Jim Price
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Joined: 07 Dec 2002
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Location: Altoona, PA
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 Posted: Sunday Sep 19, 2004 |
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Hello Everyone,
Here is the recap of the September 19 edition of Q94's weekly local music program, "The Backyard Rocker," which airs every Sunday night from 8 to 10 PM on WBRX 94.3 and WBXQ 94.7.
Local music fans received a treat this week. Courtesy of a scheduling problem that cropped up late in the week, this week’s edition of the “Backyard Rocker” became a 3-hour program airing from 8 to 11 PM, meaning more local and regional bands and artists received air time this week. We debuted a number of new bands and songs, including tracks from Bridges and a Bottle, Infused, Matt Wagner, Milkshake Jones, Texas Jerry, Mehlt, Grantham Road, Stronghold, Endless Mike & the Beagle Club, Odin’s Court, White Witch, Owensring, Josa Step, and 3 Broken Dolls. We also checked on local music news, reviewed Norman Nardini’s new CD, “Redemption,” on The Professor’s CD Corner, and flashed back to 1987 to hear a tune from Erie’s Mars in our Local Music Flashback feature. Wow, what a week!
Here is this week’s playlist:
HOUR ONE:
PROJECT TWELVE(34) – “Terminal Torque”
CONDITION K – “On A Sunday”
BRIDGES AND A BOTTLE – “Old City Train”
INFUSED – “Don’t Shoot Anymore”
MATT WAGNER – “You Never Know”
K8 – “Orion”
MILKSHAKE JONES – “Daylight Savings Time”
TEXAS JERRY – “Better Than You”
MEHLT – “Hey Rita”
SOUNDRIVE – “Insert A Face”
GRANTHAM ROAD – “Forever Washed Away”
HOUR TWO:
STRONGHOLD – “Cyclone”
BALISTIC – “Power”
ENDLESS MIKE & THE BEAGLE CLUB – “I’ve Called You Here to Discuss Your Grades”
NORMAN NARDINI – “Gorilla”
UNCLE TRAVELLING MATT – “Burning City”
NO DICE – “Homesick”
ODIN’S COURT – “Utopian Rust”
THE GRIMM – “Raise the Line”
DEVIANCE – “Confession”
LOST LEDNY – “Ponder”
FELIX & THE HURRICANES – “Walking A Straight Line”
HOUR THREE:
THE MARAUDERS – “Late Night Livin’”
VS. THE EARTH – “Friend Zone”
WHITE WITCH – “White Witch”
MARS – “Ash Tuesday” (1987, Local Music Flashback)
OWENSRING – “The Tyranny”
JOSA STEP – “The Minimal”
SCREAMAPILLAR – “The Tequila Song”
NEXT STOP DETOX – “Sick of Growing Up”
JOHN CHARNEY & WHITE MOJO – “Evil”
ROADKILL – “Fifth on the 4th of July”
3 BROKEN DOLLS – “Better Learn to Dance”
SUTURE SEVEN – “Cold”
This Sunday night, we will preview the upcoming new local music television series, “The Underground TV,” on the “Backyard Rocker!” We will speak with show hosts Chris and Kathy, and get inside the new television show and what it has to offer. We will also speak with representatives from several of the bands that will be featured on the show during its inaugural season, including Flight 19, Hi Tyde, Silver Sunday, The Marauders and more. Get inside “The Underground TV,” this Sunday night on the “Backyard Rocker!”
Other forthcoming guests and specials include:
OCT. 3 – Acoustic Jam Special
OCT. 10 – Herbie
OCT. 24 – Project Twelve (34)
OCT. 31 – Halloween Special
NOV. 7 – Michael Reich
NOV. 14 – Matt Wagner
NOV. 28 – White Witch
DEC. 5 – Josa Step
DEC. 12 – Fat Vinny & the Wiseguys
DEC. 19 – Christmas Special
DEC. 26 – Year in Review Special
JAN. 9 – In
APR. 10 – A Broken Union
The “Backyard Rocker” is happy to announce its partnership with “The Underground TV,” the new local/regional music television show premiering on WWCP-TV Fox 8 on Saturday evening, Oct. 9 at 6 PM. 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!
For regular updates on what is happening on the area music scene, pay a visit to Rockpage (www.rockpage.org). 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, 4000 5th Avenue, Altoona, PA 16602; 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 six 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) 944-9320, or email diane@wbxq.com.
Jim Price
In local music news…
First, another benefit concert to report…The first ever “Last Blast 2004” concert will take place on Sunday, September 26, at the Morrisdale Volunteer Fire Company Rec Hall (also known as the Snake Hole), located just off Route 53. The gates open at 11 AM, with the show starting at 12 noon. Bands donating their talents include Roadkill, Suicide Switch, Way Down East, Raging Storm, Something In Itself, Once Nothing, Stiff, At Hope’s End, Not Without Resistance, 4 Days Dirty, plus acoustic performer Jason Wood. The show is all ages. Donation is $8, with the proceeds helping Santa’s Helpers and the Christmas Wish Project, a nonprofit group that helps out the children of Clearfield and Centre Counties during the holiday season. Food and refreshments will be available.
Some changes for local modern rockers Running with Scissors. First, a change behind the drum kit, as Cedric Yoedt takes over timekeeping duties from D.J. Dearmitt. In addition, singer Matt Watson has parted ways with the group. The updated Running with Scissors roster performed in the Altoona area last night.
Acid Reflux is now a duo, following the recent departure of bassist and singer Matt Burns. Singer/guitarist Dwane Edmiston and percussionist Lynn Endress are continuing on as a two-piece.
A change of bass players for Johnstown rockers Lost Ledny. Ryan Long has left the group, and has been replaced by former Ever Since Yesterday bassist Matt Rakar.
And some changes for the York-based rock band Screamapillar. Drummer Ryan Waltemyer is leaving, and played his last show with the band this past Friday night. The group is now seeking a replacement drummer, and intends to form a new project and shed the Screamapillar name.
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