Catching A Wave radio show

James Riley

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August 16th, 2022 marks the 45th anniversary of Elvis' passing. We'll hear a couple of tunes of his on this week's Catching A Wave radio show along with some covers by Reverend Horton Heat, Terreur Twist, The ChuGuysters, The Cramps, The Surfaris, Phil Keaggy and Link Wray. Plus, we talk Elvis with both Suzi Quatro (and hear an Elvis cover from her) and Wink Martindale in our Green Room Segment. Beth Riley has another great deep track from The Beach Boys in her Surf's Up: Beth's Beach Boys Break. Plus, there's also some awesome tunes from California Surf Incorporated, The Wave Chargers, The Surfrajettes and Jim and the Seadragons and of course we'll drop a coin in the Jammin' James Jukebox to hear our selection of the week! Hear episode HERE:

http://catchingawaveradio.blogspot.com/2022/08/catching-wave-08-15-22.html
 

James Riley

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What a fun show we have for you this hour of Catching A Wave radio show!! We've got NEW and classic tunes from The Tourmaliners, DION, PAPA SURF, The Cosmic Wrays, Billy F Gibbons, Matt Heaton & the Electric Heaters, Cameronoise, S.H.A.R.P. (The Surf Hermits and Angry Red Planet), Palma Hills, Mike Paulshock, Little Quirks and Surfnado Tiki Squad! Beth Riley has a great deep track from The Beach Boys in her Surf's Up: Beth's Beach Boys Break. We spend some time in the Green Room with a chat Beth had recently with Greg Martin of The Kentucky Headhunters about his favorite songs (which happens to be by The Beach Boys) and we'll play that one as well as fun solo track of his. We'll also drop a coin in the Jammin' James Jukebox to hear our selection of the week!! Hear episode HERE:

http://catchingawaveradio.blogspot.com/2022/08/catching-wave-08-22-22.html
 

James Riley

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There's an awesome variety of tunes on this week's Catching A Wave radio show! Hear rockers from Michael Purkhiser, Televisionaries, The Police, Mark Malibu & the Wasagas, The Grip Weeds, Wave Electric, The Linda Lindas, Appalachian Surf Team, Surf Hat, The 5678s, The Hondells, Go-Go's, PIXIES, Robotron, The Chris Casello Trio and The Katatonics. Beth Riley has a trippin' tune from The Beach Boys in her Surf's Up- Beth's Beach Boys Break. We also continue our 10th anniversary celebration of their That's Why God Made The Radio album with another track from that one. As always, we'll drop a coin in the Jammin' James Jukebox to hear our selection of the week as well. Hear episode HERE:

http://catchingawaveradio.blogspot.com/2022/08/catching-wave-08-29-22.html
 

James Riley

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Hey, Hey...we're starting our countdown of YOUR favorite songs by The Monkees this week. We'll hear #5 and #4 in our countdown on this Catching A Wave radio show. There's also a couple of Monkees Covers by The Ventures and The Shadows. We premiere a NEW tune from Shaun Young in our Two-Nami segment (also includes a track from his surf band The Thunderchiefs). Beth Riley has a deep track from The Beach Boys in her Surf's Up: Beth's Beach Boys Break and we'll drop a coin in the Jammin' James Jukebox to hear our selection of the week. Plus, we'll spin new and classic rockers from The Bradipos IV, Los Straitjackets, The Astronauts, Cayucas, The Surfaris, The Jangles, The Manakooras, The Anderson Council, Atomic Drag and Man Or Astro-Man?! Hear episode HERE:

http://catchingawaveradio.blogspot.com/2022/09/catching-wave-09-05-22.html
 

James Riley

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We continue our Top 5 Favorite Song Countdown of The Monkees on this Catching A Wave as we hear #3 and #2 this hour. We've got Monkee covers by The Grip Weeds and Weezer too. There's a Two-Nami in the forecast again with the same song by 2 different artists... David Bowie & The Surfrajettes. Beth Riley has 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 rare selection this week. Plus, we've got a variety of tunes from The Delta Bombers, Magnatech, The Smithereens (previously unreleased track), Sant Anna Bay Coconuts, The Volcanics, The Dubceks, Fat Kahoona, Satan's Pilgrims, Kincaid & The Memetics and Matt Heaton & the Electric Heaters! Listen HERE:

http://catchingawaveradio.blogspot.com/2022/09/catching-wave-09-12-22.html
 

James Riley

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We hear the NUMBER ONE song from our listener-voted "Favorite Song By The Monkees" Countdown this hour! We've got a Catching A Wave EXCLUSIVE from Little Quirks covering "Different Drum" as well as 2 previously unreleased tunes from an upcoming Dean Torrence release. Beth Riley has a great deep track from The Beach Boys in her Surf's Up: Beth's Beach Boys Break and speaking of...we spin the Wheel Of Fun, Fun, Fun to hear randomly selected Beach Boys covers by The Everly Brothers, Phil Keaggy and She & Him. We'll also drop a coin in the Jammin' James Jukebox to hear our selection of the week (also Beach Boys related). Plus, we've got tunes from GALVEZTON, The Tsunami Brothers, Beck, The Hang Ten Hangmen, The Dwellers, The Charades, Joe McAnaney and Hula Ghost! Hear episode HERE:

http://catchingawaveradio.blogspot.com/2022/09/catching-wave-09-19-22.html
 

James Riley

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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! Hear episode HERE:

http://catchingawaveradio.blogspot.com/2022/09/catching-wave-09-26-22.html
 

James Riley

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On this week's Catching A Wave, we board the Time Machine for the week of January 5th, 1962 to hear 3 tunes on Los Angeles, CA KFWB's chart including the #1 song. We have a trio of "quiet" tunes from Nick Lowe with Los Straitjackets, The Explorers Club and The Manakooras. Beth Riley has 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 (The Surfaris). Plus, don't miss new and classic rockers from The Surfrajettes, Jerry Cole & His Spacemen, Los Dedos, Satan's Pilgrims, Chewbacca's, Dead Racoon Riot, Jim and The Sea Dragons, The Bradipos IV, Hot Chickens, Set Waves and Abyssal Lurkers! Hear episode HERE:

http://catchingawaveradio.blogspot.com/2022/10/catching-wave-10-03-22.html
 

James Riley

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We start a new segment on this week's Catching A Wave that we'll do periodically called Juke Box Heroes. We check in on Al Jardine's jukebox and play 3 of the tunes that he has loaded in there. We'll spin a solo tune from his as well. Beth Riley has a great deep track from The Beach Boys too in her Surf's Up: Beth's Beach Boys Break. And we'll drop a coin in my jukebox too to hear our Jammin' James Jukebox selection of the week. Plus, we've got rockin' tunes from Brian Wilson, Laughing Gravy (Dean Torrence), The Go-Go Rillas, The Grass Roots (with mix and performance from The Courettes), Z & The Tiki Twisters, Resonadores, Urban Zotel & The Thunderbirds, Electric Heaters, The Brain Waves, The Violet Mindfield, The Strings Aflame and the Dwellers (on SpaghettiRecs)! Listen HERE:

http://catchingawaveradio.blogspot.com/2022/10/catching-wave-10-10-22.html
 

James Riley

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Another exciting new box set from The Beach Boys is on the way in November and we hear a live track from that release this hour on Catching A Wave. Beth Riley also has a 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 (also with a connection to The Beach Boys). Our Green Room segment returns as we hear part of a chat with Eddie Angel from a few years back as we talk about Link Wray. There's tunes from both Link and Eddie too as well as rockers from Bloodshot BILL, Black Flamingos, Galvezton, The Beatles, Arno De Cea & The Clockwork Wizards, Rol Junell & The Nellands, Masters Of The University, The Beths, The Slimetones, The Young Barons and Cameronoise! Listen HERE:

http://catchingawaveradio.blogspot.com/2022/10/catching-wave-10-17-22.html
 

James Riley

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LOTS of rockin' new and classic tunes for you this week on Catching A Wave radio show from Ichi-Bons, The Jagaloons, Zak and The Krakens, 77s, Weird Aliens, Brian Setzer Orchestra, Los Freneticos, The Hide Outs, Retrofoguetes, John Mellencamp, The 502s, Nick Frater, Los Atarrayas, Jeremy Warmsley and The Green Reflectors! We continue our 10th anniversary celebration of The Beach Boys' That's Why God Made The Radio release with another track from that and Beth Riley has a deep track from them in her Surf's Up: Beth's Beach Boys Break. As always, we've got a super cool selection of the week in our Jammin' James Jukebox as well. Hear episode HERE:

http://catchingawaveradio.blogspot.com/2022/10/catching-wave-10-24-22.html
 

James Riley

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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!

Listen HERE:
http://catchingawaveradio.blogspot.com/2022/10/halloween-show-catching-wave-10-31-22.html
 

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James Riley

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We are packed full of great tunes on this Catching A Wave radio show from Martin Cilia, Man Or AstroMan, The Cowsills, Darren Michael Boyd, The Trashmen, Danny Amis & Twin Tones, The Wilder, The Kaisers, Set Waves, Ocean Alley, The Tiki Creeps…a trio of James Bond/Spy themed tunes from Darrel Higham, The Tsunami Brothers and The Charades. We have an interview snippet with Freddy Boom Boom Cannon 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 and as always we drop a coin in the JJJ for our selection of the week.

