Catching A Wave
545 episodes - English - Latest episode: 7 days ago - ★★★★★ - 99 ratingsA great place to discover and relive vintage and modern rockabilly, blues, surf, roots, r&b, oldies, etc. Hear favorites and obscure tracks as well as exclusive interviews
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Catching A Wave 05-30-22
May 30, 2022 05:00 - 57 minutes - 78.3 MBYou won't believe all the great tunes we have for you this hour! We've got killer tunes from The Courettes, Brian Wilson, The Surf Hermits, His Lordship, The Manakooras, Cameronoise, Greg Townson, Todd Bradley, The Surfrajettes, The Northwest, The Fuzziyama Surfers, Southern Culture On The Skids and Sys Malakian (with Ted Pilgrim of Satan's Pilgrims). Beth Riley has a deep track from The Beach Boys and we also continue our celebration of the 10th anniversary of their 2012 That's Why God Ma...
Catching A Wave 05-23-22
May 23, 2022 05:00 - 57 minutes - 78.4 MBIt's another jam-packed hour of great tunes and fun segments on this Catching A Wave! Beth Riley has a deep track of The Beach Boys in her Surf's Up: Beth's Beach Boys Break. Mike Love from The Beach Boys is in our Green Room segment talking about his late bandmate and cousin, Carl Wilson. We have a "strange" trio of tunes from The Breakers, X (with Robby Krieger) and The Shadows and we'll drop a coin in the Jammin' James Jukebox to hear our selection of the week. And if that isn't enoug...
Catching A Wave 05-16-22
May 16, 2022 05:00 - 57 minutes - 78.3 MBLots of great tunes and good vibes on this Catching A Wave! We've got a trio of tunes with the word "without" in the title from Cayucas, The Hondells and McKinley James. The Wheel Of Fun, Fun, Fun returns with covers of The Beach Boys by Papa Doo Run Run, The Challengers and The Weeklings. Beth Riley also has a deep track from The Beach Boys that will make you flip a coin...and we drop that coin in the Jammin' James Jukebox to hear our selection of the week! Speaking of The Beach Boys ea...
Catching A Wave 05-09-22
May 09, 2022 05:00 - 57 minutes - 78.3 MBThere's so much great new and vintage tunes rolling in here every week on Catching A Wave! We've got some rockin' tracks from Todd Bradley, JD McPherson, The Surfrajettes, Televisionaries, Cop Shop, The Rondells, The Smithereens, Los Dedos, Jan & Dean, The Wave Chargers, The King Beez and a trio of songs to help you get "down" by Los Straitjackets (with Reverend Horton Heat), Mr. Mister and Bruce Johnston! Beth Riley has a great deep track by The Beach Boys in her Surf's Up: Beth's Beach B...
Catching A Wave 05-02-22
May 02, 2022 05:00 - 57 minutes - 78.3 MBWe have a hot new Catching A Wave this hour with rockers from His Lordship, Jack White, Mario Monterosso, Dick Dale, Greg Townson, Stereophonic Space Sound Unlimited, Los Straitjackets, The Zipheads, The Babalooneys, The Violet Mindfield, Halibears, Pitted, Underwater Bosses, The Surfbeat Club and more. Beth Riley has another awesome deep track 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 March 21st, 1964 and we...
Catching A Wave 04-25-22
April 25, 2022 05:00 - 57 minutes - 78.3 MBGet ready for another fun hour of Catching A Wave! We continue our celebration of the 10th anniversary of The Beach Boys album That's Why God Made The Radio with another stellar track from that release. Speaking of The Beach Boys, Beth Riley has a deep track from them singing about their favorite late night talk show host. We have a trio of tv show themes from Danny Gatton, Los Straitjackets and The Ventures and of course we drop a coin in the Jammin' James Jukebox to hear our selection o...
