Catching A Wave radio show

[James Riley]

We board the Catching A Wave Time machine again...and set our destination for the week of December 4th, 1964 to hear 3 songs on the Silver Dollar Survey for WLS in Chicago (including the #1 song). We've got a track from an album by The Ventures celebrating it's 60th anniversary in our Good Time Segment. Beth Riley keeps the summer alive with a 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. Plus, we've got songs from Little Kahuna, The Atom Jacks, PowerSolo (with The Courettes), The Pseudos, Tyler Bates & Timothy Williams (Agent Elvis soundtrack), The Delta Ring, Mamphibian, Jared Petteys & The Headliners, Papa Doo Run Run, Surf Cult and Surfing Oni! Hear episode HERE:

http://catchingawaveradio.blogspot.com/2023/04/catching-wave-04-24-23.html

 

[James Riley]

There's a couple of updated remakes, covers, classics and plenty of new tracks on the latest Catching A Wave radio show! 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! Hear episode HERE:

http://catchingawaveradio.blogspot.com/2023/04/catching-wave-05-01-23.html

 

[James Riley]

Hear Andrew Himmler of The Delta Bombers talk about Dick Dale as well as describing The Delta Bombers sound in our Green Room segment (including tunes from both of them) on this new episode of Catching A Wave. Beth Riley has a deep track by The Beach Boys (covering Del Shannon) in her Surf's Up: Beth's Beach Boys Break. We hear a track from The Challengers from an album celebrating it's 60th anniversary this year in our Good Time Segment and of course we'll drop a coin in the Jammin' James Jukebox to hear our selection of the week (Frank Stallone and it's produced by Harry Nilsson who also does harmony vocals and arranged by Van Dyke Parks!!!). Plus, we've got rockers from The Dirty Licks, The Monkees, Raul Malo, Messer Chups, The Desolate Coast, Satanic Puppeteer Orchestra, Wahyay, Los Manolitos, Rufus Lee King & The Dream, The Atom Jacks and Televisionaries! Hear episode HERE:

http://catchingawaveradio.blogspot.com/2023/05/catching-wave-05-08-23.html

 

[James Riley]

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! Hear episode HERE:

http://catchingawaveradio.blogspot.com/2023/05/catching-wave-05-15-23.html

 

[James Riley]

We dig in the Catching A Wave radio show archives and find a snippet of Eddie Angel talking about his Eddie Angel Meets The Beatles album from 2004 (featuring The Hi-Risers too). We hear a track from a Carl Wilson album that's celebrating it's 40th anniversary this year. Beth Riley has a deep track from The Beach Boys about Carl's brother Brian in her Surf's Up- Beth's Beach Boys Break and I drop a coin in the Jammin' James Jukebox to hear our selection of the week...about whether or not there's surfing in Cleveland! Plus, we've got tunes from Pollo Del Mar, The Tridents, The Atlantics, The Bellfuries, The Surfing Robbers, @thomas lauderdale The Surfing Robbers, Thomas Lauderdale & Satan's Pilgrims, Little Kahuna, Wild Billy Chyldish & CTMF, Domagoj Skara, Obscurity Or Bust, The Malibooz and The Biarritz boys! Hear episode HERE:

http://catchingawaveradio.blogspot.com/2023/05/catching-wave-05-22-23.html

 

[James Riley]

Catching A Wave radio show has a WORLD PREMIERE of a NEW track from Magnatech from an upcoming release on Sharawaji Records later in the show. We spin a tune from The Halibuts from an album celebrating it's 30th anniversary in our Good Time segment. Beth Riley has a sentimental deep track from The Beach Boys in her Surf's Up: Beth's Beach Boys Break. Dean Torrence of Jan & Dean fame is in our Green Room segment telling a fun story of a fictional radio station Jan Berry made up so he could get free records (plus we hear a Jan & Dean tune too). We also drop a coin in the Jammin' James Jukebox to hear our selection of the week (to help you dream of the beach). Plus, we've got tunes from The Eliminators, Deke Dickerson & The Whippersnappers (The Eliminators and Deke will both be at Surf Guitar 101 Festival Weekender), El Borko, Sam & Dave (feat. The Courettes), Robin Taylor Zander, Sheverb, The Super Stocks, The Wankats, Kitten and The Tonics, The Atom Jacks, The NineteenElevenS and Papa Surf (covering Nirvana)! Hear episode HERE:

http://catchingawaveradio.blogspot.com/2023/05/catching-wave-05-29-23.html

 

[James Riley]

There's so much great stuff in store for you this hour on Catching A Wave radio show! We spin a track from an album by arranger Jimmie Haskell (featuring guitarist Glen Campbell) that celebrates it's 60th anniversary this year in our Good Time segment. Beth Riley has a sweet & bitter tune from The Beach Boys in her Surf's Up- Beth's Beach Boys Break. Deven Berryhill from The Tourmaliners talks about growing up with and playing with his dad, Bob Berryhill of The Surfaris, in our Green Room segment (plus tunes from both) and we'll drop a coin in the Jammin' James Jukebox to hear our selection of the week! Plus, we've got Raul Malo, The Babalooneys, The Hooters, The Dirty Licks, Link Wray, The Breakers, The Bomboras, The Desolate Coast, Olivia Jean, Rangers, The Jackets and The Volcanos! Hear episode HERE:

http://catchingawaveradio.blogspot.com/2023/06/catching-wave-06-05-23.html