[Jim Price]

Hello Everyone,

Here is the recap of the May 20 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. The show is brought to you by The Altoona Curve (www.altoonacurve.com), “Everybody’s Hometown Team!”

Thanks to our guests in the studio, Dennis Fallon and Jeremiah Reyes of the State College-based rock band Lowjack. We learned the Lowjack story, from their stage-collapsing debut at last year’s Central PA Hoedown to their appearance at this year’s South By Southwest Music Conference in Austin, Texas. We heard numerous songs from Lowjack’s new self-titled CD, and several lucky listeners won copies of the CD plus Lowjack T-shirts! In addition, we debuted new songs from Tangello Blue and Anthony Stauffer and Holy Smoke; we flashed back to Dennis Fallon’s previous band, Katsu, for a Local Music Flashback; and we reviewed Lumpy Gravy’s CD, Grasshopper, in “The Professor’s CD Corner.” (The review can be viewed in the “Backyard Rocker” section of the message board area on Q94’s website, www.wbxq.com.) Again, another busy week!

Here is this week’s playlist:

HOUR ONE:

INSIDE OUT – “Taking My Life”
SPITSHINE – “Fall Away”
LOWJACK – “Runaway”
TED McCLOSKEY – “Jet Set Suffragette”
LOWJACK – “Kiss Her”
KATSU – “Down the Line” (2003, Local Music Flashback)
LOWJACK – “Nothing Left to Hide”
TANGELLO BLUE – “Fake It”

HOUR TWO:

ANTHONY STAUFFER AND HOLY SMOKE – “Movin’ On” (live)
LOWJACK – “Baby Run to Me”
LOWJACK – “Vacation From Everyone”
LOWJACK – “Please Don’t Start”
LUMPY GRAVY – “Think of a Summer Day”
LOWJACK – “Stand Up”
LOWJACK – “White Trash Girl”

Next Sunday night, it’s our Memorial Day tradition, the annual 3-hour Memorial Day Special! We will dig into the local music archives to feature tunes from past area bands and artists. You could hear from such names as The Front, Sidewalk Romeo, Bashful, Lickety Split, Wicked Truth, Tommi-Gunn and many more. And during the show’s third hour, we’ll remember some of our fallen area musicians in the best way we know how, by playing some of the music that they created, because their music lives on! It’s one of the most popular editions of the “Backyard Rocker” every year; the Memorial Day Special, next Sunday starting at 7 PM!

Forthcoming guests and specials include:

JUNE 3 – Somerhill
JUNE 10 – Spitshine
JUNE 17 – Father’s Day Special
JUNE 24 – Flight 19
JULY 1 – End Of The Sun
JULY 15 – The Scraps
JULY 22 – My Turning Point
JULY 29 – Last Chance
AUG. 5 – Cover Song Special
AUG. 19 – Fayted (tentative)
AUG. 26 – Spirit Lost
SEPT. 9 – Tony Mollick Project (tentative)
SEPT. 23 – Rise Phoenix Rise
OCT. 7 – Justin Mack
OCT. 14 – Acoustic Jam Special 8

As part of the show’s association with the Altoona Curve, the “Backyard Rocker” is sponsoring local bands and artists performing on the Party Deck at Blair County Ballpark before the Curve’s Thursday home games this season. The next scheduled band on the Party Deck will be Lowjack, coming up on June 14, from Q94’s “Backyard Rocker” and the Altoona Curve, “Everybody’s Hometown Team!”

The "Backyard Rocker" is happy to announce its continued partnership with "The Underground TV," the local/regional music television show airing on WWPC Fox 8 Sunday and Monday mornings at 1 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!

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, 1417 12th 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 nine 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
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