Catching A Wave 04-18-22
April 18, 2022 05:00 - 57 minutes - 78.4 MBTons of NEW tunes and classics on this week's Catching A Wave! Hear rockers from JD McPherson, Kioea, The Surfrajettes, Fire Whale, The SurfAnauts, Frankie & The Poolboys, Jeffrey Foskett, Wiped Out, The Surf Junkies, Televisionaries, The Surfaris, The Me Gustas, Sant Anna Bay Coconuts, King Pelican and Beach Bomb! Beth Riley has a deep track from The Beach Boys, we have a Twonami with 2 in a row by Link Wray and we drop a coin in the Jammin' James Jukebox to hear our selection of the week...
Catching A Wave 04-11-22
April 11, 2022 06:00 - 57 minutes - 78.3 MBThe Wheel Of Fun, Fun, Fun returns this hour with randomly selected covers of The Beach Boys by Dave Alvin, Alexis Cunningham and Christian Love! We pay tribute to Dallas Wood of The Sadies who passed away Feb. 17 at 48 years old. Beth Riley has a great track from The Beach Boys in her Surf's Up: Beth's Beach Boys Break, we have a "wind" themed trio of tunes from Cameronoise, Danny Amis & Twin Tones and The Ventures and we drop a coin in the Jammin' James Jukebox to hear our selection of t...
Catching A Wave 04-04-22
April 04, 2022 06:00 - 57 minutes - 78.4 MBWe'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 selecti...
Catching A Wave 03-28-22
March 28, 2022 06:00 - 57 minutes - 78.3 MBLOTS of new tunes and classics on this hour of Catching A Wave! We have a trio of "drive" tunes from Los Straitjackets, The Ventures and Jan & Dean. Beth Riley has a deep track from The Beach Boys that everyone is in love with. We continue our 10th Anniversary celebration of The Beach Boys' album, That's Why God Made The Radio and we'll drop a coin in the Jammin' James Jukebox! Plus, we've got great tunes from Greg Townson, Christian Love, Danny B. Harvey, Erik Alesi, The Razerbills, The...
Catching A Wave 03-21-22
March 21, 2022 06:00 - 57 minutes - 78.4 MBKicking off Spring 2022 with a hot new Catching A Wave! Our Two-Nami is on Mike Campbell with tracks from his bands Blue Stingrays and The Dirty Knobs. Beth Riley has a funky deep track from The Beach Boys in her Surf's Up: Beth's Beach Boys Break. We get to stompin' with a trio of tunes with "stomp" in the title from Eddie & The Showmen, J.P. McDermott and Western Stomp and The Space Cossacks and we drop a coin in the Jammin' James Jukebox to hear our selection of the week! Plus, we hav...
Catching A Wave 03-14-22
March 14, 2022 06:00 - 57 minutes - 78.3 MBThis hour is all kinds of fun! For one reason, we've got the Wheel Of Fun, Fun, Fun returning with randomly selected covers of The Beach Boys. And a variety of more reasons including Surf's Up Beth's Beach Boys break and a cool track from The Beach Boys selected by Beth Riley, a trio of "reverb" tunes from Wiped Out, Martin Cilia and Southern Culture On The Skids" and of course the Jammin' James Jukebox to hear our selection of the week. Plus, there's great tunes from JD McPherson, The Su...
Catching A Wave 03-07-22
March 07, 2022 06:00 - 57 minutes - 78.3 MBGreat new tunes continue to come in for Catching A Wave every week! We've got rockin' tracks from The Courettes, Frogman, Atomic Drag, America, Surf Zombies, Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers, The Surfbeat Club, The Outta Sites, Darren Michael Boyd, Jeremy & The Harlequins, Astrosurf, The Dirty Licks, Halibears, The Desolate Coast and The Avocados. We've got a Two-nami in the forecast with a couple of tunes Brian Wilson produced. Beth Riley has a fun song from The Beach Boys in her Surf's Up:...
Catching A Wave 02-28-22
February 28, 2022 06:00 - 57 minutes - 79.7 MBThere 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 ...
