- Jammy Award
The Jammy Award (also known as the Jammys) are an awards show for bands typically called
jam band s and other artists associated with live, improvisational music. The Jammys are sponsored byRelix magazine, Jambands.com, and promoterPeter Shapiro . [cite web|url=http://www.jammys.com/2006/press_06.php|title=New York City's Top Music Venues to Host America's Biggest Earth Day Celebration in 2006.] The Jammy Awards returned in 2008 to the WAMU Theater at Madison Square Garden in New York City. Rock legend Phish was honored with the Lifetime Achievement Award at the ceremony held on May 7, 2008.First Annual Jammy Awards (2000)
The First Annual Jammy Awards were held on June 22, 2000 at
Irving Plaza inNew York City . The event was presented by Jambands.com and executive produced by Peter Shapiro and Dean Budnick. Shapiro, who owns the Wetlands Preserve, is the publisher of Jambands.com. Budnick is editor-in-chief of Jambands.com and also co-hosted The Jammys with Peter Prince of Moon Boot Lover. The evening had two basic components: awards were presented in various categories and the scene's best bands performed sets of blistering music with special guests. The idea was originated nearly 10 months prior, with a conversation between Budnick and managers for various bands. John Topper frommoe. , Bob Kennedy from Deep Banana Blackout, and Darren Cohen from The Slip all mentioned doing something called "The Jammys" as an obvious play on "The Grammys."cite web|url=http://www.jambands.com/july00/features/backstage.html|title=First Annual Jammys Recap]Presenters included: Steve Bloom (
High Times ), Richard Gehr (The Village Voice ), Lee Crumpton (Home Grown Music Network founder), Sam Kopper (first program director atWBCN in Boston, Phoenix Presents live engineer),John Scofield ,Anthony DeCurtis (Rolling Stone ,VH1 ), Kirk West (Allman Brothers Band archivist), and Jambands.com staff members.Performers
New Deal , Frogwings,The Disco Biscuits &Les Claypool ,Merl Saunders ,John Scofield ,Strangefolk ,Susan Tedeschi , Deep Banana Blackout,Soulive ,
The Slip,Award Winners
Live Set of the Year:
Phish , 12/31/99, Set II
Jam of the Year:The Disco Biscuits , Akira Jam, 12/31/99
Release of the Year:Grateful Dead , So Many Roads
Live Album of the Year:moe. , L
Wetlands Award (Lifetime Achievement):B.B. King
Studio Album of the Year:Percy Hill , Color in Bloom
Future Jam (musicians' award):Ryan Abts
New Groove of the Year: Fat Mama
Home Grown Music Award:Strangefolk
Radio Show: The Music Never Stops,Barry Smolin ,KPFK ,Los Angeles, California
Fan Web Site: www.etree.org
Community Service:Strangers Helping Strangers
Topper Award (commitment to the scene): Chris Zahn
Jambands.com Writer: Jeff WafulSecond Annual Jammy Awards (2001)
The Second Annual Jammys took place at Roseland Ballroom in New York City. The show featured more than five hours of non-stop music and presentations. "The idea for the Jammys was to create a night of music where we didn't know what was going to happen," says Jammys executive producer Peter Shapiro. "We wanted to bring artists who not only hadn't played together, but hadn't met and now, after experiencing what went down, it's a pretty overwhelming feeling."cite web|url=http://www.jambands.com/News.phtml?newsfile=redesign_news50.html|title=Second Annual Jammys Recap.]
