drop a coin in the Jammin' James Jukebox to hear our selection of the week (early Neil Young with his surf group The Squires)! Plus, there's tracks from The Midnight Callers, Hipbone Slim, Lifesavers (feat. Michael Knott RIP), Dick Dale & His Del-Tones, Dave Del Monte & The Cross County Boys, The Ghastly Ones, Insect Surfers, Don Diego Trio/ The Coguaros, The Space Agency, The Weeklings, My Dusty Raygun, The Scimitars and The MIA!   Intro music bed: "Catch A Wave"- The Beach Boys   Hipbone Slim- "Evil Kneevil" Insect Surfers- "Batwave" Don Diego Trio/ The Coguaros- "Run Ch

Our Head 2 Head segment returns on this hour of Catching A Wave! The Monkees and Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers both take on the same song! We hear a tune by The Surf Raiders from an album celebrating it's 40th anniversary in our Good Time segment. 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 selection of the week (The Boss Martians)! We also have rockers from Chris Casello, Moving Into Tucson, The Hillbilly Moon Explosion, Man Or Astro-Man?, Surfer Joe, Little Kahuna, Jeff Larson, Terreur Twist, The Meteoroids, Fly Janet, I. Jeziak & The Surfers and The Seismics! Intro music bed: "Catch A Wave"- The Beach Boys   The Nut Jumpers- "Timeless" Chris Casello- "Chicken Pluckin'" Moving Into Tucson- "She Likes Me" Little Kahuna- "Fools Gold" The Seismics- "Brave The Storm"   Good Time segment: The Surf Raiders 40th anniversary of On The Beach (1984) The Surf Raiders- "Ali Baba"   Man Or Astro-Man?- "Man M

Spring continues to bring great new rockin' tunes to the Catching A Wave playlist every week! This hour, we hear a tune from The Mermen from an album celebrating it's 30th anniversary in our Good Time segment. We board the Catching A Wave Time Machine for the week of February 12th, 1966 for some songs on the WQAM 560 AM Miami chart. 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 selection of the week (the band includes a young Benjamin Orr many years before helping form The Cars)! Plus, there's tunes from The Nebulas, Bankes Brothers, La Luz, Martin Cilia, Manic Vila, The Mings, The Hamiltones, Hypersonic Secret, Frank Turner, Los Oxidados and Rich Arithmetic!    Intro music bed: "Catch A Wave"- The Beach Boys   Los Oxidados- "Bingo" Rich Arithmetic- "Saving Sunset" The Nebulas- "Euphorion" Manic Vila- "Fever Dream" The Mings- "Just Like Your Love"   Good Time segment: The Mermen 30th anniversary of Food For

We get another Two-nami in the forecast on this week's Catching A Wave with 2 in a row from The Exbats! Beth Riley has an early instrumental track from The Beach Boys in her Surf's Up: Beth's Beach Boys Break. We hear a tune from an album by Jan & Dean celebrating it's 60th anniversary in our Good Time segment and we drop a coin in the Jammin' James Jukebox to hear our selection of the week. Plus, we get rockers from Amphibian Man, Galvezton, The Outta Sites (appearing at Surf Guitar 101 Festival Weekender), Barrence Whitfield and The Savages, The Bahareebas, Surf Muscle, Stephie James, The Cynz, Kincaid & The Memetics, Secret Agent, Rangers, Hipbone Slim and Atomic Tom!   Intro music bed: "Catch A Wave"- The Beach Boys   Amphibian Man- "Zenith" Surf Muscle- "Neptune's Bassoon" The Bahareebas- "Sal's Got Sand Between Her Toes" Galvezton- "Temptation Inside Your Heart" Kincaid & The Memetics- "AC Fontana"   Good Time segment: Jan & Dean 60th anniversary of Deadman's Curve/ New Girl In School (1

