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KEVIN McCARTHY
2001 BUFFALO MUSIC AWARDS
THE FUNHOUSE - LACKAWANNA
Reprint from
The Buffalo News - Gusto
November 16, 2001
Byline: Toni Ruberto
BATTLE OF THE BANDS
BUFFALO MUSIC INDUSTRY
AWARDS ITS OWN
Parity was the theme last night when the 16th annual Buffalo Music Awards honored musicians representing a wide variety of bands during ceremonies in the Funhouse in Lackawanna…
Taylor Made Jazz took home the most honors with three for the best R&B Group, bassist (Jennifer May) and drummer (Robert Garrett)
Other bands winning two awards were Black Widow, Gamalon, High Wire, Hit ‘n Run, Project R&B, and Strictly Hip. Kevin Blakita of High Wire won his third straight Best Rock Guitar award, while his band was honored for the second consecutive year as Rock Band (cover).
The original honors especially displayed a balance of talent, with 14 different bands represented in 15 categories. Best Band honors went to Seven Day Faith (rock), Stemm (hardcore), Irving Klaws (garage/punk), Steam Donkeys (Americana/roots/folk) and Gamalon (jam/instrumental).
Here is the full list of award winners:
NEW ORIGINAL BAND
Bloody Hollies
ORIGINAL ROCK
Seven Day Faith
ORIGINAL HARDCORE
Stemm
ORIGINAL GARAGE/PUNK
Irving Klaws
AMERICANA/ROOTS/FOLK
Steam Donkey’s
JAM/INSTRUMENTAL
Gamalon
ORIGINAL ACOUSTIC SOLO
Alex Lynne
ORIGINAL MALE VOCALIST
Mark Norris – Girlpope
ORIGINAL FEMALE VOCALIST
Leah Zicari
ORIGINAL GUITARIST
Dave Schmeidler – Automatic Man
ORIGINAL DRUMMER
Fen Ikner – Mexican Cessation
MISC. INSTRUMENTS
Doug Moody – Violin, Steam Donkey’s
ORIGINAL KEYBOARDIST
Dave Schulz – C.O. Jones
ORIGINAL BASSIST
Jim Wynne – Gamalon
BEST RECORDING
McCarthyizm, “Pair O’Docs”
R&B GROUP
Taylor Made Jazz
R&B MALE VOCALIST
Iric Burton – Kimalin
R&B FEMALE VOCALIST
Sharon Bailey – various
R&B GUITARIST
Willy Hart – various
R&B KEYBOARDIST
Kenny Sutton – Unity
R&B BASSIST
Jennifer May – Taylor Made Jazz
R&B DRUMMER
Robert Garrett – Taylor Made Jazz
R&B SUPPORTING BRASS PLAYER
Bob Miers – Hitmen Horns
JAZZ ( BIG BAND)
Macy Favor Big Band
JAZZ (SMALL BAND)
Bobby Jones Trio
HIP HOP DJ
DJ Bionic Man
SOLO RAP ARTIST
Hoochie Cracker
HIP-HOP PRODUCER
Raw Intelligence
RAP-HIP DUO/GROUP
Royal Flush
MIX RAP DJ
DJ Shay
ROCK BAND
Black Widow
HARD ROCK
Highwire
TRIBUTE BAND
Strictly Hip
CLASSIC ROCK
Wunderland
TOP 40
Universal Grillle
OLDIES 50’s & 60’s
Route 66
POP ROCK
Hit N' Run
GROUP VOCALS
Boys of Summer
WORLD BEAT
One World Tribe
SOLO
Kevin McCarthy
DUO/TRIO
The Reminders
ROCK MALE VOCALIST
Jeremy Hoyle – Strictly Hip
ROCK FEMALE VOCALIST
Lana Hergert – Black Widow
HARD ROCK GUITARIST
Kevin Blakita – Highwire
ROCK GUITARIST
Peter Krzyzanowski
ROCK KEYBOARDIST
Pat Annunziata – Hit ‘n Run
ROCK BASSIST
Jim Mangani – Why on Earth
ROCK DRUMMER
Al Hury – Joyryde
NEW GROUP
Magic Bullet Theory
DANCE BAND
Boogie Monsters
CROSSOVER BLUES BAND
Urban Renewal
TRADITIONAL BLUES BAND
Willie & the Reinhardts
BLUES MALE VOCALIST
Rod Nickson – Project R&B
BLUES FEMALE VOCALIST
Mary Haitz – New Groove
BLUES KEYBOARDIST
Jim Wozniak – Bittersweet Rose
BLUES GUITARIST
Doug Yeomans – Lo Blu Flame
BLUES BASSIST
Jim Morabito – various
BLUES DRUMMMER
Mike Phelps – Lee Ron Zydeco
BLUES SAX PLAYER
Jack Prybylski – Project R&B
BLUES HARMONICA
Dean Germele – Harmonica Dean
