2009 TAMMIES Winners!

[Tucson Area Music Awards]

The Big Stuff

Band/Musician of the Year
Ryanhood (R), 39.3 percent

Runners up:

2. Golden Boots (C), 25.4 percent
3. Cosmic Slop (R), 21.6 percent
4. Fourkiller Flats (C), 13.6 percent

Up-and-Coming Artist(s) of the Year

Sergio Mendoza y la Orkesta (C), 33.1 percent

Runners up:
2. Race You There (R), 24.9 percent
3. Triple Double Band (R), 24.1 percent
4. The Fell City Shouts (C), 11.4 percent
5. Lenguas Largas (C), 6.4 percent


Best New Release (Since May 2008)

Calexico, Carried to Dust (C), 32.9 percent

Runners up:

2. Ryanhood, The World Awaits (C, R),28.1 percent
3. Golden Boots, The Winter of Our Discotheque (C), 13.1 percent
4. Crossing Sarnoff, Lessons From the Soul (R), 11 percent
5. Tracy Shedd, Cigarettes and Smoke Machines (C), 7.9 percent
6. Rusted Satellites, Beyond Dead Skies
(R), 7.1 percent

Performance Awards

Blues

Tom Walbank (C, R), 36.3 percent

Runners up:

2. Bad News Blues Band (R), 26.8 percent
3. 17th Street Band (C), 24.9 percent
4. Arthur Migliazza (R), 12 percent

Bluegrass

The Dusty Buskers (C, R), 42.2 percent

Runners up:

2. Cadillac Mountain (C, R), 21.7 percent
3. The String Figures (R), 13.5 percent
4. Titan Valley Warheads (R), 12.6 percent
5. Crystal Ridge (C), 9.9 percent


Country/Western

Loveland (C, R), 29.9 percent

Runners up:

2. Al Perry (C), 29 percent
3. The Wyatts (R), 24.9 percent
4. Conner Cecil (C), 8.3 percent
5. Gary Bonnett Band (R), 7.9 percent


Cover Band

Whole Lotta Zep (C, R), 46.2 percent

Runners up:

2. Top Dead Center (R), 20.3 percent
3. Undercover (R), 19.8 percent
4. Shell Shock (R), 13.7 percent


DJ

Matt McCoy (C, R), 51 percent

Runners up:

2. T Limon (R), 18 percent
3. Corbin Dooley (C), 16.4 percent
4. Carl Hanni (C), 14.6 percent


Electronic

… music video? (C, R) 45.9 percent

Runners up:

2. 21 Pump Street (C), 32.9 percent
3. Digital Leather (C), 21.2 percent


Folk

Leila Lopez (C, R), 33.8 percent

Runners up:

2. Silver Thread Trio (C, R), 23.1 percent
3. Nowhere Man and a Whiskey Girl (R), 21.9 percent
4. Courtney Robbins (R), 13.3 percent
5. Namoli Brennet (C), 8 percent


Funk/Soul

Michael P. Big Band (C, R), 32.9 percent

Runners up:

2. Cosmic Slop (R), 32.3 percent
3. 8 Minutes to Burn (R), 22.8 percent
4. Blackwood and Co. (C), 12 percent


Hip-Hop

Shaun Harris (C), 71.8 percent

Runners up:

2. Big Meridox (C), 28.2 percent
3. Mike Superhero (R), disqualified


Jazz

The Tryst (R), 22.1 percent

Runners up:

2. Misbehavin’ (R), 18.5 percent
3. Matt Mitchell (C, R), 17.9 percent
4. Rosano Bros. Virtual Quartet (C), 15.6 percent
5. The Jazzholes (C), 13 percent
6. Kate Becker Project (C), 12.9 percent


Latin Jazz/Salsa

Sergio Mendoza y la Orkesta (C, R), 41.2 percent

Runners up:

2. (TIE) Combo Westside (C), 18 percent
2. (TIE) Salvador Duran (R), 18 percent
4. Descarga (R), 12.2 percent
5. Bossa Rhythm Project (C), 10.6 percent


Mariachi

Mariachi Luz de Luna (C, R), 44.7 percent

Runners up:

2. Los Cuatro Vientos (C, R), 18.4 percent
3. Sol Azteca (C), 17.5 percent
4. Cielo de Mexico (C), 11.4 percent
5. Alma Tucsonense (C), 8 percent


Metal

Ph8 (R), 24.2 percent

Runners up:
2. The Endless Endeavor (R), 20.6 percent
3. Juarez (C), 19.3 percent
4. Blues (C), 18.4 percent
5. Rusted Satellites (R), 17.6 percent


Punk

Monster Pussy (C), 32.1 percent

Runners up:

2. The Distortionists (R), 25.4 percent
3. Shark Pants (C), 16.4 percent
4. Lenguas Largas (C), 14.4 percent
5. The Besmirchers (R), 11.6 percent


