Rockabilly & Blues Radio Hour

We're jam packed on this Catching A Wave with new tunes and classics!  We hear Suzi Quatro, Brian Langan, The Volcanics, Black Valley Moon, Habibi, The 5.6.7.8's, The Surf Kings, The Evanstones, The Doltones, Los Caminos, Cayucas, The Supraphonics, Mike Love with Hanson, Al Dual and more!  Beth Riley has a great tune from The Beach Boys in her Surf's Up: Beth's Beach Boys Break segement, we board the Catching A Wave Time Machine for the week ending July 1, 1964 to hear 3 great tunes on the chart that week and of course we'll drop a coin in the Jammin' James Jukebox!   Intro music bed "Catch A Wave"- The Beach Boys   The Supraphonics- "Surf Rider" Black Valley Moon- "The Devil's Chair" Los Caminos- "Barrel Roll" Cayucas- "Malibu '79 Long" The Doltones- "Garbageman Twist" The Evanstones- "El Gato" Brian Langan- "The Sight I Seek" The Surf Kings- "The Crawl"   Surf's Up: Beth's Beach Boys Break- The Beach Boys- "All I Wanna Do" Follow "Surf's Up: Beth's Beach Boys Break" HERE   Al Dual- "Young Love" Mike Love-

We start a new segment on Catching A Wave called "The Green Room" with an interview snippet from drummer, Jason Smay!  Beth Riley brings an awesome classic from The Beach Boys in her Surf's Up: Beth's Beach Boys Break.  We'll drop a coin in the Jammin' James Jukebox and play the latest from Al Jardine, The Royal Pacifics, Surfoniani, The Reverbivores, Jet Jaguars and rockers from Man Or Astro-Man?, Brian Wilson, Jason Lee & The R.I.P.Tides, Los Straitjackets, Surfnado Tiki Squad, Elvis Presley, Lucky 757, The Green Reflectors, Dick Dale and Jan & Dean.   Intro music bed "Catch A Wave"- The Beach Boys   Man Of Astro-Man?- "Taco Wagon" Brian Wilson- "California Sun" Lucky 757- "Apache" The Reverbivores- "Costa Mesa Curl" Jan & Dean- "Surfin'" The Green Reflectors- "Tune Up" Jet Jaguars- "Death Chase" Elvis Presley- "Slicin' Sand" (Take 4)   Surf's Up: Beth's Beach Boys Break- The Beach Boys- "Darlin'" Follow "Surf's Up: Beth's Beach Boys Break" HERE   Al Jardine- "Waves Of Love 2.0" Surfnado Tiki

We've got another "Two-Nami" in the forecast and this time it's 2 in a row from Glen Campbell (one produced by Brian Wilson and the other featuring Dick Dale, Brian Setzer and Chris Isaak).  Beth Riley has a great gem from The Beach Boys in her Surf's Up: Beth's Beach Boys Break.  Our Jammin' James Jukebox selection of the week comes from a band from down under.  We also spin tunes from Southern Culture On The Skids, The Neptunas, The Freshwater Four, Sheverb, Surfer Joe, Mike Love (featuring John Cowsill on vocals), The Greasy Gills, Mark Malibu & The Wasagas, Los Atarrayas, Los Frenticos, The Cherry Drops, The Seatopians, The Go-Go's and the Lively Ones! Intro music bed "Catch A Wave"- The Beach Boys   The Greasy Gills- "Mr. Rebel" Mark Malibu & The Wasagas- "Middle Of The Wave" Los Atarrayas- "Squalo Fantasma" The Neptunas- "Mermaid A Go Go" The Cherry Drops- "Rockin' At The Hard Rock" The Seatopians- "Space Dragon" Los Freneticos- "Americana Twist" Lively Ones- "Chicken Scratch"   Surf's Up: Beth

