The 2004 W.C. Handy Awards
Memphis
Pink Carnalito Demon Pablito
Nick and The Nitelifes
2004 W.C. Handy Award winners
"Best New Artist"
Accepting the Handy
Representing after the win
Kickin' it at the Handys
With old friend Anson Funderburg Backstage with old bandmate Kim Wilson
Backstage...talk to the fist, dawg!
"Doctor Velvet" finale
Sarita (looking like an Ikette) and Nick
Shake it like a Polaroid picture
Kim Wilson tears it up on the Fab T-Birds' "True Love"
Tearin' it up
Pablito gettin' it!
Backstage with our girlz
Our Girlz The Nitelifes waiting to go onstage
Let me love you just one more time
Blind Pig Records has to be proud to have added both
Reneé and Nick
Curran to their roster of recording artists. They were both up for
Best New Artist Debut and Curran took the top honors. His band was up
next and they gave the audience an added surprise with a couple go-go
dancers. Their campy look and moves helped give Nick's set an even
livelier feel than normal, but Curran and crew can generate a lot of
heat and fire on their own. However, the close proximity of one of
the dancers gave bassist Preston Hubbard an ear-to-ear smile that was
priceless. Hubbard used to play with The Fabulous Thunderbirds and it
was a reunion of sorts when Kim Wilson joined them, along with
current T-Bird, Gene Taylor, for a rowdy rendition of "True Love Is
Hard To Find."
Shortly after being presented with the Handy,
Nick and the Nitelifes confidently strode to center stage and launched into a
rousing performance,
complete with a pair of identically dressed
go-go dancers who emerged from the wings.
The band played "One More Time" and then the title track from Doctor Velvet. For
their last number,
a Fabulous Thunderbirds song titled "True Love," Kim Wilson joined the band on
harmonica.