HOMEGROWN ROCKER 4/17/11

[Jim Price]

Hello Everyone,

Here is the recap of the April 17 edition of Rocky 99 and Rocky 104.9's weekly local music program, "The Homegrown Rocker," which airs every Sunday night from 8 to 10 PM on WRKW-FM (www.rocky99.com) and WRKY-FM (www.rocky1049.com).

With no guests scheduled this week, we used the opportunity to get caught up on new local/regional recordings that arrived at “Homegrown Rocker” headquarters in recent weeks. We debuted numerous new songs from Halestorm, Inside Out, Rob Carlton, Scorched, The Downfall, BloodShot, Mindspine, Saving Jake, Identity X and The Atomic Drops. Along the way, we updated “Local Music News,” dug a 1986 song by The Edge from the archive for a “Local Music Flashback,” went “Across State Lines” to hear a song by Virginia’s Shane Cooley, and we reviewed Matt Otis’ Life Love Death CD in “The Professor’s CD Corner.”

Here is this week's playlist:

HOUR ONE:

HALESTORM – “Slave to the Grind”
NAILDRIVER – “Executioner”
INSIDE OUT – “Vampire Eyes”
LOVEBETTIE – “Are You Out There”
ROB CARLTON – “Black Jack”
THE TAKEN – “Toxic Beautiful”
SCORCHED – “Fight for Me”
E.V.K. – “The Angry Song”
THE DOWNFALL – “Suffocate”

HOUR TWO:

THE EMBALMED – “Year of the Jackal”
MOSE GIGANTICUS – “The Left Path”
BLOODSHOT – “Luck”
MATT OTIS – “Love Inside My Head”
MINDSPINE – “Barbed Wire Stitches”
THE EDGE – “Mystic Isle” (1986, Local Music Flashback)
SHANE COOLEY – “Kamikaze” (Across State Lines)
SAVING JAKE – “Saving Jake”
IDENTITY X – “Archetype”
THE ATOMIC DROPS – “Volcano”

On our next program, we welcome young Hollidaysburg rockers E.V.K.! We’ll learn their story and hear songs from their forthcoming new CD. We’ll also update “Local Music News,” dig into the archive for another “Local Music Flashback,” and review Scorched’s Frozen CD in “The Professor’s CD Corner!” E.V.K. on the “Homegrown Rocker,” next Sunday night!

Forthcoming guests and specials include:

MAY 1 – DAY OF ROCK PREVIEW
MAY 8 – CHRIS VIPOND & THE STANLEY STREET BAND
MAY 15 – CITY HOTEL “BATTLE OF THE ACOUSTICS” WINNER
MAY 22 – GYPSY CARAVAN
MAY 29 – MEMORIAL DAY SPECIAL
JUNE 5 – THE WHATLEYS
JUNE 12 – MINDSPINE
JUNE 19 – FATHER’S DAY SPECIAL
JULY 3 – VISION TO NONE

For regular updates on what is happening on the area music scene, pay a visit to Rockpage (www.rockpage.net). Rockpage features band links, a message board, "Homegrown Rocker" updates, live show and CD reviews in “JP’s Corner," and other local music scene information.

Bands and artists interested in having music aired on "The Homegrown Rocker" are invited to send their broadcast-quality recordings to: WRKY Radio, One Forever Drive, Hollidaysburg, PA 16648; ATTN: Jim Price. Or drop the recordings off at the station during regular business hours, Monday-Friday 9 AM - 5 PM. You can also email me with inquiries about the show at profjp@rocky1049.com.

Jim Price

In Local Music News…

The 8th annual Smoked Country Jam bluegrass festival is once again sponsoring the Pennsylvania Heritage Songwriting Contest. Amateur songwriters are invited to submit acoustic songs with a Pennsylvania theme; there is an entry fee of $15 per song, and entrants may submit up to two songs each. The top three entrants win cash prizes, free passes to the festival, and the opportunity to perform their winning song entries on the main stage during the Smoked Country Jam on Saturday, June 18. The deadline for entries is May 15. The Smoked Country Jam will take place from June 16-18 at Quiet Oaks Campground in Cross Fork, PA (north of Renovo), and a portion of the festival proceeds benefit the Lupus Foundation of Pennsylvania. For more information about the festival and the Pennsylvania Heritage Songwriting Contest, visit the Smoked Country Jam website at www.smokedcountryjam.com.

The 5th annual Day Of Rock benefit concert will happen at a new location this year. This year’s event will take place on Saturday, May 7 at Legion Park in Hollidaysburg beginning at 2 PM. Bands slated to participate in this year’s Day Of Rock include Ganister, NailDriver, Felix & the Hurricanes, Hello Vixen and others. Proceeds from Day
Of Rock benefit Easter Seals of Central Pennsylvania. Representatives from Day Of Rock will discuss the event on the May 1 edition of the “Homegrown Rocker.”

Mysterytrain is set to announce their outdoor festival schedule this week. The group, who organizes and hosts their own festival events during the summer season, will unveil their festival slate this Wednesday on their website, www.mysterytrainlive.net. Mysterytrain will perform at Penn State University this Friday evening as part of the university’s annual Earth Day festivities.

And recent “Homegrown Rocker” guests, The Taken from Harrisburg, are parting ways after two years together. The group will perform their final show on April 22 at Gullifty’s Underground in Camp Hill. Drummer Tony Pichler is taking over the drum helm with the Harrisburg-based band 1 Echo 1.