Television - Local Programs - Homegrown Music Concerts
Series 2
- #201: Mere Mortals. A great, long-running Northeastern Pennsylvania rock band, known for their sophisticated, literate original material. Three of the group's members went on to form Bent Blue (see program 404). (Recorded 5/18/1999)
Personnel:
Ed Appnel: vocals
Pat Flynn: guitar
Mark Keisinger: bass
Marko Marcinko: drums
- #202: The Great Swamp Blues Band. This Poconos-area organ combo, led my kayboard man Mak Hamza lives up to its name, with infectious blues, jazz and funk. (Recorded 9/28/1999)
Personnel:
Mark Hamza: organ
Shorty Parham: drums
Tom Hamilton: sax
Gary Rixner: trombone
- #203: Lorne Clarke. Canadian-born, Northeastern-Pennsylvania-based singer songwriter released a fine eponymous CD in 1999. He performed music from that CD with some of the studio musicians who appeared on the CD. (Recorded 11/16/1999)
Personnel:
Lorne Clarke: acoustic guitar, vocals
Tony Marino: acoustic bass
Bob Williams: acoustic guitar
George Wesley: electric guitar
David Eisenhower: drums
Nick Driscoll: sax
- #204: Fourth House. An outstanding, sophisticated jazzy group with the distinctive vocals of Megan Johnson. (Recorded 7/13/1999)
Personnel:
Megan Johnson: vocals, percussion
Kyle Esposito: bass, vocals
Kevin Ryan: guitar
Nick Lloyd: keyboards, vocals
Chris Lyons: drums
- #205: Unity Group. World influenced jazz rock fusion from the Binghamton, NY area, with special guest Marko Marcinko on keyboards. (Recorded 1/19/1999). Also an piece from the Craig Thatcher Band, with blues from the Allentown area (recorded 3/25/1997).
Unity Group Personnel:
Robert Weinberger: sax, woodwinds, percussion
Harris Thor: guitar
Joseph Perkins: bass
Jim Rosati: drums
Joe Burton: percussion
with Marko Marcinko: keyboards
Craig Thatcher Band personnel:
Craig Thatcher: guitar, vocal
Karl Frick: organ
Wayde Leonard: bass
Todd Scheid: drums
- #206: Hexbelt. Alternative rock, often with a funky beat and witty lyrics, from the Lancaster, PA area. (Recorded 6/15/1999)
Personnel:
Dann Ottenmiller: guitar, lead vocals
Mike Couch: lead guitar, backing vocals
Nathan Erbe: bass
Brendan McGowan: drums
- #207: Eric Hansen. A fine acoustic singer-songwriter, with a theatrical background and a rich, warm vocal style. (Recorded 7/13/1999)
Eric Hansen: guitar and vocal
- #208: Dead Left. Alternative rock from an international group from New York state whose members show some of their jazz-rock background. (Recorded 10/12/1999)
Personnel:
Aaron Stroessner: guitar, lead vocals
Zeke Zima: lead guitar
Bob Roe: bass and backing vocals
Brian Delaney: drums
- #209: Bottom and Howard Parker. This show features two diverse sets. Bottom supplies funky, jazzy original music from the Northeastern PA (Recorded 2/16/1999). Howard Parker and His Hot Take-Out Band features appealing, sometimes witty songs, with distinctive instrumentation. (Recorded 9/28/1999)
Bottom Personnel:
Rodney Godinez: drums, vocals
Jonathan Godines: bass
Matt Thompson: guitar
Nick Driscoll: keyboards, sax
Jamie Novak: percussion
Howard Parker Personnel:
Howard Parker: guitar, vocals
Mark Hamza: accordion
Milt Janeuse: percussion
- #210: Janet Lawson. Grammy-nominated jazz vocalist in a performance recorded at a special Homegrown Music Concert at the Kirby Center, Wilkes-Barre, PA. (Recorded 4/23/1999)
Personnel:
Janet Lawson: vocals
Steve Rudolph: piano
Paul Rostock: bass
Glenn Davis: drums
- #211: Tom Flannery. Prolific Northeastern Pennsylvania singer-songwriter in a nice collection of his articulate songs. (Recorded 11/16/1999)
Personnel:
Tom Flannery: guitar and vocal
John Ginty: piano
- #212: Margo Hennebach. A fine singer-songwriter with a beautiful voice whose influences run from folk to Celtic, joined by her husband on guitar. (Recorded 5/18/1999)
Personnel:
Margo Hennebach: guitar, piano, vocals
Mark Saunders: guitar
- #213: Bob Dorough. A jazz legend with a 50-year career, composer of many jazz standards like "Devil May Care," the only jazz vocalist ever to be invited to appear on a Miles Davis album, the creative force behind "Schoolhouse Rock" on TV, and a great swinging pianist, Bob Dorough is one of the major jazz figures to call the Poconos region home. He appears in a great collection of mostly original songs, marked by his one-of-a-kind witty, hip style. (Recorded 2/17/1998)
Personnel:
Bob Dorough: piano, vocal
Doug Smith: bass