Rockabilly & Blues Radio Hour

LOTS of rockin' new and classic tunes for you this week from Ichi-Bons, The Jagaloons, Zak and The Krakens, 77s, Weird Aliens, Brian Setzer Orchestra, Los Freneticos, The Hide Outs, Retrofoguetes, John Mellencamp, The 502s, Nick Frater, Los Atarrayas, Jeremy Warmsley and The Green Reflectors!  We continue our 10th anniversary celebration of The Beach Boys' That's Why God Made The Radio release with another track from that and Beth Riley has a deep track from them in her Surf's Up: Beth's Beach Boys Break.  As always, we've got a super cool selection of the week in our Jammin' James Jukebox as well.   Intro music bed: "Catch A Wave"- The Beach Boys   Weird Aliens- "Catchin' The Waves" The Brian Setzer Orchestra- "Mr. Surfer Goes Jazzin'" The Green Reflectors- "Secret Agent Spy Scopes" The Jagaloons- "Baja Blast" Ichi-Bons- "Downshiftin'" (live) Retrofoguetes- "The New Hypnotic Wave Of Retrofoguetes" John Mellencamp- "Carolina Shag" The 502s- "Just Another Song"   Surf's Up: Beth's Beach Boys Break: The Beac

Another exciting new box set from The Beach Boys is on the way in November and we hear a live track from that release this hour on Catching A Wave.  Beth Riley also has a deep track from them 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 (also with a connection to The Beach Boys).  Our Green Room segment returns as we hear part of a chat with Eddie Angel as we talk about Link Wray.  There's tunes from both Link and Eddie too as well as rockers from Bloodshot Bill, Black Flamingos, Galvezton, The Beatles, Arno De Cea & The Clockwork Wizards, Rol Junell & The Nellands, Masters Of The University, The Beths, The Slimetones, The Young Barons and Cameronoise!   Intro music bed: "Catch A Wave"- The Beach Boys   Bloodshot Bill- "Spitfire" Black Flamingos- "Stingray" The Beach Boys- "You Need A Mess To Help You Stand Alone" (live) Cameronoise- "Page Before Me" The Young Barons- "Intoxica" Arno De Cea & Tje Clockwork Wizards- "Rum

We start a new segment on this week's Catching A Wave that we'll do periodically called Juke Box Heroes.  We check in on Al Jardine's jukebox and play 3 of the tunes that he has loaded in there.  We'll spin a solo tune from his as well.  Beth Riley has a great deep track from The Beach Boys too in her Surf's Up: Beth's Beach Boys Break.  And we'll drop a coin in my jukebox too to hear our Jammin' James Jukebox selection of the week.  Plus, we've got rockin' tunes from Brian Wilson, Laughing Gravy (Dean Torrence), The Go-Go Rillas, The Grass Roots (with mix and performance from The Courettes), Z & The Tiki Twisters, Resonadores, Urban Zotel & The Thunderbirds, Electric Heaters, The Brain Waves, The Violet Mindfield, The Strings Aflame and the Dwellers!     Intro music bed: "Catch A Wave"- The Beach Boys   Urban Zotel and The Thunderbirds- "The Chase" Resonadores- "Conga" The Go-Go Rillas- "O-Rang-a-Tang" The Violet Mindfield- "Beautiful Nightmare" The Dwellers- "Tide Breaker" The Electric Heaters- "Bey

On this week's Catching A Wave, we board the Time Machine for the week of January 5th, 1962 to hear 3 tunes on Los Angeles, CA KFWB's chart including the #1 song.  We have a trio of "quiet" tunes from Nick Lowe with Los Straitjackets, The Explorers Club and The Manakooras.  Beth Riley has a deep track from The Beach Boys and we drop a coin in the Jammin' James Jukebox to hear our selection of the week (The Surfaris).  Plus, don't miss new and classic rockers from The Surfrajettes, Jerry Cole & His Spacemen, Los Dedos, Satan's Pilgrims, Chewbacca's, Dead Racoon Riot, Jim and The Sea Dragons, The Bradipos IV, Hot Chickens, Set Waves and Abyssal Lurkers!   Intro music bed: "Catch A Wave"- The Beach Boys   Chewbacca's- "Astro Collision" Dead Racoon Riot- "Buena Onda" The Surfrajettes- "El Condor Pasa" Set Waves- "Kook Don't Steal My Wave" Abyssal Lurkers- "Hard Pants Day"   "Quiet" trio: Nick Lowe with Los Straitjackets- "A Quiet Place" The Explorers Club- "Quietly" The Manakooras- "Quiet Village"   Surf's Up

