TOP CLASSIC ROCK BAND
JAMIE MOSES BAND
TOP ROCK BAND
THE TROLLS
CLASSIC TOP 40 BAND
PARTY SQUAD
TOP ORIGINAL BASSIST
KENT WEBER - NULLSTADT
TOP ORIGINAL MALE VOCALIST
TERRY SULLIVAN
TERRY & THE HEADHUNTERS
TOP NEW ROCK BAND
LITTLE SISTER
ARMED & DANGEROUS
HARD ROCK BAND RUNNER UP
Mike Runo, Rob Neubauer, Joe Martucci, Doug Rockwitz and Brian Best
TOP OLDIES BAND
BEBOPS
TOP NEW ORIGINAL BAND
SCARY CHICKEN
NON-LOCAL CLUB BAND
RUNNER UP - SATTALITES
1991 BUFFALO MUSIC AWARDS
MANIKINS - NOVEMBER 25, 1991
DONNA PALMER - WIDOW
MUSIC AWARDS HONORS 43 WINNERS
BUFFALO MUSIC HALL OF FAME
INDUCTS FIRST 2 WOMEN
Reprint: Buffalo News
by Dale Anderson
News Critic
The Buffalo Music Awards entered their second decade with more prize categories, bigger plaques and a night full of blue-ribbon performances. In all, honors were handed out in 43 divisions. The winners took home the grandest Buffalo Music Awards trophies yet – wooden plaques with front-mounted figurines.
“We needed an extra car to bring them all here,” organizer Rick Falkowski reported. Award announcements alternated with sets by 33 West, Beat City, Gamalon, Nullstadt, Party Squad, the Jamie Moses Band and the Trolls. Most were joined by notables from other bands.
Unlike previous years, when awards and bands shared the same stages, this time all the plaques were presented in Manikins’ second-floor banquet room while the bands played on the main showcase stage. Closed-circuit monitors linked the two floors.
Award recipients gave hometown versions of Hollywood’s Oscar acceptance speeches. Most memorable was Cheshire Cat keyboardist John Masse, who thanked his parents “for spawning me.”
Winners were determined in balloting by other people in the local music scene. First place winners three years in a row are inducted into the Buffalo Music Hall of Fame.
This year saw the Hall of Fame welcome its first two female members – singers Donna Palmer of Widow and Barbara St. Clair, whose latest band is the Shadows. Other new Hall-of-Famers included Rockcandy singer Joie Anes, 33 West drummer Mike Cox, Party Squad guitarist Dave Elder and Only Humen bassist Frank Pusateri.
Winners & Runners-up:
HARD ROCK BAND
White Lies
Armed & Dangerous
ROCK ORIGINAL BAND
I (B4) E
August
ROCK BAND
The Trolls
Wunderland
CLASSIC ROCK BAND
Jamie Moses Band
Tight Grip
NEW ROCK / POP BAND
Little Sister
Alibi
POP ROCK BAND
33 West
Brittany
TOP 40 band
Lance Diamond
Skin Tight
CLASSIC TOP 40 BAND
Party Squad
Only Humen
ORIGINAL BAND
Beat City
Nullstadt
NEW ORIGINAL BAND
Scary Chicken
The Groove
WORLD BEAT BAND
Outer Circle Orchestra
Crucial Vibes
TRIBUTE BAND
Grand Illusion
SSIK
GROUP VOCALS
Only Humen
The Road
BLUES / R&B BAND
Black Cat
Soul Invaders
OLDIES BAND
BeBops
Flipside
THRASH BAND
Baphomet
Immortal Terror
NON-LOCAL CLUB BAND
Ice Water Mansion
Sattalites
DUO / TRIO
The Thirds
The Dooley’s
SOLO
Tim Wright
Michael Meldrum
SONGWRITER
Kathy Moriaty
Donna Bursie
HARD ROCK GUITARIST
Joe Dzialak – White Lies
Tommy Catanzaro – August
ROCK GUITARIST
Michael Hund – Jamie Moses Band
Calvin Nichols – The Trolls
POP GUITARIST
Ray Wood – Only Humen
Mark Gregory – 33 West
ORIGINAL GUITARIST
Cage- Nullstadt
Peter Prince – The Groove
BLUES GUITARIST
Willy Haddath – Black Cat
Ralph Parker – Soul Invaders
ROCK BASSIST
Guy Nichols – The Trolls
Paul Mordaunt – Jamie Moses Band
POP ROCK BASSIST
Bill Ludwig – Eclipse
Todd Kiser – The Release
ORIGINAL BASSIST
Kent Weber – Nullstadt
John Caruso – Beat City
ROCK KEYBOARDIST
Matt Young – The Trolls
Wally Sirotich – Tight Grip
POP ROCK KEYBOARDIST
Rick McGirr - Party Squad
Joe Rozler – Sid Winkler Trio
ORIGINAL KEYBOARDIST
John Masse – Cheshire Cat
Neal Evans – The Groove
ROCK DRUMMER
David Joel – Rock Candy
Chad Siler – Kiss N Tell
POP ROCK DRUMMER
Bruce Morgan – Only Humen
David Lloyd – Bleeding Hearts
ORIGINAL DRUMMER
Greg Gizzi – Nullstadt
Bill Moore – Headhunters
SAXOPHONIST
Jeff Hackworth – Soul Invaders
Jack Prybylski – Them Jazzbeards
ROCK FEMALE VOCALIST
Jennifer Trippi – I (B4) E
Michelle Clark – Intriguer
POP ROCK FEMALE VOCALIST
Dee Ann DiMeo – Brittany
Johnna Scime – Joyryde
ORIGINAL FEMALE VOCALIST
Gretchen Schultz – Pine Dogs
Sue Kincaid – Beat City
ROCK MALE VOCALIST
Keith Zogaria – Stealin’
Calvin Nichols – The Trolls
POP ROCK MALE VOCALIST
Tim Mordaunt – The Release
Ike Smith – Flash of Purple
ORIGINAL MALE VOCALIST
Terry Sullivan – Headhunters
Donald Kinsman – Nullstadt
FRONTMAN / VOCALIST
Lance Diamond – Lance Diamond Band
Jamie Moses – Jamie Moses Band
Donna Palmer – Widow
Barbara St. Clair – Shadows
Joie Anes – Rockcandy
Mike Cox – 33 West
Dave Elder – Party Squad
Frank Pusateri – Only Humen