We ring the bell and go Head 2 Head on this Catching A Wave with both Motorhead and Mike Love covering a Ramones classic! We hear a tune from an album by The Ventures that's celebrating it's 60th anniversary in our Good Time segment. Beth Riley has a deep track from The Beach Boys in her Surf's Up: Beth's Beach Boys Break. As always, we'll drop a coin in the Jammin' James Jukebox to hear our selection of the week (The Untamed Youth). We pay tribute to the late, great Dexter Romweber who unfortunately passed away on Feb. 16th, 2024. Plus, hear some rockers from Chris Casello, The Eye Five, Man Or Astro-Man?, Jeffrey Foskett, Dick Dale, The Immediate Family, The Wretched Edsels, Abyssal Lurkers, Los Baby Jaguars, I. Jeziak & The Surfers, Santa Anna Bay Coconuts, Los Misterios.     Intro music bed: "Catch A Wave"- The Beach Boys   Jeffrey Foskett- "Baseball Card Fever" Dick Dale- "Smoke On The Water" Los Baby Jaguars- "Playa Boogaloo" I. Jeziak & The Surfers- "Big Wave" Sant Anna Bay Coconuts- "Pacifica

The first day of Spring is just around the corner (March 19th) so if the warmer temps don't put you in a good mood yet, this hour of tunes on Catching A Wave definitely will! We hear a tune from Danny Amis & Twin Tones from an album celebrating it's 10th anniversary in our Good Time segment. Beth Riley has a deep track from America's band The Beach Boys in her Surf's Up: Beth's Beach Boys Break. We board the Catching A Wave Time Machine for the week of March 5th, 1965 to hear some songs on the chart for WLS Chicago that week (including their #1 song). We pay tribute to our friend J.M. Van Eaton who passed away on Feb. 9th, 2024. He was the drummer on so much great music for Sun Records (Jerry Lee Lewis, Billy Lee Riley, Charlie Rich, Bill Justis and so many more)! There's a rare track from an album he did with Billy Lee Riley in the early 90's. Plus, there's rockers from Pearl Jam, His Lordship, The Malibooz (being inducted in the California Music Hall Of Fame on April 14th as well as Walter Egan as a sol

There's lots of new tunes, classics and all in between on this hour of Catching A Wave. We spin the Wheel Of Fun, Fun, Fun to hear 3 randomly chosen covers of The Beach Boys (Edison Lighthouse, Sonic Youth and Bob Vaught & The Renegades). Beth Riley has a deep track from The Beach Boys in her Surf's Up: Beth's Beach Boys Break. There's a tune from Mr. Gasser & The Weirdos celebrating it's 60th anniversary in our Good Time segment. As always, we'll drop a coin in the Jammin' James Jukebox to hear our selection of the week (The Raveonettes). Plus, we've got rockers from Chris Casello, Terreur Twist, Stephie James, The Cynz, White Sands, Man Or Astro-Man?, songs from Triple Agent Records Vol. VII sampler (Systillus and Judo Dojo), The Hamiltones, Galvezton and Fly Janet.   Intro music bed: "Catch A Wave"- The Beach Boys   Chris Casello- "Surfin' Hayride" Man Or Astro-Man?- "Welcome To The Wicky Wacky World Of John Peel (The Wayward Meteor)" Judo Dojo- "Stay Out Of The Water" The Cynz- "Little Miss Lost"

The Surfrajettes and Chet Atkins both take on a classic from The Beatles in our Head 2 Head segment on this new Catching A Wave. Beth Riley has a deep track from The Beach Boys in her Surf's Up: Beth's Beach Boys Break. We hear a tune from an album by The Challengers celebrating it's 60th Anniversary in our Good Time segment. We tell you about an upcoming "Favorite Song Countdown" coming later this year for Dick Dale. The Jammin' James Jukebox selection of the week is a cover of a Dick Dale classic too! We remember Melinda Ledbetter Wilson who passed away on January 30th with a beautiful tune by her husband, Brian Wilson ("Forever She'll Be My Surfer Girl"). Plus, there's tracks by The Courettes, Martin Cilia, The Vaccines, The Beatersband, Mr. Cesar, Yalisco, Los Twangheads, The Frigidaires, Sys Malakian feat. Los Atascados, Blue Dawn & The Day Breakers and Tiger Shark Nilsson!   Intro music bed: "Catch A Wave"- The Beach Boys   Tiger Shark Nilsson- "Night Surfer" Sys Malakian feat. Los Atascados- "Aguas

