Jade Green

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Hometown: Montgomery, AL...but raised in Bossier City.
Birthday: October 28th, 1971
Sign: Scorpio
Marital Status: Married to Gary Thomas, five years in February
Kids: One baby girl, Emma, who's four months old
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 New CD: Candlebox's new one was my latest purchase
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)

Homegrown Picks of the Week – Round 16

Congrats to last week's winner...punk rockers The Rusty Shacklefords! You can hear "Mommy Gotta Tramp Stamp" on 99x this week! Now it's time to give a few of our previous contenders another shot at "fame"

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Homegrown Picks of the Week – Round 15

Wow! This week's poll numbers beat last week's! Nice job, rockaholics!! Still not THE record...but now number two. Our winner came out more than 1,000 votes ahead of the next-highest...congrats to Saints Order! You can catch "The Fallen" on 99x this week!! Now, two brand new bands

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Homegrown Picks of the Week – Round 14

Great job on the voting last week!  More than 2,100 this time...and congrats to our winner Noyola!  You can hear the tune "Shaped to Break" this week on 99x.  Congrats, too, to Truffula Tree for coming in a very close second on this contest

Homegrown Picks of the Week – Lucky 13

Pretty close contest last week...I was told I made it too difficult for voters. But we do have a winner...congrats to Flood the Masses!  You can hear "Our Last Hour" this week on 99x! Now we go back to some previous contenders who didn't quite get the votes to hit the mainstream airwaves

Homegrown Picks of the Week – Round Twelve

Well, the votes were down a bit this past week...but we do have a definite winner...Congrats to Tap Dead Sinner!  Be listening for Everyday Tragedy on 99x THIS week!  And before I give our previous contenders another shot at getting some airplay, how about one more round -- on the HEAVY side this time

Homegrown Picks of the Week – Round Eleven

Congrats to our locals, Irene & the Sleepers...last week's Picks winners!!  Listen for "Young Girls" on 99x this week!  Thanks to the runners-up -- Jessica Seven and Ducado Vega -- for sending their folks to the website to vote. 

Candlebox and Lions May Cry…Can NOT Miss This Show!

SO stoked about tomorrow night's Candlebox/Lions May Cry show at the Riverside Warehouse!  I almost lost it when I found out Candlebox was actually playing there...and on my Homegrown Live night, too!  It makes me want to share my stories about meeting lead vocalist Kevin Martin (twice!)  First time, he was playing in a band called Kevin Martin and the Hi-Watts

Homegrown Picks of the Week – Round Ten

Congrats to Nottaway, last week's Picks winner by an overwhelming margin!  Listen for "Where Do I Belong?" this week on 99x!!  Now for another Ark-La-Tex Show-down!  You've heard all three of these bands on the Homegrown show at some point

Homegrown Picks of the Week – Round Nine

Congrats to Digital Summer, our "Picks" winner from last week! Listen for "Just Run" on 99x this week!  And congrats, too, to This Day Forth and Fallen Within for making such a strong showing with the votes!  You guys ROCK!  This week features an all-Louisiana lineup (even though, technically, Aevory singer Josh Lyon has relocated to Nashville

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Homegrown Picks of the Week – Round Eight

Congrats to Jonny Pecker, last week's winner!  You can hear "Drive-By Mustache" this week on 99x!  Now, it's time for the Ark-La-Tex showdown!! I've picked favorites from Louisiana (OK, TECHNICALLY they're based in Arizona

Homegrown Picks of the Week – Round Seven

The votes weren't quite as high last week as the week before (by a long shot!!), but one band swept up the majority of the votes.  Congrats to locals Our Precious Demise (I think it might have been that amazing lady Cat on vocals that helped make that happen)!  You can hear Diminished this week on 99x!  Thanks to The Aftermath and A Theory on Conquest for being part of this round of voting

Homegrown Picks of the Week – Round Five

Congratulations to locals Eye of Anger, last week's Homegrown Picks winners! It was another big voting week! You can hear Venerate the Violence on 99x all this week! Faint the Fiction and Saints Order, you put up a great fight