Time to spin the Wheel Of Fun, Fun, Fun again to hear some randomly selected covers of The Beach Boys.  This time we hear M Ward, The Untamed Youth and The Neanderthals covering America's band.  Speaking of The Beach Boys, Beth Riley brings a cool ballad from them in her Surf's Up: Beth's Beach Boys Break!  We also drop a coin in the Jammin' James Jukebox to hear our selection of the week (and it has a Beach Boys connection too).  Plus, hear rockers from Insect Surfers, Bali Lamas, Cheap Trick, The Explorers Club, Marco Di Maggio, Satan's Pilgrims, Cliff Richard & The Shadows, Todd Bradley, Dave Del Monte, The Mysterics, The Creature Preachers, Jan & Dean with The Flirts, The Super Stocks, Nuclear Juarez and The Surferific Dudes! Intro music bed "Catch A Wave"- The Beach Boys   Insect Surfers- "Red Mesa" The Mysterics- "Neb's Tune" The Explorers Club- "California's Callin' Ya" Todd Bradley- "Next Summer" Dave Del Monte- "Stampede" Cliff Richard & The Shadows- "On The Beach" The Creature Preachers-

Get ready for a great Time Machine segment for the week ending July 20, 1963!  Beth Riley brings a gem from The Beach Boys catalog in her Surf's Up: Beth's Beach Boys Break and we drop a coin in the Jammin' James Jukebox for a classic from Dick Dale.  We've got another great new track from Christian Love (along with Bruce Johnston talking about Christian) and rockin' tunes from Messer Chups, The Seatopians, Webb Wilder, The Green Reflectors, Jeffrey Foskett, Jason Janik, Greg Townson, The Chefs, Surf Curse, Eagles and Cayucas!! Intro music bed "Catch A Wave"- The Beach Boys   The Seatopians- "Up From The Depths" The Green Reflectors- "Surf Sea DC" Messer Chups- "Children Of Popcorn" Jeffrey Foskett- "Heartbeat" Greg Townson- "Just Name It"   Bruce Johnston on Christian Love Christian Love- "Everything You Know" Jason Janik- "Bewitched" Surf Curse- "River's Edge"   Surf's Up: Beth's Beach Boys Break- The Beach Boys- "Hold On Dear Brother" Follow "Surf's Up: Beth's Beach Boys Break" HERE   The Chefs- "Hippy Su

Not only do we get a great track from The Beach Boys from Beth Riley in her Surf's Up: Beth's Beach Boys Break, we also hear solo tracks from Brian Wilson, Carl Wilson, Dennis Wilson, Mike Love, Bruce Johnston, Al Jardine and David Marks!!  Our "Two-Nami" feature has a couple of tracks from Deke Dickerson (one with The Trasmen and the other with Los Straitjackets) and we drop a coin in the Jammin' James Jukebox to hear a rocker from the Safaris!  Plus, we spin tracks from The Electric Heaters, Surfnado Tiki Squad, Jan & Dean, Nick Waterhouse, Blue Stingrays, Marty Stuart & His Fabulous Superlatives and The Cranzers!!   Intro music bed "Catch A Wave"- The Beach Boys   The Electric Heaters- "Coronacation" David Marks & The A-Phonics- "Summertime Blues" Surfnado Tiki Squad- "Sharknado" Jan & Dean- "School Days" The Cranzers- "Longboard" Brian Wilson- "Love and Mercy" Carl Wilson- "Rockin' All Over The World" Dennis Wilson- "River Song"   Surf's Up: Beth's Beach Boys Break- The Beach Boys- "Baby

We get the return of our Wheel Of Fun, Fun, Fun game where we play some randomly selected covers of The Beach Boys from our in-studio Spinning Wheel.  And speaking of The Beach Boys, Beth Riley has another classic from them in her Surf's Up: Beth's Beach Boys Break and we drop a coin in the Jammin' James Jukebox to hear a great rocker this week.  We also have tunes from Girl Over Planet, Hawthorne, Twist, Randell Kirsch with Papa Doo Run Run, Jason Lee & The R.I.P.Tides, Didi Wray & Los Tango Boys, Underwater Bosses, The Ventures, Elvis Presley (from Blue Hawaii which is celebrating it's 60th anniversary this year) and more!  Intro music bed "Catch A Wave"- The Beach Boys   Girl Over Planet- "Mad Monster Mania" Jason Lee & The R.I.P.Tides- "Goon Beach" Elvis Presley- "Beach Boy Blues" Didi Wray & Los Tango Boys- "Nocturna" The Hondells- "Night Rider" Dave Alvin- "Mr. Moto" Underwater Bosses- "Red Tide" Randell Kirsch & Papa Doo Run Run- "I'll Meet You On The Sand"   Surf's Up:

