Hello Everyone,
Here is the recap of the March 30 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 musical guests in the studio and via phone, as the members of Johnstown-based hard rockers Blood Union joined us! We found out the group’s story and latest happenings, plus discussed their music, live show, creative process and more – and played several of the group’s original songs, as well as their newly-released single, their rocking version of an Alan Parsons Project classic! We also debuted new songs from Sweet Desire, Mellow Honey, Almost Honest and Iron Wolf; updated “Local Music News,” and with Blood Union member Ron Gallucci in the studio, dug out a song from Ron’s 2014 album “Strength” for this week’s “Local Music Flashback.” And we gave away pairs of tickets and Blood Union’s recently-issued self-titled CD to two lucky winners via an email drawing! (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, 033025.)
Here is this week’s playlist:
HOUR ONE:
THE LEGENDARY HUCKLEBUCKS – “B-Movie”
CHIP & THE CHARGE UPS – “Sideways Middle Finger”
BLOOD UNION – “Best Part of You (Was Me)”
SWEET DESIRE – “Hummingbird” (live)
BLOOD UNION – “Eye in the Sky” (Alan Parsons Project cover)
MELLOW HONEY – “Cooling Axis”
BLOOD UNION – “On Top”
SMALL TOWN TITANS – “Finish the Story”
HOUR TWO:
AFTER THE FALL – “I Hope I’m Scaring You Now”
A COMMON CROWN – “Blood on the Floor”
BLOOD UNION – “Someone I Used to Know”
ALMOST HONEST – “Eyeless Herd”
BLOOD UNION – “Knock You Out”
RON GALLUCCI – “Strange Days” (2014, Local Music Flashback)
BLOOD UNION – “Lit”
POST TRAUMATIK – “Diamonds Turn Black” (Dresage/Bitch Cat cover)
IRON WOLF – “Lone Wolf”
For our next program, we will preview the upcoming Blair Creators Festival, happening at downtown Altoona’s Heritage Plaza on Saturday, April 26! We’ll be joined by organizers Donna Gority and Belle Rhoades, plus one of the performers – area singer/songwriter and current contestant on Season 27 of NBC Television’s “The Voice,” Ethan Eckenroad! They’ll fill us in on all the details about the festival, and we’ll hear songs from Ethan and the other performers at this year’s festival We’ll again update “Local Music News,” and dig a “Local Music Flashback” from the archive! Hear the “Homegrown Rocker” this Sunday night (April 6) 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:
APRIL 13 – Emily’s Toybox
APRIL 20 – Samantha Sears
APRIL 27 – Buffalo Rose
MAY 4 – MSJR with Derek Woods
MAY 18 – James Grove (Acoustic Altoona)
MAY 25 – Memorial Day Special
JUNE 15 – Father’s Day Special
AUG. 10 – Billy Davis
DEC. 14 – Dr. Barry Atticks (Lilla Jul Rockeband)
(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 submit digital song files through the link on “The Professor’s Classroom” page. 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…
Altoona-based heavy blues rockers Sweet Desire has hooked up with Pittsburgh-based booking and promotion agency Bald Hippie Productions. The group has announced a series of show dates throughout the country through most of this year. Sweet Desire’s travels will take them through various parts of Pennsylvania, as well as in Nashville, New York, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, Maryland, West Virginia, Florida and more.
A Clearfield-based contemporary Christian band is in the running to repeat as winners in a Philadelphia-based ministry’s annual awards presentation. On The Mend, featuring the husband-and-wife singing tandem of Adam and Jen Bell, is nominated to win Kindred Ministries’ “Contemporary Band” award after first winning the award last year. The Kindred Awards recognize groups and performers in a variety of Christian music categories and genres; including gospel, rock, rap, country, folk, soul, jazz, Spanish and more. Artists are nominated from a five-state area; including Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland and New York. The 10th annual Kindred Awards will be presented on Saturday afternoon, June 21 at Siloam Baptist Church in Norristown.
Former Stix and Stones frontman and guitarist Morgan James has announced his new band. The name of the new project is Jagstone.
