Hometown: Montgomery, AL...but raised in Bossier City. Birthday: October 28th, 1971Sign: Scorpio Marital Status: Married to Gary Thomas, five years in February Kids: One baby girl, Emma, Pets: Sasha Anne, my baby kitty Favorite Artist: Toad the Wet Sprocket! Of course, they broke up, so their lead singer Glen Phillips would be my favorite. Also like Matchbox 20 (Twenty), John Mayer and other similar bands Favorite All-Time CD: "Coil" by Toad the Wet Sprocket Favorite Song Lyric: "Take your cautionary tales, take your incremental gain, and all the synchophantic games, throw em all away" (From "Throw It All Away" by Toad)
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The Appomattox Rebellion vs. Rockett Queen vs. Romulus Remus – Homegrown Picks of the Week
Congrats once again to last week's winner...Breaktime for Francis! Listen for "Cruisin' for a Bruisin'" on 99x this week. Now, time for a new round of picks.
Breaktime for Francis – Our Latest Homegrown Picks Winner
Congrats to locals Breaktime for Francis...they've gotten the most votes since we started the new vote-once-a-day system!
Breaktime for Francis vs. The Last Place You Look vs. Free Micah – Homegrown Picks of the Week
Congrats again to last week's winner -- Language Room! Listen for "In Lines" on 99x this week! How about some fresh meat? Two of these bands have played in Shreveport very recently, and it shouldn't be long before the third does again. It's a little Ark-La-Tex Showdown for you!
Congrats to Language Room, Our Latest Homegrown Picks Winner!
Language Room from Austin, Texas, came out ahead in our weekly Homegrown Picks poll! Listen for "In Lines" in light rotation on 99x this coming week. Look for a new poll to be posted late tomorrow morning with an all-new lineup of local up-and-comers.
Language Room vs. Pandemic vs. Calling All War – Homegrown Picks of the Week
Congrats to last week's winner, Throwing Gravity (featuring our local guy Nick James!). Listen for "Here We Go Again" to pop up in the 99x rotation this week!
Branching out a little for this week's contest...taking it down to New Orleans, and over to Austin and Dallas, Texas. Remember, you can vote once per day, so make sure you tell all your friends to check out this week's lineup!
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Throwing Gravity vs. BuiltForSpeed vs. Dawn Over Zero — Homegrown Picks of the Week
We didn't get near enough votes in last week's poll. This was the first week of "vote-once-a-day"! I wasn't happy with the results, but I'm going to give it one more go and see if we can get bigger numbers this time around.
Homegrown Picks of the Week…Weeee’re Baaaack!
Okay, so Homegrown actually took TWO weeks off. Hope you didn't miss it too badly! But it's back, with some killer Texas rock while I'm waiting on some locals to finish up their new CDs. Here's some fresh meat -- hope you enjoy!
Homegrown’s Taking the Week Off
Last week, we got the largest amount of votes EVER! Only fitting, since we featured the three biggest vote-generating bands we've had in these polls. More than 4800 votes last week...and our BIG winner was Kulture Kill! So, congrats to the guys for hitting another huge number (just over 3300)! You can hear "Peel the Skin" this week on 99x!
Homegrown Picks of the Week – Our Biggest Winners
Week 20 was a great voting week...more than 1,500 total votes! Our winner this week is....Gabriel's Last Breath! The guys are awesome, and I'm looking forward to hearing their tune "The Book" on 99x this week.
Gonna do something WAAAY different THIS week...
Homegrown Picks of the Week – Round 20
Has it been 20 weeks already? Congrats to last week's winner, Expletive. Listen for "Chicago Jesus" on 99x this week!
Now, how about some fresh meat? These bands aren't from Shreveport-Bossier, but they're close. Time to showcase a couple bands I was recently introduced to, and one that I haven't seen in a while. Hopefully they come back soon.
As always, you can vote for your favorite as
Homegrown Picks of the Week – Round 19…METAL WEEK!
Great voting week for round 18, gang! Not a record, but way better than the previous week. It was a close one, but the winner is American Swindle. The guys won by just over 100 votes. We'll be playing their tune "X's for Eyes" on 99x this week...
Homegrown Picks of the Week – Round 18
Hmm...pretty pathetic voting week last time, guys. Three ABSOLUTELY amazing bands, and it was THE LOWEST VOTING WEEK EVER! I'm disappointed...but I am happy to say that we do have a definite winner (and I really would have been thrilled if either of the others had won, too...