Grab your board and crank it up!  We've got recent and classic rockers from Los Straitjackets, Duane Eddy, Mark Malibu & The Wasagas, The Kaputniks, The Tourmaliners, The Evanstones, The Young Barons, The Surfrajettes, Little Richard, Brian Wilson (with Al Jardine, Blondie Chaplin and another track with Brian Setzer), The Silicon, Link Bat & The Bat Rays and Brian Walker.  Beth Riley has a great tune from The Beach Boys in her Surf's Up: Beth's Beach Boys Break segment, we take a ride in our Catching A Wave Time Machine 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 Young Barons- "Moment Of Truth" The Surfrajettes- "Hale'iwa Hustle" Brian Walker- "Last Wave" Brian Wilson- "Sail Away" (with Al Jardine & Blondie Chaplin) Brian Setzer with Brian Wilson- "Little Deuce Coupe" Los Straitjackets- "Rainy Night In Georgia" The Silicon- "Summer 2020" Little Richard- "Scuba Party"   Surf's Up: Beth's Beach Boys Break- Th

Hear the latest from The Supraphonics, Southern Culture On The Skids, Jimmy Buffett, Al Dual, The Explorers Club, The Reverbivores, North Melbourne Surf Club and classics from Link Wray, Bruce Johnston, The Surfaris, Jan & Dean, Bloodshot Bill, Satan's Pilgrims, Al Jardine and Surf City Allstars! Plus, Beth Riley plays a great track from The Beach Boys in her Surf's Up: Beth's Beach Boys Break, we drop a coin in the Jammin' James Jukebox to hear our selection of the week and we start a new segment called "Two-Nami" where we play a couple of tracks back to back from an artist.  This week, it's 2 rockin' tracks from The Bangles. Intro music bed "Catch A Wave"- The Beach Boys   The Supraphonics- "Driving Guitars" North Melbourne Surf Club- "Salt Shaker" Link Wray- "Mustang" Bruce Johnston- "The Hamptons" The Reverbivores- "Slipstream" Southern Culture On The Skids- "Is Anybody Going To San Antone" The Surfaris- "Hot Rod Graveyard" The Explorers Club- "Run, Run, Run" (Under Construction Mix)   Surf's Up: Beth

We spin the Wheel Of Fun, Fun, Fun again this hour to hear 3 randomly picked covers of The Beach Boys.  This time around, it's Roy Orbison, Ronnie Spector and the Ramones doing the covers.  Speaking of The Beach Boys, Beth Riley has another great tune from them in her Surf's Up: Beth's Beach Boys Break segment.  We also drop a coin in the Jammin' James Jukebox for our selection this week.  Plus, we'll spin rockin' tunes from The Neptunas, Jennie Vee, The Sabres, The Men In Gray Suits, The Hi-Risers, Mike Love, Tav Falco, Danny B. Harvey, The Jagaloons, Secret Agent, The Wavers, The Mystery Men, The Hondells and The Rip Chords!!   Intro music bed "Catch A Wave"- The Beach Boys   The Sabres- "Ride The Savage" The Jagaloons- "The Creature From The Jagaloon Lagoon" Jennie Vee- "Out For Blood" Danny B. Harvey- "Nitro" Tav Falco- "Sleep Walk" The Mystery Men- "Spiral Arms" The Wavers- "Delirium" Secret Agent- "The Spy Who Never Was"   Surf's Up: Beth's Beach Boys Break- The Beach Boys- "California S

