Hello Everyone,
Here is the recap of the October 30 edition of “The Homegrown Rocker,” which airs every Sunday night from 8 to 10 PM on Q94 Classic Rock!
With this week’s program falling on the eve of Halloween, it was only appropriate to present the 2022 installment of the “Homegrown Rocker” Halloween Special! Every band, artist or song that aired featured some connection to Halloween – songs about ghosts, vampires, spiders, zombies, witches, insects, devils, monsters and other creatures! We debuted new Halloween-connected tunes from Images Of Eden and Burn The Martyr, scarily updated “Local Music News,” dug into the archive for a psychotic 2000 number from Stept On for our “Local Music Flashback,” stepped “Across State Lines” to hear a monstrous number from Frostburg, Maryland’s The Downstrokes, and reviewed Curwensville-based horror rockers Less Than Zero’s Rotten 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, 103022.)
Here is this week’s playlist:
HOUR ONE:
DON HUGHES – “Halloween”
THE LEGENDARY HUCKLEBUCKS – “B-Movie”
GENE THE WEREWOLF – “Dying Breed”
LOVE AND LIGHT PRODUCTIONS 2014 – “Time Warp”
NATE GATES – “Ghosts on the River”
POST TRAUMATIK – “Flight of the Mothman”
LUCID YOOTH & THE CUBENSIS LENSES – “Wandering Witches” (live)
INSIDE OUT – “Vampire Eyes”
BUSHMASTER feat. GARY BROWN – “Jekyll and Hyde”
ROADKILL – “Wiccan Blues”
BLACK CAT MOAN – “Medicine Man”
FELIX & THE HURRICANES – “Black Widow”
HOUR TWO:
HALESTORM – “Back From the Dead”
IMAGES OF EDEN – “The Dead Me”
BURN THE MARTYR – “Beware the Beast”
LESS THAN ZERO – “438”
ANTHROPHOBIA – “Ghosts”
STEPT ON – “Voices In My Head” (2000, Local Music Flashback)
THE DOWNSTROKES – “Bride of Frankenstein”
COINMONSTER – “Watching the Insects”
THE STONE EYE – “Witches and Raptures”
WHITE WITCH – “Slaughter in Salem”
NEGAN – “The Devil’s Coming”
Our next visit to the mailboxes means that new music will again take the spotlight on our next program! We’ll again debut lots of new songs – including numbers from Black Ridge, Chris Rattie & the New Rebels, Chrome Eyes, Hate Grenade and more! We’ll also dig into the archive for a “Local Music Flashback,” step “Across State Lines” to hear a number from an out-of-state band or artist, and review the Jukehouse Bombers’ Joyland album in “The Professor’s CD Corner!” Hear the “Homegrown Rocker” this Sunday night (November 6) on Q94 Classic Rock – 94.3 FM and online at www.q94classicrock.com!
Upcoming guests and specials:
OCT. 30 – HALLOWEEN SPECIAL
NOV. 13 – “PATCHED TOGETHER” PREVIEW WITH KENT TONKIN
NOV. 27 – LOCAL MUSIC MEMORY LANE SPECIAL
DEC. 18 – WANDERLOST
DEC. 25 – CHRISTMAS SPECIAL
JAN. 1 – 2022 YEAR IN REVIEW SPECIAL
JAN. 15 – DMC DUO
JAN. 29 – HATE GRENADE
(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…
Two regional bands hit paydirt recently after winning awards during the 8th annual Josie Music Awards, presented last Sunday night (Oct. 23) in Nashville. Lancaster-based country and southern rock group The Jess Zimmerman Band took home the album of the year award for their 2021 album called Breathe, while western PA rockers SourMash won the Entertainer Of The Year award in the Rock category. In addition, Mount Pleasant-based country singer Andy Davis won the award for Modern Male Country artist. Started in 2015, the Josie Music Awards is the largest independent music award show globally, and recognizes musicians and music from all genres. This year’s award presentation took place at the Grand Ole Opry House in Nashville.
Grammy Award-winning Blair County musicians Mike Reid and Paul Winter have been added to this year’s ballot to be considered for induction into the Central Pennsylvania Music Hall Of Fame. The two musicians are among 75 names being considered for selection during the 4th annual Central Pennsylvania Music Hall Of Fame ceremony, which takes place on March 30, 2023 at the Hershey Theater in Hershey. Their names join another Blair Countian – Tyrone native, musician, bandleader, and radio and television personality Fred Waring – as names being considered for induction.
Mothman, the independent horror film directed by Joshua Brucker that features Post Traumatik’s song “Flight of the Mothman,” has begun to be shown on Amazon’s Prime Video streaming service.
Pittsburgh-based heavy metal project Synesthesia has announced the addition of a second guitar player, as Collins Carlin joins the group.
And a Gallitzin building that housed music venues in the past came to its end via the wrecking ball this past week. The building, located at the corner of Forest and Main Streets in Gallitzin, during the 1980s and 90s was the location of Frank’s Pier, which hosted such bands as the early editions of Felix & the Hurricanes, Edge Of Sundown, Bitter Route, One Night Stand, Henwae and others, along with a few national touring names such as Raging Slab and the Dixie All Stars (featuring members of Molly Hatchet and Blackfoot). In the building’s later incarnation as Mug Shots, an aspiring country artist named Josh Gallagher performed there during open mic nights before he headed to Nashville and became a finalist on NBC Television’s “The Voice” program.
