The 2008 Jammy Awards return to Madison Square Garden for their 7th year honoring jam bands from across the nation. This years show will be hosted by jam legend Warren Haynes as well as Grace Potter.

Phish will also be the recipients of a Life Time Achievement award and was also nominated for Archival Album Of The Year for Vegas 96.

You can help pick the winners by voting at jammys.com.

And the nominee’s are…

Live Performance of the Year

1. Gov’t Mule with John Paul Jones, Bob Weir, Michael Franti, Jorma Kaukonen, Jack Cassady and Luther Dickinson, Bonnaroo Music Festival, 6/17/07
2. Led Zeppelin, O2 Arena, London, 12/10/07
3. Phil Lesh & Friends with Trey Anastasio, Glens Falls Civic Center, 10/20/07
4. Soul Stew Revival with Luther Dickinson, Fox Theatre, Atlanta, GA, 12/31/07
5. SuperJam (Ben Harper, John Paul Jones and ?uestlove), Bonnaroo Music Festival, 6/16/07
6. USTORM Benefit, The Park West, Chicago, IL 3/31/07

Tour of the Year

Phish - Receiving Lifetime Achievement Award
1. Allman Brothers Band/RatDog
2. D.U.M.B.: The Disco Biscuits and Umphrey’s McGee
3. Gov’t Mule with Grace Potter & The Nocturnals: Mighty High Tour
4. Solid Blues Tour: Mavis Staples, Charlie Musselwhite, The North Mississippi All-Stars & Joe Krown
5. The String Cheese Incident: Summer

6. Widespread Panic: Fall

Studio Album of the Year

1. Dream: Keller Williams
2. From The Corner To The Block: Galactic
3. 100 Days, 100 Nights: Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings
4. Page McConnell: Page McConnell
5. The Conch: moe.
6. The Mix-Up: Beastie Boys

Live Album of the Year

1. Bringing It Home: Bonerama
2. Brothers of a Feather: Live at the Roxy: Chris & Rich Robinson
3. Escaping the Sargasso Sea: Lotus
4. Live at the Murat: Umphrey’s McGee
5. Live at Tonic: Marco Benevento
6. Live in the Northeast: Hot Buttered Rum

Song (a composition first appearing on an official release in 2007)

1. “Ah Mary” Grace Potter and The Nocturnals
2. “Cadillac” Keller Williams
3. “Circles” JJ Grey & MOFRO
4. “Heavy Rotation” Page McConnell
5. “Maria” ALO
6. “Telling Sue” Assembly of Dust

DVD of the Year

1. Immagine in Cornice: Picture in a Frame: Pearl Jam
2. JamCam Chronicles: Jam Cruise 5
3. Keep on Marchin’: North Mississippi Allstars
4. Progressions: The Disco Biscuits
5. Stranger: Bernie Worrell on Earth
6. Years in Your Ears …a story of Leftover Salmon

Archival Album of the Year

1. Boston Common, 8-17-71, The Allman Brothers Band
2. Live at Massey Hall 1971, Neil Young
3. Three From The Vault, Grateful Dead
4. Vegas 96, Phish
5. Warren Haynes Presents: The Benefit Concert Volume 2
6. Warts & All 5, moe.

eMusic Download of the Year

1. Cold Turkey 150 - Benevento Russo Duo, American Babies, Apollo Sunshine, Keller Williams and Michael Franti (Relixradio.com)
2. N’awlins Funkmasters 4/29/07, Howlin’ Wolf, New Orleans, 4/29/07 (Digitalsoundboard.net)
3. Music For The Planet: a nugs.net benefit for Rock The Earth (Nugs.net)
4. Phish, “Headphones Jam” (Livephish.com)
5. Tractorbeam, Chameleon Club, Lancaster, PA, 6/26/07 (Livedownloads.com/Bisco)
6. Widespread Panic, Driving Songs, Vol. 1, Summer 2007 (Livewidespreadpanic.com)

New Groove

1. Blue Turtle Seduction
2. BuzzUniverse
3. Cornmeal
4. One Under
5. Scarecrow Collection
6. SeepeopleS
7. The Brew

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