Catching A Wave 02-21-22
February 21, 2022 06:00 - 57 minutes - 79.7 MBSurf instrumentals of Elvis Presley? You bet! Magnatech and The Terrorsurfs give some reverb drenched King covers this hour. Also, Greg Townson covers The Honeys. The Grip Weeds cover The Monkees. The Supertones cover the Surf Raiders. There's a trio of "Searchin'" themed tunes from The Raybeats, The Margraves and The Raybeats. Plus, we've got rockers from The Courettes, Lulufin The WooHoo, Dave Delmonte & The Cross County Boys, The Surf Junkies and El Borko. Beth Riley has a deep tra...
Catching A Wave 02-14-22
February 14, 2022 06:00 - 57 minutes - 78.3 MBThere'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,...
Catching A Wave 02-07-22
February 07, 2022 06:00 - 57 minutes - 78.9 MBThis episode of Catching A Wave is HOT! Partly due to our trio of "Fire" themed tunes from Southern Culture On The Skids, Cheap Trick and The Hi-Risers! Beth Riley has a great deep track from The Beach Boys in her Surf's Up: Beth's Beach Boys Break. And speaking of them, we have a snippet of Mike Love talking about "409" and Capitol Records in our Green Room segment and we also drop a coin in the Jammin' James Jukebox to hear our selection of the week. Plus, crank up some rockers from Th...
Catching A Wave 01-31-22
January 31, 2022 06:00 - 57 minutes - 78.9 MBIt might be cold where you are right now but it's summer all year long here on Catching A Wave! Beth Riley rescues us with a great track from The Beach Boys in her Surf's Up: Beth's Beach Boys Break. A "Two-Nami" is in the forecast with 2 in a row from The Surfaris (released 52 years apart) and we drop a coin in the Jammin' James Jukebox to hear our selection of the week. We've got a fun variety of tunes in the mix too from Susanna Hoffs, B.A. Charles, Jan & Dean, Darren Michael Boyd, Whi...
Catching A Wave 01-24-22
January 24, 2022 06:00 - 57 minutes - 78.8 MBWe start a new segment celebrating the 10th anniversary of The Beach Boys' That's Why God Made The Radio album that we'll spotlight throughout the year. Plus, Beth Riley brings a deep track from them in her Surf's Up: Beth's Beach Boys Break. We drop a coin in the Jammin' James Jukebox to hear a great rockin' selection of the week. We pay tribute to Michael Nesmith with a tune from The Monkees that he wrote and did lead vocals on. We also have some killer tunes from Rapt In Blue, The Sur...
Catching A Wave 01-17-22
January 17, 2022 06:00 - 57 minutes - 78.8 MBThe Wheel of Fun, Fun, Fun returns this week with randomly selected covers of The Beach Boys including The Grip Weeds, The Hot Doggers and Dino, Desi & Billy. Beth Riley has a deep track from The Beach Boys that you're sure to remember and we drop a coin in the Jammin' James Jukebox to hear our selection of the week! Plus, we'll spin tunes from Underwater Bosses, The Bomboras, The Smithereens, The 5678's, The Super Stocks, 12AX7, Big Mick & The Curl, The Mighty Gordinis, Jan & Dean, Lee Ha...
Catching A Wave 01-10-22
January 10, 2022 06:00 - 57 minutes - 79.7 MBThere is never a shortage of great tunes to choose from and this week's Catching A Wave is packed with them! We've got a Two-nami with Brian Wilson, Beth Riley has a fun 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 selection of the week. Also, we've got rockers from Greg Townson, Magnatech, Susanna Hoffs, The Me Gustas, Peopleperson, Man Or Astro-Man?, The Surfrajettes, Jason Janik, The Green Reflectors...
Catching A Wave 01-03-22
January 03, 2022 06:00 - 57 minutes - 79.7 MBWe're getting 2022 ready to rock in style! We've got a "green" theme trio from Duane Eddy, Bruce Johnston and The Chantays. Beth Riley has a deep track from The Beach Boys in her Surf's Up: Beth's Beach Boys Break. A Two-Nami is in the forecast with 2 in a row from Jeremiah Burnham and we drop a coin in the Jammin' James Jukebox to hear our selection of the week. We've also got rockers from Messer Chups, Rondo Hatton, Del Sotos, Davie Allan & The Arrows, Jan & Dean, Allah-Las, Rondo Hatto...
