Jammys Add Chevy, Keller...

Vote for Assembly Of Dust's "Telling Sue" for Song Of The Year! these guys need a jammy! listen to it at myspace.com/assemblyofdust and then try to tell me that's not the Song of the Year.

Go Cornmeal!!!

Tour -- SCI

Studio Album -- Page McConnell

Live Album -- Umph

Song -- Telling Sue / AOD

Cornmeal!!!!

Live Album: Umphrey's McGee, Live at the Murat!!!! If only they could have put every song on there from both nights. That weekend stand in Indy was amazing...Also Gov't Mule for live performance of the year. That show was sick!

The new groove has some KILLER talent.... CORNMEAL, One Under, SeapeopleS, BTS.... Great stuff from what Ive heard.

TRACTORBEAM

yeah vote cornmeal and listen to cornmeal. awesome to see them get some recognition!

All about the Jammy's but this New Groove catagory is a joke. Blue Turtle Seduction is by far the least talented band I have seen touring in a long time. So many more wirthy bands doing alot more...sorry Jammy's you missed the boat totally on this one.

live performance: phil and trey

tour: wsp

album: page

live album: um

I know this is Jambase and all, but does anyone else not give a crap about the Jammys? The concert is probably unbelievably great, but as far as the awards, it just seems kinda trivial. But, what do I know? That being said The Black Crowes with Luther Dickinson is the SHIT!

Anyone going to the Jammys??

Live performance - Phil and friends with trey

Tour - SCI

Album - Keller (because I can't stop until I get enough)

Live album - Hot Buttered rum

Song - Telling sue by AOD assembly of dust is the shit

Live Performance- Soul Stew Revival

Tour- SCI

Album- The Mix Up (Beastie Boys)

Live Album- Umphrey's

DVD- Biscuits

Song- Telling Sue AOD

Archival Album- Allman Brothers

E Music- Widespread

Cornmeal Rocks

That Phish picture is everywhere!

how can you pick live show of the year phil and friends or even mule? you serious? over LED ZEPPELIN? did you hear that show?> it was the best thing of the whole year, i would be shocked and disgusted if zep didnt win that award

jason bonham blows. string cheese will win no doubt so with that in mind i will throw my support behind Assembly Of Dust. Telling Sue is a ridiculously awesome song. Reid will probably have a mantle full of Jammys when all is said and done.

Hate to say it, but that Zeppelin show was weak. AOD is dominant, but Cornmeal has to have new groove in the bag. Blue Turtle Seduction is awesome, but Cornmeal plays the same genre of music beyond comparison. Last time I saw Cornmeal, they sounded like a completely different band, they get so much better and better every time I see them, and I live in the Chicago area and see them regularly. They have added so much depth to their sound, they are just so good.

Tractorbeam !!!!!!!!!!

Perpetual Groove shouldhave been nominated for the new groove category...check them out if you havn't listened yet...They're very special. But cornmeal is fucking sick and hey deserve to win!

THE BREW!!!!

TRACTORBEAM

some of these "new grooves" seem like they have been around for a little while

Cornmeal's awesome, agreed.

Perpetual Groove's been more prominent than bands like Cornmeal and Blue Turtle Seduction for a while now. They may have already been considered in\won the new groove category, idk in past years. They're really great though I agree.

Though I'm sure String Cheese will probably win the best tour award, if the rest of the Panic fall tour was anywhere near as awesome as the two shows I saw in Milwaukee, they deserve the award at least as much as cheese. They were sick (personal bias I know) but like seriously, if you're into Panic check out tbose two Milwaukee shows, absolutely friggin ridiculously great.

Reid Genauer a great song writer and should totally get that award.

Live at the Murat's amazing, good call for best live album.

That galactic album would deserve it if it won best album, I don't know if it'd be considered too unconventional though.

Opinions...opinions

They're giving the lifetime achievement award to that Phish band huh...anybody heard anything from them? They any good? Do they deserve it er?

BEst Performance has to be Gov't Mule at Roo. Was the best concert that Bonnaroo offered last year, and I wouldn't be Surprise if it would win..