On this Catching A Wave hour, we've got a trio of skateboard themed tunes from Jan & Dean, The Challengers and The Hondells to honor the super cool skateboarding dog, Bamboo.  We continue our 10th anniversary celebration of The Beach Boys' album That's Why God Made The Radio with another track from that.  Beth Riley has a cool deep track from them 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, we've got tunes from 77s, Bloodshot Bill, Didi Wray, The Young Barons, Black Valley Moon, The Trashmen, The Atlantics, Dick Dale (with Huey Lewis on harmonica), Surf Ghost, The Outpost, Surf Monster and The Rumtones!   Intro music bed: "Catch A Wave"- The Beach Boys   Black Valley Moon- "Russian Roulette" The Young Barons- "Perfidia" Bloodshot Bill- "Busted Tail" Dick Dale- "F Groove" (feat. Huey Lewis on harmonica) The Rumtones- "Nazare"   Skateboard trio: Jan & Dean- "Sidewalk Surfin'" The Challengers- "Asphalt Spinner" The Ho

We hear the NUMBER ONE song from our listener-voted "Favorite Song By The Monkees" Countdown this hour!  We've got a Catching A Wave EXCLUSIVE from Little Quirks covering "Different Drum" as well as 2 previously unreleased tunes from an upcoming Dean Torrence release.  Beth Riley has a great deep track from The Beach Boys in her Surf's Up: Beth's Beach Boys Break and speaking of...we spin the Wheel Of Fun, Fun, Fun to hear randomly selected Beach Boys covers by The Everly Brothers, Phil Keaggy and She & Him.  We'll also drop a coin in the Jammin' James Jukebox to hear our selection of the week (also Beach Boys related).  Plus, we've got tunes from GALVEZTON, The Tsunami Brothers, Beck, The Hang Ten Hangmen, The Dwellers, The Charades, Joe McAnaney and Hula Ghost! Intro music bed: "Catch A Wave"- The Beach Boys   The Dwellers- "Just Another Surf Song" The Hang-Ten Hangmen- "Surf Party" Beck- "Gamma Ray"   2 previously unreleased from upcoming Dean Torrence collection: Flo & Eddie with Dean Torrence- "R

We continue our Top 5 Favorite Song Countdown of The Monkees on this Catching A Wave as we hear #3 and #2 this hour.  We've got Monkee covers by The Grip Weeds and Weezer too.  There's a Two-Nami in the forecast again with the same song by 2 different artists...David Bowie & The Surfrajettes.  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 rare selection this week.  Plus, we've got a variety of tunes from The Delta Bombers, Magnatech, The Smithereens, Santa Anna Bay Coconuts, The Volcanics, The Dubceks, Fat Kahoona, Satan's Pilgrims, Kincaid and The Memetics and The Electric Heaters!   Intro music bed: "Catch A Wave"- The Beach Boys   The Smithereens- "Monkey Man" Santa Anna Bay Coconuts- "Toledo Panic Button" Satan's Pilgrims- "Riot On The Seaside Strip"   #3 in Top 5 Countdown of Favorite songs by The Monkees: The Monkees- "Pleasant Valley Sunday"   Weezer- "I'm A Believer" The Dubceks- "Humanoids Fro

Hey, Hey...we're starting our countdown of YOUR favorite songs by The Monkees this week.  We'll hear #5 and #4 in our countdown on this Catching A Wave radio show.  There's also a couple of Monkees Covers by The Ventures and The Shadows.  We premiere a NEW tune from Shaun Young in our Two-Nami segment (also includes a track from his surf band The Thunderchiefs).  Beth Riley has a deep track from 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.  Plus, we'll spin new and classic rockers from The Bradipos IV, Los Straitjackets, The Astronauts, Cayucas, The Surfaris, The Jangles, The Manakooras, The Anderson Council, Atomic Drag and Man Or Astro-Man?!   Intro music bed: "Catch A Wave"- The Beach Boys   The Bradipos IV- "When The Sirens Sing" The Astronauts- "Big Boss Man" The Manakooras- "Blue Sunset"   #5 in Top 5 Countdown of Favorite songs by The Monkees: The Monkees- "(I'm Not Your) Steppin' Stone"   The Ventures- "A

