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And the Nominees are…

By Stoney ⋅ January 1, 2008 ⋅  Print this post ⋅ Post a comment

The votes are in! Once again it was a record as the amount of submissions grew for the fifth consecutive year! You may notice that some categories have more than the usual 5 top nominees…it was THAT close that we had to make a few categories larger! So thanks again to everyone who took the time to vote for your favorite are music artists! February 9th at 1102 Bar & Grill’s Back Bar the overall winners will be announced. This year’s event will be hosted by Joe Graves and will feature live music from Jessica King, Electric Voodoo, Allison Foster, Shotgun Opera, The Dirty Sons of Ireland, The Edison Project and more!

Dixie Dregs Award for Favorite Lokal Band:

Dirty Sons of Ireland
The Cubists
The Edison Project
Number 9
Veara

Brandon Layton Award for Favorite All Ages Lokal Band:

Chairleg
Hello Lefty
Hollowmass
Say Vandelay
Veara

Science Friction Award for Favorite New Lokal Band:

Bayou Blue
Dew Hickies
Electric Voodoo
Say Vandelay
Shotgun Opera

Swanee Quintet Award Favorite Christian or Gospel Band:

Eleventhour
Joseph Christie Band
Carey Murdock Trio
The Wave
Woodbridge

Dorian Tauss Award for Favorite Lokal CD:

12 Bands of Christmas Vol. 5
Chairleg – Omen, Now
The Edison Project – Do You Remember Rock and Roll
Various – Live at Sector 7G
Veara – The Walls Have Ears

1,000 Miles Award for Favorite Lokal Song:

American Skin – Hotels and Angels
Chairleg – G.O.N.
The Edison Project – D, C & Me
Veara – Getting Kicked in the Face
Veara – Here’s to Number 10

Paul M. Colohan, Sr. Award for Favorite Lokal Male:

Big Al Beasley-Vellotones
Patrick Blanchard-solo/Shawn Mullins
Joe Graves-Dirty Left Hand
Nick Laws-Sector 7G/Radar Cinema/G-City Rockers
Josh Pierce
Billy S.-S
Coco Rubio-Soul Bar/12 Bands of Christmas

Kat Turner Award for Favorite Lokal Female:

Allison Foster
Brittanny Harrell-Veara
Tara Scheyer
Tracy Steele-Dirty Left Hand
Mindy Stephens-Livingroom Legends

Robbie Ducey Award for Favorite Lokal Solo Artist:

Charles August
Jacob Beltz
Patrick Blanchard
Allison Foster
Keith Gregory
Jessica King
Will McCranie

Steve Cheeks Award for Favorite Lokal Vocalist:

Noel Brown-The Cubists
Dave Firmin-The Edison Project
Joe Graves-Dirty Left Hand
Brian Panowich-American Skin
Shaun Piazza-Shaun Piazza Band

Matthew Keenan Award for Favorite Lokal Guitarist:

Michael Baideme-Sabo & the Scorchers
Marcus Barfield-The Cubists
John Berrett-Paraphanalia/Stagger
Collin Colohan-Veara
Rino Mendoza-The Edison Project
Riley Williams-Electric Voodoo

Chris Hardy Award for Favorite Lokal Bassist:

Big Al Beasley-The Vellotones
Tracy Steele-Dirty Left Hand
Travis Petra-Livingroom Legends
David Newhall-American Skin
Micah SwensonThe Edison Project

Chris Watkins Award for Favorite Lokal Drummer:

Brian Allen-American Skin/Dirty Left Hand
Brittany Harrell-Veara
Joel Hodges-Dirty Sons of Ireland/Taming Bacchus/G-City Rockers
Zach Swenson-The Edison Project
Adam Tolar-S

Reed Scott Award for Favorite Lokal Miscellaneous Instrument

Noel Brown-The Cubists
Pedro Castano-Elctric Voodoo
Eryn Eubanks-Family Fold
Scott Terry-Various
Ed Turner-Number 9
Henry Wynn-Various

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