Catching A Wave 12-27-21
December 27, 2021 06:00 - 57 minutes - 79.6 MBWe'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 boar...
Christmas Show! Catching A Wave 12-20-21
December 20, 2021 06:00 - 57 minutes - 78.3 MBIt's the All Christmas Show this hour on Catching A Wave! To make things even better, Beth Riley co-hosts with me! We've got a 1 song "Wheel Of Fun, Fun, Fun" playing a randomly selected cover of one of The Beach Boys Christmas tunes. Beth brings a fun Christmas tune 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 a festive rocker from The Ventures! Plus, we've got tunes from Southern Culture On The Skids, Los Straitja...
Catching A Wave 12-13-21
December 13, 2021 06:00 - 57 minutes - 79.7 MBThere is still great new music and classics hitting the playlist this week on Catching A Wave! Hear rockin' tunes from Hershel Yatovitz, Voodoo Surf Tribe, Magnatech, Peopleperson, Elvis Costello & The Imposters, The Other Timelines and Christmas tunes from Lucky 757, The Buttondowns, Jason Janik, Didi Wray & Los Kanibales Surf Combo, Blackball Bandits, Black Flamingos, Martin Cilia, The Green Reflectors, Masters Of The University and The Buttondowns. Beth Riley has a deep track from The B...
Catching A Wave 12-06-21
December 06, 2021 06:00 - 57 minutes - 79.7 MBWe have a handful of Christmas tunes this week from Brian Wilson, The Beach Boys and The Doltones! Beth Riley has a deep track 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 June 25th, 1966 and we drop a coin in the Jammin' James Jukebox selection of the week! We'll spin a trio of tunes with a "young" theme from Chris Isaak, Al Dual and Link Wray and we've got rockers from The Bomboras, La Luz, The B. Christophe...
Catching A Wave 11-29-21
November 29, 2021 06:00 - 57 minutes - 79.7 MBWe've got a trio of songs with artists named Paul...Paul Johnson, Paul Carrack and Paul Revere & The Raiders. Beth Riley has a deep track of The Beach Boys in her Surf's Up: Beth's Beach Boys Break. We've got a Two-Nami in the forecast with 2 in a row from Southern Culture On The Skids and we'll drop a coin in the Jammin' James Jukebox to hear our selection of the week! We've got rockers from from Surfer Joe, The Fantastic Baggys, Sail On, Beware Of Blast, Stereophonic Space Sound Unlimit...
Catching A Wave 11-22-21
November 22, 2021 06:00 - 57 minutes - 79.7 MBIt's more fun than should be allowed for a full hour! On this Catching A Wave, we hear from the "King Of Twang" Duane Eddy in our Green Room segment. Beth Riley has a deep track from The Beach Boys in her Surf's Up: Beth's Beach Boys Break. We've got a "mystery" trio of songs from Man Or Astro-Man?, Cheap Trick and The Challengers and we drop a coin in the Jammin' James Jukebox to hear our selection of the week. Plus, we've got killer tracks from The Ramblin' Bandits, Martin Cilia, Goons...
Catching A Wave 11-15-21
November 15, 2021 06:00 - 57 minutes - 79.7 MBThis 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...
Catching A Wave 11-08-21
November 08, 2021 06:00 - 57 minutes - 79.7 MBWe have SOOO many new tunes and classics for you on the new Catching A Wave! Hear The Surfrajettes, Brian Wilson, Man Or Astro-Man?, Satan's Pilgrims, The Bomboras, The Dirty Licks, Todd Bradley, Trevor Lake, Jackslacks, Fire Whale, Secret Agent, The Dirty Licks and Duane Eddy! Beth Riley has a deep track from The Beach Boys in her Surf's Up: Beth's Beach Boys Break. The Wheel Of Fun, Fun, Fun returns with 3 covers of The Beach Boys by Rivers Cuomo, Peanuts and The Midnight Callers AND we...
