STRIDERS GLENDA CHAUSSE
& WKBW TVs MIKE RANDALL WITH
TOP SINGLE AWARD FOR
"ROCK & ROLL REBEL"
HARD ROCK GUITARIST
STEPHEN SHAW
MALE VOCALIST JOIE ANES
OF ROCKCANDY
ROCKCANDY WTH THEIR AWARDS
NEW MUSIC BAND
PINE DOGS
TOP POP ROCK GROUP
LADYFIRE
TOP 40 FEMALE VOCALIST
JEAN DEEGAN (R) - LADYFIRE
WINNIE BERGNER (L)
RUNNER UP
TOP 40 BASSIST - LADYFIRE
TOP TRIBUTE BAND
OZONE RANGERS
TOP 40 GROUP
FLASHPOINT
TOP BLUES GROUP
WILLIE MAY BAND
SPECIAL ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
PAUL POPE
1988 BUFFALO MUSIC AWARDS
MANIKINS NOVEMBER 22, 1988
Mike Randall with Joe Martucci and Top Vocalist Glenda Chausse
STRIDER WALKS AWAY WITH
MUSIC HONORS
Reprint: Buffalo News
November 23, 1988
by Dale Anderson
News Critic
The rock group Strider was the toast of the eighth annual Buffalo Music Awards Tuesday night in Manikins nightclub on Niagara Falls Boulevard taking home first – or second- place plaques in all seven categories in which the quintet or its members were nominated.
Singer Glenda Chausse, guitarist Mike Runo, keyboardist Matt Young and drummer Johnny Magnum all were voted tops in their specialties in the rock division, while bassist Joe Martucci captured a second-place plaque.
In the rock group category, which Strider won in 1987, they came in second to the Trolls. The group also claimed best single for “Rock & Roll Rebel,” its collaboration with WKBW-TV newsman Mike Randall.
Randall, cutting something of a Dan Aykroyd figure in a satin Strider jacket, joined them on stage as they played a brief, high-powered set midway through the ceremonies, singing the single for the benefit of live-eye television news cameras.
Plaques were handed out by tuxedo-clad WGR-FM (97 Rock) radio personalities to winners and runners-up in 31 categories before a crowd that organizers Rick and Marsha Falkowski reported was well over 1,000. Winners were determined from ballots cast by musicians and others involved in the music business here.
Five consistent award winners from previous years were inducted into the Buffalo Music Awards Hall of Fame in recognition of their talents. They were guitarist Bob Andalora, who recently joined Rockcandy; jazz-fusion guitarist and bandleader Dick Bauerle, guitarist Bruce Brucato of the jazz-rock group Gamalon, singer and acoustic guitarist George Doran and techno-rock keyboardist David Kane.
In addition, special achievement awards were given to flamboyant Cleveland-based rocker Paul Pope, long a local favorite, and to J.R. Productions of Tonawanda, which is serving its 20th Anniversary of booking bands around Western New York and throughout the Eastern U.S.
Rockcandy, the band that dominated last year’s awards, took home four more first-place plaques. They were voted top hard rock group and best original group, while Steve Shaw took honors as hard rock guitarist, and Joie Anes headed the rock male vocals category.
Party Squad, one of the ten bands that provided continuous live music in the downstairs lounge and upstairs banquet room at Manikins, collected three first-place awards and one runner-up overall. Singer Mark Dixon, won in the Top 40 male vocals category, while Dave Elder came in first among Top 40 guitarists. The band also took first in the Classic Top 40 category and second in the pop rock category, behind Lady Fire, last year’s Top 40 winner.
Lady Fire, in addition to being best pop rock band, saw singer Jean Deegan claim first place in Top 40 female vocals and bassist Winnie Bergner come in second among Top 40 bassists for the second straight year.
Only Humen, which also performed, took home one first and three seconds. Frank Pusateri won the Top 40 bassist category, while band mates Ray Wood and Rick McEvoy were runners-up in the Top 40 guitarist and Top 40 drummer categories, respectively.
Tuesday night’s award winners and runners-up:
HARD ROCK GROUP
Rockcandy
Silken Steel
ROCK GROUP
Trolls
Strider
TOP 40 GROUP
Flashpoint
Xkwisit
POP ROCK GROUP
Lady Fire
Party Squad
CLASSIC ROCK GROUP
Kixx
Jamie Moses Band
CLASSIC TOP 40 GROUP
Party Squad
Only Humen
NEW CLASSIC GROUP
Legend
Mudslingers
NEW ROCK GROUP
Rockabye
Lynx
NEW TOP 40 BAND
Xkwisit
Brittany
NEW NEW MUSIC BAND
Jacklords
Pine Dogs
ORIGINAL GROUP
Rockcandy
Standard
BLUES GROUP
Willie May Band
Soul Invaders
LOCAL TRIBUTE BAND
Ozone Rangers
Kixx
SOLO / ACOUSTIC PERFORMER
Milligan & Milligan
Joe Head
CANADIAN CLUB BAND
Rick Rose Band
Over the Garden Wall
NON-LOCAL BAND
805
Ice Water Mansion
ROCK MALE VOCALIST
Joie Anes – Rockcandy
Bruce Cranston -Walk Don’t Walk
TOP 40 MALE VOCALIST
Mark Dixon - Party Squad
Lance Diamond – Lance Diamond Band
ROCK FEMALE VOCALIST
Glenda Chausse – Strider
Donna Palmer – Silken Steel
TOP 40 FEMALE VOCALIST
Jean Deegan – Lady Fire
Linda Mutton – Xkwisit
HARD ROCK GUITARIST
Stephen Shaw – Rockcandy
Johnny Angel – Babyblue
ROCK GUITARIST
Mike Runo – Strider
Calvin Nichols – Trolls
TOP 40 GUITARIST
Dave Elder – Party Squad
Ray Wood – Only Humen
ROCK BASSIST
Alan Thompson – Tweeds
Joe Martucci – Strider
TOP 40 BASSIST
Frank Pusateri – Only Humen
Winnie Bergner – Lady Fire
ROCK KEYBOARDIST
Matt Young – Strider
Tracy Russell – Rockamania
TOP 40 KEYBOARDIST
Ned Wood – 33 West
John Little – Skin Tight
ROCK DRUMMER
Johnny Magnum – Strider
Howard Wilson – Rain
TOP 40 DRUMMER
Mike Cox – 33 West
Rick McEvoy – Only Humen
RECORDING: SINGLE
Strider with Mike Randall "Rock & Roll Rebel"
The Rain
RECORDING : ALBUM
Gamalon “We Killed McKinley” LP
Bob Andalora
Dick Bauerle
Bruce Brucato
George Doran
David Kane
