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Friday, November 22. 1996 C-15 ammie nominees name Jazz vocalist: Ann Dyer; Madeline tast-man; Kitty Margolis; Denise Perrier, Mary Stallings. Jazz club band: Dogslyde; Junk; T.J. Kirk; Mingus Amungus; Oranj Symphonette. Blues musician: Charles Brown; Tommy Castro; Alvin Youngblood Hart; Charlie Mussel-white; Joe Louis Walker.

Blues vocalist: Brenda Boykin; Charles Brown; Alvin Youngblood Hart; Charlie Mussel-white; Joe Louis Walker. Blues club band: Tommy Castro Band; Mark Hummel Blues Survivors; Little Charlie the Nightcats; Preacher Boy the Natural Blues; Sy Klopps Blues Band. World beat album "Adelante," Avance; "Psychedelic Surt Groove," Common Sense; "Scientific," Hepcat; "Passing on the Tradition," Att Akbar Khan; "Head Light," Trance Mission. Work) beat club band: El Camino Cha Cha Orchestra; Los Angelitos; Trance Mission; Native Elements; Wild Mango. Alternative album: "One Mississippi," Brendan Benson; "Fashion Nugget," Cake; "Sea Sick," Imperial Teen; "Dirty Bird," the, Meices; "Visit to a Small Planet," Sunshine Club.

Rockpop band: Imperial Teen; the Meices; Mensclub; MIRV; Supernaturals. Punk band: Decal; Groovie Ghoulies; Mr. Experience; Pansy Division; Redemption 87. Americanaroots band: Box Set; Diesel-head; Liar; Sunshine Club; Sweet Virginia. Cabaretloungeswing act: Vise Grip the Ambassadors ot Swing; Indigo Swing; The New Morty Show; Lavay Smith Her Red Hot Skillet Lickers; Tracy.

The Bill Graham Lifetime Achievement Award and the Arthur M. Sohcot Award for public service and excellence in performance will be announced early next year, as will the names of performers. Joining BAM as media partners Metallica and its members are up for awards in seven categories. for the Bammies will be KGO-AM, the whole show while the other KMEL-FM, KSJO-FM, KUFX- stations will broadcast live cover- FM and KOFY television. KGO- age of the show within their respec- AM will present a live broadcast of tive formats.

SAN FRANCISCO EXAMINER Metallica, Journey lead balloting as ceremony returns to Bffl Graham Civic Auditorium By Philip Elwood 1A A0) a 7 JLM -Michael Medved, New York Post EXAMINER MUSKCnrilC THE BAY AREA Music Awards Foundation on Thursday announced the nominees for BAM magazine's Bay Area Music Awards the Bam-mies which will be presented March 15 at ceremonies in the Bill Graham Civic Auditorium. "It is particularly fortuitous," said Bammies 20 executive producer Dennis Erokan at Eleven Restaurant, site of the nominations announcement, "that the Bammies 20th anniversary celebration should be held, after two years away, in the completely refurbished Bill Graham Civic Auditorium, our traditional home." Leading the Bammie balloting this year are Metallica (and its members) with nominations in seven categories; Journey with five; and Cake, Chris Isaak Silver-tone, and Imperial Teen with four each. The Tommy Castro Band, Counting Crows, Tracy Chapman, Dave Ellis, Alvin Youngblood Hart, Charlie Hunter Quartet and Sunshine Club each had three nominations. This year's Bammie ballot has three new categories covering the areas of dance artist, hip hop artist and artist. The urban contemporary album category has been dropped.

Every year in October, Eroken, who is also BAM's editor in chief, solicits nominations for Bammie awards from 150 Bay Area music critics, radio programmers, recording industry personnel and other members of the music community. According to Erokan, "Nominations are based on artistic accomplishments," adding, "the nominees must have been active on the Bay Area scene and have had a recording issued during the period from Nov. 1, 1995, to Oct. 31, 1996." Bammie voting is by mail using ballots printed in five consecutive issues of the free biweekly BAM magazine, beginning with the Nov. 29 edition.

