21st ANNUAL SAN DIEGO MUSIC AWARDS
The San Diego Music Awards returned to Humphrey’s by the Bay on Monday, August 8th at 7 pm to recognize the diverse achievements of the talented San Diego music community. Proceeds from the event benefitted the San Diego Music Foundation’s Guitars for Schools program.
The 2011 San Diego Music Awards featured live performances from some of San Diego’s best emerging and established artists including Wavves, The Silent Comedy, Little Hurricane, Cuckoo Chaos, Dynamite Walls, Gilbert Castellanos, Candye Kane and Sue Palmer and 2011 Lifetime Achievement Award winners The Penetrators.
Proceeds from San Diego Music Awards benefitted the San Diego Music Foundation’s Taylor Guitars for Schools Program, which has touched the lives of more than 20,000 students in over 70 schools across the county. The San Diego Music Foundation also produces the San Diego Music Thing, an annual 2-day music and media conference in North Park, to be held on September 9th & 10th. The Foundation seeks to enrich San Diego's diverse and creative music community through music education for youth, professional development for current and emerging industry professionals, live performances for the San Diego public, and recognition for San Diego artists of exceptional merit or service. Contributing sponsors for this year’s event included Blue Moon Brewing Company, San Diego CityBeat, Taylor Guitars, ASCAP, SESAC, BMI, SoundDiego and more. For complete event information, visit http://www.sandiegomusicawards.com.
2011 San Diego Music Awards nominees were:
Best Tribute Band
Cash'd Out
Dazed & Confused
Detroit Underground
Geezer
Rockola
Still Ill
The Cured
Thunder Road
All fantastic bands. TR was honored to have been nominated along with these tremendously talented groups. Congrats to Cash'd Out for another win. We'll see you next year (hopefully)!
