HOMEGROWN ROCKER 7/3/11 (VISION TO NONE)

[Jim Price]

Hello Everyone,

Here is the recap of the July 3 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 WRKY-FM (www.rocky1049.com) and WRKW-FM (www.rocky99.com).

Thanks to our guests this week, Philipsburg area hard rockers Vision To None (http://www.purevolume.com/visiontonone), for an fun and rocking show! We met three of the members and learned about Vision To None, and heard tracks from their new EP, Phases! Along the way, we updated “Local Music News,” dug a 1998 song by Dogtown Road from the archive for a “Local Music Flashback,” and reviewed Ron Gallucci’s Strange Days CD in “The Professor’s CD Corner.”

Here is this week's playlist:

HOUR ONE:

SLACKER THEORY – “Shake”
EMILY’S TOYBOX – “Redneck Girl”
VISION TO NONE – “Three-Thirteen”
TED McCLOSKEY – “Cheat Me Fair”
VISION TO NONE – “Bring It On Big Man, Let’s See Whatcha Got”
ATLAS SOUNDTRACK – “Water”
VISION TO NONE – “Architects”

HOUR TWO:

ROADKILL – “Fifth on the Fourth of July”
VISION TO NONE – “Cum on Feel the Noize”
RON GALLUCCI – “Loser”
VISION TO NONE – “Keep Your Friends Close”
DOGTOWN ROAD – “Feed” (1998, Local Music Flashback)
VISION TO NONE – “Live and Let Learn”

On our next program, our guest via phone will be Kyle Weber of Philadelphia indie rockers Zelazowa! We’ll discuss the latest Zelazowa happenings, and get inside the group’s new CD, Love Is Lunacy, plus hear tracks from the disc! Along the way, we’ll update “Local Music News,” and review Awkward Silence’s Break CD in “The Professor’s CD Corner!” Kyle Weber of Zelazowa on the “Homegrown Rocker,” next Sunday night!

Forthcoming guests and specials include:

JULY 17 – MONSTER TRACK SUPERGROUP
JULY 24 – STEVE McCULLEY MEMORIAL SHOW PREVIEW
JULY 31 – GYPSY CARAVAN
AUG. 7 – COVER SONG SPECIAL
AUG. 14 – RAPID FIRE
AUG. 21 – AREA AMERICANA SPECIAL
AUG. 28 – HIGHER FIVES
SEPT. 4 – GUITAR HEROES OF AREA MUSIC SPECIAL
SEPT. 18 – RON GALLUCCI
SEPT. 25 – (NO SHOW DUE TO STEELERS SUNDAY NIGHT GAME)
OCT. 2 – ACOUSTIC JAM SPECIAL
OCT. 16 – LIES, INC.
NOV. 6 – (NO SHOW DUE TO STEELERS SUNDAY NIGHT GAME)
NOV. 27 – (NO SHOW DUE TO STEELERS SUNDAY NIGHT GAME)

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…

One of the area’s longest-running annual benefit concerts will return next month after a one-year absence. The 20th annual “End Of Summer Jam” benefit for Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh will also have a new name, the “Kids Come First Benefit; 20th End Of Summer Jam.” The show will happen on Saturday, August 20, at the Cresson Sportsmen’s Club. Keep tuned to the “Homegrown Rocker” in coming weeks for more details about this event as they come together.

Good things continue to happen for Candlelight Red. The group has landed a series of tour dates in support of Saving Abel running from July through September throughout the south, midwest and northeast. Candlelight Red’s debut CD for Imagen Records, The Wreckage, will be released sometime in late summer or early fall.

A new rock band has hit the stages in recent weeks. Ambush features several former members of Not Them Guys. Jamie Shumac sings and plays drums, John Buterbaugh plays lead guitar, Kip Woodring sings and plays guitar, and Big Jim Ricotta plays bass and sings. Ambush plays classic rock from the ‘70s, ‘80s and ‘90s, and made their official debut last weekend at an outdoor party near Bald Eagle.