There's an awesome variety of tunes on this week's Catching A Wave!  Hear rockers from Michael Purkhiser, Televisionaries, The Police, Mark Malibu & The Wasagas, The Grip Weeds, Wave Electric, The Linda Lindas, Appalachian Surf Team, Surf Hat, The 5.6.7.8's, The Hondells, The Go-Go's, Pixies, Robotron, Chris Casello Trio and Katatonics.  Beth Riley has a trippin' tune from The Beach Boys in her Surf's Up: Beth's Beach Boys Break.  We also continue our 10th anniversary celebration of their That's Why God Made The Radio album with another track from that one.  As always, we'll drop a coin in the Jammin' James Jukebox to hear our selection of the week as well.   Intro music bed: "Catch A Wave"- The Beach Boys   Michael Purkhiser- "Razor Ridge" Appalachian Surf Team- "Conquistador" Mark Malibu & The Wasagas- "Yé-Yé Girls" Chris Casello Trio- "Apache Katatonics- "Spy v. Spy" Surf Hat- "Bat" Wave Electric- "Margaritas By The Shore" Pixies- "Vault Of Heaven"   Surf's Up: Beth's Beach Boys Break: The Beac

What a fun show we have for you this hour!!  We've got NEW and classic tunes from The Tourmaliners, Dion, Papa Surf, The Cosmic Wrays, Billy F Gibbons, The Electric Heaters, Cameronoise, S.H.A.R.P. (Surf Hermits and Angry Red Planet), Palma Hills, Mike Paulshook, Little Quirks and Surfnado Tiki Squad! Beth Riley has a great deep track from The Beach Boys in her Surf's Up: Beth's Beach Boys Break.  We spend some time in the Green Room with a chat Beth had recently with Greg Martin of The Kentucky Headhunters about his favorite songs (which happens to be by The Beach Boys) and we'll play that one as well as fun solo track of his.  We'll also 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 Tourmaliners- "Grimace" Papa Surf- "While My Guitar Gently Surfs" Cameronoise- "A Night Off The Town" Little Quirks- "Maybelle" Surfnado Tiki Squad- "The Brewer" S.H.A.R.P. (Surf Hermits and Angry Red Planet)- "Chemical Warfare" Mike Paul Sho

August 16th, 2022 marks the 45th anniversary of Elvis' passing.  We'll hear a couple of tunes of his along with some covers by Reverend Horton Heat, Terreur Twist, The ChuGuysters, The Cramps, The Surfaris, Phil Keaggy and Link Wray.  Plus, we talk Elvis with both Suzi Quatro (and hear an Elvis cover from her) and Wink Martindale in our Green Room Segment.  Beth Riley has another great deep track from The Beach Boys in her Surf's Up: Beth's Beach Boys Break.  Plus, there's also some awesome tunes from California Surf Incorporated, The Wave Chargers, The Surfrajettes and Jim and the Seadragons and of course 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   Terreur Twist- "Adam And Evil" Reverend Horton Heat- "Viva Las Vegas" Elvis Presley- "Slowly But Surely" Phil Keaggy- "I Want You, I Need You, I Love You" Link Wray- "Tiger Man" California Surf Incorporated- "Playground" (feat. Bobby Figueroa) The Wave Chargers- "Surf Motel"

Catching A Wave is full of more NEW tunes and classics this week!  We have a snippet of a conversation Beth Riley did with Jim Babjak of The Smithereens and his love of The Beach Boys in our Green Room segment.  Beth also has a cool deep track from 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!  Plus, get ready for rockers from Magnatech, Dave Del Monte & The Cross County Boys, The Buttondowns, Travis Koester, The Raconteurs, JD McPherson, The Mach IV, The Slimetones, The Verbtones, The Routes, Surf Curse, Fat Kahoona and The Volcanics!   Intro music bed: "Catch A Wave"- The Beach Boys   Magnatech- "Impala '59" Dave Del Monte & The Cross County Boys- "Powerhouse" The Volcanics- "Whiplash" Fat Kahoona- "Red Sea Surfin'" Surf Curse- "TVI" The Mach IV- "Big Foot" JD McPherson- "It Shook Me Up" The Routes- "Pocket Calculator"   Surf's Up: Beth's Beach Boys Break: The Beach Boys- "Good To My Baby" Follow "Su