Performers
Col. Bruce Hampton ,Yonder Mountain String Band 's Jeff Austin (mandolin ) andRobert Randolph (pedal steel ) joined theDerek Trucks Band for a version of "Turn On Your Lovelight ."Paul Shaffer sat in withLes Claypool's Fearless Flying Frog Brigade featuringJunior Brown for The Beatles' "Taxman " andKing Crimson 's "Thela Hun Ginjeet ."DJ Logic and guitaristStanley Jordan performed with TheDisco Biscuits featuringJohn Popper forJane's Addiction 's "Three Days " andLed Zeppelin 's "Bring It on Home ." The show concluded with a two-stage dueling jam onThe Meters ' classic "Cissy Strut ," which followed the presentation of the lifetime achievement award toGeorge Porter, Jr. The song featured theDerek Trucks Band with special guests Porter (bass, the Meters), Popper (vocals, harmonica,Blues Traveler ) and Jordan (guitar).Strangefolk closed the show performingThe Grateful Dead tribute portion of the show, joined byMerl Saunders they performed "Scarlet Begonias ", then Strangefolk's Eric Glocker was replaced on stage withPercy Hill 's John Leccese at which point they jammed into "Fire on the Mountain" (as performed by Merl Saunders with that added funk factor).Winners
Album of the Year:
Phish "Farmhouse"
Live Performance of the Year:Phish , 7/11/00, Noblesville, IN
New Groove of the year:Yonder Mountain String Band
Radio Show: "Jam Nation" (Radio 104,Hartford, CT )
Fan Website: www.Etree.org
Festival: Gathering of the Vibes
Topper/Zahn Award: Howie Schnee
Mimi Fishman Memorial Award:Mockingbird Foundation
Live Album:Les Claypool's Fearless Flying Frog Brigade :Live Frogs Set 1
Jam of the Year:Phil Lesh & Friends withMike Gordon (12-31-00)
Release of the year: "Ladies and Gentlemen, The Grateful Dead"
Lifetime Achievement: George Porter Jr. andthe Meters Third Annual Jammy Awards (2002)
The Third Annual Jammy Awards were held October 2, 2002. It was presented by
TDK , and took place at the Roseland Ballroom inNew York City .cite web|url=http://www.jambands.com/News.phtml?newsfile=redesign_news111.html|title=Third Annual Jammys Recap]Performers
Rat Dog bassist
Rob Wasserman andDJ Logic kicked off the night. Next wasRusted Root ,DJ Logic and guitarist Melvin Sparks, who played "Send Me on My Way" and "Ecstasy," with hostJohn Popper (Blues Traveler ) adding harmonica.John Scofield was joined by saxophonistSkerik (Critters Buggin’, Les Claypool’s Frog Brigade), drummer Stanton Moore and bassist Andy Hess (Gov't Mule )). Pedal Steel guitaristRobert Randolph sat in with theBlind Boys of Alabama for "Amazing Grace ." Unannounced guestJohn Mayer collaborated with Randolph andDerek Trucks . Particle andFred Schneider andKate Pierson of theB-52's played "Planet Claire," "Private Idaho" and "Love Shack." OriginalBlue Öyster Cult membersEric Bloom (vocals),Buck Dharma (guitar) andAllen Lanier (guitar, keyboards) took the stage asmoe. was finishing "Rebubula" and segued into "(Don't Fear) The Reaper ." Reid Genauer, Jessica Lurie (Living Daylights) and Hope Clayburn (Deep Banana Blackout) joined house band TheTom Tom Club for "Take Me to the River." BassistStefan Lessard (Dave Matthews Band ) played "Beautifully Broken" withGov't Mule , before theAllman Brothers Band took the stage.Rat Dog's set was capped by the dual stage jam, which closed out the show with a version of "Turn on Your Lovelight," with countless musicians on both stages. Rat Dog was joined on the main stage by guitarist
