Hello Everyone,
Here is the recap of the December 21 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 Christmas less than a week away, it is time again for the annual “Homegrown Rocker” Christmas Special! We featured lots of holiday season-themed music from area bands and artists – including their original Christmas-flavored creations, as well as their versions of time-tested seasonal favorites! We debuted a few new holiday favorites from the area music scene, courtesy of Buffalo Rose, The Austens, Dustin Douglass & the Electric Gentlemen, Keith & Sonya and Kenny Murdick! (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, 122125.)
Here is this week’s playlist:
HOUR ONE:
DONNIE IRIS & THE CRUISERS – “This Child”
THE SEMI-SUPERVILLAINS – “Merry Xmas Everybody” (Slade cover)
BUFFALO ROSE – “Like the Movies” (new)
MONSTER TRACK SUPERGROUP – “Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree”
LORDS A LEAPING – “Forty Foot Santa”
JAZZ IN YOUR FACE – “My Favorite Things”
THE AUSTENS – “Christmastime Zip” (new)
ANTONIO ANDRADE – “Jingle Bell Rock”
DUSTIN DOUGLASS AND THE ELECTRIC GENTLEMEN – “Christmas Is the Time to Say I Love You” (Billy Squier cover)
B.E. TAYLOR GROUP – “Feel the Love of Christmas” (2000, Local Music Flashback)
KEITH & SONYA – “God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen” (new)
BILL DANN & JACK SERVELLO – “Christmas Cat-astrophe”
BROTHER JACK – “Cat in the Christmas Tree”
HOUR TWO:
EMILY’S TOYBOX – “I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus”
JIMMY MOWERY – “Mowery Christmas”
JACK FROST AND THE FROST BITES – “Jack Frost Christmas Polka”
ZUPE AND THE POLKA COMMANDOS – “Dasher the Reindeer”
KENNY MURDICK – “Rockin’ in a Winter Wonderland” (new)
FIRST CHURCH PRAISE BAND – “Carol of the Bells” (2009, Local Music Flashback)
SMALL TOWN TITANS – “You’re A Mean One, Mr. Grinch”
ROADKILL – “Santa Claus Is A Big Fat Jerk”
LILLA JUL ROCKEBAND – “Jolakotturinn (Icelandic Yule Cat)”
CPMHOF YOUTH ALL STAR BAND – “Do They Know It’s Christmas?”
THE BADLEES – “Heatmiser”
TOM NEVERS FIELD – “Peace On Earth”
BARLEYJUICE – “Whiskey for Christmas”
FAT VINNY & THE WISEGUYS – “I’ll Be Home for Christmas” (2001, Local Music Flashback)
Logically following Christmas and the annual Christmas Special, we close the book on 2025 through the perspective of the area music scene on our 2025 Year in Review Special! We will start with January and work our way through the past year, recapping the personnel moves, band formations and break-ups, new recordings, memorable shows and festivals and more – and we’ll feature music from bands and artists who made their mark on the area music scene in 2025! Listen to the “Homegrown Rocker” this Sunday night (December 28) 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:
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