HOMEGROWN ROCKER 6/27/10 (UNDERGROUND/ROCK FOR LIFE FEST)

[Jim Price]

Hello Everyone,

Here is the recap of the June 27 edition of Rocky 99 and Rocky 104.9's weekly local music program, "The Homegrown Rocker," which airs every Sunday night from 8 to 10 PM on WRKW-FM (www.rocky99.com) and WRKY-FM (www.rocky1049.com).

Thanks to our guests this week, Chris and Lori from The Underground (www.theundergroundtv.com) and Matt and Steve from Rock For Life (www.rockforlifeconcert.com; also the band After The Fall, www.atfrocks.com). At The Underground’s studio facility, we discussed the upcoming first-ever Underground/Rock For Life Music Festival, taking place July 9-10 at the Iselin Ballfield in Iselin (between Indiana and Saltsburg). The show will feature 19 different hard rock and metal bands, including representatives from Relapse and DRP Records. Proceeds from the show will benefit Rock For Life, an organization that helps western PA youngsters who are battling life-threatening illnesses and conditions. We learned about the event and featured music from some of the participating bands, and two lucky listeners won pairs of tickets to attend the festival! Along the way, we debuted songs from As Summer Dies, Mose Giganticus, After The Fall and Ninetail. We also dug a 1986 song by Johnstown’s Apollos from the archives for a “Local Music Flashback,” updated “Local Music News,” and reviewed Second Best’s Wall Street Is Dead CD in “The Professor’s CD Corner.” A busy show!

Here is this week's playlist:

HOUR ONE:

HYBRID ICE – “Fight Another Day”
FLIGHT 19 – “3 of a Kind”
AS SUMMER DIES – “Murder Me Monday”
MOSE GIGANTICUS – “The Left Path”
THE CLOVER – “One Part Whiskey”
WAY DOWN EAST – “Freezer Champ”
AFTER THE FALL – “D.I.E. Relentless”

HOUR TWO:

INSIDE OUT – “Demons Inside”
MINDSPINE – “Forgotten You”
BLAKKJAK – “Blitzkrieg Destruction”
SECOND BEST – “Living No Law (Till We’re Finally in Hell)”
SKELL – “Head”
APOLLOS – “Born to Raze Hell” (1986, Local Music Flashback)
NINETAIL – “Half Truths and Hand Grenades”

Since our next program coincides with the July 4 holiday, we’ll spotlight some local and regional songs about America, and we’ll also get caught up on some of the new area music recordings that have arrived in recent weeks. We’ll also update “Local Music News,” dig into the archives for another “Local Music Flashback,” and review Joy Ike’s new Rumors CD in “The Professor’s CD Corner!” It’s maximum local and regional music on the “Homegrown Rocker,” this Sunday night at 8 PM!

Forthcoming guests and specials include:

JULY 18 – THE BIG TIME
JULY 25 – CONNER GILBERT
AUG. 8 – FAST FORWARD SPECIAL
AUG. 15 – JUSTIN GARMAN
AUG. 22 – KEN GRAY
AUG. 29 – ROYAL BENSON
SEPT. 5 – COVER SONG SPECIAL
SEPT. 12 – MIKE VAVREK
SEPT. 19 – FULL KILT
OCT. 10 – ACOUSTIC JAM SPECIAL
OCT. 17 – MYSTERYTRAIN
OCT. 24 – SCORCHED
OCT. 31 – HALLOWEEN SPECIAL
NOV. 7 – SYNESTHESIA

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, the online 'zine publication "The Final Cut," 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…

Pittsburgh’s Joy Ike has won a performance slot at the Lilith Fair Festival in Philadelphia on July 28. Joy, who just released her second CD, Rumors, will share the bill with such notable names as Sarah McLaghlan, Kelly Clarkson, Missy Higgins and more. That show will take place at the Susquehanna Bank Center. We’ll review Joy Ike’s new Rumors CD next week on the “Homegrown Rocker.”

Pittsburgh-turned-Atlanta country-rockers Sodajerk have released a ten-year anniversary CD called The Complete Jerk, which features previously unreleased song material recorded between 1999 and 2009. The group has also issued a limited-edition seven-song CD of new song material called Songs for the Empty Handed, which is only available through the band.

And Pittsburgh’s Bill Deasy has released another recording from Thomas Jefferson’s Aeroplane, his collaboration with former Brownie Mary member Rich Jacques. The recording, an EP called Express, is available through Bill Deasy’s website or CDBaby.com.