HOMEGROWN ROCKER 1/8/12 (2011 YEAR IN REVIEW PART 2)

[Jim Price]

Hello Everyone,

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

We picked up where we left off last week in our 2011 Year In Review Special, and recapped the second half of the past year on the area music scene. We continued from July through December, revisiting the area music news, happenings, shows, band personnel moves and other activities that shaped the area music scene through the second half of 2011. And along the way, we heard music from some of the bands and musicians that impacted the area music scene during the past year.

Here is this week's playlist:

HOUR ONE:

ZUPE – “Auld Lang Syne”
MYSTERYTRAIN – “Long Way to Go” (performed live 7/8/11 at Jester Fest)
TED McCLOSKEY – “Mortar and Bricks”
COINMONSTER – “Low Profile Car”
RAPID FIRE – “Unbreakable”
CHUCK MASON & BLUE REALITY – “You Know It’s Time”
MISS MELANIE AND THE VALLEY RATS – “Slow Down”
JIMMY ADLER – “Horseshoe Curve”
J.D. EICHER & THE GOODNIGHTS – “Two Weeks Back”

HOUR TWO:

CHRIS VIPOND & THE STANLEY STREET BAND – “Tupelo Tree”
LIES, INC. – “Losing Ground”
THE SUNFLOWER SPECTACLE – “Carnival”
THE EMBALMED – “Coming Black Winter”
WHISKEY RIVER PANHANDLERS – “Sinner’s Eyes”
UNDERCOVER (JUSTIN HALE) – “Hey” (performed live on the air 11/20/11)
REPRESENT THE LIE (RTL) – “On the Inside”
SAVING JAKE – “Candle Light”
RAIN MUST FALL – “Come On!”

On our next program, with the Steelers’ season ending last weekend, the “Homegrown Rocker” returns to its earlier air time of 8 to 10 PM! We will welcome our first musical guests of New Year 2012, Caeser Pink and Heather Milburn of Caeser Pink & the Imperial Orgy! A Lewistown native now based in New York City, Caeser started Caeser Pink & the Imperial Orgy with Penn State art and theatre students in the mid-90s, creating a visual, no-holds-barred multimedia spectacle on area stages! We’ll learn the group’s story, and hear songs from their new CD, Four Legs Good, Two Legs Baaad! Plus Caeser and Heather will bring instruments and perform a song or two live for us! We’ll also update “Local Music News,” dig into the archive for a “Local Music Flashback,” and review Bushmaster’s new CD, Revolution Rhapsody, in “The Professor’s CD Corner!” Caeser Pink & the Imperial Orgy are in the spotlight on the “Homegrown Rocker,” this Sunday night at 8 PM!

Forthcoming guests and specials include:

FEB. 5 – LADIES OF LOCAL MUSIC SPECIAL
FEB. 12 – BACKYARD KINGS
FEB. 26 – MILLENNIUM MUSIC CONFERENCE RECAP SPECIAL
MAR. 4 – MILLENNIUM MUSIC CONFERENCE GUEST (TBA)

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