Trey Anastasio (Phish ),Warren Haynes (Gov't Mule ,Allman Brothers Band ), Al Schnier (moe. ), Popper, Abts, andDJ Logic . Meanwhile, the second stage included bassistMike Gordon (Phish ), guitaristFuzz (Deep Banana Blackout), Randolph, saxophonistsSkerik , Clayburn, Lurie,Tom Tom Club vocalists Mystic Bowie and Victoria Clamp and "Flute Girl."Winners
TDK Live Performance of the Year:
moe. ,Bonnaroo Music Festival , 6/22/02
Tour of the Year:Trey Anastasio , Summer 2002
Studio Album of the Year:Trey Anastasio , Trey Anastasio
Live Album of the Year:Widespread Panic ’sLive in the Classic City
Archival Album:Phish , Live Phish 11: 11/17/97, McNichols Sports Arena, Denver, CO
Song of the Year:Gov't Mule 's “Soulshine”
New Groove of the Year:Robert Randolph & The Family Band
Fan Website of the Year: Philzone.com
Lifetime Achievement Award:The Grateful Dead (presented by essay contest winner Bill Stites)
Mimi Fishman Community Service Award: Joshua Stack, Panic Fans For Food
Grahamy Jammy (industry award for support of the scene): Annabel LukinsFourth Annual Jammy Awards(2004)
The Fourth Annual Jammy Awards were held on
March 16 ,2004 at Madison Square Garden. It is most notiable for the reunion ofBlack Crowes members Chris Robinson, Rich Robinson and Eddie Harsch which lead to their revival of the Crowes in early2005 .cite web|url=http://jambands.com/News.phtml?newsfile=redesign_news179.html|title=Fourth Annual Jammys Recap]Performers
The night kicked off with a performance of “Higher & Higher” by the Harlem Gospel Choir, which was soon joined by an expanded version of
Soulive . The trio welcomed vocalist Reggie Watts ofMaktub ,trumpeter Rashawn Ross,tenor saxophonist Ryan Zoidis,alto saxophonist Cochemea “Cheme” Gastelum andpercussionist Danny Sadownick. Next up was Reid Genauer and the Assembly of Dust withDickey Betts andEdie Brickell .The Disco Biscuits launched into their own "Rock Candy." (Flavor Flav was originally scheduled to join the band, but he respectfully declined during the last week.Rahzel was then booked, but could not make the gig due to a snowstorm in the Northeast).Dr. John ,Toots Hibbert (Toots and Maytals), bassist George Porter Jr. (the Meters ), guitarist Brian Stoltz (the Meters ), and drummer Matt Abts (Gov't Mule ) then took the stage for a set that included "Right Place, Wrong Time," "Pressure Drop" and "Hey Pocky Way," withWidespread Panic keyboardist JoJo Hermann on the latter.The Derek Trucks Band featured vocalistSolomon Burke for "I wish I knew How it Would Feel to be Free" and "Home in Your Heart." Trucks’ wife,Susan Tedeschi , along withDickey Betts , then joined in for "Turn on Your Lovelight."The String Cheese Incident opened its portion of the night with the instrumental "Valley of the Jig" and "’Round the Wheel."Jane's Addiction front manPerry Farrell then emerged for "Idiots Rule," which also included theSoulive horn section. FollowingGov't Mule ’s "Blind Man in the Dark,"Black Crowes members Chris Robinson, Rich Robinson and Eddie Harsch shared the stage for "Sometimes Salvation." It was their first performance together since October of 2001. The Crowes have been officially on hiatus since January of 2002. This was one of the reasons that the band got back together in 2005. Earlier in the set, Chris Robinson joined the Mule for a rendition ofNeil Young ’s "Southern Man.""Lifetime Achievement Award" recipient
