HOMEGROWN ROCKER 10/5/14 (BORROWED TIME)

[Jim Price]

Hello Everyone,

Here is the recap of the October 5 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 on WRKY-FM (www.rocky1049.com) and WRKW-FM (www.rocky99.com). The show can also be streamed via either Rocky website, www.rocky1049.com or www.rocky99.com.

Thanks to our guests this week, Chad Patterson and Mike Clapper of Bedford-based rock group Borrowed Time (www.myborrowedtime.com)! Chad and Mike enlightened us about Borrowed Time and its story, and we heard tracks from their latest CD, Long, Dark Highway. And both musicians brought guitars and played several songs live! With Chad in the studio, we dug deep – back to 1975 – for a song by Chad and Windflower for this week’s “Local Music Flashback!” Along the way, we debuted new songs from Kenton Sitch, Jason McIntyre & Junior Tutwiler and Gashouse Annie; we also updated “Local Music News,” and reviewed the Sterling Koch Trio’s Place Your Bets CD in this week’s “Professor’s CD Corner!”

Here is this week's playlist:

HOUR ONE:

MATT OTIS & THE SOUND – “Down, Down Down”
MISS MELANIE & THE VALLEY RATS – “Lookin’ for a King Bee”
BORROWED TIME – “Long, Dark Highway”
KENTON SITCH – “Lover and a Fighter”
BORROWED TIME – “I’m In a Blues Band Mama” (performed live on the air)
JASON McINTYRE & JUNIOR TUTWILER – “Drinkin’”
BORROWED TIME – “Mississippi Man” (performed live on the air)
GASHOUSE ANNIE – “One Man Woman”
STARCHILD – “Come Back for More”

HOUR TWO:

FELIX & THE HURRICANES – “Icy You”
JUKEHOUSE BOMBERS – “Real Bad Feelin’”
BORROWED TIME – “What I Can’t Do” (performed live on the air)
STERLING KOCH TRIO – “Tube Snake Boogie”
BORROWED TIME – “Circus Train Going Down”
WINDFLOWER – “Supernatural Mind” (1975, Local Music Flashback)
BORROWED TIME – “Swamp Man” (performed live on the air)
JIVE TURKEYS – “Saturday Night Fish Fry”

Next week, Altoona-based punk-driven rockers Xs for Eyes join us in the studio! We’ll meet the band members and learn their story, and hear tracks from their newest recording! We’ll also update “Local Music News,” dig a song by a past area band from the archive for a “Local Music Flashback,” and review Wrath Of Typhon’s Speak From the Fire CD in “The Professor’s CD Corner!”

Upcoming guests and specials include:

OCT. 19 – STAGE HANDS
OCT. 26 – HALLOWEEN SPECIAL
NOV. 2 – (NO SHOW DUE TO STEELERS FOOTBALL)
NOV. 9 – ADAM ERNST
NOV. 16 – JASON McINTYRE & JUNIOR TUTWILER
NOV. 23 – LUKE PFISTER
DEC. 7 – ARIELLE DANAN
DEC. 21 – CHRISTMAS SPECIAL

Bands and artists wanting to submit news items for “Local Music News” may email their news to homegrownrocker@gmail.com (new email address). Indicate “MUSIC NEWS” in the subject heading!

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!

Also, bands and artists are welcome to add their upcoming shows to the “Homegrown Rocker” event calendar! Go to the “Homegrown Rocker” section of either Rocky website and click on “Events,” and add your shows for free!

Speaking of events, Rocky 99 presents Rocktoberfest, the “Homegrown Rocker” live, on Saturday, October 11 at People’s Natural Gas Park in downtown Johnstown! Come see some of the best rock bands and artists in the Laurel Highlands starting at 12 noon; including Jason DeWitt, Blood Union, Writing Off Tomorrow, Matt Martinek, Restoration, Bazooka Joe, Inside Out and more! Tickets are $10, and can be purchased at: Highland Harley Davidson, North Center Avenue in Somerset; Tony’s Subs on Franklin Street in Johnstown; United Jewelers on Main Street in downtown Johnstown; and the Heritage Discovery Center.

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 special benefit concert is coming together to help out an area family who lost their possessions in a recent house fire. The “Ava’s Home Benefit Concert” will take place on Friday night, October 17 at 9 p.m. at McGarvey’s in Altoona, and will raise money for the Callaway family – Austin, Taylor and Ava Rose – who lost their home to fire in July. Bands donating their talents that night will include Half Tempted, Ganister and 7th Gear. There will also be door prizes and drawings. Donation at the door that night will be $6 per person.

Another benefit concert is being assembled to help out an area musician recovering from a medical procedure. Former Stept On and Bad Daze drummer Jim Bagrosky recently underwent corrective surgery on his spinal cord and neck, and will be unable to work while he recovers from that procedure. The music community will come together to raise funds to help with medical expenses during “Jam for Jim,” taking place on Friday night, November 21 at 30 Something in Altoona. The night will feature performances from David Plisco and Matt Day, along with the groups Hate Grenade, Serious Jones, Moose Panic and Big Bear Chase Me. There will also be a silent auction. Donation at the door will be $8 per person.

(Bands and musicians with local music-related news to report on the “Homegrown Rocker” may submit their news items by emailing homegrownrocker@gmail.com.)