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Published by SilverThread Productions
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music department Live Music Feature
The 1999 Klammies
@ The Folly Theater
April 10, 1999

Nominees & Winners
(All nominees listed, winner highlighted in red.)

Band of the Year: Creature Comforts, Exit 159, The Get Up Kids, Hadacol, Rex Hobart & the Misery Boys
Musician of the Year: Rex Hobart, Kevin Mahogany, Dave Stephens, Tech N9ne, Claude "Fiddler" Williams,
Album of the Year: Better Than This (Hadacol),
Exit 159 (Exit 159),
It's On Now (57th St. Rogue Dog Villains),
Learning How to Live (Mike Ireland & Holler),

The Politics of Pop (Creature Comforts)
Song of the Year: "Impressed" (Glitter Kicks), "Let's Get F****d Up" (57th Street Rogue Dog Villains), "Maintaining" (various artists), "Sentimental Bliss" (Creature Comforts)
Best New Band: Gunfighter, Lushbox, Reflector, The Touchdowns, The Zippo Moment
Best Jazz Artist: Ahmad Alaadeen, Joe Cartwright, Kevin Mahogany, Jay McShann, Claude "Fiddler" Williams
Best Jazz Ensemble: Dave Stevens Swing Orchestra, Interstring, Malachy Papers, The Scamps, Sons of Brazil
Best Choral/Classical Ensemble: The Heartland Men's Chorus, The Kansas City Chorale, The Kansas City Symphony, New Ear Ensemble, The Youth Symphony of Kansas City
Best Hip-Hop/Rap Act: DVS Mindz, 57th Street Rogue Dog Villains, Jesse Jackson Five, O.G. Riff, Tech N9ne
Best R&B/Blues Band: Brody Buster, Cotton Candy and So Many Men, Millage Gilbert, Sonny Kenner, Little Hatch
Best Reggae/World Beat Band: Az-One, BCR, Green Card, SDI, Son Venezuela
Best Male Vocalist: Arthur Dodge, Rex Hobart, Ernie Locke, Kevin Mahogany, Dave Stephens
Best Female Vocalist: Iris DeMent, Tawni Freeland, Angela Hagenbach, Ida McBeth, Kristie Stremel
Best Alternative/Rock Band: The Creature Comforts, Dragqueen, Exit 159, The Get Up Kids, Ultimate Fakebook
Best Punk/Ska Band: The Gadjits, Main Street Saints, O'Phil, The Ray-Guns, Ruskabank
Best Country/Bluegrass Band: Arthur Dodge & The Horsefeathers, Fear & Whiskey, Hadacol, Rex Hobart & the Misery Boys, Mike Ireland & Holler
Best Christian / Gospel Act:
Elements of Faith, Joy Unlimited, 24 Feet, SCLC Choir, Voices of Praise
Best Folk Act: Jeff Black, Iris DeMent, Arthur Dodge, Connie Dover, Howard Iceberg & the Titanics
Best Live Venue (+1,000 Seats): Folly Theater, Liberty Hall, Memorial Hall, Midland Theatre, Sandstone Ampitheatre
Best Live Venue (-1,000 Seats): The Bottleneck, Grand Emporium, Davey's Uptown, The Granada, The Hurricane
The L.C. "Speedy" Huggins
Critical Achievement Award:
Roger Naber

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