HOMEGROWN ROCKER 1/3/16

[Jim Price]

Hello Everyone,

Here is the recap of the January 3 edition of 105.9 Qwik-Rock's weekly local music program, "The Homegrown Rocker," which airs every Sunday night from 8 to 10 PM on Lion Country's Rock Station, 105.9 Qwik-Rock. The show can also be streamed via Qwik's website, www.1059qwikrock.com.

We spent the first program of 2016 emptying the mailboxes and checking out music from numerous new recordings that arrived during the holiday season. We debuted new songs from Darcie Miner, Sam Smith, Ted McCloskey, Morse Coda, Doug Irwin, Jonathan Monument, Triple Dose and Symbolon Obscura. We also updated "Local Music News," remembered the late Dale Nitti with a 2006 song from Hi-Tyde for this week's "Local Music Flashback," stepped "Across State Lines" to hear a song from Shepherdstown, West Virginia's Sunvine, and reviewed Jim Donovan's Sun King Warriors CD in "The Professor's CD Corner!"

Here is this week's playlist:

HOUR ONE:

THE SITCH - "Run for Your Life"
CHIP DIMONICK - "You Ain't Punk"
DARCIE MINER - "Devil in Disguise"
PRIVATE I - "Filthy"
SAM SMITH - "Song of Summer"
TED McCLOSKEY - "Painting Hearts on My Sleeve"
MORSE CODA - "Teenager"
BACKYARD KINGS - "Teenagers"
DOUG IRWIN - "River Queen"
PURE CANE SUGAR - "Leg Up" (live)
MATT OTIS & THE SOUND - "Take Me Home"
THE DIRTY THIEVING GYPSIES - "Poison Ivory"

HOUR TWO:

THE JIVE TURKEYS - "Trudy"
SHANE SPEAL'S SNAKE OIL BAND - "49 Years"
JONATHAN MONUMENT - "Flip the Tables"
JIM DONOVAN'S SUN KING WARRIORS - "Blend Into You"
TRIPLE DOSE - "Daddy's Gun"
HI-TYDE - "Bad Night" (2006, Local Music Flashback)
SUNVINE - "Awakening" (Across State Lines)
CLOSE TO CONSIDERATION - "Puppet of the State"
SYMBOLON OBSCURA - "Joining the Dead"
AFTER THE FALL - "My Confession"

We'll continue to explore new recordings on the next edition of the "Homegrown Rocker," and play more new songs from area bands and artists! We'll update "Local Music News," dig out a "Local Music Flashback" from the archive, step "Across State Lines" to hear music from an independent band or artist from outside of PA, and review The Hawkeyes' One Plug in the Wall CD in "The Professor's CD Corner!"

Upcoming guests and specials include:

JANUARY 17 - Jack Pyers
JANUARY 31 - Derek Woodz Band
FEBRUARY 7 - Ladies of Local Music Special
FEBRUARY 28 - Millennium Music Conference Recap
MARCH 6 - MMC Contest Winner (to be picked at Millennium Music Conference)
MARCH 13 - St. Patty's Day Special

(All dates are subject to changes as circumstances warrant.)

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

Bands and artists interested in having music aired on the show are invited to send their broadcast-quality recordings to: Magnum Broadcasting, 315 South Atherton Street, State College, PA 16801; ATTN: Jim Price/Homegrown. Or drop the recordings off at the station during regular business hours, Monday-Friday 9 AM – 5 PM. You can also email digital song files or inquiries about the show to homegrownrocker@gmail.com.

Jim Price

In Local Music News...

As the old year ended and the New Year began, there have been changes on the area music scene.

Longtime Bedford County country performers Midnight Rodeo closed out their 20-year career, playing their final show on New Year's Eve. The group's career has included two studio albums and a busy performance schedule that took them throughout Pennsylvania, Maryland and West Virginia. Three members of Midnight Rodeo - singer Rick Zimmerman, guitarist/singer Mark Diehl and bassist Duane Sipe - are continuing on with a new band project called Remedy.

Area favorites Felix & the Hurricanes have welcomed back a familiar face, as Jeff Clapper has returned to the group to sing and play bass, replacing the musician who replaced him in late summer, Tony Mollick. Jeff helped the Hurricanes ring in the New Year on Thursday night at the Altoona Grand Hotel.

And the area music scene mourned the passing of Dale Nitti, the former singer for Cambria County-based party bands Hi-Tyde and Hardly Knew Her. Dale passed unexpectedly on December 18 at age 43. Dale was an established solo performer as well. The "Homegrown Rocker" extends condolences to Dale's family and friends.