Catching A Wave 11-01-21
November 01, 2021 05:00 - 57 minutes - 79.6 MBLots of new tunes, some classics and a lot of fun segments this hour! We've got rockin' tracks from Martin Cilia, Girl Over Planet, The Neptunas, Southern Culture On The Skids, Deke Dickerson, Little Kahuna, Big Mick & The Curl, The Breakers, Hot Rod Trio and B Confidential & The Secret Four. There's a trio of "Money" themed tunes from 3 monster guitarists: Dick Dale, Eddie Angel and Brian Setzer. Speaking of money, we drop a coin in the Jammin' James Jukebox to hear our selection of the ...
Halloween show! Catching A Wave 10-25-21
October 25, 2021 05:00 - 57 minutes - 79.6 MBIt's a full hour of Halloween songs and fun on this week's Catching A Wave. Beth Riley has a "monster" song from The Beach Boys in her Surf's Up: Beth's Beach Boys Break and we get a spooky tune in our Jammin' James Jukebox selection of the week too! Plus, we've got tunes from Dick Dale, Los Straitjackets, Didi Wray, Mark Malibu & The Wasagas, Black Flamingos, Billy F Gibbons, Jason Janik, The Creature Preachers, Man Or Astro-man?, Satan's Pilgrims, The Volcanics, Shriek If You Know What ...
Catching A Wave 10-18-21
October 18, 2021 05:00 - 56 minutes - 78.2 MBWe 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 fr...
Catching A Wave 10-11-21
October 11, 2021 05:00 - 57 minutes - 78.3 MBWe're continuing our Top 5 Countdown of YOUR favorite songs by The Beach Boys this week as hear tunes #3 and #2. Beth Riley also has a deep track from them in her Surf's Up: Beth's Beach Boys Break. We've got a trio of tunes with "Watusi" in the title from Reverend Horton Heat, Duane Eddy and The Ventures plus we'll drop a coin in the Jammin' James Jukebox to hear our selection of the week! Plus, we've got tunes from Brian Setzer, The Swongos, D. Clayton Thompson, Mark Malibu & The Wasaga...
Catching A Wave 10-04-21
October 04, 2021 05:00 - 57 minutes - 78.3 MBIt's a party on this week's Catching A Wave! We hear a trio of "party" themed tunes from Annette, The Surfrajettes and Los Straitjackets with The World Famous Pontani Sisters and Kaiser George. We hear #5 and #4 in our Top 5 Countdown of YOUR favorite songs by The Beach Boys. Beth Riley has a deep track from The Beach Boys as well 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 (a song you may know by The Monkees ...
Catching A Wave 09-27-21
September 27, 2021 05:00 - 57 minutes - 78.8 MBSeptember may be coming to a close soon but things are still hot here on Catching A Wave. We've got tunes from Greg Townson, The Volcanics, Slowey & The Boats, The Hang Ten Gallon Hats, The Tourmaliners, Junior Brown, Louie & The Wolf Gang, The Anderson Council, The Guantanamos, Satan's Pilgrims, The Routes, Mark Malibu & The Wasagas and more! We've got a Two-Nami in the forecast with 2 in a row featuring Danny Amis. Beth Riley has a toe-tapping song from The Beach Boys in her Surf's Up: ...
Catching A Wave 09-20-21
September 20, 2021 05:00 - 57 minutes - 78.9 MBWe've got an action packed hour of rockin' vintage and modern tunes for you on this week's Catching A Wave! We'll hear a trio of tunes with "California" in the title from Cheap Trick, Dick Dale and Lenny Kravitz. Beth Riley has a cool deep track from The Beach Boys in her Surf's Up: Beth's Beach Boys Break, we board the Catching A Wave Time Machine to hear 3 songs in the top 100 for the week ending October 17th, 1964 and we'll drop a coin in the Jammin' James Jukebox to hear our selection ...
