DATE:   May 7, 1990

PLACE: St. Paul Radisson Hotel

HOST: Comedian Scott Hansen

SPONSORS:

• City Pages
• BMI

NOTES:The show was produced by Gary Marx Showcase concerts were held on May 8 and 9 at the:

• Fine Line
• Bunker’s
• Mirage
• Iron Horse

PERFORMANCES BY:

• The Belfreys
• Powermad
• Jayhawks
• Hoopsnakes
• Dr. Mambo’s Combo
• Ipso Facto
• Ann Reed

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MAJOR AWARDS

Readers voted for published nominees in the following six categories:

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

ALBUM/CD OF THE YEAR:

Boiled in Lead – From the Ladle to the GraveGreg Brown – One Big TownJayhawks – Blue EarthBob Mould – WorkbookReplacements – Don’t Tell a Soul

SINGLE OF THE YEAR: Replacements – I’ll be YouHalo of Flies – Death of a FlyBob Mould – See a Little LightPrince – BatdanceSonny Rodgers – One Leg Woman

INDIVIDUAL ARTIST OF THE YEAR:

Ann ReedGreg BrownPeter HimmelmanBob MouldPrince

GROUP OF THE YEAR

Ipso FactoGear DaddiesJayhawksReplacementsTrip Shakespeare

VOCALIST OF THE YEAR

J.D. SteeleKaren Paurus – Holiday RanchPrincePaul Westerberg – ReplacementsMartin Zellar – Gear Daddies

MUSIC VIDEO OF THE YEAR:

Soul Asylum – P9Magnolias – Pardon MeBob Mould – See a Little LightPrince – BatdanceReplacements – I’ll be You

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OTHER MAJOR AWARDS

The recipients below were chosen by music industry workers surveyed by City Pages publisher Tom Bartel and his associates.

ENTERTAINER/GROUP OF THE YEAR: The Replacements

CONNIE HECHTER AWARD: Engineer Steve Wiese

HALL OF FAME: David Rivkin, introduced by his brother, Bobby “Z” Rivkin

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1990 MMA RECIPIENTS

POP/ROCK – INDIVIDUAL:  Prince

POP/ROCK – GROUP:  Replacements

POP/ROCK RECORDING:  Replacements, “Don’t Tell a Soul”

CONTEMPORARY URBAN-DANCE-RAP – INDIVIDUAL:  J.D. Steele

CONTEMPORARY URBAN-DANCE-RAP – GROUP:  Dr. Mambo’s Combo

CONTEMPORARY URBAN-DANCE-RAP – RECORDING:  Janet Jackson, ” Rhythm Nation 1814″

JAZZ – INDIVIDUAL:  Jay Young – Moore by Four

JAZZ – GROUP:  Moore by Four

JAZZ – RECORDING:  Patty Peterson, “The More I See you”

COUNTRY AND COUNTRY/ROCK – INDIVIDUAL:  Barb Cohen, Farm Accident

COUNTRY AND COUNTRY ROCK – GROUP:  Farm Accident

COUNTRY AND COUNTRY ROCK – RECORDING:  Jayhawks – “Blue Earth”

NEW AGE – INDIVIDUAL:  Steve Tibbetts

NEW AGE – GROUP:  Billy McLaughlin Group

NEW AGE – RECORDING:  Steve Tibbetts – “Big Map Idea”

GOSPEL – INDIVIDUAL:  Jevetta Steele

GOSPEL – GROUP:  The Steeles

GOSPEL – RECORDING:  Gaylen Paul – “The Only One”

VINTAGE R&B AND BLUES – INDIVIDUAL:  Charlie Bingham, Hoopsnakes

VINTAGE R&B AND BLUES – GROUP:  Hoopsnakes

VINTAGE R&B AND BLUES – RECORDING:  3 Below, “Demo”

POLKA AND OLDTIME:  The Chmielewskis

HEAVY METAL – HARD ROCK – INDIVIDUAL:  Grant Hart

HEAVY METAL – HARD ROCK – GROUP:  Powermad

HEAVY METAL – HARD ROCK – RECORDING:  Grant Hart, “Intolerance”

FOLK – INDIVIDUAL:  Paul Metsa

FOLK – GROUP:  Farm Accident

FOLK – RECORDING:  Greg Brown, “One Big Town”

WORLD BEAT – INDIVIDUAL:  Wain McFarlane

WORLD BEAT GROUP:  Ipso Facto

WORLD BEAT – RECORDING:  Boiled in Lead, “Ladle to the Grave”

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OTHER CATEGORIES

PRODUCER OF THE YEAR: Jimmy Jam Harris and Terry Lewis

SONGWRITER OF THE YEAR: Oliver Leiber (wrote three hits for Paula Abdul)

ENGINEER OF THE YEAR: David Rivkin