Steve Winwood and his band took the stage for the evening’s finale, which opened with "Different Light." For the final jam of the night, Betts and String Cheese Incident’s Michael Kang returned to the stage, along with the show’s host,Robert Randolph , who played guitar, andsaxophonist James Carter for "Gimme Some Lovin'," one of Winwood's oldest hits, which he wrote at age 15 while inThe Spencer Davis Group .Winners
"Lifetime Achievement Award" -
Steve Winwood
"Live Album of the Year" -Gov't Mule - "The Deepest End"
"Studio Album of the Year" -moe. - "Wormwood"
"Song of the Year"-The Allman Brothers Band - "Old Before My Time"
"Archival Live Album of the Year" -The Grateful Dead - "Closing of Winterland: December 31, 1978"
"Live Performance of the Year" -Gov't Mule withLes Claypool ,Bela Fleck ,Sonny Landreth , George Porter Jr., Dave Schools,Victor Wooten and more - 5/3/03, Saenger Theatre, New Orleans, LA
"Tour of the Year" -Phish - Summer 2003
"DVD of the Year" -Dave Matthews Band - "The Central Park Concert "
"Album Cover of the Year" -String Cheese Incident - "Untying the Knot" by Alex Gray
"New Groove of the Year" -The Breakfast (formerly Psychedelic Breakfast)
"Mimi Fishman Memorial Community Service Award" - Justin Baker, Conscious Alliance
"Grahamy Jammy (Industry award for support of the scene)" - Don Strasburg, talent buyer for the Fox Theatre in Boulder, COFifth Annual Jammy Awards (2005)
The Fifth Annual Jammy awards were held on
April 26 ,2005 atMadison Square Garden .Phil Lesh , bass player ofthe Grateful Dead , was the host.cite web|url=http://www.jambands.com/News.phtml?newsfile=redesign_news228.html|title=Fifth Annual Jammys Recap]Performers
Bruce Hornsby ran through his “Valley Road” withYonder Mountain String Band andLeftover Salmon 's Vince Herman. Next up,Huey Lewis joinedUmphrey's McGee for a mini-set beginning with “Heart & Soul.” Soon after,Mavis Staples ,Sinéad O'Connor andJeff Coffin joined the collective for covers of “The Weight” and “I’ll Take You There.”Keller Williams and?uestlove provided the rhythm section for the evening’s next jam session, which included a Nelly McKay version ofBob Dylan ’s “Rain Day Woman.”Ryan Adams invitedPhil Lesh onto the stage for a cover of theGrateful Dead 's “Wharf Rat.”Les Claypool , dressed in a pig mask, andGabby La La joined in during a jam between theBenevento/Russo Duo andMike Gordon .The Disco Biscuits then performed for the first time without founding drummer Sam Altman, who was currently preparing for a career in medicine. Scheduled to perform “Honytonk” withTravis Tritt (who performed his own show earlier in the evening at BB King Blues Club),the Disco Biscuits also included the country star’s drummer for a version of its “House Dog Party Favor.”Buddy Guy led a jam anchored by ceremony host
Phil Lesh andThe Roots drummer?uestlove .John Mayer , a 2002 Jammy performer and Guy disciple, also made a surprise appearance, adding guitar to a version of “Hoochie Coochie Man .”Medeski, Martin and Wood assisted with songs byBurning Spear andSinéad O'Connor . This performance marked O'Connor’s first appearance in New York in over five years. Luther Dickinson, ?uestlove, Disco Biscuits' Aron Magner and Jon Gutwillig, Claypool andMarco Benevento all returned to the stage, with Gutwillig sharing a vocal duet with O’Connor.Winners
"Lifetime Achievement:"
Buddy Guy
"Song of the Year:"Umphrey's McGee , "In the Kitchen."
