TOP SOLO ARTIST
KEVIN McCARTHY
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
Suuni Tribe
