Jammys 2005

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Phil Lesh To Host 2005 Jammys, Voting Begins Tomorrow

The Jammys will return to the New York City’s Theater at Madison Square Garden on April 26. Mr. Phil Lesh will be on hand to host the event, with tickets going on sale this Friday. Voting for the awards will begin tomorrow at Jammys.com. Here is a quick look at four of the categories with the full nominations list soon to appear at Jammys web site.

Tour of the year:

Acoustic Planet (Bela Fleck and the Flecktones/Keller Williams/Yonder Mountain String Band)

Colonel Claypool's Bucket of Bernie Brains

Hallucino-Genetics (Primus)

Phish (summer 2004)

Ropeadope New Music Seminar (Charlie Hunter with Bobby Previte and DJ Olive, Sex Mob Horns, Benevento/Russo Duo, Critters Buggin', Lyrics Born)

Shake Holla and March (North Mississippi Allstars, Dirty Dozen Brass Band, Rising Star Fife & Drum Band)

Live album of the year:

“Hill Country Revue Live at Bonnaroo,” North Mississippi Allstars

“Live at Lupo's,” The Slip

“Live at the Georgia Theater,” Derek Trucks Band

“Uber Cobra,” Widespread Panic

“Stage,” Keller Williams

“Mountain Tracks Vol. 3,” Yonder Mountain String Band

Studio album of the year:

“Who Is This America?,” Antibalas

“The Dirty South,” Drive By Truckers

“Deja Voodoo,” Gov't Mule

“End of the World Party (Just in Case),” Medeski Martin & Wood

“Lochloosa,” MOFRO

“Anchor Drops,” Umphrey's McGee

Live performance of the year:

Aquarium Rescue Unit (10/20/04, Georgia Theater, Athens, Ga.)

The Disco Biscuits (12/31/04, Hammerstein Ballroom, New York)

Phil Lesh & Friends (12/19/04, Warfield Theatre, San Francisco)

Medeski Martin & Wood with Antibalas and Cyro Baptista (12/31/04, Hammerstein

Ballroom, New York)

North Mississippi Allstars Hill Country Review (6/11/04, Bonnaroo Festival, Manchester, Tenn.)

Umphrey's McGee with moe. (6/1104, Bonnaroo Festival, Manchester, Tenn.)

DVD of the year:

“Bluegrass Journey”

“Festival Express”

“The Grateful Dead Movie,” Grateful Dead

“JamCam Chronicles: All Good 2004”

“IT,” Phish

“Tom Dowd & The Language of Music”

Archival live album of the year:

“Macon City Auditorium, 2/11/72,” Allman Brothers Band

“Live 1964,” Bob Dylan

“After Midnight,” Jerry Garcia Band

“Lunt-Fontanne,” Jerry Garcia Band

“Live at Veneta, Ore., 8/27/72,” New Riders Of The Purple Sage

“New York 8/16/99,” Soul Coughing

Song of the year:

“Counter-Clock World,” Stockholm Syndrome

“Fireflies,” MOFRO

"40 Days" Chris Robinson

“In the Kitchen,” Umphrey's McGee

“Man With a Plan,” Assembly Of Dust

“Woody Guthrie,” Leftover Salmon

Download of the year:

Benevento/Russo Duo with Mike Gordon (12/31/04, New York)

The Dead (Bonnaroo, 6/12/04)

Phil Lesh and Friends (12/19/04, Warfield Theatre, San Francisco)

My Morning Jacket (Bonnaroo 6/12/04)

Moe (moe.down 5, 9/3-5/04)

String Cheese Incident (11/27/04, Tweeter Waterfront, Camden, N.J.)

New groove of the year”

Benvento/Russo Duo

Bockman's Euphio

Tishamingo

New Monsoon

Lotus

ALO

[Blane]

Give me MMW for studio album of the year, and Festival Express for film of the year, and I don't give a rat's ass about the rest.