Because there can never be too much Courtney...
> Fogerty, Love Receive Gibson Guitar Awards
>
> LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - John Fogerty and Courtney Love clinched top
>honors Tuesday at the fifth
> annual Orville H. Gibson Awards, bestowed on the music industry's
>leading guitarists.
>
> Fogerty, the former Creedence Clearwater Revival frontman whose
>1997 solo release ``Blue Moon
> Swamp'' earned a Grammy for best rock album, won the Gibson prize
>for best male guitarist.
>
> Love, the rocker/actress whose band, Hole, garnered a Grammy
>nomination for the title track off its
> album, ``Celebrity Skin,'' was named best female guitarist.
>
> Winners for the awards, sponsored by the Gibson Musical Instruments company, are
>chosen by music critics from a list of
> finalists nominated in more than a dozen categories by the editors of leading guitar
>magazines. The annual prizes are handed out
> the day before the Grammys.
>
> The previously announced Gibson Lifetime Achievement Award was presented to
>rockabilly-swing guitarist Brian Setzer, the
> former Stray Cat who now leads the big band/pop ensemble the Brian Setzer Orchestra.
>
> That group's current release, ``The Dirty Boogie,'' received three Grammy
>nominations, including the nod for best pop album.
>
> The other winners of Tuesday's awards were:
>
> -- Steve Earle, best male acoustic guitarist.
>
> -- Lisa Loeb, best female acoustic guitarist.
>
> -- Kenny Wayne Shepherd, best male blues guitarist.
>
> -- Melissa Etheridge, best female blues guitarist.
>
> -- John Scofield, best male jazz guitarist.
>
> -- Leni Stern, best female jazz guitarist.
>
> -- Steve Wariner and Randy Scruggs, a tie for best male country guitarist.
>
> -- Deana Carter, best female country guitarist.
>
> -- Jim Creegan (Barenaked Ladies), best male bassist.
>
> -- Melissa Auf der Maur (Hole), best female bassist.
>
> -- Mike Ward (Wallflowers), best promising new guitarist.
>
