HOMEGROWN ROCKER 6/3/12 (JEFF PITTINGER)

[Jim Price]

Hello Everyone,

Here is the recap of the June 3 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).

Thanks to our guest via phone this week, White Witch and Monster Track Supergroup frontman Jeff Pittinger! “Uncle Jeff” updated us on the latest happenings with both of his band projects, shared insight and perspective on his music career, and we heard songs from both White Witch and Monster Track Supergroup. Along the way, we updated “Local Music News,” dug a 1994 song by Endzone from the archive for a “Local Music Flashback,” and reviewed Jakesway’s It May Get Loud CD in “The Professor’s CD Corner.”

Here is this week's playlist:

HOUR ONE:

GANISTER – “Saving Grace”
LIES, INC. –“Losing Ground”
WHITE WITCH – “The Power”
44MAG – “50 Miles”
MONSTER TRACK SUPERGROUP – “Wild World”
HYBRID ICE – “Bring the Gold”
WHITE WITCH – “Prince of Darkness”

HOUR TWO:

GIORNESTO (WORLD WITHOUT) – “Restless”
STEEL – “Black and Blue”
MONSTER TRACK SUPERGROUP – “Have You Ever Seen the Rain?”
JAKESWAY – “Caught in the Middle”
WHITE WITCH – “Underneath the Lights”
ENDZONE – “Another Kinda Special” (1994, Local Music Flashback)
MONSTER TRACK SUPERGROUP – “Hot Child in the City”

On our next program, we will be joined in the studio by Johnstown’s Ron Gallucci. Ron just released his second studio album, Dizzyland; he will discuss the new CD, and we’ll hear numerous songs from it! We’ll also update “Local Music News,” dig into the archive for yet another “Local Music Flashback,” and review Tarra Layne’s debut CD, Introducing Tarra Layne, in “The Professor’s CD Corner!” Ron Gallucci returns to the “Homegrown Rocker,” next Sunday night!

Upcoming guests and specials include:

JUNE 17 – FATHER’S DAY SPECIAL
JUNE 24 – JEFFREY GAINES
JULY 1 – ALLEGORY
JULY 8 – THE WHATLEYS
JULY 22 – GORDON TITTSWORTH (IMAGES OF EDEN/ALL TOO HUMAN)
JULY 29 – SETH CONNER
AUG. 5 – LOCAL MUSIC LIVE IN CONCERT SPECIAL
AUG. 12 – WHERE THE TRUTH LIES
AUG. 19 – RAIN MUST FALL
AUG. 26 – FRED MYERS & THE REDNECK MAJORITY

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…

Several benefit live music events headline our look at Local Music News. Again, the “Jamming for Jason” event to help out former Tie Down drummer Jason Grodis happens this Friday night, June 8, at the Ashville Firehall. The event starts at 6 p.m., and will feature performances from Screaming Ugly, Locked and Loaded and a Tie Down reunion with Dan Way on drums. Tickets are $15 per person or $25 per couple, which includes music, food and refreshments. Proceeds help Jason, who is battling an aggressive form of cancer known as neuroendocrine carcinoma. For more information about the benefit or to make a donation to help Jason, visit the website www.jamforjason.com.

Next Saturday, June 9, is the date for the sixth annual “Day Of Rock” benefit for Easter Seals of Central PA. That concert will happen at Legion Park in Hollidaysburg and runs from noon to 11 p.m. Bands donating their talents during this year’s “Day Of Rock” include Shallow9, The Arbutus, Locked and Loaded, Limited Slip, S.O.L. and Saving Jake.

Also next Saturday, a bike run and concert will benefit Windber Hospice. The Windber Hospice Run begins at 12 noon, with the concert and after-party beginning at 4 p.m. at the Jerome Firehall. Bands participating in that effort include Dakota Rose, Blue Collar Fate, Southern Steel and Wyld Syde. Donation at the gate will be $20 per person.