Talk about an "Action" packed show this hour on Catching A Wave!  From their upcoming "Go Action!!" album on Hi-Tide Recordings, we have new Satan's Pilgrims for you.  Plus, rockers from The Boss Martians, The Electric Heaters, Mark Malibu & The Wasagas, The Manakooras, The Bloat Floaters, Sant Anna Bay Coconuts, Stay Off The Dunes, Eskimo Lunettes, The Boss Martians and  Monty Norman (RIP 94 years old on July 11th, 2022).  We have a trio of tunes you'll "understand" (3 songs with "Understand" in the title) from Collective Soul, Los Straitjackets and The Untamed Youth.  Get ready for a trip in the Catching A Wave Time Machine for the week of June 29th, 1963 for radio station WQAM in Miami, FL.  Beth Riley has a great earworm 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   Monty Norman Orchestra- "James Bond Theme" The Electric Heaters- "Tainted Love" Mar

Summer is in full swing and this hour is full of hot tunes!  Beth Riley goes to the beach with a deep track by The Beach Boys in her Surf's Up: Beth's Beach Boys Break.  We also continue our year long 10th Anniversary celebration of their 29th album, That's Why God Made The Radio with another track from that one.  As always, we drop a coin in the Jammin' James Jukebox to hear our selection fo the week.  Plus, we've got songs from Beachcombers, The Eye Five, Los Daytonas, GO-GO Rillas, Robotron, Drifting Sand, Surfnado Tiki Squad, His Lordship, The Mellons, The ChuGuysters, The Fuzziyama Surfers, La Luz, The Sparks Boys, It's Only Roy, The Fathoms and Hipbone Slim!   Intro music bed: "Catch A Wave"- The Beach Boys   Hipbone Slim- "Legless" The Fuzziyama Surfers- "Fuzziyama Beat" Robotron- "Bizarr-o-tron" It's Only Roy- "Gentle Soul (I Can Still Hear You) La Luz- "The Pines (Instrumental)" The ChuGuysters- "Double Trap" The Mellons- "So Much To Say" The Sparks Boys- "Wipe Out"   Surf's Up: Beth's Beach Boys B

I'm constantly blown away by all the great music (new and old) coming into the show every week.  Enjoy the latest and classics from a wide range of folks this week including The Bacon Brothers, The Ventures, Kincaid & The Memetics, Humanga Danga, The Volcanics, Max Hixon, Tijuana Panthers, 3 of the artists coming to the Hi-Tide Summer Holiday (Los Straitjackets, Southern Culture On The Skids and Messer Chups) and a trio of tunes with "Tube" in the title from The Trashmen, ZZ Top and The Surf Junkies.  Beth Riley has a deep track from The Beach Boys in her Surf's Up: Beth's Beach Boys Break.  And speaking of them, the Wheel Of Fun, Fun, Fun returns with randomly selected covers of The Beach Boys (Jeff Beck & Johnny Depp, Redwood who later become Three Dog Night and Mick Fleetwood's Zoo featuring Billy Burnette on vocals) plus we drop a coin in the Jammin' James Jukebox to hear our selection of the week!

We HEAT things up with another great Two-nami in the forecast this week with 2 in a row featuring Jeff Skunk Baxter!  We'll hear a tune featuring him on lead guitar with The Ventures as well as one from his new album, Speed Of Heat.  Beth Riley has a HOT deep track from The Beach Boys in her Surf's Up: Beth's Beach Boys Break and as always we'll drop a coin in the Jammin James Jukebox to hear our selection of The Week (also connected to The Beach Boys).  Plus, there's rockers from Billy F. Gibbons, The Aqua Velvets, Elliot Kendall, The Bradipos IV (produced by Surfer Joe), The Green Reflectors, R. Dean Taylor, The Angry Red Planet, La Luz, The Beach Berserkers, The Wave Chargers, The Beths, Surfer Boy, Surf Monster and Stephen Schijnes!     Intro music bed: "Catch A Wave"- The Beach Boys   The Bradipos IV- "Endless Bummer" Surf Monster- "Cowabunga" La Luz- "San Fernando Shadow Blues" The Angry Red Planet- "The Crawling Eye" Surfer Boy- "Surfing The Net" The Beths- "Silence Is Golden" Elliot Kendall- "Honda Bi