Bammies "poll-watch Grownups The Movie May Be mm A V'1 even more Amazim -Roger Ebert, Ssce 7'; 7 v' rf 1 4MU 1 0 ers" say that the mail balloting is carefully monitored to prevent multiple voting by individuals, fan school groups and collec- ives. Tickets to the Bammies 20 mu sical show and awards ceremonies at $100, $60 or $30 are avail able at BASS outlets. This year's Bammie nominees: Album: "AN Eyez on Me," 2 Pac Shakur; "Fashion Nugget," Cake; "New Beginning," Tracy Chapman; "Recovering the Satellites," 0 Counting Crows; "Load," Metallica. Act Now. This Is The Only Holiday Season You Can Buy Toy Story And Save Up To $251 Debut album: "One Mississippi," Brendan Benson; "Romance te a Slow Dance," Crumb; "The Hypocrite," Ryan Downe; "Sea Sick," Imperial Teen; "Shove," Van Gogh's Daughter.

lJ) Independent album or EP: "Take It From the Man," Brian Jonestown Massacre; "New Deal," John Wesley Harding; 'love Is Dead, Mr. Experience; "Visit to a Small Planet," Sunshine Club; "Songs of the Cows," the Mermen. X3 Jazz album: 'Uiminous Charms," Peter Apfelbaum; "Raven," Dave Ellis; "Ready, Set, Shango," Charlie Hunter Quartet; "Kiss My Acid Jazz," Junk; "It Four Was One," TJ. Kirk. Blues album: 'Ace in the Hole," EMn Bishop; "Big Mama's Door," Alvin Youngblood Hart; "Straight Up," Little Charlie and the Nightcats; "Gutters and Pews," Preacher Boy; "Exception to the Rule," Tommy Castro Band Hard music album or EP: "Finally," Clarke Nova; "Stag," MehAis; "Comin' to Take You Away," Mensclub; "Through Sliver Blood, say- )h' Neurosis; "Stone Fox," Stone Fox.

(o) Song: "The Distance," Cake; "Give Me One Reason," Tracy Chapman; "Angels of the Silences," Counting Crows; "When You Love a Woman," Journey; "Until Sleeps," Metallica, Group: Cake; Counting Crows; Chris Isaak Silvertone; Journey; Metallica Male vocalist: Mark Eitzel; John Wesley Harding; James Hetfiefd (Metallica); Chris Isaak; PHICE As Low As Less INSTANT SAVINGS From ECDA(C Film Up To Net Video Cost Neil Young. Female vocalist: Tracy Chapman; En Vogue; Paula Frazer (Tarnation); Penelope Houston, Linda Perry. Guitarist: Kirk Hammett (Metallica); Char ts Hunter; Joe Satnani; Neal Schon (Journey); Nei Young. Bassist: Les Oaypool (PrimusSausage); Jason Newstead (Metallica); RoJie Sally (Chris Isaak Silvertone); Rob Wasserman; Allen Whitman (The Mermen). Drummerpercussionist: Mickey Hart; $g00' $W5 Dl IJSl mm 9M (I Kenny Dale Johnson (Chris Isaak Silvertone); Lynn Perko (Imperial Teen); Steve Smith (Journey); Lars Urich (Metallica).

Keyboardistsynthesist: Jonathan Cain (Journey); Booker T. Jones (Booker T. the MGs, Jimmy Pugh (Robert Cray Band), Chester Thompson (Santana); Vince Welnick. Reedsbrass player: Ralph Carney; Beth Custer, Dave EHs, Joe Henderson; Harvey Wanapel Hip hop performer 2 Pac Shakur; Cety Cel. E-40; Mac Mai, Too Short tit performer: Art Ttf Soul; En Vogue; Prerrter, Raphael Saadq, Tory Ton Tone! Dance performer: Angelina, Bufty; Ener gy.

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