THE 17th ANNUAL ASBURY MUSIC AWARDS WINNERS
TOP POP BAND
Status Green
TOP ROCK BAND
The Amboys
TOP INDIE ROCK BAND
No Wine For Kittens
TOP LIVE PERFORMANCE
Status Green
TOP HEAVY ROCK BAND
Sekond Skyn
TOP YOUNG BAND (under 21)
Lemon Juice
TOP PUNK/SKA BAND
Sex Zombies
TOP JAM BAND
Turtle Soup
TOP AMERICANA
Joe Harvard Band
TOP GROOVE BAND
Turtle Soup
TOP AVANT GARDE ACT
Chemtrail
TOP BLUES BAND
Outside The Box
TOP NEWS PUBLICATION IN SUPPORT OF LIVE MUSIC
Aquarian Weekly/East Coast Rocker
POET LAUREATE
Greg G. Brown
TOP MUSIC WEBSITE TO SUPPORT LIVE ORIGINAL MUSIC
TOP MALE ACOUSTIC ACT
Quincy Mumford
TOP FEMALE ACOUSTIC ACT
Amanda Duncan
TOP MALE VOCALIST
Lou Montesano – Status Green
TOP FEMALE VOCALIST
Eryn Shewell
TOP GUITARIST
Keith McCarthy
TOP BASSIST
Russell Tolas – Status Green
TOP DRUMMER
Mike Montalto – Status Green
TOP KEYBOARD PLAYER
Mark Masefield – Outside The Box
SONG OF THE YEAR
Can’t Break Free – Quincy Mumford
TOP JOURNALIST IN SUPPORT OF LIVE MUSIC
John Pfeiffer – Aquarian Weekly/East Coast Rocker
TOP LOCAL RELEASE
Quincy Mumford – South Edgemere
BEYOND ASBURY TOP RECORD RELEASE
Rick Barry – This Antediluvian World
TOP RADIO PERSONALITY TO SUPPORT LIVE MUSIC
Rich Robinson – 90.5 The Night
TOP RADIO STATION TO SUPPORT LIVE MUSIC
90.5 The Night (Brookdale Public Radio)
MULTI INSTRUMENTALIST / OTHER INSTRUMENTS
Ken Sorensen – Stringbean & The Stalkers
BEST THING TO HAPPEN IN 2008/2009
Asbury Rock Stars Charity raised over $10,000 for Local Charities
in Neptune, NJ.
JAMES M. MACDONALD LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Larry "Bozo" Blasco
LIVING LEGEND 2008
Jody Joseph