High Times magazine awarded De la Soul with a
Doobie Award last night (September 26) for their album Bionix. Sean Paul,
Gov’t Mule, Nickelback, Puddle of Mudd, Beenie Man and Shannon McNally
were also winners at last night’s Doobie awards show at BB King’s
in New York.
Maseo of De La Soul, Sean Paul, Warren Haynes
(Gov’t Mule), McNally, Soulive, High on Fire and the New Riders of the
Purple Sage were all on hand to accept their awards. Fear Factor’s Joe
Rogan emceed the show, and the crowd was treated to performances by Paul, High
on Fire, Lettuce, Black Moon, the New Riders and the Cannabis Cup Band.
Other special guests in attendance included Dave
Chappelle, Jackie “The Jokeman” Martling, Kim Deal, Me’shell
Ndegeocello, Fab 5 Freddy, Earl Chin (Rockers TV), Keith Stroup (NORML) and
Ebon Moss Bachrach and the cast of Comedy Central’s upcoming movie, P###
& Chicken.
Look for coverage of the Doobies in the January
issue of High Times. The complete list of winners are below:
2002 DOOBIE AWARD WINNERS
BAND OF THE YEAR: Tenacious D
POT SONG OF THE YEAR: “Gimme the Light” by Sean Paul
FEMALE ARTIST OF THE YEAR: Shannon McNally
MOST CONSCIOUS ARTIST: John Trudell
BEST ROCK ALBUM—ESTABLISHED BAND: Nickelback, Silver Side Up
BEST ROCK ALBUM—NEW BAND: Puddle of Mudd, Come Clean
BEST HIP-HOP ALBUM: De la Soul, Bionix
BEST JAM-BAND ALBUM: Gov’t Mule, The Deep End, Vol. 1
BEST REGGAE ALBUM: Beenie Man, Tropical Storm
BEST JAZZ ALBUM: Soulive, Next
BEST STONER ROCK ALBUM: High on Fire, Surrounded by Thieves
BEST DANCE ALBUM: Chemical Brothers, Come With Us
BEST SOUNDTRACK ALBUM: 1 Giant Leap
LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT: New Rider of the Purple Sage