Hello Everyone,
Here is the recap of the June 25 edition of “The Homegrown Rocker,” which airs every Sunday night from 8 to 10 PM on Q94 Classic Rock (www.q94classicrock.com), and from 10 PM to midnight on 107.1 and 101.3 Jack FM (www.1071jack.fm)!
We welcomed band guests on this week’s program, as Altoona rock and soul power trio The Jaded Lips (www.thejadedlips.com) visited the studio! Mike, Hunter and David enlightened us on the group’s story, music and live show, and we played tunes off the group’s just-released debut album, Lip Service! We also debuted the first single from Altoona’s Sweet Desire, updated “Local Music News” and dug a 1981 number by Pittsburgh’s The Silencers from the archive for our “Local Music Flashback!” (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, 062523.)
Here is this week’s playlist:
HOUR ONE:
PAPER PLANTS – “Fighting Gravity”
ROADKILL – “Wreck My Right Arm”
THE JADED LIPS – “Black Lashes”
OK OTTER – “I Can Tell”
THE JADED LIPS – “Shallow Woman”
THE PLATELETS – “Gasoline”
THE JADED LIPS – “Jealous Eyes”
SWEET DESIRE – “Raspberry Joe Blues”
HOUR TWO:
THE JEREMY EDGE PROJECT – “Hellride”
THE BADLEES – “Faces Under Glass”
THE JADED LIPS – “Lockdown”
CHIP & THE CHARGE-UPS – “Ultra-Legendary”
THE JADED LIPS – “Testify”
THE SILENCERS – “Sidewalk Romeo (Angel of Mercy)” (1981, Local Music Flashback)
THE JADED LIPS – “Whiskey Breath”
We’ll get back to the mailboxes on our next program, and check out songs from new recordings that have arrived from the local and regional music scenes in recent days and weeks! We’ll debut new tunes from Roc MD, Sterling Koch, Andrew Mrasz, Abstentious, Elephants Dancing, Solemind, As I Speak and more! We’ll also update “Local Music News,” dig a “Local Music Flashback” from the archive, step “Across State Lines” to hear music from an out-of-state band or artist, and review The Jeremy Edge Project’s twin-album set Saints and Souls Volumes 1 and 2 in “The Professor’s CD Corner!” Hear the “Homegrown Rocker” this Sunday night (July 2) on Q94 Classic Rock – 94.3 FM and online at www.q94classicrock.com, and on 107.1 and 101.3 Jack FM, online at www.1071jack.fm!
Upcoming guests and specials:
JULY 9 – BLACK SHEEP BLUEGRASS
JULY 16 – COVER SONG SPECIAL
JULY 30 – DAVE MAYERSKY (UPSTAGE FESTIVAL PREVIEW)
AUG. 6 – SINGER-SONGWRITER SPECIAL
AUG. 20 – LOCAL MUSIC LIVE IN CONCERT 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…
An annual benefit concert event returns next month with a new name. Formerly known as “Day Of Rock,” the “We Care Music Fest” will take place on Saturday, July 8, at Shawnee Park in Roaring Spring, with proceeds benefiting the We Care Foundation of Central PA. The event starts at 11 a.m., and will feature performances from Velveeta, Felix & the Hurricanes, Sweet Desire, Jud Bussard, The Pines, Zac Grace, Avenue Of Kings and Xorillion. Donation at the gate the day of the event will be $20 per person, with children under 12 admitted free when accompanied by a parent or guardian.
Stacy & the Rejects has announced their new rhythm section. Bassist Tom Yannitelli and drummer Daniel Rummell replace Josh Yahner and Mike Davis, who left the group to concentrate on their original music endeavors and their Alice In Chains tribute project, Deny Your Maker. The new-look Stacy & the Rejects performed this past Thursday night outside of the Sons of the American Legion post in Ebensburg during the annual Wheels & Wings event.
And the State College-based funk, soul and blues band Miss Melanie, which was formed three years after the dissolution of Miss Melanie & the Valley Rats, announced recently that they have parted ways.
That’s a look at “Local Music News.” Bands and artists with news items to report on the program may email their information to homegrownrocker@gmail.com.
