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2000 BUFFALO MUSIC AWARDS
FUNHOUSE  

Buffalo News – Gusto
November 2000
Byline: The Buffalo News

BIG NIGHT


The 20th annual Buffalo Music Awards were held in the Funhouse Thursday night, with dozens of awards dispensed and more than a few walks down memory lane. Among the bands scheduled to perform were 1980 award winners the Vincent Michaels Band, Jessie Galante, Joyryde & the Hitmen Horns and Fat Brat, and last year’s winners Cosmic Stepping Stones, Evil Rufus Kay and Head First.

The winners are:

ROCK BAND
Why on Earth

HARD ROCK
Highwire

TRIBUTE BAND
Strictly Hip

CLASSIC ROCK
The Release

TOP 40
Boys of Summer

OLDIES 50’s & 60’s
Route 66

POP-ROCK
Bedspins

GROUP VOCALS
Universal Grille

WORLD BEAT
Outer Circle Orchestra

SOLO
Kevin McCarthy

DUO/TRIO
Simpleton

ROCK MALE VOCALIST
Rick Reczek

ROCK FEMALE VOCALIST
Ruby Champagne Fusion

HARD ROCK GUITARIST
Kevin Blakita

ROCK GUITARIST
Dave Camarda

ROCK KEYBOARDIST
Nelson Starr

ROCK BASSIST
Tom Mangione

ROCK DRUMMER
Al Hury

NEW GROUP
Universal Grille

DANCE BAND
Disco Duck

BLUES BAND
Win, Lose or Draw

BLUES MALE VOCALIST
John Brady

BLUES FEMALE VOCALIST
DD Ellis

BLUES KEYBOARDIST
Jim Wozniak

BLUES GUITARIST
Jack Civiletto

BLUES BASSIST
Andy Romanek

BLUES DRUMMER
Kent Leech

BLUES SAX PLAYER
Bob Surette

BLUES HARMONICA
Rick Nolland

NEW ORIGINAL BAND
E-Go Jonz

ORIGINAL ROCK
53 Days

ORIGINAL HARD ROCK
Evil Rufus Kay

ORIGINAL POP
McCarthyizm

ORIGINAL ALTERNATIVE
Oui *73

ORIGINAL PUNK/SKA
Mexican Cession

ORIGINAL JAM BAND
The Waz

ORIGINAL ACOUSTIC SOLO/DUO
Greg Klyma

ORIGINAL MALE VOCALIST
Joe McCarthy

ORIGINAL FEMALE VOCALIST
Leah Pinnavaia

ORIGINAL GUITARIST
Jim Whitford

ORIGINAL KEYBOARDIST
Dave Schulz

ORIGINAL BASSIST
Jim Wynne

ORIGINAL DRUMMER
Dave Wasik

ORIGINAL INSTRUMENTALIST
Eric Crittenden

BEST RECORDING
Oui *73

R&B GROUP
Just Us

R&B MALE VOCALIST
Jeff Varner

R&B FEMALE VOCALIST
Sharon Bailey

R&B GUITARIST
Willy Hart

R&B KEYBOARDIST
Les Copeland

R&B DRUMMER
Neil Harris

JAZZ (BIG BAND)
Carol McLaughlin Big Band

JAZZ (SMALL BAND)
Jim Beishline Quartet

HIP HOP DJ
DJ Tommy

SOLO RAP ARTIST
Kream

HIP HOP PRODUCER
DJ Shay

RAP/HIP DUO/ GOUP
Suuni Tribe

 

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