Catching A Wave 03-25-24

 

We ring the bell and go Head 2 Head on this Catching A Wave with both Motorhead and Mike Love covering a Ramones classic! We hear a tune from an album by The Ventures that's 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. As always, we'll drop a coin in the Jammin' James Jukebox to hear our selection of the week (The Untamed Youth...reuniting at Surf Guitar 101 Festival Weekender this year too...July 26-28 www.surfguitar101festival.com). We pay tribute to the late, great Dexter Romweber who unfortunately passed away on Feb. 16th, 2024. Plus, hear some rockers from Chris Casello, The Eye Five, Man Or Astro-Man?, Jeffrey Foskett, Dick Dale, The Immediate Family, The Wretched Edsels, Abyssal Lurkers, Los Baby Jaguars, I. Jeziak & The Surfers, Sant Anna Bay Coconuts, Los Misterios.

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

Jeffrey Foskett- "Baseball Card Fever"

Dick Dale- "Smoke On The Water"

Los Baby Jaguars- "Playa Boogaloo"

I. Jeziak & The Surfers- "Big Wave"

Sant Anna Bay Coconuts- "Pacifica"

Good Time segment:

The Ventures 60th anniversary of Knock Me Out (1964)

The Ventures- "Bird Rockers"

Los Misterios- "Surfsilvania"

Man Or Astro-Man?- "Inside The Atom"

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

The Beach Boys- "Louie, Louie"

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The Immediate Family- "Lost In The Shuffle"

RIP Dexter Romweber (June 18th, 1966-February 16th, 2024):

Dexter Romweber- "Bombora"

Chris Casello- "Sharkskin Buffalo"

The Wretched Edsels- "Carm and Claire"

Head 2 Head:

Mike Love- "Rockaway Beach"

Motorhead- "Rockaway Beach"

Jammin' James Jukebox selection of the week:

The Untamed Youth- "Come On Down To My Boat"

The Eye Five- "Del Scorcher"

Abyssal Lurkers- "Bankshot"

Outro music bed: Link Wray- "The Wild One"

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Catching A Wave 01-22-24

 

On this Catching A Wave, we get another fun Head 2 Head battle with live cover versions of a Little Richard rocker by both Creedence Clearwater Revival and The Astronauts. Beth Riley has a deep track from The Beach Boys in her Surf's Up: Beth's Beach Boys Break! There's a cool tune from The Ventures from an album 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 (EARLY Paul Simon). There's rockers from Man Or Astro-man?, The Immediate Family, Hipbone Slim & The Kneejerks, Los Straitjackets, That Green, Porno For Pyros, Arno De Cea & The Clockwork Wizards, Pozor Vlak, Waikik Makaki, Los Vaccine, Cosmic Surf and Los Reverb!

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

Los Twangheads- "Mysterious Signals"

That Green- "Surf Musette"

Porno For Pyros- "Agua"

Los Vaccine- "Caribbean Amphibian"

Cosmic Surf- "Catatonic"

Good Time segment:

The Ventures 60th anniversary of The Ventures In Space

The Ventures- "The Bat"

Man Or Astro-Man?- "Special Agent Conrad Uno"

Hipbone Slim & The Kneejerks- "Where You Gone?"

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

The Beach Boys- "Crack At Your Love"

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Los Reverb- "Marolita"

The Immediate Family- "Whole Lotta Rock and Roll"

Waikiki Makaki- "Full Contact Surf"

Pozor Vlak- "Dawn Surf"

Head 2 Head:

Creedence Clearwater Revival- "Good Golly Miss Molly" (live at Royal Albert Hall, UK)

The Astronauts- "Good Golly Miss Molly" (live in Boulder, CO)

Jammin' James Jukebox selection of the week:

Tico and The Triumphs- "Motorcycle"

Los Straitjackets- "Sasquatch"

Arno De Cea & The Clockwork Wizards- "Zeus"

Outro music bed: Link Wray- "The Wild One"

Catching A Wave 01-09-23

 