Does anyone actually listen to that Cold Turkey show? The audio quality is absolutely horrible. It sounds like it is recorded in a fucking wind tunnel. You'd think that the guys who make the show would figure out that nobody wants to listen to such shit quality and maybe invest in a few decent microphones and some noise reduction components. The show has potential guys, but it sounds like crap.

anyone notice that the thumbs-down icon is in a position that is not possible with a human hand? that should be the pinky, not the thumb! peace.

go Jerry, WSP, Big Wu, SCI, TLG, the Rads, Meters, Jerry, LoS, moe., Juggs, Boris Garcia, Jerry, and, i guess, PHISH. oh yeah, and Jerry.

it's totally possible, it's just the left hand. both are actually.

Grady, Take your left hand and make a thumbs up... now externally rotate your elbow 180 degrees and adduct from the shoulder. See? You could also lie on your back and try it that way.

Beyond them just not being good, I cant count how many bands I have heard of getting ripped off by Blue Turlte Seduction's shady manager...they are NOT deserving of any award, that is for sure.

In other catagories, got to like ALO, New Orleans, Bernie, GD and the Beasties...

I feel bad for Blue Turtle because they are really nice guys but just not all that good, have a bad band name (which should be an actually catagory they should win ;) and I have heard the same thing about the guy that works for them. Havent bands like Toubab Krewe, BoomBox, Dub Concious, Alfred Howard, Heavy Pets etc. made a bit more impact as newer acts than most of these groups? Just my opinion.

Lotus: Escaping the Sargasso Sea for Live album!

Cornmeal F**ckin' ROCKS!

Vegas 96 - Archival Album of the Year, no question.

SHARON JONES AND THE DAP KINGS for Studio Album of th Year!! Argument is futile!!!!!!!!!

Live Performance~Phil and T Bone

Tour~Cheese (duh)

Studio Album~K Dub's Dream

Live Album~LIVE @ THE MURAT <3

Song~That's gunna go to AOD, but Cadi' is tits too...

DVD~Pearl Jam!

Archival Album~Vegas 96

Download~ehhh whatevs

Newness~Cornmeal or BTS

I'm most excited to BE AT the Jammy's especially to see the big doggs receive the Lifetime Achievement award!!! booya! =)

CORNMEAL

It will be a crime if mofro doesn't win song of the year, or if cornmeal wins anything.

I think One Under should get the New Groove.

Tour:Panic

Studio Album:Beasties

Archive Album:Neil Young (perhaps greatest solo performance EVER by anybody!)

I'd say "Cornmeal" for new groove, but I've been seeing them live for almost 10 years now it seems. New my ASS!!!

BLUE TURTLE SEDUCTION is phenominal!!! They have a truely unique unclassifiable sound! Every show I go to, they get better and better and never dissapoint! You look around the room and every one is bouncing and singing along and having the time of their life!!! They rage every show no matter what and put everything they got into their music! Their original songs just make my heart glow and the cover songs they play are made totally their own! If anyone asks what BLUE TURTLE SEDUCTION sounds like, I'd tell them it sounds like a Good Time!

Go TURTLE!!!!

Some great nominations are on this list. After spending more time and money branching out a little, I feel less dated and narrow minded in my exposure to most of them. I was a little surprised to see the The Mix-Up by the Beastie Boys. Although a fairly decent instrumental effort, it pales in comparison to "The In Sounds..." and has received lethargic response from fans and less than stellar reviews.

Blue Turtle Seduction, GIVE EM LISTEN!

"Blue Turtle Seduction" for New groove of year and do your self a favor and check them out next time they come to your town. Also vote "Live in the Northeast: Hot Buttered Rum" for live album of the year.

Peace

i guess if you enjoy off key pirate music you might like Blue Turtle...

I love off key pirate music, especially when its written and played with conviction and lots of spirit that is undeniably a REALLY great time...Blue Turtle is an extremely creative band that isnt following the typical formula, which obviously makes some people nervous or mad that they get attention. New grooves can be awkward when they arent a familiar sound, but the reward is priceless if you start to like it. Blue Turtle kicks ass....They may not be perfect players or singers, but who said every creative band was perfect? Blue Turtle wants to be the next Phish or Kimock or Umphreys at all. Where they are still working on being a very technical band, they excel in their memorable songs, road determination, awesome energy, and unique flavor, like black licorice.....As far as the management goes, I dont know... I just go to their shows and have a great time, and know that the guys themselves are genuinely into their craft and are very sincere people.

Im so excited for them!! Theres a reason they have created a buzz.....hopefully someday some of you that are unfamiliar will understand why.

