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Minnesota Music Awards: 1982

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For other years, see MINNESOTA MUSIC AWARDS.

 

DATE:   May 24, 1982

PLACE:  The Prom Ballroom (which refused to turn on the air conditioning)

SPONSORS: City Pages, Great American Music and The Wax Museums

HOST:  Louie Anderson

NOTES:

  • The awards were referred to as both the Yammies and the Minnesota Music Awards.
  • Executive Producer was Tom Bartel of the City Pages.
  • The list of nominees was drafted by City Pages staff “in conjunction with over 100 music professionals in the Twin Cities.”
  • Ballots were published in the City Pages with a warning not to stuff the ballot box.
  • Approximately 1,500 ballots were tabulated.
  • Lamont Cranston won a number of awards, and members were actually booed when they accepted; apparently it was felt that the awards had become more of a popularity contest.

PERFORMERS:

  • Sue Ann Carwell (no show)
  • Sam Davis
  • The Dillman Band
  • Middle Spunk Creek Boys
  • Patty Peterson (brought down the house!)
  • T.C. Jammers
  • The Time
  • Flamin’ Oh’s – played after the ceremony

 

1982 NOMINEES AND WINNERS

*** For each category, the winner is at the top of the list in bold; the other nominees follow. ***

Best 45 or EP

  • Mississippi Shakedown – Lamont Cranston
  • Lovin’ the Night Away – The Dillmans
  • Stop – Flamin’ Ohs
  • Controversy – Prince
  • I’m in Trouble – Replacements
  • Get it Up – The Time

Best LP

  • Credit in Heaven – Suburbs
  • Oh – Flamin’ Ohs
  • Mississippi Shakedown – Lamont Cranston
  • Controversy – Prince
  • The Time – The Time
  • Out of the Woods – Willie and the Bees

Best New Act

  • T.C. Jammers
  • Crash Street Kids
  • Johnny Rey and the Reaction
  • Sweet Taste of Afrika
  • The Time

Best Wind Instrument

  • Rick O’Dell – Lamont Cranston
  • Eddie Berger – Eddie Berger and the Jazz All Stars
  • Tom Burnevik – Bees Knees
  • Dave Karr – Rio Nido
  • Pat Mackin – The Dillmans

Best Electric Guitar

  • Charlie Bingham – Lamont Cranston
  • Jeff Bouchier – T.C. Jammers
  • Steve Brantseg – The Phones
  • Jeff Christensen – Alter Boys
  • John della Selva – Doug Maynard Band
  • Dez Dickerson – Prince
  • Johnny Donaldson – Chameleon
  • Brian Peters – Mary Jane Alm Band

Best Acoustic Guitar

  • Leo Kottke
  • Dakota Dave Hull
  • Peter Lang
  • Tim Sparks – Rio Nido
  • Steve Tibbetts

Best Bass

  • Terry Grant – Lamont Cranston
  • Melvin English – Uptown Manhattan
  • Willie Murphy – Willie and the Bees
  • Jody Ray – Flamin’ Ohs
  • Josh Weaver – T.C. Jammers

Best Keyboard Player

  • Bruce McCabe – Lamont Cranston
  • Joseph Behrend – Flamin’ Ohs
  • Ricky Peterson – T.C. Jammers
  • Chan Poling – Suburbs
  • Butch Thompson – Butch Thompson Trio

Best Drummer

  • Bob Meide – Flamin’ Oh’s
  • Dave Ahl – L-7-3
  • Erick Kamau Gravatt – Mystic Harbour Bridge
  • Ernie La Violette – Zenner
  • Scott Nelson – Mary Jane Alm Band
  • Bobby Vandell – T.C. Jammers

Best Misc. Instrument

  • Pat Hayes – harmonica – Lamont Cranston
  • Cliff Alexis – steel pan – Shangoya
  • Bruce Allard – violin
  • Milo Fine – drums – Milo Fine Ensemble
  • Tony Glover – harmonica
  • David Island – saxophone – Doug Maynard Band
  • Peter Ostrousko – mandolin, fiddle – New Prairie Ramblers

Best Jazz Instrumentalist

  • Billy Peterson
  • Eddie Berger
  • Milo Fine
  • Tim Sparks
  • Morris Wilson

Best Folk Group or Individual

  • Koerner, Ray & Glover
  • Sean Blackburn & Dakota Dave Hull
  • Red Gallagher
  • Bill Hinckley and Judy Larson
  • Larry Long
  • New Prairie Ramblers

Best Bluegrass Band

  • Middle Spunk Creek Boys
  • Buckacre
  • Jugsluggers
  • Stoney Lonesome

Best Male Vocalist

  • Doug Maynard – Doug Maynard Band
  • Peter Himmelman – Sussman Lawrence
  • Prince
  • Rockie Robbins
  • Steve Seamans – The Dillmans
  • Paul Westerberg – The Replacements
  • Robert Wilkenson – Flamin’ Ohs

Best Female Vocalist

  • Mary Jane Alm – Mary Jane Alm Band
  • Sue Ann Carwell
  • Margaret Cox – T.C. Jammers
  • Prudence Johnson – Rio Nido
  • Becky Reimer Thompson – Becky Reimer Thompson Band

Best Rock Band

  • Lamont Cranston
  • Flamin’ Oh’s
  • Metro All Stars
  • Replacements
  • Phones
  • Suburbs

Best Country/Country Rock Band

  • Sky Blue Water Boys
  • Both Barrels Band
  • Salt Creek
  • Steamboat Willie
  • Becky Remer Thompson Band

Best Jazz Band

  • Samoa
  • Rio Nido
  • Eddie Berger and the Jazz All Stars
  • Will Summer and Tropic Zone
  • The Wolverines

Best R&B/Funk/Soul Band

  • The Time
  • Michael James Band
  • Shangoya
  • T.C. Jammers
  • Willie & the Bees

Best Gospel Group/Individual

  • J.D. Steele Singers
  • Sam Davis
  • Jerry Esno
  • Sabathani Baptist Choir
  • Tom Tipton

Best Producer

  • Steve Wiese, Jack Daly – Shakedown – Lamont Cranston
  • Steve Greenberg – Designer Music, Lipps, Inc.
  • Prince – Controversy – Prince
  • David Rivkin – Oh – Flamin’ Ohs
  • Paul Stark – Credit in Heaven – Suburbs

Best Engineer

  • David Rivkin – Independent
  • Jack Daly – Creation
  • Paul Martinson – Sound 80
  • Peter Martinson – American Artists
  • Mike McKern – Tracks on 5th
  • Jerry Steckling – Cookhouse
  • Steve Wiesse – Creation

Musician of the Year

“Martian Coulour” of the City Pages reported that “Tony Glover opens the Musician of the Year Award by pulling from his pocket a deathly switch blade, which, with the flick of a wrist, he springs open.  Audience members in the first rows coo out ‘oohs’ and ‘ahs’ as the deadly blade gleams in the spotlight.”

  • Prince
  • Charlie Bingham – Lamont Cranston
  • Willie Murphy – Willie & the Bees
  • Ricky Peterson – T.C. Jammers
  • Chan Poling – Suburbs

 

Classical Music Award:  Minnesota Public Radio

Publisher’s Award:  The Coffeehouse Extempore

 

 

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