Catching A Wave 09-13-21
September 13, 2021 05:00 - 57 minutes - 78.3 MBHold on for a wild surf this hour on Catching A Wave! Beth Riley has a deep track of The Beach Boys in her Surf's Up: Beth's Beach Boys Break. Plus, Mike Love talks about another family group influence on The Beach Boys...The Everly Brothers...in our Green Room segment AND we spin another track from The Beach Boys Feel Flows box set later too. Of course we also drop a coin in the Jammin' James Jukebox to hear our selection of the week and we also spin tunes from The Jagaloons, Surfer Joe,...
Catching A Wave 09-06-21
September 06, 2021 05:00 - 57 minutes - 78.3 MBThere's still a couple of weeks of Summer left...but then again it's Summer all year long here on Catching A Wave! We've got another great Wheel Of Fun, Fun, Fun segment with covers of The Beach Boys by The Astronauts, Di Maggio Connection and The Anderson Council. Speaking of The Beach Boys, Beth Riley has a track you'll love in her Surf's Up: Beth's Beach Boys Break. We'll drop a coin in the Jammin' James Jukebox to hear our selection of the week and we've got tunes from Greg Townson, T...
Catching A Wave 08-30-21
August 30, 2021 05:00 - 57 minutes - 79.7 MBNo shortage of hot new and classic tunes as we hear tracks from Blackball Bandits, Lord Huron, Bob Irwin & The Pluto Walkers, The Tremelo Beer Gut, The Surf Raiders, Darrel Higham, Mike Brookfield, Green Reflectors, The Mellows, B. Christopher Band and more!! We get real GONE with a trio of songs with "gone" in the title from McKinley James, The Surfaris and The Explorers Club. We also have 2 songs with a unique connection from Bruce Johnston and The Centurians, we'll drop a coin in the Ja...
Catching A Wave 08-23-21
August 23, 2021 05:00 - 57 minutes - 79.7 MBOn this week's Catching A Wave, we hear a trio of tunes from bands with a word repeated in their band name (Go-Go's, The Yum Yum's and Papa Doo Run Run), Beth Riley has a deep track from The Beach Boys in her Surf's Up: Beth's Beach Boys Break, we hear a snippet of an interview with author Joel Selvin in our Green Room segment and we drop a coin in the Jammin' James Jukebox to hear our selection of the week! Plus, we spin tunes from The Atlantics, Bamboogie Injections, Sant Anna Bay Coconut...
Catching A Wave 08-16-21
August 16, 2021 05:00 - 57 minutes - 78.3 MBWe remember Elvis who passed away August 16th, 1977 with a track from the King (from Blue Hawaii celebrating it's 60th anniversary), Johnny Ramone with Danny B. Harvey & Slim Jim Phantom (with a rockin' instrumental) and Dean Z (with a track from Fun In Acapulco). We also spin the Wheel Of Fun, Fun, Fun to hear some great covers of The Beach Boys by The Grip Weeds (from the new Jem Records tribute to Brian Wilson), The Martian Denny Orchestra and Jan & Dean. Beth Riley has a great deep tra...
Catching A Wave 08-09-21
August 09, 2021 05:00 - 57 minutes - 79.6 MBCan you feel the rumble? We've got new Brian Setzer as well as rockin' tunes from The Anderson Council, The Kaputniks, previously unreleased live track from The Beach Boys, Reverend Organdrum, Shoot The Pier, Baja Bug, The Anglers, The Tourmaliners, The Tremelo Beer Gut, Toro Jones, Tragic Vision and The Rip Chords! Beth Riley has a great studio track from The Beach Boys in her Surf's Up: Beth's Beach Boys Break, we have a Two-Nami with 2 in a row from Brian Wilson and we drop a coin in th...
