The Sonics "Focus Beam" on Boppin' With Beth 02-09-24

 

American garage rock band The Sonics are the "focus beam" artist on this rockin' episode of Boppin' With Beth. Hear about their history, member changes and a couple of tunes from their discography! Plus there's tunes from some of their influences including The Kinks, Rufus Thomas, Chuck Berry, Wilson Pickett, James Brown, The Wailers and Little Richard! Beth's Bop Of The Week is a new tune from The Courettes that will get you shakin'. Jammin' James Riley has a rocker from The Breakers in Hang Ten. Plus there's tunes from Paul Collins, The White Stripes, The Boss Martians and McKinley James (live cover of The Sonics) too! 

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

The Kinks- "Ev'rybody's Gonna Be Happy"

Chuck Berry- "No Particular Place To Go"

Little Richard- "She's Got It"

James Brown- "There Must Be A Reason"

The Sonics- "Money (That's What I Want)"

The Sonics- "Livin' In Chaos"

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

*BWB liner- Martin & Flavia Couri (The Courettes)

The Courettes- "Shake"

The Wailers- "Early Morning Hour"

Rufus Thomas- "It's Aw-rite"

Wilson Pickett- "Funk Broadway"

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

*BWB liner- The Breakers

The Breakers- "Point Conception"

*BWB liner- Paul Collins

Paul Collins- "I'm The Only One For You"

The Boss Martians- "Diggin' 58"

The White Stripes- "Death Letter"

*BWB liner- McKinley James 

McKinley James- "Strychnine"

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Slim Jim Phantom "Focus Beam" on Boppin' With Beth 09-02-22

 

Slim Jim Phantom from the legendary rockabilly trio Stray Cats is the "focus beam" artist on the new Boppin' With Beth. We'll hear about his story and he's the guest on a fun new edition of Beth's Lightning Round as well. In addition to a couple of Stray Cats tunes, there's some cuts from some of his influences including Gene Vincent & His Blue Caps, Elvis Presley, Carl Perkins and The Beatles along with projects he played on by Kat Men, The Head Cat and a Beatles cover he did with his wife, Jennie Vee. Jammin' James Riley has a deep track by Don Woody in Rockabilly Rewind and there's tunes by Eagles Of Death Metal, Ringo Starr and The Courettes (a song about their love of Ringo)! 

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

Stray Cats- "Three Times A Charm"

Gene Vincent & His Blue Caps- "Hold Me, Hug Me, Rock Me"

*Liner- Elvis Presley

Elvis Presley- "Baby Let's Play House"

*Liner- Darrel Higham

Kat Men- "We Need Elvis Back"

*Liner- Danny B. Harvey

The Head Cat- "Let It Rock"

*Liner- Slim Jim Phantom

Slim Jim Phantom & Jennie Vee- "What Goes On"

Carl Perkins- "Matchbox"

*Lightning Round teaser liner- Slim Jim Phantom

The Beatles- "Run For Your Life"

*Beth's Lightning Round with special guest Slim Jim Phantom*

Stray Cats- "Runaway Boys"

*Rockabilly Rewind with Jammin' James Riley*

*Don Woody- "Barking Up The Wrong Tree"*

Eagles of Death Metal- "The Deuce"

*Liner- The Courettes

The Courettes- "R.I.N.G.O"

Ringo Starr- "Rock Around The Clock"

Outro music bed: Lee Rocker- "Thunder and Lightning"

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The Go-Go's "Focus Beam" on Boppin' With Beth 05-27-22

 

American rock band The Go-Go's are the "focus beam" band on this week's Boppin' With Beth! Hear tunes from their awesome mix of influences including Suzi Quatro, The Beach Boys, Ramones, The Runaways, The B-52's and The Ronettes. I talk about their awesome story that bookends their beginning through their Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame induction in 2021 and still going strong. There's a couple of rockers from their catalog on the show as well. Darren Michael Boyd is the guest on this week's Beth's Lightning Round including a rockin' song from him. Jammin' James Riley has an early Roy Orbison tune in Rockabilly Rewind and there's tracks from The Northwest and The Courettes as well! 

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

*Liner- Suzi Quatro

Suzi Quatro- "Glad All Over"

Ramones- "I Don't Want To Grow Up"

The Runaways- "Little Sister"

The Ronettes- "You Bet I Would"

The Go-Go's- "Skidmarks On My Heart"

The Go-Go's- "Apology"

*Liner- Mike Love

The Beach Boys- "All I Want To Do"

*Lightning Round teaser liner- Darren Michael Boyd

The B-52's- "Runnin' Around"

*Beth's Lightning Round with Darren Michael Boyd*

*Liner- Darren Michael Boyd

Darren Michael Boyd- "Making A Homunculus"

*Rockabilly Rewind with Jammin' James Riley

Roy Orbison- "Rockhouse"

*Liner- Wayne (The Northwest)

The Northwest- "Shoreline"

*Liner- The Courettes (Martin & Flavia Couri)

The Courettes- "Hop The Twig"

Outro music bed: The Ventures- "Surfin' & Spyin'" (cover of The Go-Go's)

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