Roger Joseph Manning, Jr. "Focus Beam" on Boppin' With Beth 05-24-24

American keyboardist, singer and songwriter Roger Joseph Manning, Jr. is the "focus beam" artist on this week's Boppin' With Beth! Hear about his career (both in bands and solo) as well as a couple of great solo tunes from his discography. There's also tracks from some of his bands including Jellyfish, Imperial Drag and when was in Beck's backing band. There's tunes from some of his influences including The Beach Boys, Kiss, Yes, 10cc and XTC. Beth's Bop Of The Week is a new tune from Christian Love! Jammin' James Riley has a song from The Halibuts in Hang Ten. There's also a cover of a Jellyfish tune from McFly as well.

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

The Beach Boys- "Sail On, Sailor"
Kiss- "Strutter" (live)
Yes- "Total Mass Retain"
10cc- "The Things We Do For Love"
Roger Joseph Manning, Jr.- "The Loser"
Roger Joseph Manning, Jr.- "I Feel Good, Bad, Fine"

Beth's Bop Of The Week:
Christian Love- "Silhouette"

Jellyfish- "Glutton Of Sympathy"
Imperial Drag- "Zodiac Sign"
Beck- "Pressure Zone"

Hang Ten:
The Halibuts- "Chumming"

McFly- "Baby's Coming Back"
XTC- "Sgt. Rock (Is Going To Help Me)"

Outro music bed: Burt Bacharach- "Bond Street"