Minnesota Music Awards 1982

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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.”