Phish will receive the Lifetime Achievement Award when the
Jammy Awards return to New York’s Theater at Madison Square Garden
on May 7, 2008. This year’s ceremony and all-star concert will mark the seventh
installment of the The Jammys and, as in years past, will celebrate the best in
live improvisational music. The Jammys will also offer a number of unique
pairings among musicians from the jam, pop, rock, reggae, gospel, indie, soul
and jazz realms.
Produced by Relix Magazine, Jambands.com, and Peter Shapiro,
The Jammys has grown considerably over the years, moving from Irving Plaza
in 2000 to the Roseland Ballroom in 2001 and 2002. Since 2004 the Jammys has
called Theater at Madison
Square Garden
its home. The ceremony has also welcomed a striking number of performers over
the years, including Phil Lesh, Bob Weir & RatDog, the Allman Brothers
Band, Trey Anastasio, Mike Gordon, Steve Winwood, Bill Kreutzmann, Mickey Hart, Les Claypool. John
Mayer, Buddy Guy, Ryan Adams, Gov’t Mule, the Tom Tom Club, Perry Farrell, The
B-52s, Michael Franti, Sinead O’Connor,
Burning Spear, Béla Fleck & the Flecktones, McCoy Tyner, Savion Glover,
Travis Tritt, moe., the String Cheese Incident, Bruce Hornsby, the Disco Biscuits,
Peter Frampton, Blues Traveler, Yonder Mountain String Band, Mavis Staples,
Umphrey’s McGee, Zappa Plays Zappa, Chick Corea and Dave Matthews Band’s Stefan
Lessard, among others.
As in years past, awards will be given out in a number of
different categories, including Album of the Year, Song of the Year, DVD of the Year,
Download of the Year, Best New Artist, Tour of the Year, Live Show of the Year and
Archival release of the Year. Phish has taken home a trophy at each of the
ceremony’s first six installments.
“We are extremely proud to present our Lifetime Achievement
Award to Phish,” says Jammys Executive Producer and Co-Creator Peter Shapiro.
“Few bands have meant as much to the improvisational music community as they
have, so celebrating their career is something that is a natural thing for us
to do.”
Previous Jammys Lifetime Achievement Award winners include
B.B. King, The Meters, The Grateful Dead, Buddy Guy, Steve Winwood and Frank
Zappa.
A full lineup will be confirmed in the coming weeks. Tickets
go on-sale at Noon EST on March 20 via Ticketmaster and at the Madison Square
Garden Box Office. For more information go to Jammys.com
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