Gibson award winners caught on camera

Following is a photo gallery from the 2000 Gibson Guitar Awards held February 22nd at the Hard Rock Cafe Los Angeles. Longtime Police guitar hero Andy Summers was presented the 2000 Orville H. Gibson Lifetime Achievement Award. Other honorees included Jeff Beck, Chrissie Hynde, Christopher Parkening, Lyle Lovett and Sheryl Crow.

This year's awards ceremony was hosted by comedian Bill Engvall, famous for his hit song "Here's Your Sign."

The annual Orville H. Gibson Awards are held the day prior to the Click here to read a complete list of this years winners.

All the proceeds from the Orville H. Gibson Awards benefit the Nordorff-Robbins Music Therapy Foundation. The Foundation helps severely handicapped and autistic children through the use of improvisational music at their clinic based at New York University. With this years event, the Orville H. Gibson Awards have raised over $50,000 for the charity.

Now smile folks . . . .

Gibson CEO Henry Juszkiewicz with comedian Bill Engvall host of the awards ceremony.

Henry presents Andy Summers with the Orville H. Gibson Lifetime Achievement Award

Dwight Yoakam with actress Bridget Fonda
Dwight Yoakam receives the award for Best Country Guitarist

Keith Nelson of Buckcherry and Amir Derakh of Orgy tie
for the Les Paul Horizon Award for Most Promising New Guitarist

Henry congratulates Best Jazz Guitarists Paul Jackson Jr. and Joyce Cooling, and Best Blues Guitarist Larry McCray.

Best Classical Guitarist Christopher Parkening accepts his award

Sam Rivers of Limp Bizkit was awarded Best Bassist
Bridget Fonda congratulates Lily Afshar, winner of Best Classical Guitarist.

Andy Summers testing out a new ES-446s