It's early into 2023 and already a Two-Nami in the forecast (2 in a row from Marco Di Maggio)! Beth Riley has a cool deep track from The Beach Boys in her Surf's Up: Beth's Beach Boys Break.  We pay tribute to Dino Danelli who passed away on December 15, 2022 with a rocker from The Young Rascals. We drop a coin in the Jammin' James Jukebox for our selection of the week and we hear a great track from The Surfaris from an album celebrating it's 60th anniversary in our Good Time segment. Plus, we've got awesome tunes from Christian Love, S.H.A.R.P. (The Surf Hermits and Angry Red Planet), The Routes, The Immediate Family, Cheap Trick, Amphibian Man, Danny Adlerman & Friends (Jim Babjak and Kurt Reil), The Green Reflectors, Magnatech, The Beach Berserkers, Walter Egan (with Dean Torrence & Stevie Nicks on BGV's, produced by Lindsey Buckingham) and Ichi-Bons!

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

The Routes- "Axe To Grind"

S.H.A.R.P.- "That's Not The Goose"

Ichi-Bons- "Can't Stop Moanin'"

Walter Egan- "The Blonde In The Blue T-Bird"

Magnatech- "Amapola"

"Good Time" segment:

The Surfaris 60th Anniversary of Play (1963 Decca)

The Surfaris- "Surfaris Stomp"

The Beach Berserkers- "El Guitarrista Fantasma"

The Green Reflectors- "Itty Bitty Spacemen"

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

The Beach Boys- "Maybe I Don't Know"

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Danny Adlerman & Friends (Jim Babjak & Kurt Reil)- "Surfin' The Net"

RIP Dino Danelli July 23, 1944 - December 15, 2022

The Young Rascals- "Come On Up"

Amphibian Man- "Ashes"

The Immediate Family- "The Toughest Girl In Town"

Two-Nami segment:

Marco Di Maggio- "Marco's Boogie"

Marco Di Maggio- "Surfandango"

Jammin' James Jukebox selection of the week:

Jon & The Nightriders- "(I Think I'm) Surfing Japanese"

Cheap Trick- "Hello There"

Christian Love- "Sum Sum Summer"

Outro Music Bed: The Ventures- "Theme From Shaft"

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Catching A Wave 11-15-21

 

This is one hot episode of Catching A Wave!  We board the Catching A Wave Time Machine for the week ending April 19th, 1963 to hear some songs on the Silver Dollar Survey for WLS in Chicago, Beth Riley has a great and noble deep track of The Beach Boys in her Surf's Up: Beth's Beach Boys Break, we've got a trio of "Time" themed tunes from Los Straitjackets, The Immediate Family and Eddie & The Showman and we drop a coin in the Jammin' James Jukebox selection of the week!  You want more?  How about rockers from Hershel Yatovitz, Jim & The Sea Dragons, The Surf Hermits, Golden Richards, La Luz, Brian Wilson & Van Dyke Parks, Magnatech, Los Dedos and Little Kahuna!

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

Hershel Yatovitz- "Fast Layne"

Los Dedos- "Crime Wave"

Little Kahuna- "Stealthy Jaguar"

Magnatech- "Foot Patter"

Jim & The Sea Dragons- "The Brain That Refused To Die"

"Time" theme:

Los Straitjackets- "Time Is On My Side"

The Immediate Family- "Time To Come Clean"

Eddie & The Showmen- "Break Time"

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

The Beach Boys- "Noble Surfer"

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Brian Wilson and Van Dyke Parks- "My Hobo Heart"

La Luz- "The Pines"

Catching A Wave Time Machine

Week ending April 19th, 1963 for WLS Chicago:

#35 The Rivingtons- "The Bird's The Word"

#21 The Beach Boys- "Surfin' USA"

#1 The Chantays- "Pipeline"

Jammin' James Jukebox selection of the week:

The Fender IV- "Malibu Run"

Golden Richards- "C'mon C'mon (The Makeout Song)"

The Surf Hermits- "Frankenstein"

Outro music bed:  Eddie Angel- "Deuces Wild"

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