American Roots Hall of Fame
2003 Results
Many of you will probably get or pick up a copy of the March issue, but just to make sure you all know how it turned out, here it is. I haven't included the intro that's in the mag, basically explaining the HoF's genesis and the process that led to these results, however it is worth mentioning that, after consulting with various people, it seemed best to go for a large inuagural intake, and also to put those who didn't make the cut but did get substantial support to go forward to the next ballot. [If you are interested in the genesis, much of that information is still on this page; just scroll down a ways. - Bill]
The * means that person was inducted during the nominations. I haven't included the vote tallies because they really cluttered things up, but if you're really interested in the breakdown, I can supply those figures. Incidentally, in the mag I said 1,897 people had participated but when I was setting this email up I noticed a duplicate address and after going through the whole list looking for more, that number came down to 1,852 voters.
Thank you for being one of them and for all your help and patience with this. I'm rather bummed that Cliff Bruner and Bob Dun didn't do better but there's always next year and you can send in nominations at any time.
best, John Conquest, 3rd Coast Music
IN MEMORIAM
Milton Brown, The Carter Family, Clifton Chenier, Patsy Cline*, Lefty Frizzell*, Woody Guthrie, John Hartford, Buddy Holly, Waylon Jennings*, Robert Johnson, Louis Jordan, Huddy Ledbetter, Rose Maddox, Roger Miller, Bill Monroe*, Gram Parsons*, Carl Perkins, Elvis Presley, Professor Longhair, Jimmie Rodgers*, Doug Sahm*, Ernest Tubb, Townes Van Zandt*, Muddy Waters, Hank Williams*, Bob Wills*, Tammy Wynette, Faron Young
Nominated for 2003:
Maybelle Carter, Jerry Garcia, Johnny Horton, Patsy Montana, Mickey Newbury, Charlie Rich, Carter Stanley, Wynn Stewart Dave Van Ronk, Clarence White
Needing renomination:
Charline Arthur, Arthur Alexander, Cliff Bruner, AP Carter, Boozoo Chavis, Gene Clark, Jimmy Day, Bob Dunn, Keith Ferguson, Danny Gatton, Champ Hood and Don Rich
LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT
Dave Alvin, Chuck Berry, Johnny Cash*, Ray Charles, Guy Clark, Bob Dylan, Johnny Gimble, Merle Haggard*, Emmylou Harris*, Wanda Jackson, Flaco Jimenez, George Jones, BB King, Jerry Lee Lewis, Loretta Lynn, Willie Nelson*, Buck Owens*, Ray Price. John Prine, Pete Seeger, Billy Joe Shaver, Ralph Stanley, Doc Watson, Kitty Wells, Neil Young
Nominated for 2003:
Terry Allen, Blind Boys of Alabama, Steve Earle, Joe Ely, Freddy Fender, Jimmie Dale Gilmore, Butch Hancock, Lydia Mendoza, Hank Thompson
Needing renomination:
Johnny Bush, Buddy Emmons, Jason & The Scorchers, Delbert McClinton, Johnny Paycheck, Mingo Saldivar, Jean Shepard, Chip Taylor, Floyd Tillman, Porter Wagoner, Dwight Yoakam and Steve Young
BACKSTAGE
Moses Asch (Folkways Records), Leonard & Philip Chess, Ahmet Ertegun, John Hammond, Hightone Records, Harlan Howard, Bruce Kaplan (Flying Fish), Alan Lomax, John Lomax, Lloyd Maines, Sam Phillips* (Sun Records), Rounder Records, Chris Strachwitz* (Arhoolie Records), Cindy Walker, Richard Weize (Bear Family Records)
Nominated for 2003:
Bill C Malone, Huey P Meaux, Gurf Morlix, Syd Nathan (King), Jim Stewart & Estelle Axton (Stax), Allen Toussaint
Needing renomination:
Charlie Fitch, Philip Kaufman, Rod Kennedy, Cosimo Matassa, Norman Petty, Ralph Peer, Don Robey, Floyd Soileau
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History of the Awards:
This is from the July issue of 3rd Coast Music. Comments, suggestions,
etc welcome. Sign-up even more so. Let me know if you qualify under more
than one heading.
--John Conquest
More I think about Betty Ritter’s petition to have Doug Sahm inducted
into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, an effort that may, as in the case
of Ritchie Valens, take years to bear fruit, if indeed it ever does,
more I feel that if there was no mechanism for recognizing him while he
was alive, there damned ought to be one that honors him in death without
anyone having to jump through hoops to get it done.
So here’s the deal: I’m proposing we set up an American Roots Hall of
Fame that gives everyone who wants to participate the right to nominate
and vote for people whose names they think should be carved in marble,
or at any rate cyber-marble, for their contributions to the music. It’ll
have nothing to do with record or ticket sales, label affiliation or
media exposure. It’ll all be about the music.
Right now I’m just floating the idea and if it’s greeted with a storm of
apathy, so be it. None of the proposals that follow are carved in
marble. I absolutely welcome suggestions and comment.
Initially I figure on involving five constituencies of people who’ve
demonstrated a more than casual interest in the music, subscribers to
3rd Coast Music, Blue Suede News and Texas Jamboree, Freeform American
Roots reporters and members of Friends of American Roots Music (FARM).
If you don’t currently belong in any of these groups, no problemo, FARM
membership is free, just go to www.friendsofamericanrootsmusic.org and
follow the simple directions. If you belong in more than one of these
groups, congratulations, you’ll get to make multiple nominations and
cast multiple votes, one for each.
I envisage the actual HoF having two classes, In Memoriam and Lifetime
Achievement, neither of which would be restricted to musicians, or
indeed to individuals (ie a record label, venue or radio station can be
inducted). Additionally, we could use the HoF framework to recognize the
best work of each year, in categories such as Songwriter, Group, Album,
Live Act, Male Vocalist, Female Vocalist, Instrumentalist, Non-musician
(label, club, festival, DJ, writer, etc). We’ll need a name for them
though. How about The Grams?
The way the HoF would operate is that anyone who wants to be involved
emails me at me and I set up a HoF email group
(which will not be used or made available for any other purpose). When
that’s reached critical mass, I’ll invite nominations from everyone,
then let you know who qualified (by getting at least two nominations,
possibly more but we’ll see how that plays out) for a voting round. The
crucial point of this mechanism is that it circumvents the need for a
nominating committee, which is where the Country Music and Rock & Roll
HoFs get screwed up.
Rule 1: There are no rules. I thought about setting up parameters,
defining American Roots and Lifetime Achievement, but, fuck it, I’m
going to leave it up to you guys. The only agenda here is to give some
respect to the artists we love. God knows, none of them will ever be
rich or famous, and probably never make it into any other Hall of Fame,
two things that are not unconnected.
On account of I have some experience with these things, and kinda enjoy
this shit to tell you the truth, I’ll be running the whole shebang, but
Marc Bristol of Blue Suede News and Jason Shields of Texas Jamboree will
have full access to every stage of the process. However, to make this
work, and mean anything, we need your participation. JC
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