As far as Cornmeal goes, I have seen them and cant wait to see them again, tho I think their vocals need even more work, and their songwriting does, too.....but I still cant wait to spend good time with them at High Sierra!

Meant to say "Blue Turtle DOES NOT want to be the next Phish or Kimock or Umphreys at all."

woopsie.

Blue Turtle is straight garbage....dont take the time to listen

"Blue Turtle Seduction is awesome, but Cornmeal plays the same genre of music beyond comparison."

Cornmeal and BTS are completely different styles of music. They both have a fiddle player, thats about the only similarity.

BTS often gets mistakened for some kind of jam grass band, when they are undoubtedly more rock and roll/shanty punk/pop. They cover Wyclef, Billy Idol, and Manu Chao, whereas Cornmeal covers bluegrass standards mostly ( I will stand to be corrected if someone can point out some interesting covers they do). Describing BTS is difficult, whereas Cornmeal sounds like RRE without the great tunes and vocals. Both bands are great but I voted for BTS.

BTS's name is silly: check...but i dont let that stop me from enjoying the heck out of their live shows. So many different kinds of music lovers enjoy their shows: Old farts, punk kids, hippy freaks, snow bettys, jocks, yuppies, you name it, people dance.

I think they totally deserve new groove. I hve seen them sound a little off from time to time, but mostly they sound really solid lately, and I think their harmonies are alive, well, and kicking.

best live album is difficult choice! Umphreys, Lotus, and HBR all deserve it!

Scarecrow Collection for New Groove of the Year.

"off key pirate music"...so funny

Since the beginning, I thought the whole idea of the Jammys was great. It honored the genre's roots while giving a valuable and deserved nod to up-and-coming bands and hard-working scene insiders (the Grahamy Jammy), as well. But for me, the awards took a bit of a credibility hit last year when it just didn't happen.

Maybe it's just me. Maybe I missed an announcement or an explaination. But did anyone else hear what happened to create a one-year gap in the awards? Just wondering.

You just don't hear about this happening with any other respected industry awards.

And for the record, I thought the midnight Mule set at Bonnaroo last year was flat-out unbelievable. I've told many folks that seeing all those artists gathered around and shooting the bull between stage appearances was akin to seeing a live Vanity Fair cover shoot (the one they do every year at Oscar time).

The Live DVD absolutely has to be Stranger: Bernie Worrell on Earth.

It's absolutely heart wrenching that someone like Bernie can get so little credit for what he's done for music. (He's probably the single most sampled artist in all of hip hop.) Our precious Phish, Bisco, UM and Cheese might never have even been possible without Bernie Worrell.

SCARECROW COLLECTION FOR NEW GROOVE OF THE YEAR!!!!!

Good NOMS on the NEW GROOVE!! It is a tough choice, but someone said that Cornmeal and BTS are the same genre and thats not true. Blue Turtle is in their own Genre! , its not bluegrass, its all original besides a few hip hop covers. I think Cornmeal deserves recognition but people need to look at songwriters and creativity when voting for something like this. Please listen to some of blue turtles studio work because its amazing and no one in their catagory can compare to that west coast tahoe sound.

oh yeah, and as far as the cold turkey downloads, they do rock but tell Benji eisen and the other dude to turn down their damn mics. Its horrible and Ive def lost more hearing from their vocal levels than from the 1500+ shows Ive attended.

I was wondering the same thing, overall! What happened last year?? I think the concept of the Jammys is great, but since the ballot box can be stuffed by anyone who knows even a little bit about cookies, then the awards pretty much lose all meaning in my eyes. It's just another silly popularity contest & marketing piece by Relix and jambands.com, as far as I'm concerned. "...voted on by the discerning ears of the fans..." my ass.

jturner, hi! Is your name - by chance - Jamie?

hey marsh - Jessie here. who dis?

No love for The Bedlam In Goliath as studio album of the year?

In recent months the New Groove of the Month honors have gotten kind of skewed. They originally were for those band picked by the jambands.com and I will assume Relix staff as worth of the distinction, now it is just another ballet to be stuffed via their monthly polls, which to me doesn't really prove anything and more than that just seems lazy on the part of the staff.

phil and trey 10/20 was good, but i dont know about jammy-worthy... straaaaange vibes from the treysterbator. definitely enjoyed the night after in syracuse much more. no worries, sick phil and trey will go down as soon as hes outta rehab! i heard they frown upon substance use in those joints.

