Hello Everyone,
Here is the recap of the November 2 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)!
We welcomed another guest into our studio this week, as State College-based singer, songwriter and music creator Kevin Briggs joined us! Kevin recently issued his self-titled debut album. We discussed the album and his musical career, and played songs from the album as well. Kevin also brought an acoustic song and played some of his songs live on the air! We also debuted a new song from Walkney, and dug out a 1980 song by State College’s Backseat Van Gogh 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, 110225.)
Here is this week’s playlist:
HOUR ONE:
THE SUN KING WARRIORS – “When the Rains Came”
BILLY DAVIS – “Good Fight”
KEVIN BRIGGS – “It’s ‘Bout Time” (performed live in the studio)
WALKNEY – “Tourniquet” (new)
KEVIN BRIGGS – “Sets You Free”
STEVE TREADO – “Howl at the Moon”
KEVIN BRIGGS – “Shingletown Blues”
HOUR TWO:
STRAIT & MILLER – “Alcohol and Pills”
HANNAH BINGMAN – “Clearer and Clearer”
KEVIN BRIGGS – “Victory Bound” (performed live in the studio)
ALLISON BOREK – “Hellos and Smiles”
KEVIN BRIGGS – “On My Way” (performed live in the studio)
BACKSEAT VAN GOGH – “Pretty Poison” (1980, Local Music Flashback)
KEVIN BRIGGS – “Heart’s Delight”
We return to the mailboxes on our next program to check out new area recordings have arrived at “Homegrown Rocker” headquarters in recent weeks! We’ll be playing lots of new songs for you! We’ll also update “Local Music News,” dig a “Local Music Flashback” from the archive and more! Listen to the “Homegrown Rocker” this Sunday night (November 9) 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!
UPCOMING GUESTS AND SPECIALS:
NOV. 16 – Punchline
NOV. 23 – All-Request Special
NOV. 30 – Local Music on Vinyl Special
DEC. 7 – Patrick Motto
DEC. 14 – Dr. Barry Atticks (Lilla Jul Rockeband)
DEC. 21 – Christmas Special
DEC. 28 – 2025 Year in Review
JAN. 11 – Man In Reverse
(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…
An area musician has been nominated for an international award. Clearfield County native Ryan Saupp has earned a nomination at the 2025 Josie Music Awards, one of the world’s largest independent music award shows celebrating talent across multiple genres. The ceremony is taking place tonight (November 2) at the Grand Ole Opry House in Nashville, Tennessee. Good luck to Ryan.
The Altoona area music scene was saddened in recent days by news of the passing of Tom Keith at age 56. Tom was a familiar face on area stages in the 1990s and early 2000s as a bass player and acoustic performer. Tom was a bass player and backing vocalist with Altoona heavy-rocking juggernaut Korruption during the 1990s, and was half of that group’s acoustic side project Acoustic Brew. Tom also played bass for the band Radio Star and other projects.
And a website that served the area music scene for more than 25 years is no more. The Rockpage website was dismantled earlier this summer. Introduced in the late 1990s by Ron Nearhoof, Rockpage served as a valuable resource for area musicians, where bands and artists could set up home pages and promote their upcoming shows, search for new members and form new bands, sell and purchase instruments and gear, and also converse about musical and other topics of the day. Rockpage saw a fast reduction in use once social media rose in prominence, but still had a handful of users in recent years until the plug was pulled on the website during the past summer.