Hear The Beach Boys song that was an inspiration behind a Genesis classic in this week's You're The Inspiration segment. Beth Riley also has a deep track from The Beach Boys in her Surf's Up: Beth's Beach Boys Break. There's a track from an album by Duane Eddy celebrating it's 60th anniversary in our Good Time segment and we drop a coin in the Jammin' James Jukebox to hear our selection of the week. Plus, there's songs from Mr, Splice Guy, The Seismics, The Balboas, Satan's Pilgrims, The Surfers, Real Estate, Little Kahuna, Sam Evian, Ultrasonic Grand Prix, Los Abismos, Intoxicos, Manic Vila and The Bahareebas!     Intro music bed: "Catch A Wave"- The Beach Boys   The Seismics- "The After After After Party" Intoxicos- "Dag Party" Ultrasonic Grand Prix- "Instafuzz" The Surfers- "Misirlou" Real Estate- "Water Underground"   Good Time segment: Duane Eddy 60th anniversary of Water Skiing (1964 RCA) Duane Eddy- "Jumping The Wake"   Los Abismos- "That Surf Thing" Little Kahuna- "Flying Coffin"   Surf's Up: Beth's B

Get ready for a Two-nami in the forecast on this Catching A Wave. We hear 2 songs with Link Wray on guitar (Bert & Ray and The Fender Benders). There's a track from an album by the Ramones that is celebrating it's 40th anniversary on our Good Time segment. Beth Riley has a fun track by 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 (The Neanderthals). Plus, we've got rockers from Messer Chups, Martin Cilia, Ride, Ricky Byrd, The Hooters, Paul Collins, Kincaid & The Memetics, The Dwellers, Erick Voeks & The Ghosters, Punk Fiction, Amphibian Man, Cameronoise and Dave Del Monte & The Cross County Boys!   Intro music bed: "Catch A Wave"- The Beach Boys   Messer Chups- "Dark Side Of Paradise" Martin Cilia- "Rising Surf" Paul Collins- "Will You Come Through" The Hooters- "Guava Jive" Kincaid & The Memetics- "Tetrachromatic"   Good Time segment: Ramones 40th anniversary of Too Tough To Die Ramones- "No Goo

Whole lotta shakin' goin' on with this episode of Catching A Wave (including this new single from The Courettes)! We hear a track from an album by The Rip Chords celebrating it's 60th anniversary in our Good Time segment. Beth Riley has a deep track from The Beach Boys in her Surf's Up: Beth's Beach Boys Break. JD McPherson and Man Or Astro-Man? go Head 2 Head with their cover of a track by the Pixies. There's a couple of covers by Kris Bone and Abyssal Lurkers for you lovebirds for Valentines Day. We also pay tribute to the late, great Larry Collins who unfortunately passed away on January 5th at 79 years old. We also drop a coin in the Jammin' James Jukebox to hear our selection of the week (Duane Eddy covering Bob Dylan)! Plus, we have tunes from Black Flamingos, The Rumtones, pär, The Weeklings, The Breakers, Johnny's Uncalled Four, The Isotopes, The Masonics, Pozor Vlak and Kickstands!   Intro music bed: "Catch A Wave"- The Beach Boys   The Rumtones- "Jetty Banger" Johnny's Uncalled Four- "Bulldog" The C

