HOMEGROWN ROCKER 9/23/12 (AREA AMERICANA SPECIAL)

[Jim Price]

Hello Everyone,

Here is the recap of the September 23 edition of Rocky 104.9 and Rocky 99's weekly local music program, "The Homegrown Rocker," which airs every Sunday night from 9 to 11 PM during Steelers football season on WRKY-FM (www.rocky1049.com) and WRKW-FM (www.rocky99.com).

This week, back by popular demand, we brought back our salute to area bands and musicians whose musical presence is rooted at least partially in the traditional American musical forms of blues, bluegrass, folk, roots country and rock’n’roll via our “Area Americana Special!” We explored a wide range of Americana turf, spanning cigar box guitar blues (via Shane Speal) to zydeco (via Ted McCloskey), and everything in between! Along the way, we debuted new songs from Southside Strays, Philip Masorti, Dave Distefano, Mike Metallia & Midnight Shift, John “JT” Thompson, Chubediah, Whiskey River Panhandlers and Shane Speal. We also stepped “Across State Lines” to check out a song by New Jersey’s April Mae & the June Bugs, and reviewed Walt & Jackie’s Bare CD in “The Professor’s CD Corner.”

Here is this week's playlist:

HOUR ONE:

MATT OTIS – “The Most Important Thing”
SOUTHSIDE STRAYS – “Every Hair on My Head”
PHILIP MASORTI – “Crimson”
DAVE DISTEFANO – “Relijah”
MIKE METTALIA & MIDNIGHT SHIFT – “Calabash”
JOHN “JT” THOMPSON – “Cab Ride Boogie”
CHUBEDIAH – “Gettysburg”
WHISKEY RIVER PANHANDLERS – “The Hill”
PURE CANE SUGAR – “My Favorite Song”
MAMA CORN – “Stoney Lonesome”

HOUR TWO:

THE NIGHTCRAWLERS – “Desert Sun”
TED McCLOSKEY – “Never Going to Be One of Them”
WELL STRUNG – “Westmoreland County”
WALT & JACKIE – “Our Way”
SHANE SPEAL – “16 Miles to Saltsburg”
NORMAN NARDINI – “End of the Line”
APRIL MAE & THE JUNE BUGS – “Keep Your Hands Off Of It” (Across State Lines)
BLACK COFFEE – “Working Hard”
PAT McGINNIS – “Shades of Gray”
HANNAH BINGMAN – “Heart Like a Fist”
MOUNTAIN ROAD – “Pennsylvania Channel Cats”

On our next program, we will again deliver maximum local and regional music, with an emphasis on new recordings that have arrived in recent weeks. Along the way, we will also update “Local Music News,” dig into the archive for another “Local Music Flashback,” step “Across State Lines” to hear a song from another independent recording artist from out of state, and review two simultaneously-released CD’s by Philip Masorti – Another Year and Ceramic Jesus – in “The Professor’s CD Corner!” Maximum local and regional music on the “Homegrown Rocker” this Sunday night!

Upcoming guests and specials include:

OCT. 7 – JOHN “JT” THOMPSON
OCT. 14 – ALEX RAMSDELL
OCT. 21 – (NO SHOW DUE TO STEELERS FOOTBALL)
OCT. 28 – DANIEL COLLINS/STATE COLLEGE THEN & NOW
NOV. 4 – TUKURPA
NOV. 11 – PAUL SHIMMEL
NOV. 18 – (NO SHOW DUE TO STEELERS FOOTBALL)
NOV. 25 – ACOUSTIC JAM SPECIAL
DEC. 2 – LOOK LEFT
DEC. 23 – CHRISTMAS SPECIAL
DEC. 30 – 2012 YEAR IN REVIEW SPECIAL PT. 1
JAN. 6 – 2012 YEAR IN REVIEW SPECIAL PT. 2

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