1996 BUFFALO MUSIC AWARDS
FUNHOUSE – OCTOBER 1996
ROCK BAND
Sudden Urge
HARD ROCK / ALTERNATIVE
Wunderland
CLASSIC ROCK
Fat Brat
ROCK / ALTERNATIVE
Bleeding Hearts
TRIBUTE BAND
Mookie Blaylock - Pearl Jam
NEW GROUP
Lana Lied
GROUP VOCALS
Bleeding Hearts
FEMALE VOCALS
Maria Sebastian – Sudden Urge
MALE VOCALS
Mark Valentino – Hit N’ Run
OLDIES
The BeBops
TOP 40
Eclipse
ROCK KEYBOARDS
Rick Allen – Grand Illusion
ROCK GUITARIST
Dave Camarda – The Release
ROCK BASSIST
Denny Beausoleil – The Release
ROCK DRUMMER
Buddy Hinds – various
SOLO
Tim Wright
DUO/TRIO
Ladyfire
BLUES BAND
Danny Lynn Wilson Band
BLUES MALE VOCALIST
Danny Lynn Wilson – DLW Band
BLUES FEMALE VOCALIST
Donna Rose – Bittersweet Rose
BLUES GUITARIST
Danny Lynn Wilson – DLW Band
BLUES BASSIST
Tom Reinhardt – Willie & the Reinhardts
BLUES KEYBOARDIST
Ron Davis – The Shadows
BLUES DRUMMER
Paul Campanella Jr.,- The Shadows
SAXOPHONIST
Bob Serette – Win, Lose or Draw
HARMONICA
Harmonica Dean – Blue Lights
ORIGINAL HARD ROCK
Jive Injection
ORIGINAL ROCK
The Need
ORIGINAL POP
McCarthyizm
NEW ORIGINAL BAND
Go Dog Go
ORIGINAL ALTERNATIVE
Lynn Rogers Band
ORIGINAL ACOUSTIC
Jazzabels
ORIGINAL MALE VOCALIST
Nelson Starr – The Tails
ORIGINAL FEMALE VOCALIST
Sue Kincaid – The Need
ORIGINAL GUITARIST
Tom Fenton - various
ORIGINAL BASSIST
Jim Wynne - Muse
ORIGINAL DRUMMER
Jim Linsner – The Need
ORIGINAL KEYBOARDIST
Joleen Williams – Painted Pony
HARDCORE / PUNK
Against All Hope
WORLD BEAT
Outer Circle Orchestra
R&B BAND
Taylor Made Jazz
R&B MALE VOCALIST
Keith Eatmon - Taylor Made Jazz
R&B FEMALE VOCALIST
Sharon Banks – Taylor Made Jazz
R&B GUITARIST
Marshall Badger – Marshall Badger Band
R&B BASSIST
Tommy Flucker – Unity Band
R&B KEYBOARDIST
Algy Fleming – 24 Karat
R&B DRUMMER
Robert Garrett – Taylor Made Jazz
JAZZ GROUP
Marshall Badger Quartet
HIP-HOP / RAP DJ
DJ Hooker
HIP-HOP/RAP PRODUCER
Kid Kold
HIP-HOP/RAP SOLO
Dirty Nate
HIP-HOP/RAP DUO/GROUP
Divine & Debonaire
LATIN JAZZ / MERENGUE /SALSA
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