So much great new and vintage music keeps coming in to Catching A Wave and we do our best to play as much as we can! We've got a tune from an album by Dick Dale celebrating it's 60th anniversary in our Good Time segment. Beth Riley has a deep track from The Beach Boys in her Surf's Up: Beth's Beach Boys Break. Speaking of them...the Wheel Of Fun, Fun, Fun returns with 3 randomly chosen covers OF The Beach Boys (Nate Ruvin, Anakin and Calvin Cool & The Surf Knobs) and we drop a coin in the Jammin' James Jukebox for our selection of the week. Plus, we've rockers from The Balboas, Eliott Janz, The Caezars, Ryan Adams, The Delta Ring, The Hellflowers, The Pickin' Boppers, Magnatech, Jittery Jack with Amy Griffin, The Lifesavers, Secret Agent and MrJuan! Intro music bed: "Catch A Wave"- The Beach Boys   The Balboas- "Son Of Dale" The Hellflowers- "Vámonos" The Delta Ring- "Return Of The Astro-Jerks" MrJuan- "These Boots" Ryan Adams- "Heatwave"   Good Time Segment: Dick Dale 60th anniversary of Mr. Eliminator D

We board the Catching A Wave Time Machine again this hour and set our destination for the week of December 4th, 1963 for radio station KIMN (Denver, CO) to hear a couple of songs on their chart that week including the song at the top. We've got a track from a Brian Wilson album that's celebrating it's 20th anniversary in our Good Time segment. 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 selection of the week (Sir Cliff Richard & The Shadows). Plus, the hour is packed with new and classics from The Weeklings (on Jem Records), Kris Bone, The Seismics, Froghat, Los Surfer Compadres, The Surfers, Mr. Cesar, The Super Stocks, Rangers, Room Service and The Desolate Coast!   Intro music bed: "Catch A Wave"- The Beach Boys   The Seismics- "Lost Summer" The Surfers- "Hot Rod" The Weeklings- "None Of Your Business" Room Service- "Blitz" The Desolate Coast- "Wrinkles In The Sea Of Serenity"   Good Time Segment:

On this Catching A Wave, we get another fun Head 2 Head battle with live cover versions of a Little Richard rocker by both Creedence Clearwater Revival and The Astronauts. Beth Riley has a deep track from The Beach Boys in her Surf's Up: Beth's Beach Boys Break! There's a cool tune from The Ventures from an album celebrating it's 60th anniversary in our Good Time segment and we drop a coin in the Jammin' James Jukebox to hear our selection of the week (EARLY Paul Simon). There's rockers from Man Or Astro-man?, The Immediate Family, Hipbone Slim & The Kneejerks, Los Straitjackets, That Green, Porno For Pyros, Arno De Cea & The Clockwork Wizards, Pozar Vlak, Waikik Makaki, Los Vaccine, Cosmic Surf and Los Reverb!     Intro music bed: "Catch A Wave"- The Beach Boys   Los Twangheads- "Mysterious Signals" That Green- "Surf Musette" Porno For Pyros- "Agua" Los Vaccine- "Caribbean Amphibian" Cosmic Surf- "Catatonic"   Good Time segment: The Ventures 60th anniversary of The Ventures In Space The Ventures- "T

This a jam packed hour of awesome tunes on Catching A Wave! Our "You're The Inspiration" segment returns with The Beatles and covers by The Weeklings and Cheap Trick (The Weeklings and Cheap Trick will both be at Beatles On The Beach Festival coming up very soon). We hear a track from an album by The Surfaris celebrating it's 60th anniversary in our Good Time segment. Beth Riley has a deep track from The Beach Boys in her Surf's Up: Beth's Beach Boys Break. We pay tribute to the late, great Jeffrey Foskett (who unfortunatley passed away on December 11th, 2023 at 67 years old). We'll drop a coin in the Jammin' James Jukebox to hear our selection of the week (Gary Usher)! Plus, there's rockers from Laramie Dean, The Breakers, Los Surfer Compadres, The Hillbilly Moon Explosion, Savarit, Interstellar Riders, Kaw Tikis, Los Atascados (feat. Sys Malakian), The Surfin' Birds and The Surfle Jerks!   Intro music bed: "Catch A Wave"- The Beach Boys   The Surfle Jerks- "Little Z's Surfy Slumber Party (Zelda's Theme) Lo

