Hello Everyone,
Here is the recap of the August 8 edition of “The Homegrown Rocker,” which airs every Sunday night from 8 to 10 PM on Q94 Classic Rock!
We continued our exploration of new local and regional recordings on this week’s program! We again debuted lots of new music, including tunes from Blood Union, A.D. 2020, Wax Mekanix, Zach Wade & the Good Grief, Images Of Eden, Casey Walton and We Came From Space! We also featured a conversation with Will Jones of P&J Productions to get the scoop on Will’s new play, “John Lennon 1980,” which hits the stage of Altoona’s Mishler Theatre August 12-14! In addition, we dug out a 2002 song from early in the career of former area favorites The Marauders for this week’s “Local Music Flashback,” stepped “Across State Lines” to hear a new song from northern New Jersey’s Amanda Rose Riley, and reviewed Small Town Titans’ The Ride 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, 080821.)
Here is this week’s playlist:
HOUR ONE:
NEGAN – “We”
POST TRAUMATIK – “Running Wild”
BLOOD UNION – “Survive”
JONAH WHALE – “Raise Your Hands”
A.D. 2020 – “Finding My Faith”
WAX MEKANIX – “Mad World”
(interview with Will Jones)
ZACH WADE & THE GOOD GRIEF – “Solid Earth”
JOHN PEACEFIRE – “I’m on the Side of the Earth”
JIM DONOVAN & THE SUN KING WARRIORS – “Oolalala”
HOUR TWO:
DONNY BURNS & THE 3RD DEGREE – “Summer Rain”
ROADKILL – “Wreck My Right Arm”
IMAGES OF EDEN – “Killing God”
SMALL TOWN TITANS – “Let Me Breathe”
CASEY WALTON – “Just Fine”
THE MARAUDERS – “Last Laugh” (2002, Local Music Flashback)
AMANDA ROSE RILEY – “Boulder” (Across State Lines)
CHE (CHET DENNY) – “Hustle Til the Morning”
WE CAME FROM SPACE – “Take You for the Ride”
30 DAYS OF PAIN – “Don’t Say Goodbye”
AUGUST WINTERS – “The Lion the Reaper”
We have yet more new recordings to explore on our next program, and as a result, more new local and regional songs will be headed your way on the airwaves! In addition, we will dig into the archive for a “Local Music Flashback,” step “Across State Lines” to hear music from an independent band or artist from outside the state, and review Marshmellow Overcoat’s Jumping Sharks album in “The Professor’s CD Corner!” Hear the “Homegrown Rocker” this Sunday night (August 15) on Q94 Classic Rock – 94.3 FM and online at www.q94classicrock.com!
Upcoming guests and specials:
AUG. 22 – AUGUST WINTERS
SEPT. 5 – INSTRUMENTS DO THE TALKING SPECIAL
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
In Local Music News…
Popular former Altoona-based rockers Flight 19 have announced a reunion show for Labor Day weekend. The “Party Plane” will taxi the runway during the “One Last Time at the Casino” event on September 4 at The Casino at Altoona’s Lakemont Park. Five-hundred tickets will be sold for the event; tickets coast $5 per person until September 2, and will then be $10 for the final two days before the show; they can be obtained online at CentralPATickets.com. Proceeds will benefit Air Force Mothers.
Former Young Lungs singer Meg Wills is in a new band…Meg now sings and plays ukulele in the new Pittsburgh-based band The Collective. The five-piece group features Meg, along with singer Andre Rhone, saxophonist Seam Allen, keyboardist and violinist Suzie Bellesis, and drummer Noelle McCormick. The group does soul-based music, and performed recently at the Millvale Music Festival.
And the “Homegrown Rocker” wishes speedy get well wishes to After The Fall, A Common Crown and Borstal Boys drummer Matt Ferrante. Also one of the organizers of the annual Rock For Life benefit each year, Matt is currently recovering from an undisclosed health issue.
