HOMEGROWN ROCKER 6/17/12 (FATHER'S DAY SPECIAL)

[Jim Price]

Hello Everyone,

Here is the recap of the June 17 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 on WRKY-FM (www.rocky1049.com) and WRKW-FM (www.rocky99.com).

This week, we again celebrated Father’s Day with our annual Father’s Day Special! We celebrated local and regional music family traditions, hearing from dads, moms, sons and daughters who create music in our region, including a few family bands and both generations of musicians playing on the same songs! Along the way, we debuted a new song from Peter Wolf. We also updated “Local Music News,” and reviewed Kim and Ed Rhoades’ Promises CD in “The Professor’s CD Corner.”

Here is this week's playlist (with family ties in parentheses):

HOUR ONE:

HALESTORM – “Rock Show” (Lzzy and Arejay Hale – daughter and son)
E.V.K. – “Love You Forever” (Chelsea and Stevie Moses – daughter and son)
THE BUSTED DRUNKS – “Paint It Black” (performed live on the air 7/5/09) (Dean “Elmer”
Berkhimer – father)
THE UP DOWNS – “Dehydrated Hangover Blues” (performed live on the air 1/16/11) (Rob
Berkhimer – son)
EAGLEMIGHT – “Eaglemight” (Dave and Kathy Nagle – parents; Annette Nagle – daughter)
SCORCHED – “Fight for Me” (Dawn and Floyd, Kaitlyn and Brandon Waltman, parents and kids)
PETER WOLF – “Chaos” (Charlie Leiden – father)
SOUNDDRIVEN – “Mephistopheles” (Luke Leiden – son)
ATLAS SOUNDTRACK – “Water” (Drew Jackson – son)
ROYAL BENSON – “Game” (Jordan Thompson – son)

HOUR TWO:

THE GREEN ONIONS – “Moon Pie” (Cort and Corty Byron – father and son)
SM2 – “Sweet Sleep” (Sherri and Shane Mullen, mother and son)
MICHI – “Give It All” (Michi Egger – daughter)
KIM AND ED RHOADES – “Chico” (Kim and Ed – parents)
DUSTIN BURLEY – “Broken Mirror” (Dustin – son)
TODDO – “’56 T-Bird” (Greg Burley – father) (1997, Local Music Flashback)
JERRY’S FAULT – “Ended” (Jerry Carnevali – father)
2ND STREET – “Drift Away” (performed live on the air 5/15/11 (Jared and Jesse Carnevali – sons)
JOINT EFFORT – “Say You Will” (Jeff and Ryan Clapper, father and son)
FELIX & THE HURRICANES – “It’s Just Me” (Jeff and Ryan Clapper, father and son)

On our next program, we welcome our guest via phone, Harrisburg native and national recording artist Jeffrey Gaines! We’ll hear thoughts and perspective from Jeffrey as he prepares to issue his new live CD, [u[Live in Europe[/u], later this month. We’ll find out about the tour from which the disc was recorded, hear Jeffrey’s thoughts on his music and creative process, and hear tracks from the new disc as well! We will also update “Local Music News,” dig into the archive for yet another “Local Music Flashback,” and review Ron Gallucci’s Dizzyland CD in “The Professor’s CD Corner!” Jeffrey Gaines joins us via phone on the “Homegrown Rocker,” next Sunday night!

Upcoming guests and specials include:

JUNE 24 – JEFFREY GAINES
JULY 1 – ALLEGORY
JULY 8 – THE WHATLEYS
JULY 22 – GORDON TITTSWORTH (IMAGES OF EDEN/ALL TOO HUMAN)
JULY 29 – SETH CONNER
AUG. 5 – LOCAL MUSIC LIVE IN CONCERT SPECIAL
AUG. 12 – WHERE THE TRUTH LIES
AUG. 19 – RAIN MUST FALL
AUG. 26 – FRED MYERS & THE REDNECK MAJORITY
SEPT. 9 - TUKURPA

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…

Dr. John & the Lower 911, The Del McCoury Band and The Smithereens are among the headliners for this year’s Flood City Music Festival. The 2012 edition of the Festival will happen August 3 through 5 at People’s Natural Gas Park near downtown Johnstown. Besides the already mentioned headliners, other performers at this year’s Festival will include Anders Osborne, Sonny Landreth, Eric Lindell, Balck 47, Eric Tessmer, the Billy Price Band, The Chandler Travis Philharmonic, Jimmy Adler, the New York Funk Exchange and more. Local performers at this year’s Festival will include the Whiskey River Panhandlers, Shiva Skydiver, The Groove Gathering and Chris Vipond & the Stanley Street Band. For ticket information, visit the website http://fcmf.inshorelab.com/.

Jerry Carnicella and White Shadow are doing it up again. The group is following up their successful Patton Park July 4 benefit show last year with another July 4 performance to benefit the Patton Library. This year’s concert will take place at the main beach area of Lake Glendale at Prince Gallitzin State Park. The show will begin at 1 p.m., and feature performances from Jerry’s Elvis Lives tribute to Elvis Presley, Andy Rhody, the Beatlemaniacs, White Shadow and more. Admission to the concert will be free, with proceeds from donations, food and refreshment sales going to the Patton Library. More details will be announced here on the “Homegrown Rocker” as they become available.