April Wine "Focus Beam" on Boppin' With Beth 07-12-24

 

Canadian rock band April Wine is the "focus beam" artist on this week's Boppin' With Beth! Hear about their story and a couple of rockin' tracks from their catalog. There's tunes from some influences of their late lead singer (and primary songwriter), Myles Goodwyn including Hank Snow, Elvis Presley, The Beatles, Led Zeppelin, The Rolling Stones and Rush. Beth's Lightning Round returns with guest Cory M. Coons and a track from him celebrating its 20th anniversary this year. Jammin' James Riley has a song from The Surfrajettes in Hang Ten! A solo track by Myles Goodwyn closes the show. Fellow Canadian Darren Michael Boyd is the outro music bed too!

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

Hank Snow- "Canadian Pacific"

*Generic liner- Elvis Presley

Elvis Presley- "I Need Your Love Tonight"

*Generic liner- The Beatles

The Beatles- "You Like Me Too Much"

Led Zeppelin- "Celebration Day"

*Generic liner- Brian Greenway

April Wine- "Good From Far, Far From Good"

*Generic liner- Myles Goodwyn

April Wine- "Sign Of The Gypsy Queen"

*Generic liner- Geddy Lee & Alex Lifeson

Rush- "Need Some Love"

The Rolling Stones- "Rip This Joint" (Live at El Mocambo in Canada 1977)

*Beth's Lightning Round music bed: Randy Bachman- "Noah"

*Beth's Lightning Round with Cory M. Coons

*BWB liner- Cory M. Coons

Cory M. Coons- "Crumbs" 

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

*BWB liner- Shermy Freeman

The Surfrajettes- "Party Line"

Myles Goodwyn- "When Your Ship Came In (I Was At The Train Station Drinking)"

Outro music bed: Darren Michael Boyd- "Flesh On The Fretboard"

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Mark Farner "Focus Beam" on Boppin' With Beth 03-31-23

 

American singer, songwriter and guitarist Mark Farner is the "focus beam" artist on this new episode of Boppin' With Beth. Hear about his early bands, time with Grand Funk Railroad and his solo career including a couple of tunes from his discography. Plus, there's songs from some of his influences including Howard Tate, Aretha Franklin, The Beatles, The Jimi Hendrix Experience, Eric Clapton, Rick Derringer, Jeff Beck (feat. Imogen Heap) and Stevie Wonder. Beth's Bop Of The Week is a great tune from Cory M. Coons! Jammin' James Riley has an instrumental rocker from The Go-Go's in Hang Ten and there's a track from The Smithereens who are playing a gig with Mark Farner on April 21, 2023 in New York!

Hear Beth's interview with Mark Farner on the Artist Spotlight Podcast Series HERE:

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

Howard Tate- "Get It While You Can"

Aretha Franklin- "Since You've Been Gone (Sweet Sweet Baby)

*Beavis & Butthead snippet

The Jimi Hendrix Experience- "Fire"

Eric Clapton- "Told You For The Last Time"

Grand Funk Railroad- "We're An American Band"

Mark Farner- "You And Me Baby"

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

*Liner- Cory M. Coons

Cory M. Coons- "Would You Stay"

Rick Derringer- "Guitars and Women"

Jeff Beck- "Rollin' and Tumblin' (ft. Imogen Heap)

Stevie Wonder- "Sir Duke"

*Hang Ten with Jammin' James Riley*

*The Go-Go's- "Surfing and Spying"

*Liner- Jim Babjak (The Smithereens)

The Smithereens- "Indigo Blues"

*Liner- The Beatles

The Beatles- "Boys"

Outro music bed: Link Wray- "Rumble on the Docks"

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Beth's Bop of the Week Artist: Cory M. Coons

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Boppin' With Beth Christmas Show 12-23-22

 

It's a boppin' Christmas show on this week's Boppin' With Beth. A show dedicated to all the artists that we lost this year and 2 members of my family that passed away in 1958 (My Grandmother, Frances Letha Cook) and this year (my uncle, Grady Orbin Cook), respectively. The times are sad, the music doesn't have to be. There are tunes from The Brian Setzer Orchestra, James Taylor, Shenandoah, JD McPherson, Cory M. Coons (ft. his 8 year old daughter, Charleigh Lynn Coons), Chris Isaak, Jesse Terry, Shaun Young, Los Straitjackets, Dave Del Monte and The Cross County Boys, The Beach Boys, Mark Malibu & The Wasagas, Phil Keaggy, The Smithereens and Chris Hillman & Herb Pederson. Plus, there's tracks from Lucky Jones, The Chieftains with Jackson Browne, Diamond Rio and a tune from Pat Huggins to close out the show. Merry Christmas!

