Hello Everyone,
Here is the recap of the August 29 edition of “The Homegrown Rocker,” which airs every Sunday night from 8 to 10 PM on Q94 Classic Rock!
This week, we returned to the mailboxes to explore more new local and regional recordings that have arrived in recent days! We debuted lots of new tunes from area bands and artists, including numbers from Inside Out, Moonshine Jasmine, Brother Jack, Chris Woodward & Shindiggin’, Ted McCloskey, Endbringer and Fresh Air Man! We also updated “Local Music News,” dug a 1990 number by Altoona metalheads Fatal Maim from the archive for a “Local Music Flashback,” stepped “Across State Lines” to hear a number from North Carolina’s Seeking Sirens, and reviewed Roadkill’s The First 30 Years 1989-2019: Worst Misses CD 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, 082921.)
Here is this week’s playlist:
HOUR ONE:
CELL15 – “Chapter One”
WE CAME FROM SPACE – “Business As Usual”
INSIDE OUT – “Get Up”
CHIP & THE CHARGE UPS – “This Bomb’s Not Gonna Light Itself”
MOONSHINE JASMINE – “Nowhere Ohio”
BROTHER JACK – “Kissing Tree”
CHRIS WOODWARD & SHINDIGGIN’ – “Beer Garden”
THE CHROME HEARTS (STEPHANIE & THE WILD HEARTS) – “Jealous of You”
TED McCLOSKEY – “Bindweeds”
MYSTERYTRAIN – “Saturday”
HOUR TWO:
MEDUSA’S DISCO – “State Of Mind”
GELATINOUS CUBE – “Ocean of Blood”
TUKKER – “Rebound”
ROADKILL – “I Don’t Care”
ENDBRINGER – “Less Than Perfect”
FATAL MAIM – “Fat Chance” (1990, Local Music Flashback)
SEEKING SIRENS – “Splinter” (Across State Lines)
BEFELL – “Endless Cycle”
FRESH AIR MAN – “Good or Evil Enough”
ALMOST HONEST – “Keystone”
RAILROAD CITY MURDER MACHINES – “These Streets”
X’s FOR EYES – “A Moment Away”
Next week, for the Labor Day holiday weekend, we will give those laboring singers and vocalists the week off as we present the “Instruments Do the Talking” Special! Every number we play on this program will be an instrumental track from the local and regional music scene! Hear instrumentals from Felix & the Hurricanes, Ted McCloskey, Andy Mowatt’s Frequency Movement (AMFM), Memory Collector, Full Kilt, Black Cat Moan and many more! In addition, we will dig into the archive for an instrumental “Local Music Flashback,” and review The Arts’ all-instrumental Numer0logy album in “The Professor’s CD Corner!” Hear the “Homegrown Rocker” this Sunday night (September 5) on Q94 Classic Rock – 94.3 FM and online at www.q94classicrock.com!
Upcoming guests and specials:
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 Cambria City Ethnic Festival makes its return next weekend in the Cambria City section of Johnstown. The event happens Friday through Sunday, with ethnic food, various vendors, children’s activities, church tours, and live music taking place at various stage locations along and near Chestnut Street. Many performers and performance schedules will be announced leading up to next weekend; the Venue of Merging Arts has announced the schedule for the Third Avenue Arts Stage, which will feature the Jeffreys Brothers Band and Black Cat Moan on Friday; the Autism Special Music Band, Midnight Graffiti, That Oldies Band and Gris-Gris on Saturday; and Mike Mitchell Bluegrass on Sunday. Also announced is the reunion of popular Johnstown party rockers Yum on both Friday and Saturday night at the St. Mary’s Catholic Church Pavilion.
The Jakobs Ferry Stragglers have announced a changing of the guard with their upright bass player position. Their bassist of the past few years, Niko Kreider, is leaving the group to devote more attention to his woodworking business in West Virginia. Replacing him will be Trish Imbrogno, who is well respected in the western PA bluegrass scene.
