HOMEGROWN ROCKER 3/11/12

[Jim Price]

Hello Everyone,

Here is the recap of the March 11 edition of Rocky 104.9 and Rocky 99's weekly local music program, "The Homegrown Rocker," which airs every Sunday night from 8 to 10 PM on WRKY-FM (www.rocky1049.com) and WRKW-FM (www.rocky99.com).

This week, we again revisited the “Homegrown Rocker” mailboxes to check out new recordings that have arrived in recent weeks. We debuted plenty of new songs, from such bands and artists as Norman Nardini, The Hawkeyes, Ben Dumm & the Deviants, Table Ten, D.A. Greene, Eaglemight, Saving Jake, Ashes For Trees, Country Club Circuit, Synesthesia and Flight Case Syndrome. We also updated “Local Music News,” dug into the archive to check out a 1994 track from the Mark Allen Project, stepped “Across State Lines” to hear a song from Long Island, New York rockers Revel 9, and reviewed Full Kilt’s Come Have A Drink with the Band CD in “The Professor’s CD Corner.”

Here is this week's playlist:

HOUR ONE:

CANDLELIGHT RED – “She’s Got the Look”
HALESTORM – “Love Bites (So Do I)”
NORMAN NARDINI – “Work Like a Dog”
BORROWED TIME – “Runnin’ From the Law”
THE HAWKEYES – “Junior’s Night Out”
BEN DUMM & THE DEVIANTS – “Down and Out”
TABLE TEN – “Lift Me Up”
JASON DAVOLI – “Lie to Me”
D.A. GREENE – “Real Time”
LIES, INC. – “Losing Ground”
EAGLEMIGHT – “Eaglemight”

HOUR TWO:

THE GOOD SEEDS – “Don’t Have Much to Say”
SAVING JAKE – “What Do You Know”
ASHES FOR TREES – “Bless Me Father”
FULL KILT – “Ordinary Day”
COUNTRY CLUB CIRCUIT – “Tomorrow’s Already Gone”
THE MARK ALLEN PROJECT – “Take a Walk in My Shoes” (1994, Local Music Flashback)
REVEL 9 – “Another Mistake” (Across State Lines)
SYNESTHESIA – “Solace of Shadows”
FLIGHT CASE SYNDROME – “Gemini”
44MAG – “50 Miles”

On our next show, we will extend the St. Patrick’s Day holiday one extra day and celebrate local and regional Irish-geared bands and artists on our “St. Patty’s Special!” We’ll be joined by one area band who celebrates St. Patrick’s Day 365 days a year, Full Kilt, and hear tunes from their new CD, Come Have A Drink with the Band. We will also update “Local Music News,” dig into the archive for another “Local Music Flashback,” and review Tree the Band’s Wild Rover CD in “The Professor’s CD Corner!” The area music scene gets its Irish up on the “St. Patty’s Special” edition of the “Homegrown Rocker,” next Sunday night!

Upcoming guests and specials include:

MAR. 25 – MEDIKADED
APR. 8 – JEFF WALLACK MEMORIAL JAM PREVIEW
APR. 15 – SHIFT SEVEN
MAY 13 – RON GALLUCCI
MAY 20 – RICH EDMUNDSON
MAY 27 – MEMORIAL DAY SPECIAL

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 memorial show for former Monkees lead singer Davy Jones took place Saturday afternoon in Beavertown (east of Lewistown), where he used to own a residence. The memorial event started at the firemen’s carnival grounds in Beavertown, before moving into a former church that Jones had purchased that was to become a museum and theater. Part of the event’s activities included a jam session by invited musicians, and comments read from those who could not attend, including some of Jones’ Monkees bandmates. Davy Jones died from a heart attack at his home in Florida on February 29.

Legendary Pennsylvania band Hybrid Ice has two special shows coming up on St. Patrick’s Day weekend. The band was recently selected by a Texas-based management agency to back several well-known classic rock frontmen during various tours this year, including former Survivor singer Jimi Jameson, former Rainbow frontman Joe Lynn Turner, former Ted Nugent singer Derek St. Holmes and former Toto singer Bobby Kimball. Hybrid Ice will perform two concerts with Jimi Jameson this Friday and Saturday nights. The Friday show will be at the Elks Ballroom in Lock Haven, while the Saturday concert will be in the Elks Ballroom in Danville. Both shows begin at 9 p.m. For ticket information about either show, visit Hybrid Ice’s website, www.hybridice.net.

Next weekend will be filled with St. Patrick’s Day-themed live music events. The Michael O’Brian Band and Full Kilt will both have full slates that day, but will both be part of the annual St. Patrick’s Day Party at the Oriental Ballroom in Gallitzin, sponsored by the Gallitzin Fire Company. That event starts at 6, and proceeds help out the Gallitzin Fire Company and the Gallitzin American Legion.

Commonwealth Press and Awkward Productions will again present the popular St. Patrick’s Day 814 Riot, which returns to the Altoona Ramada next Saturday night. Eight different bands will be generating the fury at that show, including Xs For Eyes, The Fisticuffs, the Rik Golden Band, The Hucklebucks, The Lobotomites, The Atomic Drops, The Whatleys, and Ben Dumm & the Deviants.