Listen HERE:

http://catchingawaveradio.blogspot.com/2022/11/catching-wave-11-07-22.html
 

James Riley

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On this new Catching A Wave radio show, 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 of The Beach Boys 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 Surf-Instro, Bowling For Soup, The Brain Waves, The Slimetones, The Mach IV, Kincaid and The Memetics and Surf Cult. Hear episode HERE:

http://catchingawaveradio.blogspot.com/2022/11/catching-wave-11-14-22.html
 

James Riley

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On this week's Catching A Wave radio show, we play a trio of tunes honoring the late, great Jerry Lee Lewis who passed away on October 28th at 87 years old. There's a live track from 1964 from him, Jimmy Page teaming up with Jerry Lee on a Led Zeppelin cover and a Killer cover from The 5.6.7.8's Official! Beth Riley has a deep track from The Beach Boys on her Surf's Up: Beth's Beach Boys Break. We also play the final track from their That's Why God Made The Radio release as we finish up our 10th anniversary celebration of that release and we'll drop a coin in the Jammin' James Jukebox for our selection of the week. Plus, there's great tunes in the mix from Frankie and the Pool Boys, Ichi-Bons, The Malibooz, The Green Reflectors, The Eye Five, Wiped Out, Monster Wave, Lucky 757, High Noon Kahuna, Messer Chups, Jim And The Sea Dragons, The Courettes and Sys Malakian!

Hear episode HERE:

http://catchingawaveradio.blogspot.com/2022/11/catching-wave-11-21-22.html
 

James Riley

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What a killer hour of great music this week on Catching A Wave radio show!! We've got a new track from The Ventures from their release New Space from Ponycanyon Shop in Japan. Christmas tunes are hitting the playlist this week too with a "Christmas Day" themed trio of tunes from Cheap Trick, Jim Babjak of The Smithereens and Buzzed Meg and The Weeklings. There's also a trio of instrumental Christmas tracks from The Surfrajettes, Slowey & The Boats and The Young Barons. Beth Riley has a deep track from The Beach Boys in her Surf's Up- Beth's Beach Boys Break, Duane Eddy is in our Green Room segment talking about one of his tracks that John Fogerty played on and we have a fun rocker in our Jammin James Jukebox selection of the week. Plus, there's tunes from THE JACKETS, The Surf Hermits, Genki Genki Panic, Satan's Pilgrims, The Cranzers, The Kaisers! (the REAL Kaisers) and The Jagaloons! Hear episode HERE:

http://catchingawaveradio.blogspot.com/2022/11/catching-wave-11-28-22.html
 

James Riley

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The great tunes keep rolling into Catching A Wave studios every week! Hear The Tourmaliners (with Ron Blair of Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers), Ichi-Bons (on Hi-Tide Recordings), The Delta Ring, Abyssal Lurkers, Official Motörhead, The Routes, The Reverbly Ones and newly released A Cappella mix of The Beach Boys! Beth Riley also has a deep track from them in her Surf's Up- Beth's Beach Boys Break. Billy F Gibbons is in our Green Room segment talking about his awesome Whisker Bomb Hot Sauce (and we do mean HOT) along with a HOT Christmas rocker from him as well. There's more Christmas tunes in the mix too from Mark Malibu & the Wasagas, Jim And The Sea Dragons, Switchfoot, The Breakers, Dave Del Monte & The Cross County Boys and The Malibooz (with Dean Torrence). Plus, as always we drop a coin in the Jammin' James Jukebox to hear our selection of the week! Hear episode HERE:

http://catchingawaveradio.blogspot.com/2022/12/catching-wave-12-05-22.html
 

James Riley

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There's more great tunes coming in as well as Christmas rockers this week too on Catching A Wave! Crank up the latest from Satan's Pilgrims, The Beach Berserkers, Arno De Cea & The Clockwork Wizards, The Tulsa Doom, The Kaisers, The Orions, Ocean Alley and a classic from The Atlantics. Plus, since you're on the "Nice" list, we've got Christmas tunes from Magnatech, Jan & Dean, Jason Janik, Travis Koester, JD McPherson, Underwater Bosses, The Dubceks and The Green Reflectors (with guest Mark Malibu). Beth Riley has a great deep track from The Beach Boys in her Surf's Up: Beth's Beach Boys Break and as always we drop a coin in the Jammin' James Jukebox selection of the week! Listen Here:

http://catchingawaveradio.blogspot.com/2022/12/catching-wave-12-12-22.html
 

James Riley

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It's the annual Catching A Wave Christmas show! All Christmas music, all hour long! Santa brought an gift early which is my awesome wife Beth Riley co-hosting with me! She has a Christmas tune from The Beach Boys in her Surf's Up- Beth's Beach Boys Break, we spin the "wheel of Fun, Fun, Fun" to hear a Beach Boys Christmas cover by Davie Allan and the Arrows and I've got a holiday rocker by The Hi-Risers in the Jammin' James Jukebox! Plus, we get in the festive spirit with songs from The Surfrajettes on Hi-Tide Recordings, The Ventures, The Smithereens, Shaun Young, The Monkees, Surfaris, The Tourmaliners, Chris Isaak, Nick Lowe & Los Straitjackets, Krontjong Devils, Surf Zombies, The Courettes, The Grip Weeds, Cameronoise and The Linda Lindas! Hear episode HERE:

http://catchingawaveradio.blogspot.com/2022/12/all-christmas-show-catching-wave-12-19.html
 
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