It's the NEW and improved Catching A Wave and we have an exciting hour of music and features planned for you!  Beth Riley starts a segment called "Surf's Up: Beth's Beach Boys Break" with a tune from The Beach Boys of course.  We'll jump in our time machine for the week ending December 29th, 1962 to hear some tunes on the Billboard Hot 100 at the time.  Our Jammin' James Jukebox is a great tune from The Ventures!  We'll debut a NEW tune from Christian Love and spin rockin' tunes from The Memphians, Los Straitjackets, Lucky 757, The Explorers Club, The Cherry Drops, The Hula Girls, Jan & Dean, The Monkees, The Challengers and more!!   Intro music bed "Catch A Wave"- The Beach Boys Los Straitjackets- "Space Junket"The Hula Girls- "Jungle Girl" Christian Love- "Unconditionally" The Memphians- "Alone Ranger" The Sunrays- "I Live For The Sun" Lucky 757- "Monsta" The Explorers Club- "I Wonder What She's Doing Tonite" The Cherry Drops- "Brand New Day"   Surf's Up: Beth's Beach Boys Break- The Beach Boys- "You N

It's our last Rockabilly N Blues Radio Hour (for now) as we take a hiatus to give time to reviving Catching A Wave (starting next week).  But, we have a killer hour planned on this episode with a great Howlin' Wolf tune from Beth Riley on her Beth's Blues Break.  We'll take a stroll to the Doo-Wop Corner (with songs from Dion and The Dynamics), drop a coin in the Jammin' James Jukebox to hear a rocker from The Blasters AND we get NEW tunes from Kim Wilson and Martini Shakers in our instru-Mental Breakdown.  Plus, hear the latest from Darrel Higham, Restless, Twang Gang, Jolie & The Jackalopes, Ry Bradley, Eva Eastwood, Howlin' Ramblers and another rockin' studio take from Elvis Presley.  We also have rockers from Gene Vincent, JD McPherson, Jimmy Sutton's Four Charms and Eddie Cochran!! Intro Voice Over- Rob "Cool Daddy" Dempsey Intro Music Bed: Brian Setzer- "Rockabilly Blues"   Darrel Higham- "Pretty Little Pearly" Restless- "Knee Deep In The Beat" Howlin' Ramblers- "Tennessee Border"   instru-Me

Hear NEW tracks this week from Al Dual, The Kokomo Kings, Austin John, Cousin Harley, Sarah Vista, The Domino Kings, The Honkabillies, The Mellows, Little Martha & The Truckstoppers and The Memphians & Todd Bradley in our instru-Mental Breakdown.  Beth Riley brings a classic Willie Dixon tune in her Beth's Blues Break, we board the Rockabilly N Blues Time Machine for the week of May 30, 1959 and we spin a Dave Edmunds rocker in our Jammin' James Jukebox selection of the week...and still there's more!! Intro Voice Over- Rob "Cool Daddy" Dempsey Intro Music Bed: Brian Setzer- "Rockabilly Blues"   The Kokomo Kings- "The Smile Of A Shark" Little Martha & The Truckstoppers- "Nothing" Cousin Harley- "Where'd She Go"   instru-Mental Breakdown: The Memphians- "Hernando's Swang" Todd Bradley- "Mister Happy"   Al Dual- "Cadillac Funk" The Mellows- "The Cure" The Honkabillies- "Drinkin' Hidin' Ridin'"   Beth's Blues Break: (Music bed: Buddy Guy- "Slow Blues") Willie Dixon- "The Seventh Son"

