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We've got a mix of new tunes and Christmas tracks this hour on Catching A Wave! There's festive tunes from Joel Paterson, Dave Del Monte & The Cross County Boys, Al Jardine, Martin Cilia, Agent Octopus, The Delta Ring and Gary Huey as well as a Jammin' James Jukebox selection of the week (The Ventures)! Beth Riley has a Good-Time deep track by The Beach Boys. The Marketts have a track celebrating it's 60th anniversary in our Good Time segment too! Plus, there's rockers from The Breakers, Micky Dolenz, The Carnivals, Savarit, The Surfers, The Rhino Chasers, The Patina Turners and Interstellar Riders!   Intro music bed: "Catch A Wave"- The Beach Boys   The Breakers- "Sharks In The Streets" The Carnivals- "Tropicana Je" Savarit- "Desert Sun" The Surfers- "Tequila" The Rhino Chasers- "Moonlight Swamis"   Good Time segments: The Marketts 60th Anniversary of The Marketts Take To Wheels (1963) The Marketts- "Bucket Seats"   The Patina Turners- "Shore Break" Interstellar Riders- "Tombstoning"   Surf's Up: Beth's

We've got a fun non-traditional Christmas Block on this hour's Catching A Wave! Hear festive tunes from Cheap Trick, Charlie & The Tropicales, Kurt Baker and 2 new tunes from Mark Malibu & The Wasagas and Magnatech (from Surfin' Kitty 4)! Beth Riley has a revved up deep track from The Beach Boys in her Surf's Up: Beth's Beach Boys Break. There's a tune from an album by The New Dimensions 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 by the King Of Fuzz Guitar (Davie Allan)! Plus, we've got The McCharmlys, Ramones, Man Or Astro-man?, Monster Wave, Sheryl Crow, Coral Fuzz, The Isotopes, Atomic Drag, The Dreadtones, Rangers and The Joyful Hope!     Intro music bed: "Catch A Wave"- The Beach Boys   Man Or Astro-Man?- "Gargantua's Last Stand" The Joyful Hope- "Six Riders" Rangers- "Ginza Lights" Sheryl Crow- "Alarm Clock" Monster Wave- "Wolfman Stomp"   Good Time segment: The New Dimensions 60th Anniversary of Du

There's a Catching A Wave Christmas Block of tunes this hour from The Grip Weeds (remixed and remastered and featuring Pat Dinizio & Jim Babjak of The Smithereens), The Cowsills, Brian Wilson, Los Straitjackets and Blue Man Group! 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 an album by Richie Allen & The Pacific Surfers celebrating it's 60th anniversary this year in our Good Time Segment and we'll drop a coin in the Jammin' James Jukebox to hear our selection of the week. Plus, There's tunes from Los Surfer Compadres, Magnatech, Joe Wong, Darren Michael Boyd, The Beatles, The Twang Kings (covering The Beatles), Intoxicos, The Surfers, The Deaf Surfers and Psychotic Youth!     Intro music bed: "Catch A Wave"- The Beach Boys   Los Surfer Compadres- "El Condor Pasa" Magnatech- "The Mighty North Sea" Joe Wong- "Into Nothing" The Deaf Surfers- "Love Goddess Of Venus" The Surfers- "Tiki"   Good Time segment: Richie Allen & The Pacific Su

We kick off the holidays with a couple of new Christmas releases by Joel Paterson and The Manakooras (both on Hi-Tide Recordings) and there will be plenty more in the coming weeks (if you're on Santa's Nice list)! We hear the title cut from Ruby Baby (celebrating it's 60th anniversary) from Rock & Roll Hall Of Famer Dion in our Good Time segment. There's a snippet of an interview with Dion too where I ask him about that song and the album cover which was cut out and included on The Beatles Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band album cover too. Beth Riley has an early deep track from The Beach Boys in her Surf's Up: Beth's Beach Boys Break and as always we drop a coin in the Jammin' James Jukebox to hear our twangy selection of the week (the legendary Duane Eddy). Plus, there's tunes from Amphibian Man, Kris Bone, Dogstar, Danny B. Harvey, Los Grainers, Abyssal Lurkers, The Weeklings, The Gold Needles, Chrome Castle, The Brain Waves, The Serfers, The Ventures and The Slimetones!     Intro music bed: "Catch

