HOMEGROWN ROCKER 11/8/15

[Jim Price]

Hello Everyone,

Here is the recap of the November 8 edition of 105.9 Qwik-Rock's weekly local music program, "The Homegrown Rocker," which airs every Sunday night from 8 to 10 PM on Lion Country's Rock Station, 105.9 Qwik-Rock. The show can also be streamed via Qwik's website, www.1059qwikrock.com.

We checked out a few more new recording arrivals in the show's mailboxes, debuting new songs from Jack Pyers, Easy Tiger, Sterling Koch, JR Wolf, VSG and The Cliff Legend. We also updated "Local Music News," dug out a 1998 tune from State College's Dogtown Road for this week's "Local Music Flashback," and stepped "Across State Lines" to hear music from New Jersey/New York-based blues/funk guitarist Chaz DePaolo. (Due to technical issues, there was no "Professor's CD Corner" this week; that feature should return next week.)

Here is this week's playlist:

HOUR ONE:

PROGMIUM - "Invincible"
FLIGHT 19 - "Migraine"
JACK PYERS - "All Night Long"
MYCENEA WORLEY - "9 Lives"
EASY TIGER - "Marla"
POST TRAUMATIK - "Set You Free"
TIGERBOMB - "Mice in the Kitchen"
RIK GOLDEN - "Something Else (in Mind)"
STERLING KOCH - "Good to Go"
NORMAN NARDINI - "I Seen Too Much"
JR WOLF - "Rewind"
BACKLASH - "Days Gone Past"

HOUR TWO:

DEAD LEAVES - "President"
GIORNESTO - "Restless"
VSG - "Restless Stranger"
THE LEGENDARY HUCKLEBUCKS - "3 Sheets"
TAKE 147 - "Succumb"
DOGTOWN ROAD - "Salvador Dali Llama" (1998, Local Music Flashback)
CHAZ DePAOLO - "I Want to Get Funky" (live) (Across State Lines)
44MAG - "50 Miles"
THE CLIFF LEGEND - "In the Morning"
X's FOR EYES - "Under Flames"
REVENGE MEMORIAL - "Live Until We Die"

A slight change in our schedule will move next week's originally-scheduled guests, Jim Donovan's Sun King Warriors, back a week until November 22. Instead, next week we will speak with Kent Tonkin, the chief organizer of the annual Patched Together Benefit. This year's Patched Together happens on Saturday, November 21 at Altoona's Bavarian Hall. Kent will give us the lowdown on this year's benefit, and we will hear music from some of the 12 different performing bands and artists at this year's concert. And barring any further technical issues, we will review the Legendary Hucklebucks' Hillbilly Death-Wrock Volume One CD in "The Professor's CD Corner!"

Upcoming guests and specials include:

NOVEMBER 15 - Kent Tonkin (Patched Together Benefit preview)
NOVEMBER 22 - Jim Donovan's Sun King Warriors
NOVEMBER 29 - Local Music Live in Concert Special
DECEMBER 6 - Sterling Koch
DECEMBER 20 - Christmas Special

(All dates are subject to changes as circumstances warrant.)

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

Bands and artists interested in having music aired on the show are invited to send their broadcast-quality recordings to: Magnum Broadcasting, 315 South Atherton Street, State College, PA 16801; ATTN: Jim Price/Homegrown. Or drop the recordings off at the station during regular business hours, Monday-Friday 9 AM – 5 PM. You can also email digital song files or inquiries about the show to homegrownrocker@gmail.com.

Jim Price

In Local Music News...

Altoona-based alterna-pop rockers The Big Time are embarking on a tour around the eastern half of the country with the bands The Stolen and We Are Forever. The tour starts tonight (11/8) in Indianapolis, and continues with show dates in Ohio, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Massachusetts, New York, Virginia, North Carolina, Georgia, Tennessee and Florida. E.V.K.'s Stevie Moses will be joining The Big Time on guitar during the tour.

The Sitch is looking for a new lead singer, as Dustin Reisling has announced that he is stepping away from the group. He will continue to play shows with the group until a replacement is found.

And the third annual Caring for Kids Basket Party and Benefit Concert will happen on Saturday, December 5 at Woodside Bar & Grill in Johnstown. The Basket Party takes place from 1 to 4 p.m., and the concert begins at 7 p.m. Proceeds from the day help out Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh. Performing at the benefit will be Ian Jeffreys, Justin Garman, Adam Ernst, Shades Of June, Inside Out, Under Cover and Yum. Donation at the door is $5 per person before 8 p.m., $10 after 8 p.m.