Hear a classic Muddy Waters tune in our Beth's Blues Break with Beth Riley AND hear a NEW track from his son, Mojo Morganfield later in the show too!  We'll spin new tunes from Restless, Abby Girl & The Real Deal, Kim Wilson, Geoffrey Miller, John Fogerty, Duke Robillard, Brandon Cunning, Twang Gang, The Hoodoo Tones and we'll hear the latest from The Spiratones and Tammi Savoy & The Chris Casello Combo in our instru-Mental Breakdown!  We'll take a trip to the Doo-Wop Corner, drop a coin in the Jammin' James Jukebox and play rockers from Jittery Jack and Hayden Thompson! Intro Voice Over- Rob "Cool Daddy" Dempsey Intro Music Bed: Brian Setzer- "Rockabilly Blues"   Restless- "Crime Don't Pay" Abby Girl & The Real Deal- "I Love You" Twang Gang- "I'm Coming Home"   instru-Mental Breakdown: The Spiratones- "Bustin'" Tammi Savoy & The Chris Casello Combo- "Hot Lava"   Elvis Presley- "The Fool" (Take 1) Brandon Cunning- "You're My Baby" The Hoodoo Tones- "Too Many Rivers"   Beth's Bl

We're rolling into 2021 with some killer new tunes from Austin John, Cousin Harley, Linda Gail Lewis, Mezcal Brothers, Eva Eastwood, James Inteld & The Honky Tonk Palomino's, Nick Lowe (w/ Los Straitjackets), Martini Shakers, Howlin' Ramblers plus 2 new tracks from Los Straitjackets in our instru-Mental Breakdown!  Beth Riley brings a classic Jerry McCain track in her Beth's Blues Break, we'll stroll to the Doo-Wop Corner AND drop a coin in the Jammin' James Jukebox (to hear a vocal track and first release from The Ventures)!  Still...there's more...with rockers from The Crickets, Jerry Lee Lewis and JD McPherson! Intro Voice Over- Rob "Cool Daddy" Dempsey Intro Music Bed: Brian Setzer- "Rockabilly Blues"   Mezcal Brothers- "Shakin' Dog" Martini Shakers- "Lately I'm Lonely" Howlin' Ramblers- "I'm A Howlin' Rambler"   instru-Mental Breakdown: Los Straitjackets- "I Feel Fine" Los Straitjackets- "Time Is On My Side"   Austin John- "She's Dynamite" Eva Eastwood- "If Love Don't Work On You" The Cr

We're wrapping up the year with so much great new music...including the latest from Kyle Eldridge, Abby Girl & The Real Deal, Matt Ward & Bonnie Montgomery, The Joeys, Ry Bradley, Jared Petteys & The Headliners, Brad Stivers, Darrel Higham as well as Kim Wilson and Deke Dickerson & The Whippersnappers in our instru-Mental Breakdown.  Beth Riley brings us a Honeyboy Edwards track in her Beth's Blues Break, we take trip to the Doo-Wop Corner (with tracks by Big Sandy and The Crows) and we drop a coin in the Jammin' James Jukebox to hear a single from Levi Dexter & The Ripchords from 1981! Intro Voice Over- Rob "Cool Daddy" Dempsey Intro Music Bed: Brian Setzer- "Rockabilly Blues"   Ry Bradley- "Not Fade Away" Elvis Presley- "Good Rockin' Tonight" Jared Petteys & The Headliners- "Let Me Show You"   instru-Mental Breakdown: Kim Wilson- "Rumblin'" Deke Dickerson & The Whippersnappers- "Besame Mucho"   Abby Girl & The Real Deal- "Georgia Slop" Brad Stivers- "Three Times

Thrilled to co-host the annual "All Christmas" show with my lovely wife, Beth Riley (heard here weekly on her "Beth's Blues Break" as well as her own syndicated show called "Boppin' With Beth").  She has a Christmas edition of Beth's Blues Break and a great tune from Keb' Mo', we have an instru-Mental Breakdown courtesy of Hi-Tide Recordings with new tracks from The Volcanics and Slowey & The Boats, we'll take a stroll to the Doo-Wop Corner AND drop a coin in the Christmas Jukebox for a track from JD McPherson!  Hear NEW tunes from Dion, The Shootouts, Dallas Moore, Dave Del Monte & The Cross County Boys and April Mae & The June Bugs as well as classics from Elvis Presley, Dwight Yoakam, Slim Jim Phantom feat. Jennie Vee, Dale Watson, Brian Setzer Orchestra and Two Tons Of Steel!! Intro Voice Over- Rob "Cool Daddy" Dempsey Intro Music Bed: Big Bad Voodoo Daddy- "Rockabilly Christmas"   Two Tons Of Steel- "Santa Claus Is Comin' To Town" Brian Setzer Orchestra- "Here Comes Santa Claus" Dion (wi