We've got the Wheel Of Fun, Fun, Fun bringing some super fun and randomly chosen covers OF The Beach Boys this hour (including a young Lou Reed). Speaking of The Beach Boys, Beth Riley has a deep track from them in her Surf's Up: Beth's Beach Boys Break. We hear a track from the Cayucas from an album celebrating it's 10th anniversary in our Good Time segment and we drop a coin in the Jammin' James Jukebox to hear our selection of the week (pre-Doors Ray Manzarek). Plus, a wide variety of awesomeness from Sir Bald & Los Hairies, Ringo Starr, The Cosmic Wrays, Play Amarailla, Rocket Ciaro, The Dandy Warhols, The Eye Five, Scott Tournet, Voodoo Surf Tribe, Mario Cobo, Beach Bomb and Kaw Tikis!   Intro music bed: "Catch A Wave"- The Beach Boys   Sir Bald & Los Hairies- "The Hairy Surfer" Rocket Cairo- "Sultan's Shake" The Dandy Warhols- "The Summer Of Hate" Beach Bomb- "Satyr Salsa" Kaw Tikis- "Rumble At Muscle Beach"   Good Time segment: Cayucas 10th Anniversary of Bigfoot (2013): Cayucas- "A Summer Thin

There's another Catching A Wave "Two-nami" in the forecast this hour with 2 songs in a row featuring Bob Spalding on guitar (solo track and new one from The Ventures). Beth Riley has a deep track from The Beach Boys in her Surf's Up: Beth's Beach Boys Break. We've got a La Luz tune from an album celebrating it's 10th anniversary in our Good Time segment and we'll drop a coin in the Jammin' James Jukebox to hear our selection of the week (instrumental from Cheap Trick). Plus, there's a couple of songs from the new Triple Agent Records Volume VI release (Tremolo Beer Gut with Zombierella and The Greasy Gills) as well as rockers from Al Jardine, The Meteoroids, Magnatech, Black Flamingos, U2, Surf Cult, The Patina Turners, Guitarmy Of One, Kay Firlito & The Sun-Dried Surf Band, His Lordship and Shriek If You Know What I Did Last Friday The 13th!   Intro music bed: "Catch A Wave"- The Beach Boys   Black Flamingos- "Tales From The Crypt" Guitarmy Of One- "Jack Lord Of The Sea" U2- "Atomic City" Shriek If You K

We take another trip in the Catching A Wave Time Machine this hour to hear 3 tunes from the WLS Chicago Silver Dollar Survery from the week of January 28th 1966.  There's a track from a Chris Casello Trio album celebrating it's 10th anniversary in our Good Time segment. Beth Riley has an early version of a hit song by 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 (Hal Blaine). If that isn't enough, we've got killer tunes from Kitten & The Tonics, The Frigidaires, Kris Bone, Lords Of Atlantis, Fly Janet, Atomicos, Steve Miller Band, Kurt Baker, Chewbacca's, The Vaccines, Cayucas and Os Brutus!!   Intro music bed: "Catch A Wave"- The Beach Boys   Kris Bone- "Penetration" Steve Miller Band- "I Don't Mind" Lords Of Atlantis- "Temple Of Poseidon" Kurt Baker- "Hittin' Rock Bottom" Chewbacca's- "Triangulum Congueror"   Good Time segment: Chris Casello Trio 10th Anniversary of Instrumental Dynamite (2013): Chris Casel

It's our annual Halloween show! A full hour of tunes so fun it's scary! Beth Riley has a tune from The Beach Boys that even scared Brian Wilson while they recorded it in her Surf's Up: Beth's Beach Boys Break! Our Jammin' James Jukebox is a fun Jan & Dean tune about a car you take your last ride in. Plus, great Halloween rockers from Magnatech, The Malibooz, Mark Malibu & The Wasagas, Satan's Pilgrims, Man Or Astroman, Jim & The Seadragons, The Tiki Tones, Ichi-Bons, Los Straitjackets, Dave Del Monte & The Cross County Boys, Shorty's Swingin' Coconuts, Laramie Dean, The Ghouls, Shaun Young, Olivia Jean and Messer Chups! Listen if you dare HERE: Intro music bed: "Catch A Wave"- The Beach Boys/ "Ghostbusters"- Los Straitjackets   Magnatech- "Christopher Lee" Olivia Jean- "Raving Ghost" Messer Chups- "Hard Times For Dracula" Shaun Young- "Vampire" Laramie Dean- "Little Wednesday" Man Or Astro-man?- "Invasion Of The Dragonmen" Dave Del Monte & The Cross County Boys- "Trick Or Treat" Shorty's S

