Catching A Wave 05-01-23

 

There's a couple of updated remakes, covers, classics and plenty of new tracks on the latest Catching A Wave! The Wheel of Fun, Fun, Fun returns as we play 3 randomly selected covers of The Beach Boys (The Surfaris, Danny Gatton and Ramouns). Beth Riley has a deep track from them too in her Surf's Up: Beth's Beach Boys Break. We spin a tune from The Beatles in our Good Times segment from an album celebrating it's 60th anniversary and we drop a coin in the Jammin' James Jukebox to hear our selection of the week! Both Davie Allan & The Arrows and The Explorers Club have new versions of a couple of tunes from their past. We also spin tunes from Danny B. Harvey, Walter Egan, The Beths, Perry Dear & The Deerstalkers, The Chantays, Thomas Lauderdale & Satan's Pilgrims, The Golliwogs, The Coppertones and The Beyonderers!

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

Davie Allan & The Arrows- "Blues Theme"

The Beyonderers- "Besieged By Orbs"

The Beths- "Watching The Credits"

Perry Dear & The Deerstalkers- "Our Man Flint"

The Chantays- "Sentimental Guitar"

"Good Time" segment:

The Beatles 60th Anniversary of With The Beatles (1963)

The Beatles- "Hold Me Tight"

Danny B. Harvey- "Movin' On"

The Explorers Club- "Forever" (2023 version)

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

The Beach Boys- "Where Is She"

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The Golliwogs- "Instrumental #1"

Thomas Lauderdale & Satan's Pilgrims*- "Night and Day"

Walter Egan- "Surfin' & Drivin'"

Wheel Of Fun, Fun, Fun:

Ramouns- "Help Me Rhonda"

Danny Gatton- "In My Room"

The Surfaris- "Dance, Dance, Dance"

Jammin' James Jukebox selection of the week:

Henry Gross- "Shannon"

The Coppertones- "Surf Dog"

Outro music bed: Eddie Angel- "Deuces Wild"

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Catching A Wave 02-14-22

 

Don Wilson of The Ventures February 10, 1933-January 22, 2022

There's so much great music to choose from every week on Catching A Wave!  This hour, hear a Star Wars theme trio from The Surf Hermits, Urban Surf Kings and Doyley & The Twanglords.  Beth Riley has a deep track from The Beach Boys in her Surf's Up: Beth's Beach Boys Break.  We've got a Green Room segment with a snippet of John Fogerty's Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame induction speech for The Ventures.  We also pay tribute to Don Wilson (co-founder of The Ventures) who passed away on January 22nd, 2022.  Plus, we've got some rockin' tunes from The Explorers Club, The Rumtones, The Surfbeat Club, The Tourmaliners, The Starhoppers, Brian Wilson and friends, The Mighty Gordinis, Les Robots, The Wipeouters, Genki Genki Panic, JJ and The Trash Dogs, The Avocados 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

Genki Genki Panic- "Zelda II: The Adventures Of Link Palace"

The Avocados- "Fuzz Pit"

The Wipeouters- "Luna Goona Park"

The Mighty Gordinis- "Minnesota Twist"

The Starhoppers- "Sled Driver"

Star Wars Theme:

The Surf Hermits- "Boba's Robe"

Urban Surf Kings- "Star Wars"

Doyley & The Twanglords- "Imperial Death March"

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

The Beach Boys- "All This Is That"

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The Surfbeat Club- "Ballroom Blitzkrieg"

The Explorers Club- "I've Been Lonely Too Long"

Les Robots- "Come Back If You Dare"

The Tourmaliners- "Point Break"

Green Room segment:

John Fogerty induction speech snippet for The Ventures in the Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame/ Don Wilson tribute

The Ventures- "Who'll Stop The Rain/ Bad Moon Risin'"

Jammin' James Jukebox selection of the week:

The Catalinas- "Banzai Washout"

Brian Wilson & Friends- "California Saga"

JJ and The Trash Dogs- "Sharkbite"

The Rumtones- "Sand Spitters and Painkillers"

Outro Music Bed:  The Ventures- "Walk Don't Run"

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Catching A Wave 12-27-21

We're toward the end of 2021 and already talking about April Showers (new Los Straitjackets) plus killer tracks from The Green Reflectors, The Explorers Club, Surfer Joe, Goons!, The Bomboras, The Desolate Coast, La Luz, The Incomprehensible Static, The Cranzers, Tiki Riot & more!  We have a trio of tunes with a Banzai theme from Dick Dale & His Del-Tones, The Astronauts and Atomic Mosquitos.  Beth Riley has a deep track from The Beach Boys in her Surf's Up: Beth's Beach Boys Break.  We board the Time Machine for the week ending November 5, 1988 and we 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

The Green Reflectors- "Hot Ticket"

Tiki Riot- "The Slasher"

The Cranzers- "Minx"

The Incomprehensible Static- "Quarter Mile Burnout"

