HOMEGROWN ROCKER 4/21/13 (ADAM ERNST)

Post by **Jim Price** » Monday Apr 22, 2013

Hello Everyone,

Here is the recap of the April 21 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).

Thanks to this week’s guest, Cambria County-based singer, songwriter, guitarist and aspiring country artist Adam Ernst! We met and became acquainted with Adam, learned his story and career to date, and heard songs from his latest CD, Asphalt Dreams! We also updated “Local Music News,” dug a 1984 song by Dakota from the archive for this week’s “Local Music Flashback,” and reviewed Joey Welz’s Still Rockin’ Around the Clock CD in “The Professor’s CD Corner!”

Here is this week's playlist:

HOUR ONE:

CHRIS VIPOND & THE STANLEY STREET BAND – “Glove”
FELIX & THE HURRICANES – “Grow”
ADAM ERNST – “Where the Corn Grows High”
DANI HOY – “End of the Road”
ADAM ERNST – “Can’t Tie Me Down”
MAMA CORN – “Cumberland Blues”
ADAM ERNST – “Any Other Way”
ELI THE HAWK – “Sirens”

HOUR TWO:

EAST COAST TURNAROUND – “Love, Life & Murder”
MOUNTAIN ROAD – “The Bottle”
ADAM ERNST – “Me and My Boys”
JOEY WELZ – “He’s the Boss”
ADAM ERNST – “Where I’m From”
DAKOTA – “Runaway” (1984, Local Music Flashback)
ADAM ERNST – “Country Boy Ride”
BACKYARD ROCKERS – “Tara’s Song”

On our next program, we will keep it in the country vein as we welcome band guests Chris Woodward & ShinDiggin’! We will meet the current edition of the group and find out their story, and hear recorded songs from them! Along the way, we will update “Local Music News,” dig into the archive for a “Local Music Flashback,” and review Sterling Koch’s Let It Slide CD in “The Professor’s CD Corner!”

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:

MAY 5 – MYSTERYTRAIN
MAY 12 – THE BIG TIME
MAY 19 – “DAY OF ROCK” PREVIEW
MAY 26 – MEMORIAL DAY SPECIAL
JUNE 2 – GROUND RESONANCE
JUNE 9 – SUMMERHILL
JUNE 16 – FATHER’S DAY SPECIAL w/BORN & THE BEANSTALK
JUNE 30 – BIG ATLANTIC
JULY 7 – RICH EDMUNDSON
JULY 14 – ALL REQUEST 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…

Going on at this hour, a benefit show at Pellegrine’s is raising money to help out an area breast cancer patient. The Rockers for Knockers Benefit is helping out Kathe Karle, as a number of area bands and artists are donating their talents toward the cause. Bands participating include Brian Cupples, The House Band, Cousin Mike, Left for Dead, Backyard Rockers, Tuckey & Rooster, Colton Fouse, Phil Baskin, The Jam, Ambush, Thrown Together and Jumpin’ Rob. One band that was originally slated to take part, Skye 2.0, had to withdraw due to illness issues.

Another benefit show will take place at Pellegrine’s next Saturday night to help a new community organization get off the ground. The Taking Back Tomorrow organization, a fledgling group seeking to do community service to improve living conditions in the Altoona area, is presenting the benefit, which will feature performances from various area bands and solo performers including Matt Pletcher, Left For Dead, Brian Middleton, The Jam, The Company You Keep and Up Your Arsenal. The donation will be $5. There will also be door prizes and a basket auction.

Huntingdon County-based heavy metal/hardcore rockers Limb By Limb have signed with indie label Born of Chaos Records. The group will release their first official CD, The End Of All Good Things, on June 1 with a CD release show at Jabberjaws in Allentown. The album will also be available on Amazon, iTunes, CD baby and more.