Line-up looks great! Headcount Allstars sound like a pretty killer set.

have we all voted for Assembly of Dust yet?

Yeah Kyle!!! god i miss him

why no jamtronica/livetronica collaborations/artists at the jammys?

they are as much as part of the scene as bluegrass, right?

someone please explain.

Glenn Tillbrook of Squeeze is gonna be there? Weird.

USTORM show was fantastic, voted for that, as well as Sharon Jones.

Should be one hell of a party. See you in NYC.

New Groove

1. Blue Turtle Seduction

2. BuzzUniverse

3. Mutha Fuckin' C O R N M E A L !!!!!!!!

4. One Under

5. Scarecrow Collection

6. SeepeopleS

7. The Brew

VOTE FOR CHANGE, VOTE FOR CORNMEAL, CHI-TOWN WINTER WEDNESDAY REPRESENT!!!!

JonnyGoff, you have too people from Bisco, and Joe Russo, I think that counts as somewhat of a jamtronic/Livetronica presence. Don't you think?

*Two

The Jammys are funny

Week lineup!! Steep price!! No Phish reunion announcement??

Count me out.

Mad props to all this year’s New Groove Nominees but personally I’d have to say, Blue Turtle Seduction for New Groove of the Year!!!!

These guys really impress me more and more every time I see them. Their diversity really makes them hard to categorize and that’s what really makes them stand out from what a lot of other bands are doing right now. One minute they are playing some rock, jam grass, funk or pop and the next minute they could be playing reggae, hip hop or some kind of European jig. It almost reminds me how many people were feeling about the Jammys Lifetime Achievement Award winners Phish when they first started to make the scene. (No, I didn’t say BTS sounds like or is like Phish) It just seems to take a little more time for some people to warm up to them until they have heard them enough and began to understand what they are trying to do creatively and musically. Their playing, harmonizing and stage presents have grown in leaps and bounds in the past year or so from rigorous touring and extended studio time. Most of the songs BTS plays are originals but when they do throw in some covers they are from bands that no one else is covering like Manu Chao, The Be Good Tanyas, Pearl Jam, Wyclef Jean, Violent Femmes and Billy Idol.

Give a listen to them from a recent show at the Eldo in Crested Butte, Colorado http://www.archive.org/details/bts2008-03-17.bts2008-03-17sdb.flac16 or checkout their myspace page http://www.myspace.com/blueturtleseduction and have a listen for yourself. Vote Turtle in ‘08

So, like.. why are all these people listing their choices under the comments section? There is a ballot provided for you to vote...HELLO, McFly?! Do you really think anyone gives a damn about how you, in particular, voted? So much so, you need to followup with a comment? No one cares about your personal preferences. Are you trying to "sway" others to vote as you have? Attempting to garner a higher yield for your selected artist/show/album? Attempting to "campaign" your selections...please. Newsflash, it is meaningless.

In case you didn't figure it out, comments are at the end of the story; not at the beginning. People have voted by the time they read your comment. Don't forget, I voted for Lemmy as best male vocalist...how silly.

This is about creating buzz for an event that generates revenue. All award shows are about self-promotion and making a quick buck off of die-hard fans and advertisers. They routinely have to "pay" the recipients to show up. This creates a "draw" so that the promoters can than charge the ticket holders and advertisers a premium to be a face at the event. Everything feeds the promotional machine. Make sure to "vote". Book your trip now, the New York Dept of commerce welcomes you, er um.. your dollars. Have fun! Oh yeah, EVH is the "best" guitarist, and Neil Peart is the "best" drummer...EVER! or at least that is what every silly readers poll from the 80's will tell you.

damn DaveT, who shit in your Wheaties this morning?

I have enjoyed reading peoples choices for the Jammy's, please continue is is interesting! I'm still not decided between BTS and Cornmeal. Both are so great. I just keep listening to both of them thinking I'll decide which one I like more eventually.

"In recent months the New Groove of the Month honors have gotten kind of skewed. They originally were for those band picked by the jambands.com and I will assume Relix staff as worth of the distinction, now it is just another ballet to be stuffed via their monthly polls, which to me doesn't really prove anything and more than that just seems lazy on the part of the staff."

Actually, both Cornmeal and Blue Turtle, and Im pretty sure a couple more on this list WERE picked by the staff. I know that the bands mentioned above were not voted on by those polls. Neither ever won. Mr Blotto won one of those polls, and they are not on the New Groove nomination list.

