Hello Everyone,
Here is the recap of the August 24 edition of “The Homegrown Rocker,” which airs every Sunday night from 8 to 10 PM on Q94 Classic Rock (www.q94classicrock.com), and from 10 PM to midnight on 107.1 and 101.3 Jack FM (www.1071jack.fm)!
Thanks to our guest via phone this week, Mike Hype, who previewed the upcoming annual Homegrown Music & Community Festival, which will take place on Saturday, September 6 at People’s Natural Gas Park near downtown Johnstown. Mike provided details about this year’s event, which will raise funds for three different Johnstown area charities. We also heard songs from three of the four performing acts at the event – Habatat, the Derek Woods Band and headliners Michael Glabicki (of Rusted Root) with Dirk Miller. Along the way, we introduced new songs from Street Beans and Dan Stonerook; updated “Local Music News,” and dug a 1980 song by Pittsburgh’s Iron City Houserockers from the archive for this week’s “Local Music Flashback!” (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, 082425.)
Here is this week’s playlist:
HOUR ONE:
THE JADED LIPS – “Shallow Woman”
FELIX & THE HURRICANES – “Walking A Straight Line”
HABATAT – “City Minute”
STREET BEANS – “Cave” (new)
DEREK WOODS BAND – “The Light”
MEXICO ROAD – “Coal Region Girl”
UPROOTED with MICHAEL GLABICKI – “Send Me On My Way” (live at Columbus Commons in Columbus, Ohio on July 26, 2018)
CRAZED VISIONS – “Death Mask”
HOUR TWO:
TOM NEVERS FIELD – “Keep It Safe”
NATE GATES – “Rebel Child”
MICHAEL GLABICKI with DIRK MILLER – “Man Not a Machine” (live at Rex Theater in Pittsburgh on Nov. 22, 2017)
DAN STONEROOK – “East Bound and Down” (new)
JEFF WEBB AND THE DELECTABLE SOUND – “New Day”
IRON CITY HOUSEROCKERS – “We’re Not Dead Yet” (1980, Local Music Flashback)
MICHAEL GLABICKI with DIRK MILLER – “Martyr” (live at Rex Theater in Pittsburgh on Nov. 22, 2017)
FORRESTER GRAY – “Scholastic Book Affair”
YIGGA DIGGA – “Fire Line”
RATTLE BONES – “Desert Heart”
For Labor Day weekend, we will present the return of our “Local Music Live in Concert Special!” Each song we will hear on our next program will be a live performance track from an area band or artist! Hear live performance cuts from such names as Sweet Desire, the Nick Miller Project, Mellow Honey, Jim Donovan & the Sun King Warriors, Pure Cane Sugar, The Clarks, Emily’s ToyBox, Anthrophobia and more! We’ll also update “Local Music News,” dig a live “Local Music Flashback” song from the archive and more! Listen to the “Homegrown Rocker” this Sunday night (August 31) on Q94 Classic Rock – 94.3 FM and online at www.q94classicrock.com, and on 107.1 and 101.3 Jack FM, online at www.1071jack.fm!
SEPT. 7 – Sterling Koch
SEPT. 14 – Almost Honest
SEPT. 21 – Dan Stonerook
SEPT. 28 – Dream the Heavy
OCT. 5 – Alex Shumaker
OCT. 12 – Gonto
OCT. 26 – Halloween Special
NOV. 23 – All-Request Special
NOV. 30 – Local Music on Vinyl Special
DEC. 14 – Dr. Barry Atticks (Lilla Jul Rockeband)
DEC. 21 – Christmas Special
DEC. 28 – 2025 Year in Review
(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 submit digital song files through the link on “The Professor’s Classroom” page. And bands and musicians interested in being guests on the program can email their interest to homegrownrocker@gmail.com as well!
Jim Price
In Local Music News…
First, speedy recovery wishes go out to Hair Force One frontman Victor Synn, who has been experiencing voice issues since late July. In an update on the group’s Facebook page this past week, Victor reported that he is still dealing with significant vocal fatigue and inflammation of his vocal cords. Due to this, he made the difficult decision to cancel the remaining two weekends of August in order to get a significant amount of rest for his voice.
After recently completing his “67 Trees on 67 Mountains in 67 Counties” project – climbing the tallest tree at the highest point in all 67 of Pennsylvania’s counties to raise awareness for forest management – Danville-based singer, songwriter and tree enthusiast Van Wagner has announced his new project of celebrating the 50 State Trees of the USA. Van has set a personal goal to climb each of the state trees of the United States. As a forester with the Society of American Foresters, he hopes to draw public attention to the nation’s forests. Van hopes the effort will give him a chance to get people’s attention and allow him to create discussions about forestry. Thus far, he has climbed seven trees in seven states with the latest being Florida, and he has 43 to go.
