HOMEGROWN ROCKER 10/28/12 (HALLOWEEN SPECIAL)

[Jim Price]

Hello Everyone,

Here is the recap of the October 28 edition of Rocky 104.9 and Rocky 99's weekly local music program, "The Homegrown Rocker," which airs every Sunday night from 9 to 11 PM during Steelers football season on WRKY-FM (www.rocky1049.com) and WRKW-FM (www.rocky99.com).

This week, we resurrected the annual “Homegrown Rocker” Halloween Special! Every band, artist or song we played this week featured some tie-in with Halloween or a Halloween theme! Along the way, we debuted new Halloween-themed numbers from The Lone Wolf Project, Brad Fisher, Marty Rakaczewski and Xs For Eyes. We also updated “Local Music News,” dug into the archive for a 1994 song by Cry Baby for this week’s “Local Music Flashback,” and reviewed Corelok’s Fate of the World CD in “The Professor’s CD Corner.”

Here is this week's playlist:

HOUR ONE:

CANDLELIGHT RED – “Demons”
HALESTORM – “Daughters of Darkness”
THE LONE WOLF PROJECT – “Blood Sucker Blues”
ROY HANDY AND THE MOONSHOT – “I’m a Vampire”
BRAD FISHER – “Ghost Town”
THE SUNFLOWER SPECTACLE – “I’m a Ghost…No, I’m a Monster”
BEN DUMM & THE DEVIANTS – “Devil’s Debt”
GENE THE WEREWOLF – “Thriller”
JIMMY ADLER – “Scratchin’ at My Screendoor”
FELIX & THE HURRICANES – “Black Widow”
SINISTER REALM – “The Crystal Eye”

HOUR TWO:

WINE OF NAILS – “Full Moon Over the Graveyard”
TED McCLOSKEY – “Ghost Town Trail”
INSIDE OUT w/DAVE SINGLE – “Vampire Eyes II”
CORELOK – “Take It to the Grave”
MARTY RAKACZEWSKI – “Werewolves in Paradise”
CRY BABY – “Hell’s Puppets” (1994, Local Music Flashback)
ICARUS WITCH – “House of Usher”
WHITE WITCH – “Slaughter in Salem”
Xs FOR EYES – “Living Dead”

This Sunday, our guests in the studio will be Harrisburg-based rockers Tukurpa! We’ll meet the band members and learn their story, plus hear various recorded songs from them! Along the way, we’ll update “Local Music News,” dig into the archive for yet another “Local Music Flashback,” and review Jonah Whale’s Belly of the Beast CD in “The Professor’s CD Corner!” Tukurpa visits the “Homegrown Rocker,” this Sunday night!

Upcoming guests and specials include:

NOV. 4 – TUKURPA
NOV. 11 – PAUL SHIMMEL
NOV. 18 – (NO SHOW DUE TO STEELERS FOOTBALL)
NOV. 25 – ACOUSTIC JAM SPECIAL
DEC. 2 – LOOK LEFT
DEC. 9 – VISE VERSA
DEC. 23 – CHRISTMAS SPECIAL
DEC. 30 – 2012 YEAR IN REVIEW SPECIAL PT. 1
JAN. 6 – 2012 YEAR IN REVIEW SPECIAL PT. 2
JAN. 13 – INSTRUMENTS DO THE TALKING SPECIAL (ALL INSTRUMENTALS)

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