There's no slowing down with all the great music constantly coming in to Catching A Wave! This week, we hear a rocker from Davie Allan & The Arrows from an album celebrating it's 20th anniversary in our Good Time segment. We have a Two-nami in the forecast...2 in a row of songs featuring The Bangles (one from their first album and another with them doing backing vocals on a Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers tune). Beth Riley has a friendly deep track from The Beach Boys and we drop a coin in the Jammin' James Jukebox to hear our selection of the week (Jon & The Nightriders). Plus, we turn it up with songs from Chewbacca's, The Nut Jumpers, The Surfin' Lungs, Christian Love, Everglades Rhythm, The Rhino Chasers, Brian Setzer, Gglitch Family Band, Surfasaurus, White Sands, The Jackets, Herb Alpert and The Surf Junkies!   Intro music bed: "Catch A Wave"- The Beach Boys   The Rhino Chasers- "Can Of Worms" The Nut Jumpers- "J.B. Twist" (James Bond) Brian Setzer- "Rock Boys Rock" The Surf Junkies- "The Offi

Get ready to spin the "Wheel Of Fun, Fun, Fun" again this hour for some randomly selected covers of The Beach Boys on this Catching A Wave. Beth Riley has a deep track from them in her Surf's Up: Beth's Beach Boys Break. There's a track from a Frankie & The Poolboys album celebrating it's 10th anniversary this year in our Good Time segment and we'll drop a coin in the Jammin' James Jukebox to hear our selection of the week (Los Straitjackets)! Plus, we've got rockers from Micky Dolenz (covering R.E.M.!!), The Cosmic Wrays, Atomicos, The Beyonderers, The Sea-Jays, Bobby Sutliff, The McCharmlys, The Routes, The Grogans, Froghat, Hipbone Slim and The Meteoroids!   Intro music bed: "Catch A Wave"- The Beach Boys   The Sea-Jays- "Experiment In Terror" The Beyonderers- "Ultra-Terrestrial" (live) The Meteoroids- "Checkpoint Chavez" The McCharmlys- "LUV" Hipbone Slim- "Spill The Beans"   "Good Time" segment: Frankie & The Poolboys 10th Anniversary of The Adventures of Cap'n Coconuts (2013): Frankie & The

The Catching A Wave Two-nami returns with 2 songs from Brian Wilson including a track co-written and BGV's from the late, great Jimmy Buffett. There's a tune from Jimmy in our Good Time segment too from an album celebrating it's 10th anniversary. 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. We've also got some rockin' tunes from Los Dedos, Duane Eddy, The Rolling Stones, The Surfin' Lungs, Cayucas, The Ventures, Abyssal Lurkers, The Frigidaires, Draculina, Amphibian Man, Mark Malibu & The Wasagas and The Surf Hermits! Intro music bed: "Catch A Wave"- The Beach Boys   The Frigidaires- "Blue Worlds" Draculina- "Jet Black" (2023 remaster) Abyssal Lurkers- "Bullet With Butterfly Wings" Amphibian Man- "Ticket" The Rolling Stones- "Angry"   "Good Time" segment: Jimmy Buffett 10th Anniversary of Songs From St. Somewhere (2013): Jimmy Buffett- "Oldest Surfer On The Beach"   Mark Malibu

  The tunes are still hot this hour on Catching A Wave! We hear a Ramones tune from an album celebrating it's 30th 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 The Beach Boys, we spin the Wheel Of Fun, Fun, Fun to hear 3 randomly chosen covers OF The Beach Boys (Dave Edmunds, Herb Alpert and Rincon Surfside Band). Great new tune from Christian Love from his new album too! We'll also drop a coin in the Jammin' James Jukebox to hear our selection of the week. Plus, we've got rockers from Messer Chups, Sys Malakian, The Courettes, The Raybeats, The Dwellers, Kurt Baker, Sick Hyenas, ZAKO, Lords Of Atlantis, dayaway and Dave Myers & The Surftones!   Intro music bed: "Catch A Wave"- The Beach Boys   ZAKO- "Rio Bravo" Lords Of Atlantis- "Eye Of The Sahara" The Courettes- "Push It Too Hard" Sys Malakian- "High Tide" Dave Del Monte & The Cross County Boys- "The Sweeper"   "Good Time" segment: Ramones 30th Anniversa

