Thanks to everyone involved with last week’s Tucson Area Music
Awards (aka TAMMIES) show and ceremony.
I must confess: I missed the event. (Please forgive me; I’d made
out-of-town plans before the TAMMIES date was set, and I’m pretty sure
it was the first TAMMIES I’ve missed out of the seven I’ve been around
for—I swear!) However, everyone I’ve spoken with who was there
said a fine time was had by all. In fact, the praise for the event
leaves me with mixed feelings: happiness that the event went so well,
and disappointment that I wasn’t there to join in the fun.
In the center of the print edition (and online at TAMMIES.com), you can find the TAMMIES
winners’ list, as well as features on all the big winners, including
Tucson Music Hall of Fame inductee Calexico. Also, if you missed the
event or want to relive it, check out the videos taken by Sean
Fitzpatrick at www.youtube.com/TucsonWeeklyTV.
Please enjoy.
And again … thanks to all involved—including Jeb Schoonover,
Dave Slutes, the Rialto’s Curtis McCrary, Jill A’Hearn, Stephen Seigel,
James Werner, the bands/musicians who performed, the musicians who were
TAMMIES winners and finalists, the critics who voted and the readers
who voted. We don’t make any money on the TAMMIES, really; we do it
because we want to support local music, and feel that the local music
community deserves it. Stephen Seigel said it best a couple of weeks
ago when he wrote: “None of this would be possible without the hundreds
of local bands and musicians who provide us with world-class
entertainment, week in and week out, often for little recognition. The
TAMMIES is our way of saluting and thanking them.”
So, one final time (until next year) … thank you.
This article appears in Sep 10-16, 2009.