Catching A Wave 05-15-23

 

You gotta hear the Michael Jackson covers by Surfer Joe & Frankie and the Pool Boys in our Two-nami segment on this Catching A Wave! It'll get you moon-board-walkin'! Beth Riley has a deep track that will get you singing along in her Surf's Up: Beth's Beach Boys Break. We spin a track from an album by Chris Isaak that's celebrating it's 30th anniversary in our Good Time Segment and we'll drop a coin in the Jammin' James Jukebox to hear our selection of the week! Plus, we squeeze in as many rockin' tunes as we can from The Courettes, Hipbone Slim & The Kneejerks, Kincaid & The Memetics, Didi Wray, Inhaler, The Bomboras, Cayucas, Eskimo Lunettes, Danger! Death Ray, Abyssal Lurkers, Rangers and Waikiki Makaki!

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Intro music bed: "Catch A Wave"- The Beach Boys

The Bomboras- "The Man From Planet X"*

Waikiki Makaki- "Surf Monday"

The Courettes- "Hop The Twig"

Didi Wray- "Negue"

Inhaler- "These Are The Days"

"Good Time" segment:

Chris Isaak 30th Anniversary of San Francisco Days (1993)

Chris Isaak- "Beautiful Homes"

Rangers- "Driving Guitars"

Danger! Death Ray- "Something For The Demon With Everything"

Surf's Up: Beth's Beach Boys Break:

The Beach Boys- "Papa-Oom-Mow-Mow"

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Kincaid & The Memetics- "Ready!"

Abyssal Lurkers- "Belly Of The Beast"

Cayucas- "Rollin'"

Eskimo Lunettes- "Goodbye To The Holy Mountain"

Two-nami:

Frankie and the Pool Boys- "Beat It"

Surfer Joe- "Billie Jean"

Jammin' James Jukebox selection of the week:

The Moon- "John Automaton"

Hipbone Slim (AKA Sir Bald Diddley) & The Kneejerks- "Waxhead"*

Outro music bed: Eddie Angel- "Deuces Wild"

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Catching A Wave 11-14-22

We combine our Green Room and Two-nami segments this week to honor the late, great Robert Gordon who unfortunately passed away on October 18th, 2022.  We hear him talking about playing with Link Wray on his first 2 albums along with a track from one of those and a track from his upcoming Cleopatra Records release with guitarist Chris Spedding.  Beth Riley has another fun deep track 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.  There's a track from both The Surfrajettes and Reverend Horton Heat who will be touring together early 2023 and songs from Satan's Pilgrims, Hawaiian Roller Coaster, Didi Wray, The Smithereens, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Los Choppers, Bowling For Soup, The Brain Waves, The Slimetones, The Mach IV, Kincaid & The Memetics and Surf Cult.

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Intro music bed: "Catch A Wave"- The Beach Boys

The Brain Waves- "Torpedo Juice"

The Slimetones- "Slime and Punishment"

Surf Cult- "Let's Play Hide The Soul"

Kincaid & The Memetics- "The Out Of Towners"

*Bob Ross snippet

Red Hot Chili Peppers- "Shoot Me A Smile"

Los Choppers- "Electro Mostro"

Didi Wray- "Dracula's Theme" (cover of The Ghouls)

Satan's Pilgrims- "Southwester"

Surf's Up: Beth's Beach Boys Break:

The Beach Boys- "Cherry, Cherry Coupe"

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Bowling For Soup- "Gilligan's Island Theme"

*The Surfrajettes- "Roxy Roller"

*Reverend Horton Heat- "Forbidden Jungle"

Tour dates HERE

Green Room/Two-Nami segment:

Robert Gordon on playing with Link Wray

Robert Gordon with Link Wray- "The Way I Walk"

Robert Gordon with Chris Spedding- "One Day Left"

Jammin' James Jukebox selection of the week:

The Hi-Lites (feat. Randy Hard)- "Beach Baby"

The Smithereens- "Out Of This World"

Hawaiian Roller Coaster- "Jellyfish Sting"

The Mach IV- "The Coast Road"

Outro music bed: Eddie Angel- "Deuces Wild"

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Halloween Show! Catching A Wave 10-31-22

 

It's our annual Catching A Wave Halloween show!!!  Beth Riley has a deep track about a caveman named Alley Oop from The Beach Boys in her Surf's Up: Beth's Beach Boys Break and our Jammin' James Jukebox selection of the week is about a Werewolf!  Plus, ghoulishly fun tunes from The Surfrajettes, Los Straitjackets, Satan's Pilgrims, Bobby "Boris" Pickett & The Crypt-Kickers, Messer Chups, Magnatech, The Courettes, Genki Genki Panic, The Jagaloons, Dick Dale, Dave Del Monte & The Cross County Boys, Atomic Drag, The Me-Gustas, Didi Wray, The Deadly Ones, The Breakers and The Ventures! 