"New Groove of the Year:"Benevento/Russo Duo
"Tour Of The Year:"Phish , Summer 2004
"Download of the Year:" The Dead 6/12/04,Bonnaroo ,Manchester, TN
"DVD of the Year:"Phish , IT
"Archival Live Album of the Year:"Jerry Garcia , After Midnight Kean College, 2/28/80
"Mimi Fishman Memorial Community Service Award:" HeadCount
"Studio Album of the Year":Gov't Mule , Deja Voodoo
"Live Album of the Year:"Keller Williams Stage
"Live Performance of the Year:"Phil Lesh & Friends , 12/19/04
"Grahamy Jammy:" Ken Hayesixth Annual Jammy Awards (2006)
The Sixth Annual Jammy awards were held on
April 20 ,2006 atMadison Square Garden . The event was co-hosted byGrateful Dead drummersMickey Hart andBill Kreutzmann .cite web|url=http://www.jambands.com/News.phtml?newsfile=redesign_news272.html|title=Sixth Annual Jammys Recap.]Performers
2004 JamOff winner Jonah Smith opened the ceremony with an hour-long set in the Theatre of Madison Square Garden’s lobby, while
the Disco Biscuits autographed copies of the current issue ofRelix magazine. The North Mississippi Allstars kicked off The Jammys proper withUmphrey's McGee drummerKris Myers sitting in for Cody Dickinson. The North Mississippi Allstars also played a version of “Freedom Highway,” with vocal duties supplied byMavis Staples .Richie Havens , who was the first performance atWoodstock '69, started the night off with his song "Freedom," backed by the Mutaytor. Next,Blues Traveler paid tribute to the Wetlands club by performing their song "NY Prophesie" withDJ Logic .Bettye LaVette also appeared during Blues Traveler's set, adding vocals on a cover of Steppenwolfs "Magic Carpet Ride ." NextBela Fleck and the Flecktones played a set.Next, a mixture band consisting ofJoe Satriani ,Steve Kimock ,Jane's Addiction drummerStephen Perkins , horn player Willy Waldman,Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey bassistReed Mathis andGrace Potter performed a set. After them,Guster was joined byPeter Frampton and worked on material from Guster's new album Ganging up the Sun.Martin Sexton also joined them for a version of Frampton's "Do You Feel Like We Do ." BanjoistBela Fleck led his band, theFlecktones , on their first performance at a Jammys, welcoming jazz legendMcCoy Tyner and tap dancerSavion Glover to join them.Next,
Dweezil Zappa debuted his bandZappa Plays Zappa . Dweezil performed many tunes from his father's catalog and was joined byMickey Hart ,Chick Corea , andJake Cinninger during their set, then took the stage for their second Jammys appearance, performing withMad Professor and playingThe Clash 's "Guns of Brixton," and its own "Buster." Co-hosts Hart andBill Kreutzmann then performed an improv set which including "Iko Iko," while being joined byMike Gordon , Kimock, Steven Perkins,Charlie Musselwhite , The Mutaytor,Baaba Maal ,Angelique Kidjo andBettye LaVette . The awards show came to a close with many of the nights performers jamming toBob Marley 's "One Love." People includedLittle Feat , Hart, Kreutzmann, Stephen Marley,Ky-Mani Marley , Frampton, DJ Logic, Satriani,Hubert Sumlin , Consequence, Musselwhite and Fleck.Winners
"Lifetime Achievement:"
Frank Zappa
"Tour of the Year:" Big Summer Classic Tour (String Cheese Incident, Keller Williams, Michael Franti & Spearhead, Yonder Mountain String Band, Umphrey's McGee, New Monsoon, and Xavier Rudd)
"Live Album of the Year:" Widespread Panic - "Live at Myrtle Beach"
"Studio Album of the Year:"Leo Kottke andMike Gordon - "Sixty Six Steps"
"Song of the Year:"Tea Leaf Green , "Taught To Be Proud"
"Live Performance of the Year:" moe. Tsunami Relief Benefit, Roseland Ballroom, NYC, 2/10/05 (moe. headlined with Trey Anastasio,Sam Bush ,Jennifer Hartswick ,John Medeski andRay Paczkowski )
"Archival Album of the Year:" Phish - ""
"DVD of the Year:" Bob Dylan - "No Direction Home"
"New Groove:"Grace Potter and the Nocturnals
"Global Rhythm World Music Award:" Baaba Maal
"The Jammy Industry Award:" Larry Bloch
"Green Apple Award:" Jack JohnsonReferences
External links
* [http://www.jammys.com/ Jammys official site]
* [http://www.jambands.com Jambands.com site]
* [http://www.relix.com/ Relix Magazine official site]
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