Reggae/Ska

Neon Prophet (R), 36.6 percent

Runners up:

2. Skitn (C, R), 26.6 percent
3. The Hounds (C, R), 19.7 percent
4. Planet Jam (R), 17 percent


Rock

Ryanhood (R), 24.3 percent

Runners up:

2. Mostly Bears (C), 22 percent
3. Race You There (R), 17 percent
4. (TIE) Golden Boots (C), 10.6 percent
4. (TIE) Greyhound Soul (C), 10.6 percent
6. Lemon Drop Gang (C), 8.4 percent
7. Gaza Strip (R), 7.1 percent


Roots Rock/Rockabilly

Last Call Brawlers (C, R), 31.9 percent

Runners up:
2. The El Camino Royales (C, R), 28.4 percent
3. Al Foul (C, R), 28.3 percent
4. Gabriel Sullivan (C), 11.4 percent


World

Batucaxé (C, R), 43.2 percent

Runners up:

2. Molehill Orkestrah (C), 28.5 percent
3. Round the House (R), 18.5 percent
4. Carlos Solorzano (R), 9.8 percent

Musicians’ Awards

Female Vocalist

Leila Lopez (C, R), 41.3 percent

Runners up:

2. Keli Carpenter, The Tryst (C, R), 28.3 percent
3. Laura Kepner-Adney/Silver Thread Trio (C), 17.8 percent
4. Emilie Marchand (C), 12.5 percent


Male Vocalist

Cameron Hood, Ryanhood (R), 26 percent

Runners up:

2. Jacob Acosta, Race You There (R), 17.7 percent
3. Brian Lopez, Mostly Bears (C), 16.7 percent
4. Salvador Duran (C), 15.5 percent
5. Joe Peña, Greyhound Soul (C), 9.7 percent
6. Jim Cox, Fourkiller Flats (C), 8.3 percent
7. Isaac Reyes, Lenguas Largas/Shark Pants (C), 6.1 percent


Songwriter

Cameron Hood, Ryanhood (R), 33.7 percent

Runners up:

2. Joey Burns, Calexico (C), 29.5 percent
3. Ryen Eggleston and Dimitri Manos, Golden Boots (C), 13.5 percent
4. Zach Toporek, Young Mothers (C), 11.9 percent
5. Jim Cox, Fourkiller Flats (C), 11.3 percent


Guitarist

Ryan Green, Ryanhood (R), 39.2 percent

Runners up:

2. Matt Mitchell (C), 20.8 percent
3. Naim Amor (C), 15.9 percent
4. David Rodgers, Rusted Satellites (R), 12.5 percent
5. Jeremy Michael Cashman (C), 11.6 percent


Bassist

Harvey Brooks, 17th Street Band (C), 25 percent

Runners up:

2. Mark Pierce, Al Foul and the Shakes/Naim Amor (C), 24.6 percent
3. Tom Privett, Undercover (R), 18.3 percent
4. Steve Grams (C), 16.3 percent
5. Ryan Williamson, Rusted Satellites (R), 15.8 percent


Drummer

John Convertino, Calexico (C), 30.8 percent

Runners up:

2. Ed Garcia, Cosmic Slop (R), 21 percent
3. Josh Skibar, The Bled/Garboski (C), 14.2 percent
4. Ryan Clark, Rusted Satellites (R), 11.7 percent
5. Fen Ikner (C), 11.2 percent
6. Winston Watson (C), 11 percent


Keyboardist

Sergio Mendoza (C), 27.8 percent

Runners up:

2. Amy Ross, Nowhere Man and a Whiskey Girl (R), 22 percent
3. Arthur Migliazza (C, R), 21.4 percent
4. Paul Jenkins, … music video? (R), 16.5 percent
5. Jimmy Carr (C), 12.3 percent


Horn Player

Jon Villa, The Jons/Sergio Mendoza y la Orkesta (C), 30.5 percent

Runners up:

2. Tony and Marco Rosano (C, R), 23 percent
3. Alex Flores, Bad News Blues Band (R), 19.4 percent
4. Aldy Montufar, The Tryst (R), 17.4 percent
5. Jeff Grubic/Mr. Tidypaws (C), 9.7 percent


String Player

Mona Chambers, Molehill Orkestrah (C), 36.5 percent

Runners up:

2. Heather Hardy (R), 32 percent
3. Vicki Brown (C, R), 31.5 percent


Multi-Instrumentalist

Ryan Green, Ryanhood (R), 38.1 percent

Runners up:

2. Michael P. Nordberg (C, R), 21.4 percent
3. Nick Luca (C), 20.1 percent
4. Chris Black (C), 10.6 percent
5. AmoChip Dabney (R), 9.7 percent