Hello Everyone,
Here is the recap of the July 18 edition of “The Homegrown Rocker,” which airs every Sunday night from 8 to 10 PM on Q94 Classic Rock!
This week, we presented the 2021 installment of our annual “Cover Song Special!” We again explored how area bands and artists covered and interpreted the music of other musicians! We heard local and regional musicians cover popular hit songs as well as album deep cuts, over a broad range of musical flavors! In one case, we even heard a cover of a cover! We also dug into the archive for a 2000 cover song by Backstreet Law for this week’s “Local Music Flashback,” and reviewed Antonio Andrade’s mostly cover song Lucky in Love album in “The Professor’s CD Corner!” (For those who missed the program, a four-part podcast of this show is available for listening or download from Q94’s website, www.q94classicrock.com. Click on “The Professor’s Classroom,” and then scroll down to “Homegrown Rocker Podcast” and look for the four show segments marked with the date, 071821.)
Here is this week’s playlist (including covered band or artist in parentheses):
HOUR ONE:
IMAGES OF EDEN – “Fight the Good Fight” (Triumph)
CHIP & THE CHARGE UPS – “The Tide Is High” (Blondie)
STONE BRIDGE BLUES BAND – “The Thrill Is Gone” (performed live in studio 8/16/20) (B.B. King)
FELIX & THE HURRICANES – “It’s Too Late” (performed live in studio 7/12/20) (Carole King)
TED McCLOSKEY – “Race with the Devil” (Gene Vincent)
CURTIS & THE SHAKERZ – “Rollin’ & Tumblin'” (Hambone Willy Newbern)
BRET ALEXANDER – “The Times, They Are a Changin'” (Bob Dylan)
THE JAKOB’S FERRY STRAGGLERS – “I Know You Rider” (live) (traditional)
HEDGEROW DOWN – “Losing My Religion” (R.E.M.)
BILL FERRELL – “Classical Gas” (performed live in studio 3/14/21) (Mason Williams)
HOUR TWO:
POST TRAUMATIK – “Faster Disco” (Faith No More)
KING CATFISH – “Love Buzz” (Nirvana, Shocking Blue)
JEFFREY GAINES – “In Your Eyes” (live) (Peter Gabriel)
ANTONIO ANDRADE – “Whipping Post” (Allman Brothers)
TOM, AMY & SHAWN BROWN – “Carry On Wayward Son” (Kansas)
BACKSTREET LAW – “Like a Virgin” (Madonna) (2000, Local Music Flashback)
THUNDER VEST – “Best Friend’s Girl” (The Cars)
RAILROAD CITY MURDER MACHINES – “In the Air Tonight” (Phil Collins)
SUICIDE PUPPETS – “Send Me an Angel” (Real Life)
WHITE WITCH – “Paranoid” (live) (Black Sabbath)
JOE KONIOR – “Couldn’t Get It Right” (Climax Blues Band)
ALEX MEIXNER – “Crazy Train Medley” (live) (Ozzy Osbourne, Monkees, Patsy Cline, Glenn Miller)
On our next program, we welcome into the studio our guest, Sascha Frost! Sascha will represent and discuss his original music project, Memory Collector, and we’ll hear songs off Memory Collector’s latest album, Future Eyes. Plus, Sascha is the primary organizer of the upcoming Mass N Tha Grass Music & Arts Festival, which happens Aug. 6-8 at the Sinking Valley Fairgrounds! We’ll spotlight music from some of the many bands and artists performing at that festival! We’ll also update “Local Music News,” dig into the archive to hear a tune from a past area band or artist, and review Dream Home’s self-titled CD in “The Professor’s CD Corner!” Hear the “Homegrown Rocker” this Sunday night (July 25) on Q94 Classic Rock – 94.3 FM and online at www.q94classicrock.com!
Upcoming guests and specials:
AUG. 8 – WILL JONES (“John Lennon 1980”)
AUG. 22 – AUGUST WINTERS
SEPT. 12 – TOIS
SEPT. 19 – TONY MOLLICK
SEPT. 26 – THE AUSTENS
OCT. 31 – HALLOWEEN SPECIAL
NOV. 28 – LOCAL MUSIC THANKSGIVING DINNER SPECIAL (area tunes about food and drink)
(All dates are subject to changes as circumstances warrant.)
Bands and artists wanting to submit news items for “Local Music News” may email their news to homegrownrocker@gmail.com. Indicate “MUSIC NEWS” in the subject heading!
Bands and artists interested in having music aired on the show are invited to send their broadcast-quality recordings to: The Homegrown Rocker, 2513 6th Avenue, Altoona, PA 16602 (ATTN: Jim Price). You can also email digital song files or inquiries about the show to homegrownrocker@gmail.com.
Jim Price