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

The Brian Setzer Orchestra- "(Everybody's Waitin' For) The Man With the Bag"

*Liner- James Taylor

James Taylor- "Santa Claus is Comin' to Town"

*Liner- Jim Seales (Founder and original lead guitarist of Shenandoah)

Shenandoah- "Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer"

*Liner- JD McPherson

JD McPherson- "All The Gifts I Need"

*Liner- Cory M. Coons & Charleigh Lynn Coons

Cory M. Coons- "I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus" (ft. Charleigh Lynn Coons)

Chris Isaak- "Hey Santa!"

*Liner- Jesse Terry

Jesse Terry- "Hark! The Herald Angels Sing" 

*Liner- Shaun Young

Shaun Young- "Blue Christmas"

*Liner- Greg Townson

Los Straitjackets- "Frosty the Snowman"

*Liner- Dave Del Monte

Dave Del Monte & The Cross County Boys- "Hey Mrs. Claus"

*Liner- Mike Love (of The Beach Boys)

The Beach Boys- "Little Saint Nick"

*Liner- Mark Malibu

Mark Malibu & The Wasagas- "Ice Rider"

*Liner- Phil Keaggy

Phil Keaggy- "Let It Snow"

*Liner- Jim Babjak (of The Smithereens)

The Smithereens- "Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree"

*Liner- Chris Hillman

Chris Hillman & Herb Pederson- "Blue Christmas Lights"

*Hang Ten with Jammin' James Riley*

*Duane Eddy- "Movin' N Groovin'"

*Liner- Lucky Jones

Lucky Jones- "Run Rudolph Run"

*Liner- Jackson Browne

The Chieftains- "The Rebel Jesus" (with Jackson Browne)

*Liner- Marty Roe

Diamond Rio- "Christmas Times A Comin'"

*Liner- Pat Huggins

Pat Huggins- "Christmas In My Coupe de Ville"

Outro music bed: Joel Paterson- "Jingle Bell Rock"

In Loving Memory of  my Mawmaw, Frances Letha Cook (March 23, 1915- December 25, 1958)

In Loving Memory of my uncle, Grady Orbin Cook (January 7, 1932, October 25, 2022)

 Grady with baby me.

 Grady with my Dad and aunt Janette.

 Grady Orbin Cook....I sure miss him!

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R. Dean Taylor "Focus Beam" on Boppin' With Beth 07-01-22

 

Canadian singer, songwriter and producer R. Dean Taylor is the "focus beam" artist on this week's Boppin' With Beth. We'll hear from some classic artists that influenced him including Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, Carl Perkins and Jerry Lee Lewis. There's a couple of classics from his catalog too along with tunes of his performed by Paul Peterson, The Mynah Birds and The Four Tops. Lyman Ellerman is the guest in Beth's Lightning Round along with a new track from him. Jammin' James Riley has a Chan Romero rocker in Rockabilly Rewind and there's tunes from The Bacon Brothers, Exile, Cory M Coons and Natalie D-Napoleon as well! 

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

*Liner- Elvis Presley

Elvis Presley- "(Now and Then There's) A Fool Such As I"

Johnny Cash- "Understand Your Man"

Carl Perkins- "Memphis, Tennessee"

Jerry Lee Lewis- "Down The Line"

R. Dean Taylor- "It's A Long Way To St. Louis"

R. Dean Taylor- "Back Street"

Paul Peterson- "A Little Bit For Sandy"

*Lightning Round teaser liner- Lyman Ellerman

The Mynah Birds- "It's My Time"

*Beth's Lightning Round with Lyman Ellerman

*Liner- Lyman Ellerman

Lyman Ellerman- "Let Me Roll"

*Rockabilly Rewind with Jammin' James Riley

Chan Romero- "Hippy Hippy Shake"

*Liner- Marlon Hargis (of Exile)

Exile- "Give Me One More Chance"

*Liner- Cory M. Coons

Cory M. Coons- "The First of July"

*Liner- Natalie D-Napoleon

Natalie D-Napoleon- "Cut Your Hair"

*Liner- Michael & Kevin Bacon (The Bacon Brothers)

The Bacon Brothers- "Let Me Happen To You Girl"

The Four Tops- "I'll Turn To Stone"

Outro music bed: Link Wray- "Rumble Mambo"

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R.I.P. Richard Dean Taylor (May 9, 1939- January 7, 2022)

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