Catching A Wave radio show

[James Riley]

LOTS 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 in her Surf's Up- Beth's Beach Boys Break. 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 Rumtones, The Babalooneys, Ramones, Cameronoise, Davie Allan & The Arrows, Jeremy Slemenda and Link Wray! Hear episode HERE:

Catching A Wave 03-28-22

LOTS 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 ...

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[James Riley]

We've got a "secret" trio of tunes on this new Catching A Wave 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 selection of the week. We'll also pay tribute to Sandy Nelson who passed away on February 14th, 2022 at 83 years old. Plus, we have tunes from The Zipheads, The Surf Hermits, The Leonites, Didi Wray, Masters Of The University, Papa Surf and Peopleperson! Listen here:

Catching A Wave 04-04-22

We've got a "secret" trio of tunes from The Young Barons, Dick Dale & His Del-Tones and Stereopohic Space Sound Unlimited. Hear 2 tracks ...

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[James Riley]

The Wheel Of Fun, Fun, Fun returns on this Catching A Wave radio show with randomly selected covers of The Beach Boys by Dave Alvin, Alexis Cunningham and Christian Love! We pay tribute to Dallas Good 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 the week. Plus, we pack in rockers from The Grip Weeds, Mario Monterosso, Stories From Shamehill, Danny B. Harvey, The Explorers Club, The Courettes, Les Robots and Radioactive Electric Eel Factory! Hear episode HERE:

Catching A Wave 04-11-22

The Wheel Of Fun, Fun, Fun returns this hour with randomly selected covers of The Beach Boys by Dave Alvin, Alexis Cunningham and Christia...

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[James Riley]

Tons of NEW tunes and classics on this week's Catching A Wave radio show! Hear rockers from JD McPherson, Kioea, The Surfrajettes, Fire Whale, The SurfAnauts, Frankie & The Pool Boys, Jeffrey Foskett, Wiped Out, The Surf Junkies, Televisionaries, Surfaris, The Me Gustas, Sant Anna Bay Coconuts, King Pelican and Beach Bomb! Beth Riley has a deep track from The Beach Boys in her Surf's Up- Beth's Beach Boys Break, 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! Listen HERE:

Catching A Wave 04-18-22

Tons of NEW tunes and classics on this week's Catching A Wave! Hear rockers from JD McPherson, Kioea, The Surfrajettes, Fire Whale, The S...

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[James Riley]

Get ready for another fun hour of Catching A Wave radio show! 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 in her Surf's Up- Beth's Beach Boys Break. 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 of the week! Plus, we've got tunes from The Courettes, Jan & Dean, Duane Eddy, THE JACKETS, Shorty's Swingin' Coconuts, Secret Agent, Slink Moss Explosion, Danny B. Harvey, Frogman / surfband (with Hershel Yatovitz ), Slacktone, Krontjong Devils, The Rip Chords and The Eye Five. Listen HERE:

Catching A Wave 04-25-22

Get 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 G...

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[James Riley]

We 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 drop a coin in the Jammin' James Jukebox to hear our selection of the week! Listen here:

Catching A Wave 05-02-22

We have a hot new Catching A Wave this hour with rockers from His Lordship, Jack White, Mario Monterosso, Dick Dale, Greg Townson, Stereop...

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[James Riley]

There'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 Boys Break. We hear from Kurt Reil of The Grip Weeds in our Green Room segment and as always we drop a coin in the Jammin' James Jukebox for our selection of the week! Hear episode HERE:

Catching A Wave 05-09-22

There'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 Bradle...

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[James Riley]

Lots 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 earlier, we hear a newly remastered mix of "Good Vibrations" plus rockin' tunes from The Delstroyers, Secret Agent, Lee Hazlewood's Woodchucks, Garner Firebird, Shorty's Swingin' Coconuts, Webb Wilder, Toro Jones, Stories From Shamehill as well as Evan Foster and Wave Electric from the new Surf You Next Tuesday 2 The Revenge compilation! Hear episode HERE:

Catching A Wave 05-16-22

Lots 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, Th...

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[James Riley]

It's another jam-packed hour of great tunes and fun segments on this Catching A Wave radio show! 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 enough, we've got rockers from Tijuana Panthers, The Violet Mindfield, The WHYs, Aqualads, The Green Reflectors, PIXIES, King Beez, Los Straitjackets, Ramones, The Inquisitors, L' Exotighost and The B-52's! The Breakers and Los Straitjackets are performing at Third Coast Surf Fest on July 9th! Hear episode HERE:

Catching A Wave 05-23-22

It'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 ...

