HOMEGROWN ROCKER 6/12/16

[Jim Price]

Hello Everyone,

Here is the recap of the June 12 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 again explored new recordings that have arrived in recent weeks on this week's show. We introduced new songs from Chris Vipond & the Stanley Street Band, Royal Benson, Hannah Bingman, Black Ridge, Wojo, Sourmash, Young Lungs, One Adam 12 and Fatality Risen. Along the way, updated "Local Music News," dug a 1987 song by Lewistown rockers Defiance from the archive for this week's "Local Music Flashback," stepped "Across State Lines" to hear a new song from New Jersey rockers Rahway, and reviewed Big Atlantic's Tempered CD in "The Professor's CD Corner!"

Here is this week's playlist:

HOUR ONE:

WALKNEY - "I Always Wanted You"
DAILY GRIND - "Haystack"
CHRIS VIPOND & THE STANLEY STREET BAND - "Everybody Else"
ROYAL BENSON - "Tiger Stripe"
HANNAH BINGMAN - "Farmer's Plea"
THE TOMMY ROBERTS - "In the Fall"
BLACK RIDGE - "Down the Road"
OF OUR DECADE - "Anthem of Our Decade"
WOJO - "Necklace in My Pocket"
BACKLASH - "Livin' Free"
PURE CANE SUGAR - "Designated Driver"

HOUR TWO:

MAKING STATE - "All I Need"
POST SEASON - "Never Tell Me the Odds"
WHITE WITCH - "Singleman"
BIG ATLANTIC - "Count Me In"
SOURMASH - "Mr. Mayhem"
DEFIANCE - "Main Attraction" (1987, Local Music Flashback)
RAHWAY - "Yesterday" (Across State Lines)
YOUNG LUNGS - "Yesterday"
ONE ADAM 12 - "Devil on My Back"
NAILDRIVER - "Enemy"
FATALITY RISEN - "Burning Away"

Since next Sunday, June 19, is Father's Day, we follow "Homegrown Rocker" tradition and celebrate area music scene family traditions with our annual Father's Day Special! We will celebrate area music scene fathers, as well as mothers, sons, daughters and other family ties in the area music community! Several songs will feature two generations of family members! We'll feature at least one (and probably more) "Local Music Flashback" tunes, and step "Across State Lines" to hear some relocated area music natives with family ties in PA! We will also take some time toward the end of our first hour to remember central PA entertainment icon Dennie Huber, who sadly passed away on June 12 at age 60.

Upcoming guests and specials include:

JUNE 26 - Cover Song Special
JULY 3 - Ron Henry
JULY 17 - Native Alloys
AUG. 7 - Fast Forward Special
AUG. 14 - Small Town Horror Show
AUG. 21 - Shannon & the Merger

(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...

Time with Donny Burns will kick off Downtown Altoona's Summer Sounds Concert Series next Friday night, June 17. The free concert happens at Heritage Plaza in downtown Altoona, and will begin at 6 p.m. Other scheduled concerts in this year's series include Felix & the Hurricanes on July 8, and Flight 19 on August 19.

The Allegheny Ukulele Kollective will host a public ukulele jam at Brainfreezers in Altoona's Logan Valley Mall on Tuesday evening, June 21 from 6 to 8 p.m. The event is being held in conjunction with the worldwide Make Music Day, celebrated in more than 700 cities in 120 countries. Participants are invited to bring ukuleles or other instruments, and admission is free.

Altoona native, former Generation Gap keyboardist and current solo artist Don Hughes has announce that he will be releasing his second full-length solo CD later this year. Hughes released his first self-titled CD in 2008.

In band personnel moves, drummer Richie Servello has joined the ranks of acoustic country/pop duo Blossom Hollow, expanding that group into a trio.

And guitarist Kirk Robison has joined the Blair County rock band Down to the Wire.