HOMEGROWN ROCKER 3/10/13

[Jim Price]

Hello Everyone,

Here is the recap of the March 10 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).

Originally, we were to have band guests on this week’s program. But last-minute complications prevented Brand New Wings from joining us this week, and we will reschedule their appearance for later in the year. In lieu of in-studio guests, we instead used the opportunity to empty the “Homegrown Rocker” mailboxes and check out new local and regional recordings that have arrived in recent weeks. We debuted new songs from Kenny Murdick, Nitro, Fatality Risen, The Hawks Blues Band, Paragon. A Fine Mess, Ragdoll Physics and Blood Union. We also updated “Local Music News,” dug a 1999 song by Johnstown’s Ozone from the archive for this week’s “Local Music Flashback,” stepped “Across State Lines” to hear music from Nashville’s Throwing Gravity, and reviewed Ninetail’s The Vultures Are Circling CD in “The Professor’s CD Corner!”

Here is this week's playlist:

HOUR ONE:

FLIGHT 19 – “Crank It Up”
THE GOOD SEEDS – “She’s Half of a Pill”
KENNY MURDICK – “The Fall”
WINE OF NAILS – “The Blight of the Emerald Isle”
NITRO – “Uranium”
LIES, INC. “Waking the Misery”
FATALITY RISEN – “Step Off My Playground”
SYNESTHESIA – “Synners and Saints”
THE HAWKS BLUES BAND – “Bottom Shelf Woman”

HOUR TWO:

FIST FIGHT IN THE PARKING LOT – “Something”
GIORNESTO – “Restless”
PARAGON – “White Lies”
NINETAIL – “Give Back to the Worm”
A FINE MESS – “Like A Suicide”
OZONE – “Loser’s Trend” (1999, Local Music Flashback)
THROWING GRAVITY – “Here We Go Again” (Across State Lines)
7TH LAYER – “Change In Me”
RAGDOLL PHYSICS – “Web of Lies”
BADD SEED – “Wide Open”
BLOOD UNION – “Wicked”
SYLEX – “I’m Not Dead”

Since our next program coincides with Saint Patrick’s Day, we will let area musicians ‘get their Irish up’ on our annual St. Patty’s Day Special! We will spotlight bands and artists who dabble in Irish or Celtic styles and themes; from traditional Celtic folk to Irish-flavored punk rock and more! Along the way, we will update “Local Music News,” and review a new local or regional CD in “The Professor’s CD Corner!” We hope you’re wearing your green when you listen to the St. Patty’s Day Special edition of the “Homegrown Rocker” next Sunday night!

And the “Homegrown Rocker” is available for digital download off either Rocky website after each and every show. Just check on either (www.rocky1049.com) or (www.rocky99.com) and download your copy of the show! If you live beyond the signal range of Rocky 104.9 and Rocky 99, you can now download west-central PA’s longest-running local music show!

Upcoming guests and specials include:

MAR. 24 – MILEUNDER
MAR. 31 – PARAGON
APR. 7 – STERLING KOCH
MAY 5 – MYSTERYTRAIN
MAY 19 – “DAY OF ROCK” PREVIEW
JUNE 16 – FATHER’S DAY SPECIAL w/BORN & THE BEANSTALK

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…

More details have been announced about this year’s 9th annual Jeff Wallack Memorial Jam. The show will again take place on Saturday night, April 13, at Pellegrine’s in Altoona, raising money for a scholarship fund in the name of Jeff, a popular Altoona area guitar player who passed away in 2005. Besides the reunion of Altoona dance floor favorites Xeno announced last week, this year’s show will feature reunion sets by Jeff’s former bands Rapid Fire and Shattered China, plus performances from NailDriver, Half Tempted and Felix & the Hurricanes. The show will start at 8 p.m., and donation at the door will be $8 per person, with proceeds going to the Jeff Wallack Memorial Jam Music Scholarship Fund. There will be door prizes and giveaways.

Pittsburgh’s Bill Deasy has announced a show to celebrate the release of his new CD. The solo artist and former Gathering Field frontman will celebrate the new album, Start Again, with a performance at the Oaks Theater in Pittsburgh’s Oakmont section on Friday evening, April 26. For tickets and other information about the show, visit his website, http://billdeasy.com.