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Intro music bed: "Catch A Wave"- The Beach Boys/ "Ghostbusters"- Los Straitjackets

The Jagaloons- "Some Kind Of Munster"

*It's The Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown snippet

The Surfrajettes- "Banshee Bop"

Messer Chups- "Doctor Spook"

The Me Gustas- "Black Cat Crawl"

*Jerry Seinfeld standup snippet

Genki Genki Panic- "Drac'd Raw Dot Com"

*That 70's Show snippet

Magnatech- "Dr. Mabuse"

*Looney Tunes/Bugs Bunny snippet

Los Straitjackets- "The Mad Scientwist"

Didi Wray- "Fuzzy Tango Halloween"

Surf's Up: Beth's Beach Boys Break:

The Beach Boys- "Alley Oop"

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*Ghostbusters snippet

The Deadly Ones- "Raunchy"

Bobby "Boris" Pickett & The Crypt-Kickers- "Sinister Stomp"

*King Of The Hill Boomhauer snippet

Satan's Pilgrims- "Vampiro (Transylvania Twist)"

Dick Dale- "Space Mountain"

*Scooby Doo snippet

The Breakers- "Tubular Bells (The Exorcist theme)"

The Courettes- "Voodoo Doll"

Jammin' James Jukebox selection of the week:

The Neanderthals- "Werewolf From Outer Space"

*That 70's Show snippet

Atomic Drag- "The Return Of The Atomic Undead"

Dave Del Monte & The Cross County Boys- "Coffin Car Coupe"

The Ventures- "Twilight Zone"

Outro music bed: Ben Vaughan- "Psycho Beach Party"

Check out the Catching A Wave Halloween 2021 show HERE!

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Catching A Wave 09-26-22

 

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!

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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 Hondells- "Little Sidewalk Surfin' Girl"

Surf's Up: Beth's Beach Boys Break:

The Beach Boys- "Time To Get Alone"

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The Atlantics- "Whitewash"

The Trashmen- "True Love" (previously unreleased Carl Perkins cover)

Didi Wray- "Peter Gunn"

Surf Ghost- "California Dyin'"

10th Anniversary Celebration of The Beach Boys- That's Why God Made The Radio

The Beach Boys- "From There To Back Again"

The Outpost- "Santa Cruz"

Jammin' James Jukebox selection of the week:

The Tremolos- "The Weird One"

77s- "Do It For Love" (stadium mix)

Surf Monster- "Piercing"

Outro music bed: Eddie Angel- "Deuces Wild"

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Catching A Wave 06-06-22

The tunes on this week's Catching A Wave are so good it's almost scary!  We spin tracks from The Creature Preachers, The Go-Go's, Didi Wray, Link Wray, The Monkees, Draculina, Basilantros, Slink Moss Explosion, The Transonics, Los Dedos, The Exotics and Duke Galaxy & The Pipeliners.  We also have a trio of "Holiday" tunes (songs with "holiday" in the title) from Chris Isaak, Lindsey Buckingham and Annette Funicello.  A Two-nami is in the forecast with 2 out of this world tunes from The Kaputniks.  We tell you about an 11 year old surfer from NJ named Carter Doorley doing something super cool (follow him on IG @cartercatcheswaves and his secondary account @cartercatcheswayves ).  Beth Riley has a deep track from The Beach Boys and we'll drop a coin in the Jammin' James Jukebox to hear our selection of the week.

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Intro music bed: "Catch A Wave"- The Beach Boys 

Los Dedos- "Collapse"

The Transonics- "Yes and No"

The Creature Preachers- "Part-Time Frankenstein"

Duke Galaxy and the Pipeliners- "Moondog's Revenge"

The Go-Go's- "Get Up & Go"

"Holiday" trio:

Lindsey Buckingham- "Holiday Road"

Annette Funicello- "A Surfer's Holiday"

Chris Isaak- "Summer Holiday"

Surf's Up: Beth's Beach Boys Break:

The Beach Boys- "With Me Tonight"

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The Monkees- "All The King's Horses"

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**Story about New Jersey 11 year old surfer Carter Doorley

Read more in People Magazine HERE** and follow his new Instagram account:  @cartercatcheswayves

Basilantros- "Grass Never Sleeps"

Draculina- "The Stranger"

The Exotics- "Surf Burglar"

Two-nami:

The Kaputniks- "Star Trek"

The Kaputniks- "Star Wars"

Jammin' James Jukebox selection of the week:

The Belairs- "Little Brown Jug"

Slink Moss Explosion- "Let's Explode"

Didi Wray- "Rumble Girl"

Link Wray- "Moped Baby"

Outro music bed: Eddie Angel- "Deuces Wild"

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Catching A Wave 04-04-22

 

We've got a "secret" trio of tunes from The Young Barons, Dick Dale & His Del-Tones and Stereopohic Space Sound Unlimited.  Hear 2 tracks from the new Frogman release with Deke Dickerson and Danny B. Harvey.  Beth Riley has a windy tune from The Beach Boys in her Surf's Up: Beth's Beach Boys Break.  We board the Catching A Wave Time Machine for the week ending January 5th, 1963 for some tunes on the KFWB Los Angeles chart and we'll drop a coin in the Jammin' James Jukebox to hear our selection of the week.  We'll also pay tribute to Sandy Nelson who passed away on February 14th, 2022 at 83 years old.  Plus, we have tunes from The Zipheads, The Surf Hermits, The Leonites, Didi Wray, Masters Of The University, Papa Surf and Peopleperson!

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Intro music bed: "Catch A Wave"- The Beach Boys

The Surf Hermits- "Attack Of The Killer Pi"

Peopleperson- "Suave Surf"

Masters Of The University- "Marty and Stuart"

RIP Sandy Nelson (Dec. 1-1938 - Feb. 14, 2022):

Sandy Nelson & The Sin City Termites- "Surf Tune"

Didi Wray- "You Are My Gillman"

"Secret" trio:

Stereophonic Space Sound Unlimited- "Secret Lab"

Dick Dale & His Del-Tones- "Secret Surfin' Spot"

The Young Barons- "Secret Agent Man"

Surf's Up: Beth's Beach Boys Break:

The Beach Boys- "Winds Of Change"
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Frogman with Deke Dickerson- "Man Of Mystery"

Frogman with Danny B. Harvey- "Close Encounters"

Catching A Wave Time Machine

Week ending January 5, 1963 on KFWB Los Angeles

#29 Duane Eddy- "(Dance With The) Guitar Man"

#15 Chubby Checker- "Limbo Rock"

#1 Dick Dale- "Miserlou"

Jammin' James Jukebox selection of the week:

Sagittarius- "My World Fell Down"

Papa Surf- "Malaguena"

The Zipheads- "Agent Z"

Outro music bed: Eddie Angel- "Deuces Wild"

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Catching A Wave 02-28-22

 

There is so much great music packed into this hour on Catching A Wave!  Beth Riley has a whistlin' tune from The Beach Boys in her Surf's Up: Beth's Beach Boys Break.  We've got a trio of "fish" themed tunes from Los Straitjackets, George Harrison & Dick Dale.  We continue our 10th anniversary celebration of The Beach Boys' That's Why God Made The Radio album and we'll drop a coin in the Jammin' James Jukebox to hear our selection of the week.  We'll pay tribute to Ronnie Spector who passed away on January 12th, 2022 with a solo tune and a classic from The Ronettes.  Plus, we've got tunes from Didi Wray, Ramones, The Lucky Odds, The Insanitizers, The Rip Chords, Susanna Hoffs, HJ & The Constellations, Underwater Bosses, The Currie Brothers, Marty Rudnick and The Me Gustas!

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Intro music bed: "Catch A Wave"- The Beach Boys

The Me Gustas- "Conduit"

The Lucky Odds- "Snake Eyes"

Marty Rudnick- "Some Summer"

The Currie Brothers- "Link Ray Gun"

Underwater Bosses- "The Black Demon Of Cortez"

"Fish" themed trio:

Los Straitjackets- "The Fishin' Hole (Theme From The Andy Griffith Show)"
George Harrison- "Fish On The Sand"

Dick Dale- "Fish Taco"

Surf's Up: Beth's Beach Boys Break:
The Beach Boys- "Whistle In"
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Susanna Hoffs- "No Good Trying"

Didi Wray- "Love You Till Tuesday"

The Insanitizers- "The Escape"

HJ & The Constellations- "Tubular Spectacular"

10th Anniversary Celebration of The Beach Boys- That's Why God Made The Radio

The Beach Boys- "Isn't It Time" (single mix)

Jammin' James Jukebox selection of the week:

The Overtones- "Red Checker Wagon"

Ramones- Surf City"

Remembering Ronnie Spector:

Ronnie Spector and The Ronettes- "I'd Much Rather Be With The Girls"

The Ronettes- "Be My Baby"

The Rip Chords- "Hey Little Cobra"

Outro music bed: The Beach Boys- "Isn't It Time" (instrumental)

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