The show is run like an actual awards show and is a lot of fun (complete with red carpet entrance). Just getting all the different Cincinnati bands/musicians under one roof for a night is quite the spectacle. And it's incredibly exciting when your friends win (reggae, bluegrass categories).
I've posted an article from Mike Breen who works at Citybeat magazine too, sums up the night quite well... boy does my head hurt today (schwillin whiskey from the bottle backstage after the show probably wasn't such a great idea, but whatchagonnado)
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The afterparty is sitll going on, but, while we assess what happened last night at the 12th annual Cincinnati Entertainment Award ceremony at the Emery Theater — the first sold-out show and quite possibly the best show in CEA histtory —here's who won what last night.
The levity of having Bootsy Collins and some legendary James Brown cohorts, plus Ralph Satnley, performing at the CEAs hit me when I drove up in the afternoon to drop off scripts and the CD with winner's music earlier in the afternoon. When I pulled up the venue, I was behind Ralph Stanley's tour bus, maneuvering the tight turns of Over-the-Rhine, When I walked into the Emery Theatre, Booty Colllins and his famous colleagues were sound-checking with a mini-set that seemed already perfect.
I was blown away by the bookended performances. This truly represented the history of what would become Rock & Roll. It was almost surreal to watch. Fuck you if you don't get it — we should be so proud of Cincinnati's place in music history
If I can put things into words, I'll write more. In the meantime, here's who won some awards last night:
BEST LIVE ACT
Foxy Shazam
BEST MUSICAL AMBASSADOR
Bootsy Collins
BLUEGRASS
Rumpke Mountain Boys
BLUES
Sonny Moorman Group
COUNTRY
The Turkeys
EXPERIMENTAL/ELECTRONIC
Chick Pimp, Coke Dealer at a Bar
FOLK/AMERICANA
Jake Speed & the Freddies
HARD ROCK/METAL
Foxy Shazam
HIP HOP
Eclipse
INDIE/ALTERNATIVE
The Seedy Seeds
JAZZ
Faux Frenchmen
PUNK/POST PUNK/HARDCORE
Knife the Symphony
R&B/FUNK
Daughters and Sons
ROCK
500 Miles to Memphis
SINGER/SONGWRITER
Kim Taylor
WORLD MUSIC/REGGAE
Super-Massive
NEW ARTIST OF THE YEAR
Daniel Martin Moore
ALBUM OF THE YEAR
Barkinghaus
The Sundresses
ARTIST OF THE YEAR
Seabird
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2 comments:
"a little heavy lifting" - nice euphemism, Conway.
Seriously now, who'd you have to give a blow job to get that backstage pass?
"Seriously now, who'd you have to give a blow job to get that backstage pass?"
I blow so many people it's tough to know where the benefits are actually coming from. I just chalk it up to what I refer to as "BJ Karma"
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