Our Catching A Wave Good Time segment features a track from The Trashmen from their Surfin' Bird album that is celebrating it's 60th anniversary this year! We board the Time Machine for the week of January 19th, 1962 to hear 3 songs on the KFWB Los Angeles chart (including the song at the top). Beth Riley has a deep track by 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 (The Ventures covering The Go-Go's)! Plus, we've got tunes from The 5.6.7.8's, The Masonics, Underwater Bosses, Hipbone Slim & The Kneejerks, The Del Roswells, Jake Andrews, Magnatech, The Don Powell Band (with Jim Lea), Los Grainders, Culebra & Thee Evolution Surf School, The Zipheads and The Super Stocks!   Intro music bed: "Catch A Wave"- The Beach Boys   The 5.6.7.8's- "Help" The Masonics- "New Rose" The Del Roswells- "Human See Human Do" Culebra & The Evolution Surf School- "Tajamar" Jake Andrews- "Pipeline" (single version)   Good Ti

On this Catching A Wave, we introduce a new segment we'll hear at least monthly this year called Head 2 Head! This first one has "California Sun" by Dick Dale and Ramones. Let us know which one you like the best (we know...it's tough to choose since they're both great!). We also spin a tune by Jan & Dean from an album celebrating it's 60th anniversary in our Good Time Segment. Beth Riley has a deep track by 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 (it's a piano man covering another piano man). Plus, we've got songs by Slowey & The Boats, Chrome Castle, The Beatles, The Nut Jumpers, The Routes, The Breakers, Guitarmy Of One, Man Or Astro-man?, The Joyful Hope, Amphibian Man, Monster Wave, Playa Amarilla and Los Reverb!   Intro music bed: "Catch A Wave"- The Beach Boys   The Breakers- "Escaping Through The Window" Slowey and The Boats- "Si Tu Vois Ma Mere" The Nut Jumpers- "Blue Voodoo" The Routes- "Train O

This is our bonus 2nd hour this year! We hope to make this a new tradition as we just love Christmas music and wanted to offer more! Beth Riley co-hosts and has another fun tune from The Beach Boys in her Surf's Up Beth's Beach Boys Break. We hear a Nick Lowe tune from his holiday album celebrating it's 10th anniversary in our Good Time segment and we drop a coin in the Jammin' James Jukebox to hear a Los Straitjackets selection this hour! We've spin rockers from Reverend Horton Heat, The Ventures, Joan Jett & The Blackhearts, The Bongos, Monsters From The Surf, The Weeklings, The Untamed Youth, The Malibooz, Shriek If You Know What I Did Last Friday The 13th, Davie Allan & The Arrows, Southern Culture On The Skids, Satan's Pilgrims, The Isotopes, Underwater Bosses, The Slimetones and The Volcanics!   Intro music bed: "Deck The Halls"- Los Straitjackets   Monsters From The Surf- "A Surfer's Christmas List" The Bongos- "Rock The Christmas Cheer" The Slimetones- "Neon Christmas" The Volcanics- "Tidings

t's our annual ALL Christmas show on Catching A Wave! Beth Riley (from Boppin' With Beth and her Catching A Wave segment here called Surf's Up: Beth's Beach Boys Break...hear one of their Christmas tunes this hour) co-hosts with me once again. We hear a Leon Redbone tune in our Good Time segment from the Elf soundtrack celebrating it's 20th anniversary this year and we drop a coin in the Jammin' James Jukebox to hear our selection of the week! Plus, there's songs from JD McPherson, Joel Paterson, The Monkees, The Grip Weeds, The Tourmaliners, Phil Keaggy, Jim & The Sea Dragons, The Smithereens, The Tikiyaki Orchestra, The Breakers (with Dan Peters), Abyssal Lurkers, The Evergleams (feat. members of Black Flamingos), The Manakooras, The Surf Junkies and The Surfisticats! Intro music bed: "Catch A Wave"- The Beach Boys   The Grip Weeds- "Christmas Dream" The Tourmaliners- "Joy To The World" JD McPherson- "Every Single Christmas" Joel Paterson- "Santa Claus Is Comin' To Town" The Evergleams- "A Marshmallow W