Jim Price
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Joined: 07 Dec 2002
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Location: Altoona, PA
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 Posted: Sunday May 11, 2008 |
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Hello Everyone,
Here is the recap of the May 11 edition of Q94's weekly local music program, "The Backyard Rocker," which airs every Sunday night from 8 to 10 PM on WBXQ 94.3.
What a fun show! Thanks to our guests this week, Megan and Seth from the Punxsutawney-based rock/pop band JustMegan (www.justmegan.net), for an enjoyable two hours! We learned the story of JustMegan to date, and heard tracks from the group’s latest CD, I Get What I Want; and one lucky listener won a JustMegan prize pack featuring both I Get What I Want and the group’s first album, Blue Avenue! Megan and Seth also brought acoustic guitars and performed several songs on the air, including two songs from the CD and two remakes! We also qualified two lucky listeners to win Q94’s Harley-Davidson motorcycle on June 14; debuted new songs from Sarah Fleck & the Palpitations, Herbie, Larry Nath and Kinsey; updated Local Music News, and reviewed D.C. & Co’s new live CD, Alive, in “The Professor’s CD Corner.” (The review can be read in the “Backyard Rocker” section of the message board area on Q94’s website, www.wbxq.com.)
Here is this week’s playlist:
HOUR ONE:
VS. THE EARTH – “Story of My Life”
SILVER SUNDAY – “I Know”
JUSTMEGAN – “No Guarantees” (performed live on the air)
JUSTMEGAN – “Barefoot Blues”
SARAH FLECK & THE PALPITATIONS – “Looking West”
JUSTMEGAN – “Crazy Little Thing Called Love” (performed live on the air)
JUSTMEGAN – “I Get What I Want”
SPITSHINE – “I Don’t Want You”
JUSTMEGAN – “You Will”
RISE PHOENIX RISE – “Dante Maria”
HERBIE – “Down North” (live)
HOUR TWO:
FLIGHT 19 – “Unlock”
LARRY NATH – “Monongahela”
JUSTMEGAN – “Color of the Breeze” (performed live on the air)
JUSTMEGAN – “No Places to Run”
D.C. & CO – “Brand New Cadillac”
JUSTMEGAN – “Hit Me with Your Best Shot” (performed live on the air)
JUSTMEGAN – “This Town”
KINSEY – “After All”
JUSTMEGAN – “Better Days”
Next Sunday night, our guests in the studio will be local favorites Flight 19! We’ll meet the current edition of the group and get caught up on “Party Plane” happenings, and hear new songs from the group’s forthcoming CD. We’ll also hear music from other area bands and artists, and review a new local CD in “The Professor’s CD Corner! Flight 19 visits the “Backyard Rocker,” next Sunday night!
Forthcoming guests and specials include:
MAY 25 – Memorial Day Special
JUNE 1 – Sarah Fleck & the Palpitations
JUNE 8 – Evelyn’s Ashes
JUNE 15 – Father’s Day Special
JUNE 29 – Rockabilly Junction
The "Backyard Rocker" is happy to announce its continued partnership with "The Underground TV," the local/regional music television show airing on WATM ABC 23 Friday mornings at 1:30 AM and on WWPC Fox 8 Sunday mornings at 1:30 AM. Check out "The Underground" as it features different unsigned local and regional bands every week; and watch for "Backyard Rocker" updates on the show each week as well! Their new television season is under way!
For regular updates on what is happening on the area music scene, pay a visit to Rockpage (www.rockpage.net). Rockpage features band links, a message board, "Backyard Rocker" updates, the online 'zine publication "The Final Cut," and other local music scene information.
Bands and artists interested in having music aired on "The Backyard Rocker" are invited to send their broadcast-quality recordings to: WBXQ Radio, 2513 6th Avenue, Altoona, PA 16601; ATTN: Jim Price. Or drop the recordings off at the station during regular business hours, Monday-Friday 9 AM - 5 PM.
Q94’s “Backyard Rocker” has been introducing listeners to the region’s best musical talent for over ten years, and we plan to do it for many more. Help guarantee the program’s future, and consider becoming an advertising sponsor of the “Backyard Rocker.” If your business involves music, a “Backyard Rocker” sponsorship can get your message in front of listeners interested in music. To inquire about becoming a sponsor of the “Backyard Rocker,” call Diane Boslet during regular business hours at (814) 943-6112, or email diane@wbxq.com.
Jim Price
In Local Music News…
It’s Blair County Arts Festival time again…Dave & Paula, Bedlam, Ed McDade, Jerry Haines, Jay Smar and the Summit City Saints are among some of the musical entertainers performing at the annual Blair County Arts Festival, happening next Saturday and Sunday, May 17-18, at Penn State Altoona.
Local classic rockers Kyx will entertain at the Making Strides Against Breast Cancer "Kick-Off" Party next Friday night, May 16 at The Casino at Lakemont.
The Altoona-based rock band Without Zerb has added a second guitarist, as Jamie Smith has joined on with the group. Jamie also plays guitar and sings with his own original music project Crow In The Snow, and plays bass with local classic rockers Beyond Reason.
Williamsburg-based heavy metal quintet Archetype has changed their name to Assault Method. The name change was made due to potential legal difficulties with using the Archetype name. The group’s first performance as Assault Method will be at the Benefit for Baby Wise concert next Saturday at the Hollidaysburg Sportsmen’s Club.
Eastern Pennsylvania blues trio 61 South, the band formed from the ashes of the Victory In Heaven Band, is nearing completion of their debut CD. The group recently finished recording and mixing the CD at Right Coast Recording in Columbia, PA, and has sent the album to legendary Philadelphia recording engineer Mike Tarsia of Sigma Sound Studios to add his finishing touches. The CD is then expected to be released in late June.
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