We have a patriotic set of tunes with songs from John Mellencamp, Chris Isaak, Rick Derringer, The Hot Doggers and Beth Riley brings us "Spirit Of America" in Surf's Up: Beth's Beach Boys Break.  There's a Two-Nami in the forecast with The Manakooras covering The Surfrajettes as well as The Surfrajettes original version too. We drop a coin in the Jammin' James Jukebox to hear our selection of the week.  Plus, we've got rockin' tunes from Mark Malibu & The Wasagas, The Monkees, Blondie, Ramones, The Breakers, The Jagaloons, Todd Bradley, Travis Koester, The Del-Vipers and The Hang-Ten Hangmen.   Intro music bed: "Catch A Wave"- The Beach Boys   The Monkees- "Birth Of An Accidental Hipster" Mark Malibu & The Wasagas- "Castaway Cove" The Hang-Ten Hangmen- "Hang Ten Hop" The Del-Vipers- "Raiders Reef" Ramones- "Do You Wanna Dance"   Patriotic segment: Rick Derringer- "Real American" Chris Isaak- "American Boy" John Mellencamp- "Justice and Independence"   Surf's Up: Beth's Beach Boys Break: The Beach Boys

The forecast calls for rain (3 songs with "rain" in the title by The Grip Weeds, JD McPherson and The Bangles) and HOT music all hour long on this week's Catching A Wave.  Beth Riley has a deep track from The Beach Boys in her Surf's Up Beth's Beach Boys Break and we also celebrate the 10th anniversary of their That's Why God Made The Radio album from 2012 with another track from that release.  We've also got a quarter ready to drop in the Jammin' James Jukebox to hear our selection of the week (featuring a young Phil Keaggy).  Plus, there's tunes from The Routes, Televisionaries, Micky Dolenz (also with Phil Keaggy on guitar), Los Daytonas, Mary Ann Hopkins, Bruce Johnston (Happy Birthday 80 years young June 27, 2022), Deke Dickerson with The Trashmen, The Phantom Surfers, The Courettes, Shriek If You Know What I Did Last Friday The 13th, Fierce Shook and The Swongos!   Intro music bed: "Catch A Wave"- The Beach Boys   Televisionaries- "Curmudgeon" Bruce Johnston- "Surfin' Round The World" (alternate version

June 21st is the official first day of SUMMER (but then again it's summer ALL year long here on Catching A Wave).  Things really heat up this hour as we kick off the show with a special EXCLUSIVE live cover of Dick Dale's "Miserlou" by Lucky 757 (only place you can hear this version).  We also blast off in the Catching A Wave Time Machine for the week of December 22nd, 1962 to hear 3 tunes in the Top 40 Fabulous 40 Survey for KFWB in Los Angeles, CA.  Beth Riley has a Sweet deep track from The Beach Boys in her Surf's Up: Beth's Beach Boys Break, a new mix of a classic tune from them as well and we drop a coin in the Jammin' James Jukebox to hear our selection of the week.  We've also got some hot rockin' tunes from Man Or Astro-man?, The Volcanics, Tijuana Panthers, Stereophonic Space Sound Unlimited, The Delstroyers, Humanga Donga, The Surfrajettes, The Beths, Underwater Bosses, Urban Zotel & The Thundertones, The SurfAnauts and The Green Reflectors!   Intro music bed: "Catch A Wave"- The Beach Boys   

It's time to spin the Wheel The Fun, Fun, Fun on this week's Catching A Wave.  We hear randomly selected covers of The Beach Boys by She & Him, Johnny Rivers and The Tremolo Beer Gut!  Beth Riley dishes out some rhythm with a deep track of The Beach Boys in her Surf's Up: Beth's Beach Boys Break.  As always, we'll also drop a coin in the Jammin' James Jukebox to hear our selection of the week.  Plus, we've got great rockin' tracks from Mark Malibu & The Wasagas, The Surfaris, Surfer Joe, Cayucas, The Hang-Ten Hangmen, The Police, The Sparks Boys, Zvezda, The Del Vipers, Robert Gordon & Link Wray, Televisionaries, The Surf Hermits, The ChuGuysters and Secret Agent!   Intro music bed: "Catch A Wave"- The Beach Boys    Mark Malibu & The Wasagas- "Hip Shake Go Go Baby" Secret Agent- "Desert Mission" Televisionaries- "Annie" Cayucas- "Topo Ride The Wave" The ChuGuysters- "The Fourth Space Speed" The Del Vipers- "Mystic Skull" Zvezda- "The Electronic Man" The Surfaris- "Wipe Out"   Surf's Up: Beth'