La Luz- "Goodbye Ghost"

"Banzai" theme:

Dick Dale & His Del-Tones- "Banzai Washout"

The Astronauts- "Kuk" ("Banzai Pipeline" in the lyrics)

Atomic Mosquitos- "Banzai Fallout"

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

The Beach Boys- "Bluebirds Over The Mountain"

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The Explorers Club- "Hurt So Bad"

The Desolate Coast- "This Can't Be A Dream"

The Bomboras- "Heads Or Tails"

Catching A Wave Time Machine

Week ending November 5, 1988:

#41 The Bangles- "In Your Room"

#28 Cheap Trick- "Don't Be Cruel"

#1 The Beach Boys- "Kokomo"

Jammin' James Jukebox selection of the week:

The Fireballs- "Quite A Party"

Surfer Joe- "The Last Wave"

Goons!- "Junkie For Your Love"

Los Straitjackets- "April Showers"

Outro music bed: Duane Eddy- "Curveball"

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Catching A Wave 10-18-21

We hear the #1 song in our Top 5 Favorite Songs Of The Beach Boys Countdown as voted on by YOU!  It was a tight race and over 50 songs were submitted as your favorites.  We also hear a deep track by The Beach Boys from Beth Riley in her Surf's Up: Beth's Beach Boys Break and a tune from their latest Feel Flows boxset later on the show as well.  We've got a trio of tunes from artists/bands with a color in their name (Junior Brown, The Green Reflectors and Blue Stingrays) as well as rockers from Surfer Joe, Los Twang Marvels, Greg Townson, The Surfaris, Jason Lee & The R.I.P.Tides, Shoot The Pier, The Explorers Club, Jason Janik, Slacktone, The Rip Chords and Blackball Bandits!!

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Also, check out my personal Top 5 favorite songs by The Beach Boys below too!

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

Jason Janik- "Light'em Up"

The Explorers Club- "Say You Will"

Blackball Bandits- "Night Rider"

The Rip Chords- "Surfin' Craze"

*Spongebob snippet

Greg Townson- "Aztec" (feat. Yolanda Marvel)

"Color" theme artist/band:

Blue Stingrays- "Green Sea"

Junior Brown- "Rock-A-Hula Baby"

The Green Reflectors- "Crypt Kicker"

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

The Beach Boys- "Pitter Patter"

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Slacktone- "Blast Bolero"

Surfer Joe- "Coil Burner"

Jason Lee & The R.I.P.Tides- "Pain Killer"

Shoot The Pier- "Hallucinations"

Top 5 countdown of YOUR favorite songs by The Beach Boys:

#1 The Beach Boys- "Wouldn't It Be Nice"

The Surfaris- "I Wanna Take A Trip To The Islands"

Jammin' James Jukebox selection of the week:

Legendary Masked Surfers- "Gonna Hustle You"

Los Twang Marvels- "Guitars In Orbit"

The Beach Boys- "Seasons In The Sun"

Outro Music Bed:  Eddie Angel- "Deuces Wild"

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Jammin' James Riley's personal Top 5 Favorite songs by The Beach Boys:

#5.  "I Get Around"

While this song exploded out the radio when it was released in 1963, it still holds up today!  This showed a huge growth in Brian's production and the harmonies are amazing!

#4.  "God Only Knows"

This one still gives me chills with Carl's amazing lead vocals along with Brian and Bruce at the end of the song.  The production is perfect.  Easy to see why it's also Sir Paul McCartney's favorite too!

#3.  "Wouldn't It Be Nice"

This song ushered in a new level of intricate vocals and instrumentation for the band.  I never grow tired of this song.  It's my wife Beth's (from her "Surf's Up: Beth's Beach Boys Break" segment on here and her own awesome show "Boppin' With Beth") favorite from the group.  She recorded an intro talking about this song and sent it to SiriusXM when they were running The Beach Boys channel this summer and we actually heard it on the station...as we were driving to see them in concert this summer!!  It was Beth's first time seeing them and we were about to turn into the venue to go park when her intro came on the air!  Such a great memory to such a great song!

Also, check out this beautiful new version of "Wouldn't It Be Nice" from Brian Wilson's new release, At My Piano!

#2.  "Getcha Back"

You may be surprised by this addition to the top 5 but I've always loved this one.  It was the summer of 1985 and I was about to be a Junior in high school.  I had been a fan of the band since I was a little kid so it was exciting to hear them return and have a decent hit with this one.  I spent all previous years of being a fan of earlier material so even when new projects were released I was still busy trying to find everything I could of them to dig into.  This was the first NEW release I remember buying as soon as it came out and immersing myself into it.  I still smile whenever I hear it!

#1.  "Do It Again"

In all honesty, any of these songs could be #1 favorite at any given time.  However, this one is always near the top if not #1.  I've always loved the effect on the drum intro and they've long opened their shows with this one.  If anyone needs me, I'm going to blaring this one for a while!!