TOP ROCK BAND
SUDDEN URGE
TOP ROCK GUITARIST
ROB BURGIO - SUDDEN URGE
TOP TRIBUTE BAND
ROADSIDE ATTRACTION
1997 BMA RESULTS
BUFFALO MUSIC AWARDS - FUNHOUSE
ROCK BAND
Sudden Urge
ROCK/ALTERNATIVE
Why On Earth
HARD ROCK/ALTERNATIVE
Stealin’
CLASSIC ROCK
CPR
TRIBUTE BAND
Roadside Attraction - Tragically Hip
NEW GROUP
Live Urban Sex Drive
GROUP VOCALS
Bleeding Hearts
ROCK FEMALE VOCALIST
Lana Hergert – Black Widow
ROCK MALE VOCALIST
Mike Maguire - Wunderland
KEYBOARDIST
Sharon Wegend – 401K
GUITARIST
Rob Burgio – Sudden Urge
BASSIST
Jeff Becker – Stealin’
DRUMMER
Colin Barrick – Blind Vision
50’s & 60’s BAND
Boys of Summer
TOP 40 BAND
Transition
SOLO
Tim Wright
DUO/TRIO
Simpleton
BLUES BAND
Danny Lynn Wilson Band
BLUES GUITARIST
Tommy Z – Blues Power
BLUES MALE VOCALIST
Danny Lynn Wilson - D.L.W. Band
BLUES FEMALE VOCALIST
Gretchen Schultz - Morvells
BLUES KEYBOARDIST
Dennis Fura – Danny Lynn Wilson Band
BLUES BASS
Steve Stevens – Blue Lights
BLUES DRUMMER
Al Hury - Groovitate
BLUES SAXOPHONIST
Jukebox Scales – Blue Lights
BLUES HARMONICA
Dave Whitman – Danny Lynn Wilson Band
ORIGINAL HARD ROCK
Spinning Room
ORIGINAL POP
Plaster Sandals
NEW ORIGINAL BAND
Elevation of Depression
ORIGINAL/ALTERNATIVE/ACOUSTIC
Them Jazzbeards
ORIGINAL MALE VOCALIST
Geno McManus - Gooseflesh
ORIGINAL FEMALE VOCALIST
Alison Pipitone – Alison Pipitone Band
ORIGINAL GUITARIST
Kevin Boyle – The Tails
ORIGINAL KEYBOARDIST
Nelson Starr – The Tails
ORIGINAL BASSIST
John Caruso – The Need
ORIGINAL DRUMMER
Shawn Przybylak
R&B BAND
C.O. Jones
R&B MALE VOCALIST
Keith Eatmon – Taylor Made Jazz
R&B FEMALE VOCALIST
Kimalin Jones - various
R&B GUITARIST
Marshall Badger - various
R&B BASSIST
Mike Pennick - Paradyme
R&B KEYBOARDIST
Julian Johnson – Living Proof
R&B DRUMMER
Hue Arthur – C.O Jones
HARDCORE / PUNK / SKA
Johnny Revolting
WORLD BEAT
Caribbean Extravaganza
LATIN JAZZ/ MERENGUE/ SALSA
Latin Jazz All Stars
PERCUSSIONIST
Wendall Rivera
MIX TAPE
DJ Riq
RAP/HIP-HOP PRODUCER
Scottie Earl
RAP/HIP-HOP SOLO
Noble
RAP/HIP-HOP DUO GROUP
Poverty
HALL OF FAME INDUCTEES:
Cory Wells
Dodo Greene
Elvin Sheppard
Gary Mallaber
Harold Arlen
Jackie Jocko
Joe Madison
John Mahoney
Sandy Konikoff
Stone Country
The Road