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[James Riley]

You won't believe all the great tunes we have for you on this Catching A Wave! 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 in her Surf's Up- Beth's Beach Boys Break and we also continue our celebration of the 10th anniversary of their 2012 That's Why God Made The Radio with another tune from that one. And of course, we drop a coin in the Jammin' James Jukebox to hear our selection of the week! Hear episode HERE:

Catching A Wave 05-30-22

You 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 Hermit...

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[James Riley]

The tunes on this week's Catching A Wave are so good it's almost scary! We spin tracks from The Creature Preachers, Go-Go's, Didi Wray, Link Wray, The Monkees, Draculina, Basilantros, Slink Moss Explosion, The Transonics, Los Dedos, The EXOTICS and Duke Galaxy and the Pipeliners We also have a trio of "Holiday" tunes (songs with "holiday" in the title) from Chris Isaak, Lindsey Buckingham and Annette Funicello. A Two-nami is in the forecast with 2 out of this world tunes from The Kaputniks. We tell you about an 11 year old surfer from NJ named Carter Doorley doing something super cool (follow him on IG @cartercatcheswayves ). 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. Hear episode HERE:

Catching A Wave 06-06-22

The tunes on this week's Catching A Wave are so good it's almost scary! We spin tracks from The Creature Preachers, The Go-Go's, Didi Wray,...

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[James Riley]

It's time to spin the Wheel The Fun, Fun, Fun on this week's Catching A Wave. We hear randomly selected covers of The Beach Boys by She & Him, Johnny Rivers and The Tremolo Beer Gut! Beth Riley dishes out some rhythm with a deep track of The Beach Boys in her Surf's Up: Beth's Beach Boys Break. As always, we'll also drop a coin in the Jammin' James Jukebox to hear our selection of the week. Plus, we've got great rockin' tracks from Mark Malibu & The Wasagas, The Surfaris, Surfer Joe, Cayucas, The Hang-Ten Hangmen, The Police, The Sparks Boys, Zvezda, The Del Vipers, Robert Gordon & Link Wray, Televisionaries, The Surf Hermits, The ChuGuysters and Secret Agent! Hear episode HERE:

Catching A Wave 06-13-22

It's time to spin the Wheel The Fun, Fun, Fun on this week's Catching A Wave. We hear randomly selected covers of The Beach Boys by She &...

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[James Riley]

June 21st is the official first day of SUMMER (but then again it's summer ALL year long here on Catching A Wave radio show ). Things really heat up this hour as we kick off the show with a special EXCLUSIVE live cover of Dick Dale's "Miserlou" by Lucky 757 (only place you can hear this version). We also blast off in the Catching A Wave Time Machine for the week of December 22nd, 1962 to hear 3 tunes in the Top 40 Fabulous 40 Survey for KFWB in Los Angeles, CA. Beth Riley has a Sweet deep track from The Beach Boys in her Surf's Up- Beth's Beach Boys Break, a new mix of a classic tune from them as well and we drop a coin in the Jammin' James Jukebox to hear our selection of the week. We've also got some hot rockin' tunes from Man Or Astro-man?, The Volcanics, Tijuana Panthers, Stereophonic Space Sound Unlimited, The Delstroyers, Humanga Donga, The Surfrajettes, The Beths, Underwater Bosses, Urban Zotel & The Thundertones, The SurfAnauts and The Green Reflectors! Listen HERE:

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[James Riley]

The forecast calls for rain (3 songs with "rain" in the title by The Grip Weeds, JD McPherson and The Bangles) and HOT music all hour long on this week's Catching A Wave. Beth Riley has a deep track from The Beach Boys in her Surf's Up Beth's Beach Boys Break and we also celebrate the 10th anniversary of their That's Why God Made The Radio album from 2012 with another track from that release. We've also got a quarter ready to drop in the Jammin' James Jukebox to hear our selection of the week (featuring a young Phil Keaggy). Plus, there's tunes from The Routes, Televisionaries, Micky Dolenz (also with Phil Keaggy on guitar), Los Daytonas, Mary Ann Hopkins, Bruce Johnston (Happy Birthday 80 years young June 27, 2022), Deke Dickerson with The Trashmen, The Phantom Surfers, The Courettes, Shriek If You Know What I Did Last Friday The 13th, Fierce Shook and The Swongos! Hear episode HERE:

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[James Riley]

On this Catching A Wave radio show, we have a patriotic set of tunes with songs from John Mellencamp, Chris Isaak, Rick Derringer, The Hot Doggers and Beth Riley brings us "Spirit Of America" by The Beach Boys in her Surf's Up- Beth's Beach Boys Break. There's a Two-Nami in the forecast with The Manakooras covering The Surfrajettes as well as The Surfrajettes original version too (both on Hi-Tide Recordings). We drop a coin in the Jammin' James Jukebox to hear our selection of the week. Plus, we've got rockin' tunes from Mark Malibu & The Wasagas, The Monkees, Blondie, Ramones, The Breakers, The Jagaloons, Todd Bradley, Travis Koester, The Del-Vipers and The Hang-Ten Hangmen. Hear episode HERE:

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[James Riley]

We HEAT things up on Catching A Wave with another great Two-nami in the forecast this week with 2 in a row featuring Jeff Skunk Baxter! We'll hear a tune featuring him on lead guitar with The Ventures as well as one from his new album, Speed Of Heat. Beth Riley has a HOT deep track from 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 (also connected to The Beach Boys). Plus, there's rockers from Billy F Gibbons, The Aqua Velvets, Elliot Kendall, The Bradipos IV (produced by Surfer Joe), The Green Reflectors, R. Dean Taylor, The Angry Red Planet, La Luz, The Beach Berserkers, The Wave Chargers, The Beths, Surfer Boy, Surf Monster and Stephen Schijnes! Hear episode HERE:

Catching A Wave 07-11-22

We HEAT things up with another great Two-nami in the forecast this week with 2 in a row featuring Jeff Skunk Baxter! We'll hear a tune fe...

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[James Riley]

I'm constantly blown away by all the great music (new and old) coming into Catching A Wave radio show every week. Enjoy the latest and classics from a wide range of folks this week including The Bacon Brothers, The Ventures, Kincaid & The Memetics, Humanga Danga, The Volcanics, Max Hixon, Tijuana Panthers, 3 of the artists coming to the Hi-Tide Summer Holiday (Los Straitjackets, Southern Culture On The Skids and Messer Chups) and a trio of tunes with "Tube" in the title from The Trashmen, ZZ Top and The Surf Junkies. Beth Riley has a deep track from The Beach Boys in her Surf's Up- Beth's Beach Boys Break. And speaking of them, the Wheel Of Fun, Fun, Fun returns with randomly selected covers of The Beach Boys (Jeff Beck & Johnny Depp, Redwood who later become Three Dog Night and Mick Fleetwood's Zoo featuring Billy Burnette on vocals) plus we drop a coin in the Jammin' James Jukebox to hear our selection of the week! Listen HERE:

Catching A Wave 07-18-22

I'm constantly blown away by all the great music (new and old) coming into the show every week. Enjoy the latest and classics from a wide...

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[James Riley]

Summer is in full swing and this hour of Catching A Wave radio show is full of hot tunes! Beth Riley goes to the beach with a deep track by The Beach Boys in her Surf's Up: Beth's Beach Boys Break. We also continue our year long 10th Anniversary celebration of their 29th album, That's Why God Made The Radio with another track from that one. As always, we drop a coin in the Jammin' James Jukebox to hear our selection of the week. Plus, we've got songs from Beachcombers, The Eye Five, Los Daytonas, GO-GO Rillas, Robotron, Drifting Sand, Surfnado Tiki Squad, His Lordship, The Mellons, The ChuGuysters, The Fuzziyama Surfers, La Luz, The Sparks Boys, It's Only Roy, The Fathoms and Hipbone Slim! Hear episode HERE:

Catching A Wave 07-25-22

Summer is in full swing and this hour is full of hot tunes! Beth Riley goes to the beach with a deep track by The Beach Boys in her Surf'...

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[James Riley]

Talk about an "Action" packed show this hour on Catching A Wave! From their upcoming "Go Action!!" album on Hi-Tide Recordings, we have new Satan's Pilgrims for you. Plus, rockers from The Boss Martians, Matt Heaton & the Electric Heaters, Mark Malibu & the Wasagas, The Manakooras, The Bloat Floaters, Sant Anna Bay Coconuts, Stay Off The Dunes, Eskimo Lunettes and Monty Norman (RIP 94 years old on July 11th, 2022). We have a trio of tunes you'll "understand" (3 songs with "Understand" in the title) from Collective Soul, Los Straitjackets and The Untamed Youth. Get ready for a trip in the Catching A Wave Time Machine for the week of June 29th, 1963 for radio station WQAM in Miami, FL. Beth Riley has a great earworm 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! Hear episode HERE:

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[James Riley]

Catching A Wave is full of more NEW tunes and classics this week! We have a snippet of a conversation Beth Riley did with Jim Babjak of The Smithereens and his love of The Beach Boys in our Green Room segment. Beth also has a cool 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, get ready for rockers from Magnatech, Dave Del Monte & The Cross County Boys, The Buttondowns, Travis Koester, The Raconteurs, JD McPherson, The Mach IV, The Slimetones, The Verbtones, The Routes, Surf Curse, Fat Kahoona and The Volcanics! Hear episode HERE:

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