Hello Everyone,
Here is the recap of the November 23 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)!
With Thanksgiving just days away, we thanked the listeners who listen to and support the “Homegrown Rocker” this week with the “All Request Special!” We accepted local song and performer request submissions via the show’s email address throughout this month, and played back those requests during this program’s two hours! Along the way, we updated “Local Music News” and honored a few requests for “Local Music Flashback” older songs from the archive – including a 2002 song by Altoona’s Ten Sent Wings and a 1989 number by Altoona’s Fatal Maim! (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, 112325.)
Here is this week’s playlist:
HOUR ONE:
OPEN ENDS – “Awakened”
TOY THE BAND – “Chemical Burns”
THE JADED LIPS – “Shallow Woman”
THE PENNSOULVANIANS – “Bounce Back”
THE AMERICAN MOOD – “Till You”
WANDERLOST – “Bourbon Street”
THE JW PROJECT – “On The Riverbank”
COLTT WINTER LEPLEY – “Bandito”
KILMAINE SAINTS – “Undivided”
POST TRAUMATIK – “Running Wild”
MAMA CORN – “Nobody Died”
RADIO 45 – “Come Alive”
HOUR TWO:
SWEET DESIRE – “Queen of the Dawn”
FELIX & THE HURRICANES – “Keep On Rockin'”
SCREECH OWL – “Just Go Home”
STEPHANIE & THE WILD HEARTS (THE CHROME HEARTS) – “Money”
EMILY’S TOYBOX – “Bionic” (live)
TEN SENT WINGS – “Murder on 58th” (2002, Local Music Flashback)
TAKE THE HIT – “Lick the Pump” (live)
THE BSXPRESS – “Soundcheck”
TOM NEVERS FIELD – “Hey Mr. Newsman”
THE HEATHEN PARADE – “Born Again Leviathan”
HATE GRENADE – “Chaos Theory”
FATAL MAIM – “Sin-O-Rama” (1989/2023, Local Music Flashback)
For our next program, we’re trying something a little different – with the resurgence of vinyl records’ popularity in recent years, we recognize the area bands and artists, present and past, who have recorded vinyl records on our first-ever “Local Music On Vinyl Special!” We’ll hear music from vinyl albums and 44 rpm singles, flexi-discs and more! Listen to the “Homegrown Rocker” this Sunday night (November 30) 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:
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
JAN. 18 – Tim Woods
(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…
The Central Pennsylvania Music Hall Of Fame has announced its 2026 Induction Class. The inductees will be Harrisburg-based southern gospel performers The Couriers; Reading’s Bill Fisher, who was an original member of Bill Haley and the Comets; York native and founding member of the Dixie Chicks Martie Maguire; Hershey-based nationally-signed indie rock and pop group The Ocean Blue; and Hazleton native and 1960s hitmaker Eddie Rambeau. Harrisburg-based musician, recording engineer and music business professor Jay Kirssin will receive the Hall Of Fame’s annual Lifetime Achievement Award. The induction presentations will take place during the 2026 Central Pennsylvania Music Awards (CPMA’s), which will take place on Wednesday, March 4 at the American Music Theatre in Lancaster.
Altoona-based punk and metal rockers The BSXpress recently announced that bassist Sam Edgar has stepped away from the band to take care of some personal matters. The group will continue on as a trio, and is working on some new music heading into 2026.
And Wanderlost singer and keyboard player Dustin Rainey recently had the honor of having some of his music used in a Florida high school’s musical production. According to Dustin, a friend of his approached him about using his music in the project; and earlier this month, the friend and his students at Timber Creek High School in Orlando, Forida, presented the production, called “Wanderlost,” which ties several of Dustin’s songs into a narrative musical story. The Timber Creek Thespians Company Ensemble performed the production over two nights.
