Here are some pictures from Saturday (July 17), the third day of the third concert weekend of the PA Roundhouse Rally at Roundhouse Harley-Davidson near Duncansville.
It was a momentous day, as the Harley-Davidson Low Rider motorcycle you have been hearing about on the air for the past couple of months – being given away by the PA Roundhouse Rally – finally found its new owner! Douglas Geist was the name pulled from all the entrants at the end of the night, and he wins the bike!
The day’s events leading up to the giveaway were pretty exciting, too! Weather conditions were threatening in early afternoon as the day’s first musical act, popular local acoustic duo Lauren & Joe, took the stage. And eventually, that threatening line of thunderstorms arrived and brought some wind and heavy rain. That storm didn’t last too long, and unlike the previous day’s storm, didn’t knock over any tents or cause damage. (It did force the Q94 Live on Location broadcast at the event to move inside the mobile studio inside the Mix 94.7 van for a short while.) Rain briefly arrived again later on, but the worst of it had passed.
Under a roof, the live music wasn’t affected by the passing storm and rain…Lauren & Joe – the husband-and-wife tandem of Lauren and Joe George – brought the sunshine on the stage with their acoustic mixture of favorites, spanning rock’n’roll, country, folk, pop and more! Lauren displayed an excellent voice as she sang lead on most of the tunes, belting out with power, range and confidence! Joe strummed the acoustic guitar, and showed a solid voice on the tunes he sang as well. Opening with Pat Benatar’s “Hit Me with Your Best Shot,” Lauren & Joe mixed popular tunes from Little Big Town, George Michael, Hall & Oates, John Prine, Sister Hazel, Elle King, Janis Joplin, Lady Gaga, Cranberries, Sinead O’Connor, Adele and many more.
Longtime local classic-rocking favorites Half Tempted soon followed. Singer and guitarist Ron Dalansky, guitarist and singer Jimmy Mincin, bassist Todd Batzel and drummer Doug Stephens launched with Free’s “All Right Now,” and proceeded to celebrate hard-rocking favorites from the 1960s through 90s. They fired up numbers from Tom Petty, Kenny Wayne Shepherd, Kiss, Greg Kihn Band, AC/DC, Poison, Jimi Hendrix, John Mellencamp, Ramones, Cheap Trick, April Wine, Black Sabbath, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Grand Funk Railroad and others. Some highlights included their Kiss double-shot of “Detroit Rock City” and “Deuce,” and their Black Sabbath double dose of “Paranoid” and “Iron Man.” Everything Half Tempted did sounded solid and strong, and lured folks onto the dance floor along the way.
Making their Altoona area debut and taking the party up to the Harley giveaway were The Amish Outlaws. What a party! “Straight Outta Lancaster” and onto the stage, The Amish Outlaws brought musical thrills, chills, lots of energy and touches of humor along the way! Six members strong, these guys brought a wide variety of music to the stage, tapping rock, pop, country, soul, hip-hop, new and classic metal, oldies…pretty much everything including the kitchen sink! Four of the six members sang – lead singers Brother Hezekiah X and Brother Big Daddy Abel, as well as guitarist Brother Snoop Job and keyboardist Brother Amos Def. Rounding out the roster were bassist Brother Eazy Ezekiel and drummer Brother Jakob the Pipeplayer. They brought the party out the opening gate and never left off the accelerator, keeping the large PA Roundhouse Rally crowd festive, moving, grooving and happy! Their tunes included such wide-ranging favorites as Queen’s “We Will Rock You/We Are the Champions,” Pitbull’s “Fireball,” Prince’s “Kiss,” the Rolling Stones’ “Honky Tonk Women,” Billy Ocean’s “Caribbean Queen,” Luke Bryan’s “Country Girl (Shake It for Me),” Backstreet Boys’ “Rock Your Body,” Ratt’s “Round and Round,” System Of A Down’s “Chop Suey!” and much more! They also broke out a triple-shot of tunes from the movie “Grease” including “You’re the One That I Want,” “Greased Lightning” and “Summer Nights,” Journey’s “Faithfully” (Brother Hezekiah X has an incredible singing voice!), and their night-closing Black Sabbath-Ludacris mash-up edition of “War Pigs!” The Amish Outlaws constantly bantered with the crowd as they generated the musical party, and kept this crowd feverishly happy from start to end! If you missed them, don’t despair – they return the area to play McGarvey’s Bar & Grill on Thursday, August 5!
Lots of pictures to browse here – including all three bands, plus photos of the Harley giveaway and winner Douglas Geist aboard his new ride, the Q94 crew (including yours truly, “The Professor,” Adam Erikson, “Dangerous” Denny Pompa and “Sparky D’Engineer”), storm clouds, the Gin Gypsies, crowd shots, the American Wall of Death thrill show with a large crowd, ax-throwing fun at the Slingers Throw House stand, motorcycles and more!
Big thanks and hats off to all the fine folks associated with the Pennsylvania Roundhouse Rally for an excellent event! It’s great to have these PA Roundhouse Rally weekends throughout the summer, and it all helps out local charities, including local veterans organizations, fire companies, youth charities and more right here in Blair County! Thanks for everything you do! And of course, thanks to all of the Q94 listeners and other fine people who came out to support this great event!
