Hello Everyone,
Here is the recap of the December 19 edition of “The Homegrown Rocker,” which airs every Sunday night from 8 to 10 PM on Q94 Classic Rock!
This week’s program was the annual “Homegrown Rocker” Christmas Special! We celebrated the holiday season local music style – hearing two hours of seasonal music from area bands and artists! We heard local performers’ original Christmas season song creations, as well as their renditions of time-tested holiday classics! We debuted some new holiday songs this year from Kenny Murdick, Brother Jack, Colebrook Road, Denny & Ken, Yigga Digga, Fruitcake the Christmas Clown and Shea Quinn. And we reviewed Antonio Andrade’s new Christmas album, Jingle All the Way, 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, 121921.)
Here is this week’s playlist:
HOUR ONE:
LORDS A LEAPING – “The Bells of Christmas”
BLACK CAT MOAN – “Silent Night Blues”
OVERHEAD – “We Three Kings”
B.E. TAYLOR – “Feel the Love of Christmas” (2000, Local Music Flashback)
KENNY MURDICK – “Snow MiZer-Heat MiZer”
JOHNNY SEARFOSS – “All I Want for Christmas Is a Kitten”
BROTHER JACK – “Cat in the Christmas Tree”
BILL DANN & JACK SERVELLO – “Christmas Catastrophe”
COLEBROOK ROAD – “God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen”
CHRIS WOODWARD & SHINDIGGIN’ – “Shindigging with Santa Claus”
ZUPE & THE POLKA COMMANDOS – “Dasher, the Reindeer”
BARLEYJUICE – “Whiskey for Christmas”
DAVE KEPHART – “Christmas in Whoville”
MONSTER TRACK SUPERGROUP – “Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree”
HOUR TWO:
CHIP & THE CHARGE UPS – “Black and Gold Christmas”
THE MOORE BROS. w/KEN DEATER – “Santa Stuck on 219 Blues”
DENNY & KEN – “Wondrous Christmas Night”
ANTONIO ANDRADE – “A Holly Jolly Christmas”
YIGGA DIGGA – “Little Drummer Boy”
LILLE JUL ROCKEBAND (MAUVESTROM CHRISTMAS BAND) – “O Come Emmanuel”
DEE SNIDER & LZZY HALE – “The Magic of Christmas Day”
SMALL TOWN TITANS – “You’re A Mean One, Mr. Grinch”
FRUITCAKE THE CHRISTMAS CLOWN – “Christmas Tree Fire”
ROADKILL – “Santa Claus Is A Big Fat Jerk”
SHEA QUINN – “O Holy Night”
FAT VINNY & THE WISEGUYS – “I’ll Be Home for Christmas” (2001, Local Music Flashback)
As the next program will be the final one of 2021, we logically will close the book on this year with the “Homegrown Rocker” 2021 Year in Review Special! Starting with January, we will progress through the past year through the lens of the local and regional music scene – recapping the major shows and events, band formations, breakups and personnel moves, and all other things area music scene that happened during 2021! Hear the “Homegrown Rocker” 2021 Year in Review this Sunday night (December 26) on Q94 Classic Rock – 94.3 FM and online at www.q94classicrock.com!
Upcoming guests and specials:
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