Hello Everyone,
Here is the recap of the April 17 edition of “The Homegrown Rocker,” which airs every Sunday night from 8 to 10 PM on Q94 Classic Rock!
New music again returned to the spotlight for this week’s program, as we heard music from lots of new recordings that have arrived from the local and regional music scene in recent weeks! Making their debut were new songs from Blood Union, Randall Pink, Nick Stahlman, Alexia Christian, Steve Treado, Cass & the Bailouot Crew, Mike Williamson, Inside Out, Jeff Wendle, Glasswing, The Redlines, Nail Bite and 9Sundays! In addition, we updated “Local Music News” and stepped “Across State Lines” to hear a song by New Jersey’s Crazy & the Brains…And we presented two “Local Music Flashback” features this week – in the first hour paying homage to area musician Mike Clapper (who passed on April 12) with a 2008 song by Mike and Kun-Tajus; and during the second hour, featuring a 1978 live concert track from Pittsburgh greats Diamond Reo as we reviewed the album Diamond Reo Live at the Redeye ’78 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, 041722.)
Here is this week’s playlist:
HOUR ONE:
BLACK RIDGE – “Live Fast (And Leave a Good Looking Corpse)”
BAD LUCK LOVER BOYS – “Movie Song”
BLOOD UNION – “Sweet Misery”
RANDALL PINK – “She Was Long”
NICK STAHLMAN – “Shake the Tree”
KUN-TAJUS – “Full Throttle” (2008, Local Music Flashback)
MIKE WILLIAMSON – “Stompin’ Grounds”
MA’AM – “Upside Down Room”
CASS & THE BAILOUT CREW – “Room to Breathe”
ALEC HENDERSON – “Lasers in the Night”
ALEXIA CHRISTIAN – “Single Life”
STEVE TREADO – “Pine Nuts”
HOUR TWO:
A.D. 2020 – “Digital Overload”
THE SEMI-SUPERVILLAINS – “Bad Place”
INSIDE OUT – “Tear Me Apart”
DIAMOND REO – “Heartbeat” (live 1978) (Local Music Flashback/CD Corner)
JEFF WENDLE – “Back and Forth”
CRAZY & THE BRAINS – “Punk Rocker” (Across State Lines)
GLASSWING – “Into the Wild”
THE REDLINES – “Runnin’ with the Pack”
9SUNDAYS – “Go First”
ALMOST HONEST – “Keystone”
NAIL BITE – “Disengage”
THE HEATHEN PARADE – “Dead Heat (for Dead Last)”
On our next program, we will speak via phone with our guest Vinnie Longhi, the singer and guitarist for The Semi-Supervillains! We’ll learn Vinnie and the group’s story, and hear tunes from their latest album, Play That Rock N’Roll! We’ll also update “Local Music News,” dig a song from a past area band or artist from the archive for a “Local Music Flashback,” and review Pierce Dipner’s Goin’ Back album in “The Professor’s CD Corner!” Hear the “Homegrown Rocker” this Sunday night (April 24) on Q94 Classic Rock – 94.3 FM and online at www.q94classicrock.com!
Upcoming guests and specials:
MAY 8 – MIKE WILLIAMSON
MAY 15 – THE SNIPPED
MAY 22 – BLIND CHOICE
MAY 29 – MEMORIAL DAY SPECIAL
JUNE 5 – SAHAYRA
JUNE 12 – MOONSHINE JASMINE
JUNE 19 – FATHER’S DAY SPECIAL
JULY 3 – ABOVE THE TREACHERY
JULY 17 – BLUES TAKEOVER SPECIAL
JULY 24 – COVER SONG SPECIAL
JULY 31 – DAVE MAYERSKY (UPSTAGE FESTIVAL)
AUGUST 14 – LIVE IN THE STUDIO SPECIAL
(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…
The Huntingdon County Arts Council and the group Simple Gifts will again present the annual Folk College event at Juniata College in Huntingdon from May 27 to 29. The event will feature workshops, concerts, jams and more. There will be activities for instrumentalists, singers and beginners. For more information or to register, visit the website www.folkcollege.com.
Lewistown area hard rockers Mindspell have a new drummer, as Jamie Lane takes over behind the kit.
And the area music scene mourned the unexpected passing of Michael Clapper on Tuesday. He was 71. From Bedford, Michael was a singer, songwriter and guitarist, and was a member of several bands through the years, including Kun-Tajus and Borrowed Time. Mike was the brother of Jeff Clapper of Felix & the Hurricanes, and also the father of singer Sarah Mellott.
