The Cars "Focus Beam" on Boppin' With Beth 08-18-23

 

Rev it up and LET'S GO! The Cars are the "focus beam" artist on this new Boppin' With Beth! Hear about their history including early bands, a couple of tracks from their discography (and a solo tune from Ric Ocasek) as well as influences including The Stooges, Buddy Holly, Slade Tommy James and The Shondells, T. Rex, Big Star and Raspberries. Beth's Bop Of The Week is from Matthew Logan Vasquez. Jammin' James Riley has a tune from Al Casey in Hang Ten and there's a new rocker from Dave Del Monte and The Cross County Boys in the mix too! 

Intro music bed: Carl Perkins- "Boppin' The Blues", Brian Setzer- "Boppin' The Blues" and The Cars- "My Best Friend's Girl"

Tommy James and The Shondells- "Mirage"

*Generic liner- Buddy Holly

Buddy Holly- "Words of Love"

T. Rex- "Dreamy Lady"

Big Star- "Feel"

The Cars- "My Best Friend's Girl"

The Cars- "Free"

*Beth's Bop of the Week music bed: Dan Seals- "Bop"

*BWB liner- Matthew Logan Vasquez

Matthew Logan Vasquez- "Can You Turn Me Up?"

Slade- "Gudbuy T'Jane"

Raspberries- "Let's Pretend"

The Stooges- "I Wanna Be Your Dog"

*Hang Ten with Jammin' James Riley music bed: The Surfaris- "Wipe Out"*

*Al Casey- "Lonely Surfer"*

*BWB liner- Dave Del Monte

Dave Del Monte and The Cross County Boys- "The Sweeper"

Ric Ocasek- "Fix On You"

Outro music bed: Elliot Easton's Tiki Gods- "Sir Surfalot"

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Cheap Trick "Focus Beam" on Boppin' With Beth 11-12-21

Rockford, IL's most famous sons, Cheap Trick, is our "focus beam" band this week! We'll hear from some of their influences including The Beatles, Raspberries, Big Star, The Who, The Beach Boys, Sex Pistols, The Kinks and Dwight Twilley Band. Of course, we'll dig into their great career and spin a couple of great rockers from their catalog. Jammin' James Riley has a Carl Perkins classic in Rockabilly Rewind and we play the new duet with John Mellencamp and Bruce Springsteen!

Track Listing:

Intro music bed- Carl Perkins/Brian Setzer- "Boppin' The Blues"

The Beatles- "She Came In Through The Bathroom Window"

Big Star- "Feel"

The Who- "The Kids Are Alright"

Sex Pistols- "God Save The Queen"

Cheap Trick- "Hot Love"

Cheap Trick- "Here's Looking At You"

Raspberries- "I Wanna Be With You"

The Kinks- "I Need You"

Dwight Twilley Band- "Looking For The Magic"

The Beach Boys- "California Girls"

*Rockabilly Rewind with Jammin' James Riley*

*Carl Perkins- "Honey Don't"*

John Mellencamp & Bruce Springsteen- "Wasted Days"

Outro music bed: Cheap Trick- "Oh Boy" (instrumental version)

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