Copyright 1993 The Hearst Corporation   
The San Francisco Examiner
December 2, 1993, Thursday; Fourth Edition
SECTION: STYLE; Pg. D-1
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HEADLINE: Chris Isaak, Primus top Bammie ballot ; 
17th show honors Bay Area musicians on March 5
SOURCE: EXAMINER MUSIC CRITIC
BYLINE: PHILIP ELWOOD
BODY:

     THE BAY AREA Music Awards Foundation on Wednesday announced
the nominees for BAM magazine's 17th annual Bay Area Music Awards
to be presented at the Bill Graham Civic Auditorium "Bammies 17"
ceremonies March 5.
     Leading the Bammie balloting this year is Chris Isaak &
Silvertone with six nominations, followed by Primus with five.
     Other multiple category nominees include Broun Fellinis with
four; En Vogue, 4 Non Blondes, Tony Toni Tone, Robert Cray and
Counting Crows have three each. 
     Every year in September BAM solicits nominations for the Bay
Area Music Awards from "100 Bay Area music industry members,"
according to BAM editor in chief Dennis Erokan.
     All nominees must be active Bay Area-based musicians, meaning
that to be considered for an award the band or performer must have
had a recording issued during the period from Nov. 1, 1992 through
Oct. 31, 1993.
     Bammie voting is by mail using ballots printed in the free
biweekly BAM magazine, beginning with this week's (Dec. 3) issue
and running through Jan. 28, five issues in all.
     Erokan insists that ballots and balloting are monitored to
prevent multiple voting by individuals or fan clubs.
     For tickets to the Bammies 17 musical show and awards
ceremonies, at $ 100, $ 60 and $ 30, call (510) 762-BASS or listed
BASS numbers in the 408, 916, 707 or 209 area codes.

The nominees:
     Album: "Mercury," American Music Club; "San Francisco Days,"
Chris Isaak; "Pork Soda," Primus; "Sons of Soul," Tony Toni Tone;
"Unplugged," Neil Young.
     Debut album: "Chocolate Surrealism," Broun Fellinis; "Acoustic
Highway," Craig Chaquico; "August and Everything After," Papa's
Culture; "Another Generation of the Blues," Zakiya Hooker.
     Independent album: "Chocolate Surrealism," Broun Fellinis;
"Acoustic Highway," Craig Chaquico; "Not for Kids Only," Jerry
Garcia & David Grisman; "Dawgwood," David Grisman Quintet; "Live at
Slim's, Plus Some Studio Tracks," Mo'Fessionals.
     Jazz album: "Chocolate Surrealism," Broun Fellinis; "So Near,
So Far: Musings for Miles," Joe Henderson; "Ed Kelly & Pharoah
Sanders," Ed Kelly & Pharoah Sanders; "On the Jazzy Side of Blue,"
Pamela Rose with Nate Ginsberg Trio; "Tokyo Live," Tony Willia
ms.
     Blues album: "Shame and a Sin," Robert Cray; "Boom Boom," John
Lee Hooker; "Slide of Hand," Roy Rogers; "Blonde & Blue," Angela
Strehli; "Blues Survivor," Joe Louis Walker.
     Urban/contemporary album: "Strictly 4 My N.I.G.G.A.Z.," 2Pac;
"The Body-Hat Syndrome," Digital Underground; "Runaway Love," En
Vogue; "Sons of Soul," Tony Toni Tone; "Get in Where You Fit In,"
Too Short.
     Hard music album: "Luddite," Grotus; "Collective Emotional
Problems, " MCM & the Monster; "Houdini," Melvins; "Pork Soda,"
Primus; "Time Machine," Joe Satriani.
     Song: "I Get Around," 2Pac; "What's Up," 4 Non Blondes;
"Runaway Love," En Vogue; "Can't Do A Thing (To Stop Me)," Chris
Isaak; "If I Had No Loot," Tony Toni Tone.
     Group: 4 Non Blondes; Chris Isaak & Silvertone; Metallica;
Primus; Santana.
     Male vocalist: Adam Duritz (Counting Crows); Mark Eitzel
(American Music Club); Sammy Hagar (Van Halen), Chris Isaak; Eric
Martin (Mr. Big).
     Female vocalist/vocalists: En Vogue; Penelope Houston; Laurie
Lewis; Linda Perry (4 Non Blondes); Angela Strehli.
     Guitarist: Robert Cray; Jerry Garcia; Carlos Santana; Joe
Satriani; Neil Young.    Bassist: Jack Blades (Damn Yankees); Les
Claypool (Primus); Matt Malley (Counting Crows); Rowland Salley
(Chris Isaak & Silvertone); Rob Wasserman.
     Drummer/percussionist: Tim "Herb" Alexander (Primus); Dale
Crover (Melvins); Kenney Dale Johnson (Chris Isaak & Silvertone);
Lynn Perko (Sister Double Happiness); Tony Williams.
     Keyboardist/synthesist: Gregg Allman; Booker T. Jones; Roger
Manning (Jellyfish); Jimmy Puagh (Robert Cray Band); Merl Saunders.
     Reeds/brass player: David Boyce (Broun Fellinis); Don Cherry;
Clarence Clemons; Beth Custer (Trance Mission); Joe Henderson.
     Bammies in the Bay Area Musician of the Year and Bay Area Club
Band of the Year categories are awarded on the basis of ballot
write-ins, and will be announced March 5.
     This year's Bill Graham Lifetime Achievement Award selectee is
the late critic Ralph J. Gleason, who died in 1975. The Arthur M.
Sohcot Award (for Public Service and Excellence in Performance)
will be presented to Sammy Hagar. 

GRAPHIC: PHOTO Caption 1, Chris Isaak: six nominations