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Tuesday February 13th, 2001
Gibson Guitar Award nominees named; Frampton to receive Lifetime award
The 2001 Orville H. Gibson Guitar Awards will take place Tuesday, February 20, at the Petersen Automotive Museum in Los Angeles, 11:00am-1:00pm. Renowned rock guitarist, singer, songwriter and Grammy nominee Peter Frampton will receive the 2001 Gibson Lifetime Achievement Award, presented each year to one leading guitarist whose life and work represent the highest standards of excellence and creativity over the musician's lifetime.
Frampton is the only nominee up for multiple awards, receiving nods for Best Guitar Performance and Best Rock Guitarist. Frampton's competitors for the former award include shred-guitar great Joe Satriani, jump blues revivalist Brian Setzer and Metallica's guitar-solo specialist Kirk Hammett.
Most nominees are veterans of the music industry and darlings of the guitar community, but the Les Paul Horizon Award recognizes the Most Promising Up-and-Coming Guitarist. Nominees include country-rock guitarists Tim Womack of Sons of the Desert and Sean Watkins of Nickel Creek, Vertical Horizon's Matt Scannell and Jon Foreman of the Christian alt-rock band Switchfoot.
The Orville H. Gibson Guitar Awards will financially benefit the Nordoff-Robbins Music Therapy Foundation which helps autistic children via music therapy.
Nominees for the 2001 Orville H. Gibson Guitar Awards are: Orville H. Gibson began crafting world-class instruments in his Kalamazoo, Michigan, workshop to the early 1900's when Gibson mandolins powered the popular orchestras of the day, to the early jazz foundations of Charlie Christian and Les Paul, bluegrass pioneers Bill Monroe and Earl Scruggs, country icons Hank Williams and Chet Atkins, Blues royalty B.B. King, rock and roll's early mavericks Elvis Presley and Scotty Moore, the British invasion of the '60s with Beatles' George Harrison and John Lennon, renowned players like Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck and Pete Townsend, hard rock trailblazer Jimmy Page and modern rockers like Sheryl Crow. The list is a who's who of legends. Gibson, now based in Nashville, Tennessee, still carries on the exact same tradition of excellence established by Orville Gibson over a century ago.
Best Guitar Performance (Male or Female)
- Joe Satriani - "Until We Say Goodbye"
- Peter Frampton - "Off The Hook"
- Kirk Hammett, Metallica - "One"
- Brian Setzer - "Caravan"
Best Jazz Guitarist (Male/Female)
- George Benson
- Ronnie Jordan
- John Scofield
- Pat Metheny
- Leni Stern
Best Rock Guitarist (Male)
- The Edge, U2
- Peter Frampton
- Richie Sambora, Bon Jovi
- John Frusciante, Red Hot Chili Peppers
- Walter Becker, Steely Dan
- Dave Grohl, Foo Fighters
Best Rock Guitarist (Female)
- Sheryl Crow
- Patti Smith
- Melissa Etheridge
Best Acoustic Guitarist (Male)
- Beck
- Bon Jovi
- Matt Odmark, Jars of Clay
- Bob Dylan
Best Acoustic Guitarist (Female)
- Rickie Lee Jones
- Joni Mitchell
- Sarah McLachlan
- Emmylou Harris
Best Blues Guitarist (Male)
- Kenny Wayne Shepherd
- BB King
- Eric Clapton
Best Blues Guitarist (Female)
- Susan Tedeschi
- Rory Bloch
- Deborah Coleman
Best Country Guitarist (Male)
- Ricky Skaggs
- Dwight Yoakam
- Brad Paisley
- Kix Brooks, Brooks & Dunn
- Jeff Cook, Alabama
Best Country Guitarist (Female)
- Shelby Lynne
- Jo Dee Messina
- Trisha Yearwood
- Dolly Parton
Best Bassist (Male)
- Flea
- Sting
- Adam Clayton, U2
- Twiggy Ramirez, Marilyn Manson
- Colin Greenwood, Radiohead
Best Bassist (Female)
- Aimee Mann
- Melissa Auf Der Maur
Les Paul Horizon Award -- Most Promising Up-And-Coming Guitarist
- Jon Foreman, Switchfoot
- Matt Scannell, Vertical Horizon
- Sean Watkins, Nickel Creek
- Tim Womack, Sons of the Desert
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