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and held its first awards show in 1992 at
Detroit's Music Hall. In 1996, the
organization merged with the Metro
Times-sponsored Detroit Music Awards.
Now, the Motor City Music Foundation
is a single entity presenting Grammy-
st•le recognition each spring with nomi-
nations and voting done by local musi-
cians and industry professionals.

ark Pasman never felt
n-iore like singing the blues
recently, but bad-news
days gradually receded.
The guirarist-DJ went through a dif-
ficult time after the drummer in his
band contracted meningitis and all
the musicians had to be treated
with antibiotics to fight off the dis-
ease. Better times followed as
everyone started regaining strength
and also learned they were nomi-
nated for Detroit Music Awards.
"It's always very exciting to be
noticed by your peers, and going
through the fire can make a person
tougher," says Pasman, one of five
members of the blues band
Mudpuppy. The four other mem-
bers, who do vocals, include
Lorenzo "Spoons" Brown on per-
cussion, Paul Randolph on bass
and acoustic guitar, Darryl Pierce
on drums and Mark Thibodeau on
keyboards.
Pasman, who got his first guitar
for his bar mitzvah, is up for three
awards — Outstanding Blues
Recording for One Night Only,
Outstanding Blues Artist/Group
and Outstanding Blues
Instrumentalist. He'll learn how he
did Friday, April 6, when the win-
Mark Pasman: "I enjoy allforms of music, but
ners will be announced during the
I prefer blues because it so honest and real"
Detroit Music Awards Show at the
State Theater in Detroit.
"We want to expose Detroiters to
"As a member of the board of direc-
the great talent we have in town," says
tors,
I help process nominations and
entertainment attorney Howard Hertz,
ballots,"
says Hertz, who also repre-
who represents Pasman and serves as
sents
rapper
Eminem. "We have a
vice president of the Motor City
mailing
list
of
a few thousand people."
Music Foundation (MCMF), which
Seventy-nine
awards will be given
sponsors the awards. "Just because
out this year during a program that
Motown left doesn't mean that there
features performances by Eminem's
isn't any talent left in the city."
rap group D-12, the Brothers Groove,
The MCMF honors -Detroit area
Johnnie
Bassett with the Butler Twins,
musicians working on a national,
Thornetta
Davis and Lisa Hunter.
regional or local level to nurture music
Proceeds
from the awards show are
that is being made around town and
used
to
present
seminars and showcases,
to create a sense of a music industry
and support music-related charitable.
community that cuts across styles.
organizations. They also benefit the
MCMF was started in 1988 as the
Rainbow Connection, an organization
Motor City Music Award Foundation