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The Hell You Say -- Cory Branan 4
51 Phantom -- The North Mississippi Allstars 4
Foot Hill Stomp -- Richard Johnston 3
Black-Wave -- The Lost Sounds 3
The Rug -- Big Ass Truck, The Bloodthirsty Lovers -- The Bloodthirsty Lovers, Out of the Blue -- Barbara Blue, Cloud-Wow Music -- Shelby Bryant, Last Man Standing -- Bumpercrop, Love Gangsta -- Bill Coday, Jimmy Daddy's Acoustic Song List -- Jimmy Davis, Launch Pad Rock -- Eighty Katie, I've Lived a Rich Life -- Jeffrey Evans, Final Solutions -- Final Solutions, "Shake Hands With Shorty" -- The North Mississippi Allstars, Break Up, Break Down -- The Reigning Sound, Our Land Brains -- Snowglobe, Don't Count Us Out -- Keith Sykes, Bad Mood Rising -- The Tearjerkers, Choices -- Three 6 Mafia.
Voters were asked to name the five most vital artists or bands in Memphis music today. Forty-two voters participated, with points awarded as follows: five points for a first-place vote, four points for a second-place vote, three points for a third-place vote, two points for a fourth-place vote, and one point for a fifth-place vote.
1. The North Mississippi Allstars 58 14
2. Richard Johnston 41 12
3. (tie) Cory Branan 33 10
3. (tie) The Reigning Sound 33 10
5. Saliva 30 9
6. Alvin Youngblood Hart 27 8
7. The Bloodthirsty Lovers 23 6
8. (tie) Three 6 Mafia 21 7
8. (tie) The Subteens 21 7
10. The Lost Sounds 20 7
11. Snowglobe 17 7
12. Project Pat 14 5
13. Automusik 13 6
14. Lucero 13 5
15. Eighty Katie 12 3
16. Vending Machine 11 4
17. Shelby Bryant 11 3
18. The Tearjerkers 10 5
19. The Gamble Brothers Band 10 3
20. Wayne Leeloy (Native Son) 7 3
Abutment, Adios Gringos, Lily Afshar, American Deathray Music, Anti-Chamber, the Associates, Bad Apple, Brad Bailey, Beanpole, Becc and Hank, Robert Belfour, Barbara Blue, the Bluff City Backsliders, John "Bubba" Bonds, Marlon Branch, Bumpercrop, Tommy Burroughs, Blair Combest, Delta Grass, Epoch of Unlight, David Evans, Jeffrey Evans, FreeWorld, the Gabe & Amy Show, Eric Gales, Gangsta Blac, Gekko Brothers, the Great Depression, Herman Green, Andy Grooms, Isaac Hayes, the Hollywood Allstars, Ingram Hill, the Internationals, Interrobang, the Joint Chiefs, Rob Jungklas, Eric Lewis, Loggia, Memphix, Blind Mississippi Morris, John Murry, Calvin Newborn, Robert Nighthawk III, the Operants, Papa Top's West Coast Turnaround, Piston Honda, Jeff Powell, Kim Richardson, Greg Roberson, Reba Russell, Samsa, Eddie Smith, Jim Spake, Scott Sudbury, Keith Sykes, Rufus Thomas, Mose Vinson, Clint Wagner, Brad Webb, Charlie Wood.
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