[Jim Price]

Hello Everyone,

Here is the recap of the January 4 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.

Our first guests of the New Year were, via phone, the Victory In Heaven Blues Band. Sterling Koch, Larry Baudoin and Frank Ciambra discussed the latest V.I.H. happenings, including their new live album, V.I.H. III: Live On A Mission From God. We heard numerous tracks from this exciting live album, recorded last March during a performance at the Blue Mountain Coffeehouse in Strausstown. Several lucky listeners also won copies of the CD. We flashed back to 1988 to catch a regional music memory from Billy Price & the Keystone Rhythm Band; and we heard new songs from Mike Dugan & the Blues Mission and Dave Blackledge.

This week's playlist:

HOUR ONE:

WAY DOWN EAST - “Modern Day Outlaws”
MICHAEL REICH - “Line in the Sand”
V.I.H. - “Nothin' But the Blues”
MIKE DUGAN & THE BLUES MISSION - “My Brother From Another Mother”
V.I.H. - “Can't Judge A Book By Lookin' at the Cover”
FAT VINNY & THE WISEGUYS - “Folsom Prison Blues”
V.I.H. - “Everyday Will Be Like Sunday”
WHITEY NOLL w/JOE AGOGLIA - “Curtains and Clouds”
DAVE BLACKLEDGE - “Double PMS Blues”

HOUR TWO:

THE FLAME SKY - “Only In Your Head”
V.I.H. - “Before You 'Cuse Me”
BILLY PRICE & THE KEYSTONE RHYTHM BAND - “Slipped, Tripped, and Fell in Love” (1988, Local Music Flashback)
V.I.H. - “Change My Way of Livin'”
FELIX & THE HURRICANES - “Grow”
V.I.H. - “The Star Spangled Banner/Trouble Will Soon Be Over”
V.I.H. - “I've Never Been to Seminary”

This coming Sunday, Jan. 11, our guests will be Altoona-based musical adventurers, The Flame Sky. We will update this band's progression, as we hear new songs from the group's forthcoming album, and hear thoughts from the band members. The Flame Sky returns to the “Backyard Rocker,” this Sunday night!

Other forthcoming guests and specials include:

JAN. 11 – The Flame Sky (tentative)
JAN. 18 – Rock'N'Rye
JAN. 25 – Super Bowl Widows' Special (hosted by Q94 2004 Calendar Girls)
FEB. 1 – Destroy Elroy
FEB. 8 – Suicide Switch
FEB. 15 – Wake Up Screaming
FEB. 22 – Right Side Thief
MAR. 7 - 6th Anniv. Special w/Felix & the Hurricanes
MAR. 28 – Evensong
JULY 11 - Bleech

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.

Jim Price
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