HOMEGROWN ROCKER 7/15/12

[Jim Price]

Hello Everyone,

Here is the recap of the July 15 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 took the opportunity to empty the “Homegrown Rocker” mailboxes to explore some new recordings that have arrived in recent weeks. Obviously, new music was the theme of this week, as we debuted new songs from Seven2Ten, Corelok, Ted McCloskey, Shane Speal, Distortion of Events, Shattered, Images Of Eden, Fist Fight in the Parking Lot, On the Run and A Faster Ride. We also updated “Local Music News,” dug a 1996 song by Oh Ruby from the archive for this week’s “Local Music Flashback,” ventured "Across State Lines" to hear a song by Wichita, Kansas rockers Soulicit, and reviewed two CD’s in “The Professor’s CD Corner”; dissecting StarChild’s Volume I disc during the first hour, and Ten Throne’s Desolate Day in the second hour. A busy week!

Here is this week's playlist:

HOUR ONE:

HYBRID ICE – “Faith Without Works”
SEVEN2TEN – “Golden One”
CORELOK – “Peaceful Man”
TED McCLOSKEY – “Little Beat Sweetener”
CANDLELIGHT RED – “The Wreckage”
SHANE SPEAL – “Willie Knows”
STARCHILD – “You Better Think Twice”
DISTORTION OF EVENTS – “Modern Human Session”

HOUR TWO:

SLACKER THEORY – “Hopeless”
REPRESENT THE LIE (RTL) – “Falling Down”
SHATTERED – “Ridicule”
TEN THRONE – “Wicked”
IMAGES OF EDEN – “On Elevated Ground”
OH, RUBY – “Floozy” (1996, Local Music Flashback)
SOULICIT – “Parking Lot Rockstar” (Across State Lines)
FIST FIGHT IN THE PARKING LOT – “Eternal Embrace”
ON THE RUN – “Follow Me”
A FASTER RIDE – “Whattaya Talkin’ About?”

On our next show, we’ll be joined in the studio by Gordon Tittsworth, frontman for the band projects Images Of Eden, All Too Human and Dread the Forsaken. We’ll get reacquainted with Gordon and his career to date, and learn about his current projects. We will also hear music from his various projects as well. Along the way, we will also update “Local Music News,” dig into the archive for another “Local Music Flashback,” and review The Parachuting Apostles’ self-titled CD in “The Professor’s CD Corner!” Gordon Tittsworth returns to the “Homegrown Rocker,” next Sunday night!

Upcoming guests and specials include:

JULY 29 – SETH CONNER
AUG. 12 – WHERE THE TRUTH LIES
AUG. 19 – RAIN MUST FALL
AUG. 26 – FRED MYERS & THE REDNECK MAJORITY
SEPT. 2 – LOCAL MUSIC LIVE IN CONCERT SPECIAL
SEPT. 9 – TUKURPA
SEPT. 23 – LOCAL AMERICANA SPECIAL

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…

A benefit concert to help out a family battling health issues will take place in Huntingdon County later this month. The Benefit for Crystal Cannon & Family will happen on Friday evening, July 27, at the Hill Valley Inn near Mount Union. Proceeds will help out Crystal and Paul Cannon, both who have undergone recent medical treatments and surgeries. The benefit will start at 6 p.m., and will feature performances from the bands Timber Tantrum, Drop Dead Sarcasm, Gun Metal Gray, RTL (Represent The Lie) and A Beautiful Mess. Donation at the door will be $5 per person, or $8 per couple.

Pennsylvania rockers Candlelight Red have secured a spot on the 2012 Rockstar Energy Drink UPROAR Festival, which they will start one month after wrapping up tours with Lacuna Coil and Crossfade. The group will perform on one of two festival stages, which will also include P.O.D., Deuce, Fozzy, Redlight King, Mindset Evolution, In This Moment, and Thousand Foot Krutch. And on the Main Stage will be Shinedown, Godsmack, Staind, Papa Roach, and Adelitas Way. The UPROAR Festival will come to Montage Mountain near Scranton on August 28, and First Niagara Pavilion in Burgettstown on August 31.

Candlelight Red has also hooked up with Sevendust drummer Morgan Rose to produce their forthcoming new EP. The group will record that disc shortly at Arkitekt Studios in Butler, New Jersey. Earlier this year, the group saw a change behind the drum kit, as Josh Hetrick left the group and Brian Dugan replaced him.