Hello Everyone,
Here is the recap of the August 22 edition of “The Homegrown Rocker,” which airs every Sunday night from 8 to 10 PM on Q94 Classic Rock!
Thanks to our guests, Drew Zimmerman and Joe Trojcak, for being part of this week’s program! We spoke with Drew about his band and recording project, August Winters (www.augustwinterspa.com), who release the new album The Lion, The Reaper on August 27! We discussed the album, plus received added insight from Joe, the owner and operator of Progressive Enterprises recording studio in Elizabethtown, where the album was recorded. We featured songs from the album, plus Drew brought a guitar and did a couple of songs live! We also debuted a new song from Andy Mowatt’s Frequency Movement (AMFM), updated “Local Music News,” dug a 2009 number by Top Dead Center from the archive for a “Local Music Flashback,” and reviewed Suicide Puppets’ Tales of Living and Dying on Slaughter Ridge Road 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, 082221.)
Here is this week’s playlist:
HOUR ONE:
SMALL TOWN TITANS – “Rufflin’ Feathers”
SILVER SCREEN – “Codeine”
AUGUST WINTERS – “The Lion, The Reaper”
BAD LUCK LOVER BOYS – “Movie Song”
AUGUST WINTERS – “Two Trees” (performed live in the studio)
AUGUST WAKE – “Throne”
AUGUST WINTERS – “Life and Times of a Salesman”
SILVER LIGHTS – “Expendable” (acoustic)
HOUR TWO:
JEFF WEBB & THE DELECTABLE SOUND – “Can’t Take the Heat”
ANDY MOWATT’S FREQUENCY MOVEMENT (AMFM) – “Prove It”
AUGUST WINTERS – “Ghost” (performed live in the studio)
SUICIDE PUPPETS – “Your Love/My Hate”)
AUGUST WINTERS – “I Can’t Fix This”
TOP DEAD CENTER – “Breadline” (2009, Local Music Flashback)
AUGUST WINTERS – “MMXX”
Next week we will again dig into the mailboxes to check out new recordings that have arrived in recent weeks, meaning we will debut lots of new songs from area bands and artists! In addition, we will update “Local Music News,” dig into the archive for a “Local Music Flashback,” step “Across State Lines” to hear music from an independent band or artist from outside PA, and review Roadkill’s The First 30 Years 1989-2019: Worst Misses album in “The Professor’s CD Corner!” Hear the “Homegrown Rocker” this Sunday night (August 29) on Q94 Classic Rock – 94.3 FM and online at www.q94classicrock.com!
Upcoming guests and specials:
SEPT. 5 – INSTRUMENTS DO THE TALKING SPECIAL
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…
The annual Route 22 Rock & Blues Festival returns next weekend, August 26-28, to the Lincoln Caverns Campground near Huntingdon. This year’s event expands to three nights. The music commences in a heavier vein on Thursday night, with performances by Buckshot Tea Party, The Heathen Parade, Samara, Lloyd and Black Sun. Friday night will feature a wedding, as festival organizer Todd McKeone will marry his sweetheart Betsy at 6:30 p.m., with Jason Feathers presiding. Ed N’Born will kick off music at 5 p.m. leading up to the matrimony, while Jason and the new area blues band Juju Bone will follow the wedding at 7 p.m., followed by Mediocre Gatsby, Walkney, The Roof and Maul. And Saturday’s music starts at noon with Crazed Visions, and continues with Hot Fudge Mondaes, Bad Luck Lover Boys, Dylan Miller, Skyline Drive, The Snipped, Abstentious, the Jaded Lips, Donny Burns & the 3rd Degree, Sijel, The Pennsoulvanians and Memory Collector. Admission is $40 for all three days, and camping is permitted.
And the annual Vets Fest will take place next Sunday, August 29 to raise proceeds and awareness for area veterans. The event will kick off at 12:30 p.m., and feature live music from Kickin,’ the Backyard Rockers, The Band OZ, Flashpoint, Skye 2.0 and the U.S. Sound Theatre. The event is presented by Vietnam Veterans of America Blair County Chapter 967, and monies raised will go toward helping the needs of all veterans in Blair County.