Catching A Wave 08-02-21
August 02, 2021 05:00 - 57 minutes - 79.7 MBThere's so many great new and vintage tunes on this week's Catching A Wave!! Hear Darrel Higham, The Cherry Drops, The B. Christopher Band, Greg Townson, The Tangees, King Ghidora, Surfer Joe, Al Dual, Televisionaries, The Super Stocks, Captain Rico & The Ghost Band, Guitar Up and a trio of "Aqua" bands: Aqualads, The Aqua Velvets and The Aqua Barons. Beth Riley has another great tune from The Beach Boys in her Surf's Up: Beth's Beach Boys Break, we hear a snippet of an interview with Joel...
Catching A Wave 07-26-21
July 26, 2021 05:00 - 57 minutes - 79.6 MBWe've a trio of Wild tunes from Deke Dickerson and Los Straitjackets, Jimmy Dale Richardson and The Ventures, a deep track from The Beach Boys from Beth Riley in her Surf's Up: Beth's Beach Boys Break, we spin the Wheel Of Fun, Fun, Fun to hear some great Beach Boys covers AND we drop a coin in the Jammin' James Jukebox to hear our selection of the week. PLUS, we got killer tunes from Les Agamemonz, Vern Jules & The Aquanauts, Messer Chups, Aloha Swamp, The Surfaders, Wiped Out, Underwater ...
Catching A Wave 07-19-21
July 19, 2021 05:00 - 57 minutes - 79.7 MBOn this week's Catching A Wave, not only do we hear a deep track from The Beach Boys in Beth Riley's Surf's Up: Beth's Beach Boys Break but we also hear a previously unreleased song that finally appears on the upcoming Feel Flows box set later in the show as well. We've got a trio of "drum" themed tunes (from Hal Blaine, Sandy Nelson and Micky Dolenz), we board the Catching A Wave Time Machine (for the week ending April 25, 1964) and we'll drop a coin in the Jammin' James Jukebox. Plus, he...
Catching A Wave 07-12-21
July 12, 2021 05:00 - 57 minutes - 79.7 MBWe continue with new & vintage tunes on this week's Catching A Wave with rockers from Frankie & The Pool Boys, The Shadows, Weezer, The Anglers, The Ventures, Raul Malo (with The Mavericks), Greg Townson, Paula Fuga (feat. Jack Johnson and Ben Harper), Toro Jones, Duane Eddy, Darrel Higham & The Enforcers, The Surf Hermits and The Surf Aliens. Beth Riley has 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 and we have T...
Car Show! Catching A Wave 07-05-21
July 05, 2021 05:00 - 57 minutes - 79.9 MBIt's the 1st annual Car Show on Catching A Wave to celebrate Collector Car Appreciation Day on July 9th as announced by the SEMA Action Network (SAN). More info here: https://www.semasan.com/collector-car-appreciation-day We've got Mike Love of The Beach Boys talking about "Fun, Fun, Fun" in our Green Room segment, Beth Riley has a deep 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 car themed selection of the w...
Catching A Wave 06-28-21
June 28, 2021 05:00 - 57 minutes - 78.4 MBExcited to keep getting great new and vintage tunes on Catching A Wave for you each week! We've got Frankie & The Poolboys, The Cranzers, Reverend Horton Heat, Bruce Johnston, Slowey & The Boats, Vern Jules & The Aquanuts, The Anglers, Brian Wilson, Man Or Astro-Man, Duane Eddy, Barbacoa, Rene & His Alligators and a trio of tunes with "Beat" in the title...Dick Dale, Deke Dickerson & The Sex-Phonics and The Go-Go's (the original Stiff Records version of "We Got The Beat"). Beth Riley has a...
Catching A Wave 06-21-21
June 21, 2021 05:00 - 57 minutes - 79.7 MBIt's another great hour packed with awesome music on this week's Catching A Wave! Hear a trio of "Dance" themed songs, a deep track from The Beach Boys from Beth Riley in her Surf's Up: Beth's Beach Boys Break, a "Two-Nami" in the forecast with 2 songs featuring Duane Eddy (from Hank Marvin and The Ventures) and we'll drop a coin in the Jammin' James Jukebox to hear our selection of the week! Plus, we'll play new and vintage tracks from Los Straitjackets, Shoot The Pier, The Bobby Lee Comb...