A couple more Christmas tunes hit the mix including a Christmas Jukebox selection of the week.  Beth Riley brings a classic Blind Lemon Jefferson tune in her Beth's Blues Break and we've got NEW tunes from Lee Rocker, Abby Girl & The Real Deal, Rip Masters, Nick Waterhouse, Lucky Jones, Big Cedar Fever, Restless, Tammi Savoy & The Chris Casello Combo, Twang Gang, Eva Eastwood, Howlin' Ramblers as well as Urban Zotel and JP Cyr & The Midnightmen in our instru-Mental Breakdown! Intro Voice Over- Rob "Cool Daddy" Dempsey Intro Music Bed: Brian Setzer- "Rockabilly Blues"   The Carolyn Sills Combo- "Ghost Reindeer In The Sky" Howlin' Ramblers- "Stutterin' Cindy" Tammi Savoy & The Chris Casello Combo- "Uh-Huh Goodbye"   instru-Mental Breakdown: Urban Zotel- "Blastin' Off" JP Cyr & The Midnightmen- "Surfy Mix"   The Sweetback Sisters- "Santa Claus Is Comin' To Town" Rip Masters- "Get Right Up" Abby Girl & The Real Deal- "Burnt Toast, Black Coffee"   Beth's Blues Break: (Music

Kicking off December in style!  NEW tunes from Darrel Higham, The Honkabillies, Sean Burns & Lost Country, Brad Stivers (with Lindsay Beaver), Jackslacks, Robert Gordon (with Rosie Flores), Stray Cats (live), Brandon Cunning and The Memphians and Ruzz Guitar's Blues Revue in our instru-Mental Breakdown.  Beth Riley brings a great Dion tune in her Beth's Blues Break.  We take a stroll to the Doo-Wop Corner and we'll drop a coin in the Christmas Jukebox to hear a track from Los Straitjackets.  We have a Christmas tune from Adriano BaTolba Orchestra and rockers from Hank Ballard & The Midnighters and Jack Scott as well! Intro Voice Over- Rob "Cool Daddy" Dempsey Intro Music Bed: Brian Setzer- "Rockabilly Blues"   Darrel Higham- "Jitterbop Baby" The Honkabillies- "Please Let Me In" (Alt Version) Brad Stivers (with Lindsay Beaver)- "Turn Your Damper Down"   instru-Mental Breakdown: Ruzz Guitar's Blues Revue- "Jump In" The Memphians- "2020"   Brandon Cunning- "Go Baby Go" Stray Cats- "Gene &

So excited to keep bringing you great new music this year!!  We'll spin the latest from Abby Girl & The Real Deal, Dale Watson, Tammi Savoy & The Chris Casello Combo, Kim Wilson, Headcat 13, The Beatersband, JP Cyr & The Midnightmen, The Hoodoo Tones, Ry Bradley as well as Men In Gray Suits and Lucky 757 in our instru-Mental Breakdown.  Beth Riley brings another blues classic in her Beth's Blues Break, we board the Rockabilly N Blues Time Machine for the week ending February 16th, 1957...AND...we have the return of the CHRISTMAS jukebox with a selection from JD McPherson!  Throw in a Christmas rocker from Reverend Horton Heat and a classic from Jerry Lee Lewis and you have one KILLER hour!! Intro Voice Over- Rob "Cool Daddy" Dempsey Intro Music Bed: Brian Setzer- "Rockabilly Blues"   The Hoodoo Tones- "Another Toy" The Beatersband- "Don't Worry Baby" JP Cyr & The Midnightmen- "Wasting My Blues"   instru-Mental Breakdown: Men In Gray Suits- "Diamond Dead" Lucky 757- "BOING!"   Tammi