Latin jazz and Lonnie Mack. High school rockers and hard-core honky-tonk. The 2002 Enquirer Cincinnati Area Music Awards (Cammys) will again cross genres and generations to present the best in Tristate talent.

        The Cammys, as much a concert as an awards ceremony, will take place March 10 at Jillian's Warehouse in Covington.

        Mr. Mack, winner of the 1998 Michael W. Bany Lifetime Achievement Award, will be part of an all-star tribute to Cincinnati-based King Records. The label, founded by local entrepreneur Syd Nathan in the mid-40s, provided the foundation for the rock 'n' roll revolution to come.

        Philip Paul. a longtime King session musician and the drummer on the original recordings of “Good Rockin' Tonight” (Wynonie Harris, 1948) and “The Twist” (Hank Ballard, 1959), will be part of that segment, too. Expect several surprise guests.

        Also performing at the sixth annual Cammys will be:

        • The rock band Swim, which signed a deal with MCA Records just before the group won favorite band at the 2001 Cammys.

        • The Reggie Calloway Band, performing a set of R&B, including “Slow Jam” and “Casanova,” two hits written and produced by its namesake.

        • The Stapletons, nominated for best roots-rock band and winner of best new band last year, in their Cammy-performing debut.

        • Salsa Caliente, a nominee for best world-beat group.

        • The reunited progressive big band, the PsychoAcoustic Orchestra.

        • Blues favorites Greg Schaber & High Street, nominated for two Cammys.

        • Trad-country band the New Radio Cowboys, featuring three-Cammy nominee Ed Cunningham. They will back up some artists in the King tribute and perform some of their own material.

        • The roots-rocking Warsaw Falcons.

        • Winner of Bogart's High School Band Challenge.

        • Comedian/singer Blair Shannon, returning for his fourth year as host.

        Cammys ticket sales benefit the Michael W. Bany Memorial Scholarship Fund, which aids Tristate music students.

        Tickets, $12.50, are on sale at Ticketmaster outlets, by phone (562-4949) and online at www.ticketmaster.com.

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