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Article: Various artists share the wealth at the Minnesota Music Awards.(NEWS)
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- Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN)
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- July 12, 1996
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For a change, there was no dominant winner at the Minnesota Music Awards. Prince was named artist of the year and Golden Smog won the award for best major-label album Thursday night at First Avenue in Minneapolis. But neither earned any other award. So, maybe appropriately, the night belonged to Steve McClellan, longtime general manager of First Avenue, the cities' most influential nightclub.
He was honored with the Connie Hechter Award, recognizing contributions by a nonmusician. In his 23 years at First Avenue, McClellan probably has worked with at least 40 of the acts that earned Minnies in 48 categories this year. Working 12-hour days and weekends, he ...