2010 Best Local Indie Rock CD Release
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55.76% The B-Sharps,
Others with Votes (more than one):
Unlikely Alibi, Live; Jerome Schooley, Never Forget the Big Pisser
Best Local CD Release -- Rock
* On the ballot
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Backstage with the now defunct B-Sharps, just minutes after they won yet another well deserved Whammy, the first thing I did was ask guitarist Mitch Fraizer, bassist Nick Allison and singer Keith Owen where their other ex-guitarist, the enigmatic Timmy Oberly, was. "Ahh, man, he's at some table in there sleeping," Owen said with his usual stoner slur, nodding towards the loudest room in 120 miles. "We were out back when the award was announced, but we heard that Timmy got up there and hit himself in the head with the award," Fraizer, now a member of local favorite Church Shoes, added. Okay, aloofness, fine. Makes sense, given the status of the band. The B-Sharps, known for their raucous shows, excellent 60s garage-influenced songwriting (most of which was done by Allison, now the frontman in Church Shoes) and massive guitar solos (credit the prodigy status of Fraizer for that), called it quits a few months ago, ending their nearly decade-long run with the release of their swan song record, The "B" Is For Party. That record took home the night's Whammy award for Best Indie Rock Album. All that said, the ex-Sharps weren't too eager to talk about the record. "I was elated about the win for the album," Allison joked. "Really, I think you should write your story about the conversation the four of us just had about the Wu-Tang Clan." "Yeah, write about how I told my middle school teacher that I was part James Bond, part Chuck Berry and part ODB," Fraizer added with a laugh. "But yeah, I'm super exited about that Whammy. I didn't expect this album to win." "I thought Jon Keller's album would win," Allison said. Seeing as how the Sharps were around for nine or more years, and one of the scene's more popular live bands for at least half of that time, I felt compelled to ask about the post-Sharps days. "They were elated," Owen said when I asked about the fan's reaction to the split. "People were sad, man," Fraizer said. "They were bummed." "Right away, they were like, 'you gotta get back together,'" Allison said with a snicker. "I think we could someday," Fraizer responded, suddenly acting serious (despite knowing that he, Allison and their fellow Church Shoes are about to relocate to Austin, Texas in about four weeks). "Who knows," Allison said with a wink. "Maybe if we're all in the same place, like on March 5, at the Church Shoes album release show. Who knows." (Greg Locke) |
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