On this Catching A Wave, we board our Time Machine for the week of July 26th, 1963 to hear 3 songs on KYA San Francisco's chart (all 3 are instrumental). Beth Riley has a deep track from The Beach Boys in her Surf's Up: Beth's Beach Boys Break. There's a rocker from The White Stripes from an album celebrating it's 20th Anniversary in our Good Time segment and we drop a coin in the Jammin' James Jukebox for our selection of the week (The Smithereens from 1980)! Plus, we have tunes from Thalasses, Messer Chups (both from Missing Fink's Music To Battle Apes By compilation), Trevor Rabin, Cayucas, The Meteoroids, Bobby Sutliff, Buzzy Frets, Everglades Rhythm, Ben Rogers' Instrumental Asylum, Lipstereo, Everglades Rhythm and The Surf Junkies!   Intro music bed: "Catch A Wave"- The Beach Boys   Everglades Rhythm- "Driving Guitars" The Surf Junkies- "Dirty Mac" The Meteoroids- "Mr. Marvin" Lipstereo- "Little Spaceships" Buzzy Frets- "Pink Panther Theme"   "Good Time" segment: The White Stripes 20th Anniversary of El

Can you believe it's nearly Fall season already? September 25th marks the first day. But, it's always summer here at Catching A Wave...even if it's just in your mind! We've got a tune from an album The Richies in our Good Time segment celebrating it's 30th anniversary. Beth Riley has a deep track from The Beach Boys showcasing those amazing vocals in her Surf's Up: Beth's Beach Boys Break. There's another great Two-nami in the forecast...2 in a row featuring guitars by Elliot Easton on a rarity from The Cars as well as Elliot Easton's Tiki Gods and we drop a coin in the Jammin' James Jukebox to hear our selection of the week (The Sonics). Plus, we've got tunes from The Ventures, Mark Malibu & The Wasagas, Dogstar, The Surf Hermits, The Midnight Callers, Hipbone Slim, The 5.6.7.8.'s, The Creature Preachers, Dennis J. Leise, Poolhead, Amphibian Man, King Pelican and The West Mains!     Intro music bed: "Catch A Wave"- The Beach Boys   The Ventures- "Second Sun" Amphibian Man- "Path" The 5.6.7.8.'s- "Batman

We've got 2 in a row from the great Herb Alpert in our Two-nami segment this hour...including a NEW tune (a cover of a Jerry Reed classic). We've got a fun track from a compilation called Hot Rod Rally 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 and we drop a coin in the Jammin' James Jukebox to hear our selection of the week! Plus, there's some rockin' tunes from Cameronoise, The Surfin' Lungs, Draculina, The Anderson Council, The Fuzillis, The McCharmlys, Dave Del Monte & The Cross County Boys, BreakTime, The Delta Ring, Mayer Hawthorne, Jaguar Jets, Shark Beach 2 and The Frigidaires!     Intro music bed: "Catch A Wave"- The Beach Boys   Dave Del Monte & The Cross County Boys- "Hang On" The Surfin' Lungs- "Z-Cars" BreakTime- "She's The One" The Delta Ring- "Frenchman Bay (Mono)" The Frigidaires- "Draggin'"   "Good Time" segment: Various artists 60th Anniversary of Hot Rod Rally (1963) Hot Rod Ro

New tunes, classics...and even Classical Gas...it's all on this hour of Catching A Wave. We've got a Two-nami in the forecast with TWO summer themed tracks from the legendary band, The Crickets! There's a tune from the Diddley Daddy himself...Bo Diddley...from an album celebrating it's 60th anniversary in our Good Time segment. Beth Riley has a love song about a car 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 (Southern Culture On The Skids). Plus, we've got rockers from Chris Casello, The Ventures, Duke Robillard, The Surf Junkies, Kula Shaker, The Surf Hermits, Pollo Del Mar, Lords Of Atlantis, Eastern Souvenirs, Kincaid & The Memetics, Laramie Dean, Beach Towels and The Strings Aflame!     Intro music bed: "Catch A Wave"- The Beach Boys   Laramie Dean- "Pipeline" (with Jimmy Dale, Trevor Lucca & Dave Klein) The Strings Aflame- "Haulin' Honda" The Surf Junkies- "Stranger Danger" Kula Shaker- "Waves" Beach Towels- "Night S

