HOMEGROWN ROCKER 3/13/16 (ST. PADDY'S SPECIAL)

[Jim Price]

Hello Everyone,

Here is the recap of the March 13 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.

This week, we got an early jump on the annual St. Patrick's Day festivities by presenting our annual "St. Paddy's Day Special!" For two hours, we spotlighted the local and regional bands and artists who do their music with a wee bit of the Irish flavor! We heard area musicians offer their own original Irish-themed songs, their treatments of time-tested Irish folk and pub songs, and more! Along the way, we updated "Local Music News," remembered the late Dan Myers Sr. with a 2004 live performance number with the Irish Rattlers for this week's "Local Music Flashback," stepped "Across State Lines" to hear an Irish-flavored number from Baltimore's Nua, and reviewed Barleyjuice's This Is Why We Can't Have Nice Things CD in "The Professor's CD Corner!"

Here is this week's playlist:

HOUR ONE:

THE CLOVER - "Kiss Me I'm Irish Today"
THE CLOVER - "One Part Whiskey"
LUCKY LAD GREEN - "Irish Pride"
MISCHIEF BREW - "A Liquor Never Brewed"
DEAD IRISH BLUES - "The Derelict (Yo-Ho-Ho and a Bottle of Rum)"
ASHES FOR TREES - "Beagan agus a ra go maith"
MICHAEL O'BRIAN BAND - "The Unicorn" (live)
MICHAEL O'BRIAN BAND - "Whiskey in the Jar" (live)
THE KILMAINE SAINTS - "Amazing Grace/The Saints Are Up!"
THE KILMAINE SAINTS - "When We Come to Town"
THE KILMAINE SAINTS - "Gold and Guns (Will Get the Job Done)"

HOUR TWO:

TREE THE BAND - "Wild Rover"
TREE THE BAND - "Whiskey You're the Devil"
TREE THE BAND - "Drunken Sailor"
BASTARD BEARDED IRISHMEN - "Whiskey, Rum, Bourbon, Beer"
BARLEYJUICE - "St. Patrick's Day"
GERRY BURSKEY - "Liver Fulla Liquor"
THE IRISH RATTLERS - "Dear Boss" (live) (2004, Local Music Flashback)
NUA - "The Curve" (Across State Lines)
CEANN - "Pittsburgh Makes Me Drunk"
CEANN - "Moron with the Bodhran"
FULL KILT - "Plastic Paddys"
FULL KILT - "Free Bird"

Since it has been a few weeks since we have checked the program's mailboxes, we will spend our next edition of the "Homegrown Rocker" exploring and airing new music that has arrived in recent weeks. Along the way, we will update "Local Music News," dig a song from a past band or artist from the archive for our "Local Music Flashback," step "Across State Lines" to hear a tune from an independent band or artist from outside of PA, and review Doug Irwin's The Bridges That Burn CD in "The Professor's CD Corner!"

Upcoming guests and specials include:

MARCH 27 - Allegheny Ukulele Kollective
APRIL 3 - Walkney

(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...

Area country group Chris Woodward & ShinDiggin' has added a new member, as Todd Burns takes over bass duties, while previous bass player Brianna Sheeder moves to playing keys and singing with the group. The new-look Chris Woodward & ShinDiggin' returns to Altoona's Four Dees Lounge on March 18.

Two benefit shows will take place in the Altoona area next Sunday, March 20. The Benefit for Evan and Kaytlyn will take place at Pellegrine's next Sunday starting at 5 p.m., to raise funds for Evan Schultz and Kaytlyn Neilson, who lost their jobs and home when fire destroyed the Celtic Knot in Bellwood on March 1. Performers donating their talents to the benefit include Last Stand, Root and the Fifths, The Blacksnakes and Rich Edmundson. Donations will be accepted.

And the David Mannarino Benefit also happens next Sunday starting at 4 p.m. at 30 Something in Altoona, raising funds for medical and final expenses for David's surviving family after he passed away earlier this month. Performers donating their talents to this benefit include Torn, Samara, Banditos, Zombie Gunz, 100 Proof, Lost Cause and a reunion of the group Without Zerb. Donation at the door is $5 per person.