Jim Price
Moderator
Joined: 07 Dec 2002
Posts: 4817
Location: Altoona, PA
|
 Posted: Sunday May 22, 2005 |
|
|
Hello Everyone,
Here is the recap of the May 22 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.
Thanks to our guests, Shades Of June, for an entertaining and fun two hours. We got acquainted with the current edition of the group and their career to date, and heard songs from the group’s recently-recorded demo. The group also brought instruments and performed two songs live on the air. Along the way, we qualified a lucky listener to have a shot at winning Q94’s Harley Fat Boy, we checked on Local Music News, and we reviewed Wiskerbisket’s new CD, “Something New,” in The Professor’s CD Corner.” We also debuted new songs from Third Standard, Shame and Red Room.
Here is this week’s playlist:
HOUR ONE:
MATT WAGNER – “Cycle”
DUSTIN BURLEY – “Broken Mirror”
SHADES OF JUNE – “Reflection”
DROPOUT HIGH – “Until We Meet Again”
SHADES OF JUNE – “Be Anything”
KATSU – “Down the Line”
THIRD STANDARD – “Enemy”
VS. THE EARTH – “Friend Zone”
SHAME – “So Alive”
HOUR TWO:
SILVER SUNDAY – “I Know”
MR. PINK – “Better Day”
SHADES OF JUNE – “Awake” (performed live on the air)
SHADES OF JUNE – “Saturday in January”
WISKERBISKET – “Free”
SHADES OF JUNE – “Diehl’s Song” (performed live on the air)
RED ROOM – “What I Need”
This coming Sunday night, it’s the annual “Backyard Rocker” Memorial Day Special! That means three hours of local music memories, as we break out tunes from bands and artists who used to grace area stages. We’ll hear from names of local music past like The Front, Sidewalk Romeo, Fantasy Airlift, Cut The Mustard, Tommi-Gunn and much more! And we’ll also spend part of the program commemorating the area musicians we have lost along the way. It’s the three-hour Memorial Day Special edition of the “Backyard Rocker” this Sunday evening starting at 7 on Q94!
Forthcoming guests and specials include:
JUNE 5 – Third Standard
JUNE 12 – Fisher Meehan (Drugmoney)
JUNE 19 – Fathers & Sons/Daughters of Local Music Special
JUNE 26 - Nitekast
JULY 3 – Millennium Music Conference Recap Special
JULY 10 – T.M.P.
JULY 17 – Phyllis Heitjan (tentative)
JULY 24 – Crystal Cameron
JULY 31 – Cloud Party
AUG. 7 – Brothers & Sisters of Local Music Special
AUG. 14 – The Flame Sky
AUG. 21 – Anything Jane
AUG. 28 – Signed to the Majors Special
SEPT. 4 – The Underground TV (“Music to the Masses” concert preview)
OCT. 2 – Project Twelve(34)
OCT. 9 – Acoustic Jam Special 4
OCT. 30 – Inversion/Halloween Special
NOV. 6 – Michael Reich
NOV. 13 – John Charney
DEC. 18 – Fat Vinny & the Wiseguys
The “Backyard Rocker” is happy to announce its partnership with “The Underground TV,” the new local/regional music television show airing on WWCP-TV Fox 8 Saturday evenings 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 seven 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…
A special benefit show is being put together to help out the surviving families from the tragic May 14 house fire in Hastings, which claimed four lives. The “Helping Hands for Hastings” benefit is being organized by Bad Daze lead singer Rob Carolus. Details are still coming together at press time, and a date and site for the benefit will soon be announced. We will have that information when it becomes available, and you can also find out the latest on the benefit by checking out the “Benefits” section of Rockpage at www.rockpage.net.
The bands Stone Krow, House Of Cain and Beyond Reason donated their talents to help out the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society this past Saturday night in Johnstown. The show was organized by Stone Krow lead singer Eric Voeghtly, and took place at Westmont Gardens.
A number of different events are taking place to help out the American Cancer Society’s annual Relay for Life campaign. One of those events is the 2nd annual Relay For Life Band Jam. This year’s event will take place on Saturday, June 18, starting at 10 AM at the Shade Gap Picnic Grounds in Shade Gap, Huntingdon County. The event will feature a full day of live music from area bands and soloists, including the bands No Warning Shot, Gypsy & the Crazymoon, Soundrive, Gift Of The Hour, Sound Of Silence, Scream, Spitshine from Allentown, and Big Bang Theory. There will also be reunion performances from Bashful and Pipedown, along with solo performers Doug Forshey and Brianna Sheeder. The event will also feature craft vendors and yard sales, a car show, kids’ activities and more. Donation is $5 at the gate for ages 13 and up, and free for children 12 and under. All proceeds will go to the Fast Trackers Relay for Life Team to benefit the American Cancer Society. For more information, you can visit the website www.fasttrackersrelayforlife.com.
And although it is a long way off, tickets are now on sale for the Eagles Nest Music Festival, which takes place September 16, 17 and 18 in Hazen, PA. Partial proceeds from this event will benefit Get Closer To The Music. The festival will feature performances from over 16 bands, and will also feature camping, food vendors, an appearance by Easy Riders magazine and more. Advance tickets are $20. For more information about the show, contact Cathy Berg of Get Closer to the Music at (814) 935-1634 or visit the website www.getclosertothemusic.org.
Katsu lead singer Dennis Fallon has begun work on his second solo album. The follow-up to his 2003 debut CD, “Supersweet Poison,” is being recorded at the Garage Studio in the Poconos, and is the first of two solo albums Dennis hopes to issue this year.
_________________
http://pamusician.net |
|
