Hello Everyone,
Here is the recap of the November 28 edition of “The Homegrown Rocker,” which airs every Sunday night from 8 to 10 PM on Q94 Classic Rock!
We offered up our own unique take on a Thanksgiving dinner to finish out the holiday weekend, presenting the first “Local Music Thanksgiving Dinner Special!” We spotlighted songs and bands with connections to food and drink for the entire program! Our musical smorgasbord included sandwiches, biscuits, nachos, porkrinds, pancakes, waffles, sausages, Oreo cookies, bananas, a variety of beverages, and even an after-dinner mint! On a more serious note, we dug a 1997 food-connected number from Aslan from the archive for our “Local Music Flashback” as we remembered that group’s singer, Andrea (Aslan) Burchette, who passed away on November 19 after a brief illness. (For those who missed the program, a four-part podcast of this show is available for listening or download from Q94’s website, www.q94classicrock.com. Click on “The Professor’s Classroom,” and then scroll down to “Homegrown Rocker Podcast” and look for the four show segments marked with the date, 112821.)
Here is this week’s playlist:
HOUR ONE:
LITTLE BUDDY – “Dynamite Sandwich”
JUKEHOUSE BOMBERS – “Burnt Biscuit”
BILL DANN & JACK SERVELLO – “The Dairy Dip”
CHARLIE BARATH – “High Ball and a Covered Dish”
BROTHER JACK – “Pancakes”
FLOWER GARDEN – “Tomato”
CHIP & THE CHARGE-UPS – “Iced Tea and Lemonade”
JACK PYERS – “Lemonade Lies”
ANDY MOWATT’S STEELY JAM – “Jello Molds”
NAG CHAMPIONS MYSTERY BAND – “Coffee and Cannibis”
JIMMY ADLER – “Grease Alley”
SOURMASH – “Cheap Wine and Moonshine”
HOUR TWO:
NATE MYERS & THE ACES – “Jager & Waffles”
SILVER SCREEN – “Cheap Nachos”
THE LEGENDARY HUCKLEBUCKS – “Porkrinds and Gasoline”
BASTARD BEARDED IRISHMEN – “Whiskey, Rum, Bourbon, Beer”
BIGFOOT’S UGLY MANSION – “Captain Ketchup”
ASLAN – “Questions (The Ice Cream Song)” (1997, Local Music Flashback)
BEER AND PRETZELS – “Sizzler”
ROADKILL – “Hardcoreo”
HOT DOG BOY – “Saucey Sausages”
PRIME 8 – “Black Banana”
ANTI-CORN LEAGUE – “Tingly Mint”
MEDIOCRE GATSBY – “Candy Hearts and Razorblades”
For one more ‘official’ time in 2021, we will revisit the mailboxes on our next program to check out new recordings that have arrived recently – meaning lots of new music in store! Hear new numbers from the Semi-Supervillains, Welcome 2 Earth, Blind Choice, Paper Plants, God’s Green Apples and more, as well as new holiday season tunes by Bill Dann & Jack Servello and Antonio Andrade! We’ll also update “Local Music News,” dig a “Local Music Flashback” from the archive, step “Across State Lines” to hear a song from an independent band or artist from outside PA, and review Doctor Smoke’s Dreamers and the Dead album in “The Professor’s CD Corner!” Hear the “Homegrown Rocker” this Sunday night (December 5) on Q94 Classic Rock – 94.3 FM and online at www.q94classicrock.com!
Upcoming guests and specials:
DEC. 12 – NEON HOTEL
DEC. 19 – CHRISTMAS SPECIAL
DEC. 26 – 2021 YEAR IN REVIEW SPECIAL
JAN. 2 – SHERRY DILLING (ArtsAltoona)
JAN. 9 – DEVIN SHERMAN
JAN. 16 – WAX MEKANIX
MARCH 20 – JO JO STELLA
(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: The Homegrown Rocker, 2513 6th Avenue, Altoona, PA 16602 (ATTN: Jim Price). You can also email digital song files or inquiries about the show to homegrownrocker@gmail.com. And bands and musicians interested in being guests on the program can email their interest to homegrownrocker@gmail.com as well!
Jim Price