We hear a snippet of a chat with legendary Sun Records drummer J.M. Van Eaton in our Green Room segment talking about playing on a rock & roll instrumental classic ("Raunchy" by Bill Justis). Beth Riley has a deep track from The Beach Boys showing off their Endless Harmony in her Surf's Up: Beth's Beach Boys Break and we'll drop a coin in the Jammin' James Jukebox to hear a bands very first single from 1977 with a slightly different lineup (The Police). There's a tune from The Challengers from an album celebrating it's 60th anniversary this year in our Good Time segment. Plus, there's some rockers from a few compilations: Otitis Media Records' Surf You Next Thursday 3: (Mark Malibu & The Wasagas and The Whys), Cleopatra Records' Goo Goo Muck- A Tribute To The Cramps (Hillbilly Moon Explosion) and Sundazed Records' Surfin' The Great Lakes (The Trashmen). Plus, we spin tunes from Dogstar, The Creature Preachers, Hillbilly Moon Explosion, Atomic Drag, Systilus, Matthew Logan Vasquez, Barracudas, HOKO, Ag

We hear the #1 choice in our "Favorite Duane Eddy Song Countdown" this hour! Plus, we got a track from his Tokyo Hits record from 1967 as well. There's a tune from The Atlantics from an album celebrating it's 20th anniversary in our Good Time segment. Beth Riley has a great tune from The Beach Boys in her Surf's Up: Beth's Beach Boys Break and we drop a coin in the Jammin' James Jukebox for our selection of the week (The Hi-Risers). There's also new and classic rockers from Brian Setzer, The Ventures, Dave Edmunds, Hipbone Slim, Raul Malo, The Surfin' Lungs, Husbands, Zako, The West Mains, spacedog spacecat, Atomicos, Buzzy Frets and Surfasaurus!   Intro music bed: "Catch A Wave"- The Beach Boys   Brian Setzer- "Girl On The Billboard" Hipbone Slim- "Ripcurl"   Duane Eddy- "Ginza Lights" (1967, Tokyo Hits)   Raul Malo- "The Sound Of Silence" spacedog spacecat- "Counting The Days"   "Good Time" segment: The Atlantics 20th Anniversary of Point Zero (2003) The Atlantics- "Point Zero"   The West Mains- "Fuzz Heat"

Our "Favorite Duane Eddy Song Countdown" continues this hour on Catching A Wave as we hear #3 and #2 in the top 5 vote-getters from listeners. There's a couple of tunes from the new Jem Records Celebrates Ray Davies release (by The Grip Weeds and The Midnight Callers). We've got a song by The Sentinals from an album celebrating it's 60th anniversary in our Good Time segment. Beth Riley has an amazing a cappella 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. Plus, we've got rockin' tracks from El Zeb, The Meteoroids, Cayucas, Os Gasolines, Los Tiki Phantoms, Shorty's Swingin' Coconuts, Rain Parade (feat. backing vocals by Vicki Peterson and Debbi Peterson of The Bangles), The Biarritz Boys, Vern Jules & The Aquanauts, Supertubos and The Akulas!     Intro music bed: "Catch A Wave"- The Beach Boys   The Meteoroids- "P-22" The Akulas- "The Hook"   Favorite Duane Eddy Song Countdown #3 Duane Eddy

We begin our "Favorite Duane Eddy Song Countdown" as voted on by YOU this hour as we hear #5 and #4 from the top 5 songs voted on. There's a great Freddy King tune from an album celebrating it's 60th anniversary (Freddy King Goes Surfin') in our Good Time Segment. Beth Riley has a deep track from The Beach Boys (covering one of their heroes, Chuck Berry) in her Surf's Up: Beth's Beach Boys Break. We'll drop a coin in the Jammin' James Jukebox to hear the original version of a hit song by an artist that he released as a B-side a year before the hit version (Nick Lowe). Plus, there's great rockin' tracks from Agent Octopus, Northern Tides, Man Or Astro-man?, Action Skulls, Los Lonely Boys, Granger, Thalasses, Ronald Reagan? The Actor?, Kincaid and The Memetics, Erik Alesi, Dos Manifesto, The Tremsprings and The Strings Aflame!   Intro music bed: "Catch A Wave"- The Beach Boys   Agent Octopus- "Satellites...REVOLT!!!" Northern Tides- "Board Walk"   Favorite Duane Eddy Song Countdown #5 Duane Eddy- "Peter Gunn"