HOMEGROWN ROCKER 10/26/14 (HALLOWEEN SPECIAL)

[Jim Price]

Hello Everyone,

Here is the recap of the October 26 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 on WRKY-FM (www.rocky1049.com) and WRKW-FM (www.rocky99.com). The show can also be streamed via either Rocky website, www.rocky1049.com or www.rocky99.com.

Ghosts, witches, psychos, vampires, monsters, arachnids, devils and other things that go bump in the night were musically in the spotlight this week during our annual Halloween Special! Bands and songs that had tie-ins to Halloween filled our two hours this week, as well as a few other spooky voices along the way. We also updated “Local Music News,” and debuted new songs from Ted McCloskey and Pure Cane Sugar.

Here is this week's playlist:

HOUR ONE:

THE SITCH – “Hill Billy Psycho”
LUKE PFISTER – “Romeo a Ghost”
FELIX & THE HURRICANES – “Black Widow”
BORROWED TIME – “Black Widow Lady”
ROY HANDY & THE MOONSHOT – “I’m a Vampire”
INSIDE OUT – “Vampire Eyes”
GENE THE WEREWOLF – “Heart Attack”
GAS STATION DISCO – “A Haunting Affair”
TED McCLOSKEY – “Got Me Under Your Spell”
PURE CANE SUGAR – “Ghost of You and Me” (live)
NOBODY’S HEROES – “Apparition”

HOUR TWO:

ON THE RUN – “Monsters Like Me”
STEREO FRENZY – “Texas Chainsaw”
ONE ADAM 12 – “Devil on My Back”
SINISTER REALM – “The Crystal Eye”
ICARUS WITCH – “The Sky Is Falling”
WHITE WITCH – “Slaughter in Salem”
GHOST OF WAR – “Heaven’s Burning”
MILEUNDER – “Ghost Riders”
WRATH OF TYPHON – “Graverobber”
SYNESTHESIA – “Solace of Shadows”
JIMMY ADLER – “Scratchin’ at My Screendoor”

The “Homegrown Rocker” takes another break next Sunday night as the Pittsburgh Steelers will see if they can make it three victories in a row with a Sunday night contest against the Baltimore Ravens. The show will return in two weeks, when our guest will be Cambria County country performer Adam Ernst! We’ll also update “Local Music News,” dig out a “Local Music Flashback,” and review Chris Rattie’s All These Things CD in “The Professor’s CD Corner!”

Upcoming guests and specials include:

NOV. 9 – ADAM ERNST
NOV. 16 – JASON McINTYRE & JUNIOR TUTWILER
NOV. 23 – LUKE PFISTER
NOV. 30 – BLOOD UNION
DEC. 7 – ARIELLE DANAN
DEC. 14 – STERLING KOCH (TRIO)
DEC. 21 – CHRISTMAS SPECIAL
DEC. 28 – 2014 YEAR IN REVIEW SPECIAL
JAN. 11 – RED ROOM EFFECT
JAN. 18 – THE BIG TIME

Bands and artists wanting to submit news items for “Local Music News” may email their news to homegrownrocker@gmail.com (new email address). Indicate “MUSIC NEWS” in the subject heading!

The “Homegrown Rocker” is available for digital download off either Rocky website after each and every show. Just check on either (www.rocky1049.com) or (www.rocky99.com) and download your copy of the show! If you live beyond the signal range of Rocky 104.9 and Rocky 99, you can now download west-central PA’s longest-running local music show!

Also, bands and artists are welcome to add their upcoming shows to the “Homegrown Rocker” event calendar! Go to the “Homegrown Rocker” section of either Rocky website and click on “Events,” and add your shows for free!

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…

The fourth annual Patched Together Benefit is fast approaching. This year’s event, which benefits Home Nursing Agency’s Healing Patch program, will take place on Saturday, November 15 at Altoona’s Bavarian Hall. During the event, twelve bands and performers will donate their talents and entertain on two stages starting at 2 p.m. Performers this year include Mama Corn, Jim Donovan and the Sun King Warriors, Dirtkicker, Felix & the Hurricanes, Tree, Punk Fiction, Nobody’s Heroes, The Backyard Rockers, Pure Cane Sugar, Chris Vipond and the Stanley Street Band, Old Skool and TMJ Bluegrass. The admission and donation is the event is $5 per person, or free for people purchasing a commemorative Patched Together T-shirt in advance of the event. For more information, visit the website www.patchedtogether.com.

Bassist Bethany Helsel is stepping away from area rock group Root and the Fifths, citing career reasons. That group is seeking a replacement.

And Johnstown’s Inside Out announced that they are seeking a new drummer to replace Mark Gindlesperger, who is leaving the group effective next spring.

(Bands and musicians with local music-related news to report on the “Homegrown Rocker” may submit their news items by emailing homegrownrocker@gmail.com.)