"they routinely have to "pay" the recipients to show up. This creates a "draw" so that the promoters can than charge the ticket holders and advertisers a premium to be a face at the event."

yeah i believe that's called a "concert." you "pay" to buy "tickets" that "allow" you to enter the "theatre" at madison "square" "garden."

as an example -- i pay to see string cheese incident. they pay me back with groovage. its a great arrangement. you should join society one day man, you might like it.

oh and dude are you saying that neil peart isn't the best drummer ever?

Definitely Scarecrow Collection for New Groove. They rock.

Dude, Neil Pert is the greatest drummer ever

Jam on!

the phil and trey show late night at vegoose beat the hell out of the glen falls

i agree with trix townly. the two bts shows i have seen just didn't really do it for me. i plan on giving them another chance at desert rocks, but after seeing the heavy pets this weekend, i would love to send them good energy because these super young guys truly live up to their heaviness. boombox and al are truly amazing as well. i guess there is just a ton of new bands that we are so lucky to get ear fulls of anytime instantly!

"Cornmeal covers bluegrass standards mostly ( I will stand to be corrected if someone can point out some interesting covers they do). Describing BTS is difficult, whereas Cornmeal sounds like RRE without the great tunes and vocals. Both bands are great but I voted for BTS."

Yes, of course Cornmeal does bluegrass covers considering that is one of the primary influences of their music. I mean look at the instruments they're playing! But I've also heard them cover everything from Marley to the Dead to the Talking Heads to Bob Dylan, etc. etc.

Cornmeal sounds like Railroad Earth without the great tunes and vocals? Give me a break, both Cornmeal and Railroad Earth are incredible bands but they both have completely distinct sounds. Railroad Earth leans more towards traditional bluegrass but with a sound uniquely their own. Cornmeal is jamgrass/rage music! I was there for their Winter Wednesdays run this past year as well as the year before, and have caught many other shows in between. The reason Cornmeal is getting my New Groove vote is because I feel that their sound has evolved significantly and are able fuze different genres of music in their playing.

They'll play a traditional two and a half minute bluegrass number (Molly & Tenbrooks for example) except they'll rock it for 20+ minutes straight. And it's not a sleepytime, loses the crowd's attention type jam either. I believe it's the guitarist who was quoted as saying that the band goes out with the intention of "attacking their instruments" pretty much. That 25 minute jam will incorporate funk, groove, rock, a bit of trance, etc. And all with a bluegrass undertone. Incredible stuff.

Check out the 'Lay Down Sally' cover on my YouTube page. You'll see what I'm talking about:

http://www.youtube.com/user/r0llingst0ned

And no matter who wins, I hope everyone has a great year of music! Both bands and fans! Peace!

-Hersh

String Cheese is weak sauce, as in they suck. Those still touring with them are strange, or overly into hula hoops. Which is weak. If Phish plays this damn thing after getting that award, I might cry out dissapointment of missing it, but I doubt it anyway, if they ever did come back, and as a long time fan, I hope they don't. They will think of a much better way to enter back into the touring world. Do what you like, like what you do. I love Phish, how bout you.

Phish is a great band but a lot of their fans are pretentious, elitist pricks (see above).

Samson72, you are sort of dumb. Nobody is still touring w/ String Cheese. They broke up STUPIDASS!!! And besides, they RULE!!! You obviously didn't attend one of the HOT shows. (Eagles in Milwaukee '04, Somerset, WI '01 & '02). As long as Bill Nershi is not singing, they are one of the greatest "jambands" of all time, hands down. I do agree with you about Phish though. They are the best (other than GD & Dylan.)

The Jammys::Sanka

Chevey and Keller...amazing

If they can get Steve Martin to join Chevey and Keller, I would skip my Spanish Final to check out the show.

Leslie West is badass!

maybe paul simon will show up for a badass version of "you can call me al" with chevy and k-dub.

Iam chevy chase and your not

Hell yeah phishr82. I love that song and video so much. r0llingst0ne, I highly agree with your last three posts. Sounds like all these BTS fans are bitter and haven't seen a Cornmeal show lately.

Gotta vote for Cornmeal Simply AMAZING Live!!!!

ICLIPS Please!!

Jammys are gonna be a good time. A friend of mine has a couple xtras if anyone wants to go. Call Matt...518-859-9221