Hello Everyone,
Here is the recap of the December 12 edition of “The Homegrown Rocker,” which airs every Sunday night from 8 to 10 PM on Q94 Classic Rock!
We welcomed our final musical guests of 2021 into the studio for this week’s program, as the three members of Neon Hotel paid us a visit! We learned about the band and its history, discussed the group’s music, and heard a couple of recorded original tunes from them! Along the way, we debuted new songs from Alec Henderson, Anti-Corn League, Dilemma and Prime 8, plus a new Christmas number from Shea Quinn. We also updated “Local Music News,” dug into the archive for a 1995 tune by ǝ (schwa) for a “Local Music Flashback,” and stepped “Across State Lines” to hear a tune by Akron, Ohio’s Northern Weather (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, 121221.)
Here is this week’s playlist:
HOUR ONE:
TONY HARLAN – “Jingle This Too”
DEREK WOODS BAND – “Happiness”
NEON HOTEL – “Quarantine”
$ILLOET – “Self Destruction 2.0”
SKYLINE DRIVE – “Dopamine”
WAX MEKANIX – “Head”
SHEA QUINN – “Silent Night”
ALPHA VIOLET – “Alexander”
ALEC HENDERSON – “On Holiday”
AUGUST WINTERS – “Car Crash Poetry”
HOUR TWO:
SMALL TOWN TITANS – “You’re A Mean One, Mr. Grinch”
NEGAN – “Where Do We Go From Here”
NEON HOTEL – “Summer Girl Autumn Grave”
ANTI-CORN LEAGUE – “Mind On Rope”
ABSTENTIOUS – “Off The Wall”
ǝ (schwa) – “Perfect” (1995, Local Music Flashback)
NORTHERN WEATHER – “Neal Says He’s A Viking” (Across State Lines)
THE WHATLEYS – “No More Holidays”
DILEMMA – “Plasticity”
PRIME 8 – “Empty on the Inside”
Our next program will be the annual “Homegrown Rocker” Christmas Special! We will hear two hours of locally-sourced holiday tunes! We’ll hear area bands and artists perform their own original Christmas season numbers, as well as their takes on time-tested holiday classics! So break out the eggnog and cookies and hear the “Homegrown Rocker” Christmas Special this Sunday night (December 19) on Q94 Classic Rock – 94.3 FM and online at www.q94classicrock.com!
Upcoming guests and specials:
DEC. 26 – 2021 YEAR IN REVIEW SPECIAL
JAN. 9 – DEVIN SHERMAN
JAN. 16 – WAX MEKANIX
MARCH 20 – JO JO STELLA
(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. And bands and musicians interested in being guests on the program can email their interest to homegrownrocker@gmail.com as well!
Jim Price
In Local Music News…
Jack Servello and The Servello Family will present a special Christmas concert next Saturday, December 18th at 7 p.m. at the Church of the Good Shepherd, Clay Avenue in Tyrone. Some of the group’s original Christmas season numbers, along with songs Jack has written with Bill Dann, will be featured at this performance. There is no admission charge, and refreshments and fellowship will follow.
And the Central Pennsylvania Music Hall of Fame is looking for bands who are recording or have recorded videos of themselves performing holiday tunes. The videos can be submitted for consideration for the Hall of Fame’s “12 Bands of Christmas” holiday compilation video, which will premiere on the Hall of Fame’s Facebook page on Thursday, December 23 at 8 p.m. Videos that were not featured in last year’s compilation video are welcomed for submission. Videos can be submitted to the email address cpmhof@yahoo.com. The deadline for submissions is 12 noon on Monday, December 20.
