James and Beth Riley had a chance to chat with legendary surf guitarist Bob Berryhill! Bob is the sole remaining original member of The Surfaris and tours with his wife Gene and sons Deven and Joel. A variety of topics were discussed including the story of how "Wipe Out" happened, various covers of that iconic song, surf influence on punk rock, touring with his family, playing with Surfer Joe and his Surfer Joe Festival last year, playing the Surf Guitar 101 Festival Weekender this year, requests for our radio shows, desert island record picks and more!

James and Beth Riley recently spoke with Nicole Damoff from The Surfrajettes! They talk about her influences, the members of The Surfrajettes, recent tour (and trying to pack for all seasons), headlining vs being an opener, looking to bands like The Ventures as inspiration, record store finds, cover tunes, writing originals, being on a couple of The Beach Boys cruises (and what they learn from playing with icons like that), working on their new album, requests for our radio shows, desert island discs, our time machine question of what time period she would like to go back to...Oh, and they also chat about Jim Babjak of The Smithereens who had commented "Cool" on a Facebook video that Beth shared of The Surfrajettes live. All of that and so much more!

Beth Riley chats with guitarist Jim Suhler on this episode of Artist Spotlight Podcast Series. They chat about his influences, bands he is a part of (Jim Suhler & Monkey Beat, George Thorogood & The Destroyers and Texas Scratch), having Billy F Gibbons play a big role in his 2002 wedding and meeting some of his idols. They also chat about Jackson Browne and his music, as well as The Kentucky Headhunters. Of course, the infamous time machine and desert island disc picks are talked about. They chat about Jim Suhler's band Texas Scratch's debut album from 2009  finally being released 14 years later, as well as his thoughts on his bandmates, Buddy Whittington, Vince Converse, Jeff Simon and Jim talks about the loss of Nathaniel Peterson. Not a dull moment on this episode and there are so many good stories. If you ever wondered what Jim would pick between "One Bourbon, One Scotch and One Beer" (the song pre dated his time in The Destroyers but it had to be asked), his answer might surprise you. All of that and so much more!