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Well, here they are: the Jammy nominations. The event will take place on June 22 at Irving Plaza. Tickets will go on sale soon (this announcement will be made in conjunction with the final line-up of performers). Updated on-sale info will appear in the newsletter.

A few additional points

(1) The Jammys year runs through April of 00

(2) The categories at the end of this list will be voted upon by a panel of industry folk and musicians

(3) Additional awards will be given out that evening, including the Topper Award, the Home Grown Music Award and Road Trip of the year

(4) Please vote once- you may use the form below or email your votes to us- jammys@jambands.com

You have until Thursday June 15 to cast your ballots

See you at Irving on the 22nd

Release of the Year

Deep Banana Blackout- Rowdy Duty
Gov't Mule- Live With a Little Help From Our Friends
Grateful Dead- Dicks Picks 16
Grateful Dead- So Many Roads
Lake Trout- Alone at Last
Leftover Salmon- Nashville Sessions
Phil Lesh & Friends- Love Will See You Through
moe.- L
Percy Hill- Color in Bloom
Phish- Hampton Comes Alive
Sector 9- Interplanetary Escape Vehicle
Soulive- Turn It Out
String Cheese Incident- Carnival 99
Widespread Panic- Till The Medicine Takes
Keller Williams- Breathe

Live Set

Power Jam- Bruce Hampton, Oteil Burbridge, Jeff Sipe, Bernie Worrell, Allen Woody, Jimmy Herring 3/28/99

Deep Banana Blackout (with Clyde Stubblefield, Michael Ray, Peter Prince, Butch Trucks) 4/15/99 set II

Project Logic (with John Scofield, Joshua Redman) 9/8/99

Frogwings- 2/12/99 set II

KVHW- 5/16/99 set III

moe. 10/31/99 set II

Phil and Friends- 4/17/99 set II

Phish- 12/31/99 set II

String Cheese Incident 12/31/99 set II

Widespread Panic 10/31/99 set II

New Groove (Nominations culled from jambands.com New Grooves of the month)

The Big Wu
Fat Mama
Lake Trout
Living Daylights
The New Deal
Sector 9
Soulive
ulu
Umphrey's McGee

Radio Show

Stumble In The Dark- KDHX 88.1 St. Louis, MO

Endless Boundaries- WBZC 88.9 Burlington County, NJ

The Music Never Stops- KPFK 90.7 Los Angeles, CA

Share The Groove- WICB 91.7 Ithaca, NY

The Glass Onion- Eye Q Radio

The Dunhams- WZGC 92.9 Atlanta, GA

Fan web site (non-commercial, no-banner ads)

www.etree.org
www.friendsofcheese.com
www.phish.net
www.philzone.com
www.sugarmegs.org
www.netspace.org/Widespread

Community Service (Fan-based efforts to make the community a better place)

The Gateway
The Good Vibe
Panic Fans For Food
The Phellowship
Phunky Bitches
Strangers Helping Strangers

Jambands.com Writer

Lee Abraham
Benjy Eisen
Jesse Jarnow
Bob Makin
Carol Wade
Jeff Waful

The Following Awards will be determined by the Jammys industry/musicians panel

Studio Album of the Year

Leftover Salmon- Nashville Sessions
Percy Hill- Color in Bloom
Sector 9- Interplanetary Escape Vehicle
Soulive- Turn It Out
Widespread Panic- Till The Medicine Takes
Keller Williams- Breathe

Live Album of the Year

Deep Banana Blackout- Rowdy Duty
Gov't Mule- Live With a Little Help From Our Friends
Lake Trout- Alone at Last
Phil Lesh & Friends- Love Will See You Through
Moe.- L
String Cheese Incident- Carnival 99

Jam of the Year

Berkfest Allstar Jam [Oteil Burbridge, Rob Somerville, Fuzz, DJ Logic, Nate Wilson, Dr. Didg, Bob Moses, Karl Denson] 8/14/99

Disco Biscuits Akira Jam 12/31/99

Merlefest Creekside Jam- Sam Bush, Jorma Kaukonen, Futureman, Jeff Coffin, Mark Schatz 4/24/99

Moe- moe>Seapods>moe jam- Johnny Lineup>Bong Hits and Porn>Johnny Lineup 3/13/99

Phish- Drowned>After Midnight 12/31/99

Phish- Boogie on Reggae Woman 9/18/99

String Cheese Incident- Blackberry Blossom>Freedom Jazz Dance>Blackberry Blossom 12/28/99

Slipping Daylights 7/4/99

Future Jam- Musicians Award (Nominations came from the bands themselves)

Fat Mama
Lake Trout
Ray's Music Exchange
Soulive
Vinyl
Yonder Mountain String Band