[Jim Price]

Hello Everyone,

Here is the recap of the October 24 edition of "The Homegrown Rocker," which airs every Sunday night from 8 to 10 PM on Q94 Classic Rock!

We were originally scheduled to have band guests on this week's program, but when unforeseen developments within the band forced Altoona rock band legends The Front to cancel their farewell show, their appearance on the program was cancelled. Instead, we again placed the spotlight on new music that has arrived from the area music scene in recent days. We debuted new tunes from The Semi-Supervillains, A.D. 2020, 7 Mile Run, Kevo Can't Dance, Infused, The Mesos and Anger Box! In addition, we paid homage to area musician Jack Fitzpatrick (see "In Local Music News" below) with a special song he wrote, sung and played guitar on, and we remembered Walter Wright with a special double-shot featuring tunes he sang on with Skell and (kaj). We also dug into the archive for a 1990 tune by The Front, stepped "Across State Lines" to hear from Austin, Texas' Hanna Barakat, and reviewed Casey Walton's This Town album in "The Professor's CD Corner!" (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, 102421.)

Here is this week's playlist:

HOUR ONE:

LONE CROW REBELLION - "Roll"
FELIX & THE HURRICANES - "Grow"
THE SEMI-SUPERVILLAINS - "Joyride"
BLACK RIDGE - "Blue Collar Blues"
A.D. 2020 - "Hard Drive"
JACK FITZPATRICK, CRAIG FITZPATRICK & ED HOFER - "I Got the Hurt"
THE CHROME HEARTS (STEPHANIE & THE WILD HEARTS) - "Money" (tribute to Jamie Lynne Walls)
7 MILE RUN - "Night to Remember"
KEVO CAN'T DANCE - "Ghost Story"
SOMMELIER - "Don't Express Yourself"
MEDUSA'S DISCO - "Painters Painting Paintings"
THE JADED LIPS - "Miss Sunflower"

HOUR TWO:

SKELL - "Everything's Fine" (tribute to Walter Wright)
(KAJ) - "Rise Up" (tribute to Walter Wright)
INFUSED - "Strange Ignorance"
CASEY WALTON - "Sink or Swim"
THE MESOS - "Girl"
THE FRONT - "Dreamer Awaken" (1990, Local Music Flashback)
HANNA BARAKAT - "Cycle" (Across State Lines)
IMAGES OF EDEN - "Fight the Good Fight" (Triumph cover)
ANGER BOX - "All I Wanted"
HATE GRENADE - "The King Is Dead"

With our next show falling on Halloween Night, it's pretty obvious that this will be the night of the annual "Homegrown Rocker" Halloween Special! We'll spotlight bands, artists and songs with a Halloween flavor! We'll hear songs about ghosts, vampires, skeletons, spiders, creepy creatures, haunted houses and more; from such artists as Black Cat Moan, Negan, White Witch, Gene the Werewolf, Arachnophobia, The Heathen Parade and many others! Get your scare on as the "Homegrown Rocker" brings the musical tricks and treats with this year's Halloween Special! Hear the "Homegrown Rocker" this Sunday night (October 31) on Q94 Classic Rock - 94.3 FM and online at www.q94classicrock.com!

Upcoming guests and specials:

NOV. 7 - BLACK RIDGE
NOV. 21 - MOONSHINE JASMINE
NOV. 28 - LOCAL MUSIC THANKSGIVING DINNER SPECIAL (area tunes about food and drink)
DEC. 12 - BRANDON RUSSELL
DEC. 19 - CHRISTMAS SPECIAL
DEC. 26 - 2021 YEAR IN REVIEW SPECIAL
JAN. 2 - SHERRY DILLING (ArtsAltoona)
MARCH 20 - JO JO STELLA

(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 bands and musicians interested in being guests on the program can email their interest to homegrownrocker@gmail.com as well!

Jim Price

In Local Music News...

The much anticipated final farewell concert by Altoona rock legends The Front is again no more. The group announced this past week that due to “recent, uncontrollable developments and circumstances within the band,” the show has been cancelled. The event was to take place on November 6 at The Casino at Lakemont Park. Anybody who had already purchased tickets to the concert will receive a full refund back to the credit card the tickets were originally charged to.

The local and regional music scenes were again saddened by the loss of musicians and friends during the past week...Walter Wright passed on Tuesday at age 43 after battling illness. Walter was the frontman for Pittsburgh heavy metal powerhouse Skell, and previously fronted western PA hard rockers (kaj). He also was involved in the Rock For Life concert series, which raises money every year for helping sick children in western PA.

John “Jack” Fitzpatrick passed on Wednesday at age 75. Jack was a longtime musician who had sung and played guitar with several bands over the years, including Jack and the Back Country, Jack and the Country Gentleman and Jack’s Crossfire Band. He was also a retired U.S. Navy veteran with 20 years of service, including serving in Vietnam and in Operation Iraqi Freedom.
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