Hello Everyone,
Here is the recap of the October 26 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 Halloween on the horizon, we presented the annual “Homegrown Rocker” Halloween Special! We celebrated bands, artists and songs all with connections to Halloween! We heard songs about ghosts, witches, spiders, devils, zombies, vampires, creeps and other things that go ‘bump’ in the night! We debuted new Halloween-related songs from Bree Gearhart and Bill Dann & Jack Servello, and also directed the spotlight to songs from such names as White Witch, Icarus Witch, Negan, Horror Scene, Gene the Werewolf and more! We also broke out a ‘creepy’ 1999 number from Emily’s Toybox for our Halloween “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, 102625.)
Here is this week’s playlist:
HOUR ONE:
DON HUGHES – “Halloween”
CRAIG BONNER – “The House on the Hill”
BREE GEARHART – “Halloween Howl” (new)
WANDERLOST – “The Devil Drowns them Out”
BILL DANN & JACK SERVELLO – “Ol’ Jake Lost His Head”
ALYSSA HANKEY – “The Witch”
KITCHEN TEETH – “Wolves in Waiting”
INSIDE OUT – “Vampire Eyes”
JIMMY ADLER – “Scratching at My Screendoor”
ROADKILL – “Wiccan Blues”
FELIX & THE HURRICANES – “Black Widow”
HOUR TWO:
WHITE WITCH – “Slaughter in Salem”
ICARUS WITCH – “House Of Usher”
HORROR SCENE – “Welcome to Your Hell”
ALMOST HONEST – “Alien Spiders”
LESS THAN ZERO – “Heebie Jeebies”
EMILY’S TOYBOX – “Creeps” (1999, Local Music Flashback)
NEGAN – “The Devil’s Calling”
HATE GRENADE – “Ghosts”
GENE THE WEREWOLF – “Walking Dead”
HALESTORM – “Back From the Dead”
THE LEGENDARY HUCKLEBUCKS – “B-Movie”
(Thanks to Craig Bonner for providing some of the instrumental backdrops you heard during this week’s Halloween Special presentation…Also credit to the angry feline you heard behind me. Her name was “Poppy,” and she belonged to my good friend Meredith Kaminek. Poppy sadly passed away a few years ago.)
We welcome another musical guest on our next program, as State College-based singer, songwriter and performer Kevin Briggs joins us in the studio! Kevin recently issued his self-titled debut studio album – we’ll discuss the album and Kevin’s career plus hear songs from the album, plus Kevin will bring a guitar and play a few tunes live for us! We’ll also update “Local Music News” and dig out a “Local Music Flashback” from the archive! Listen to the “Homegrown Rocker” this Sunday night (November 2) 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