Winners of the 2002 Michael W. Bany Lifetime Achievement Award are the pioneers of Tristate rock, blues, jazz, R&B, country and bluegrass recording: the King Records family.

        Honorees include:

        • The late Syd Nathan, who founded King as a country label in 1943 and soon expanded it to include the new “jump blues” sound that inspired the first-generation of R&B and rock 'n' roll.

        • James Brown, King's biggest star, who scored dozens of crossover hits while creating modern funk.

        • Otis Williams, who formed a doo-wop group at Withrow High School in the early 1950s and was soon recording at King. He topped the charts with such hits as “Hearts of Stone” and “Ivory Tower.”

        • Catfish Collins, a session guitarist at King in the mid-60s, who went on to tour with Hank Ballard and James Brown.

        • Bootsy Collins (nominated this year for two Grammy Awards), who began his career as a teen-age session bassist at King, playing everything from funk to country.

        • Lonnie Mack, who recorded most of his classic sides for Fraternity Records at King's studios, but he also did King sessions anonymously. He played on such sides as James Brown's “Kansas City Stone Fox.”

        • Philip Paul, 76, still active in local music, but his accomplishments at King are of mythical proportion. Mr. Paul drummed on many of the biggest records to come out of King, including Wynonie Harris' “Good Rockin' Tonight,” Little Willie John's “Fever,” Freddie King's “Hide Away” and Hank Ballard's “The Twist.”

        The Lifetime Achievement Awards will be presented during the Cincinnati Enquirer Cammy Awards, March 10 at Jillian's in Covington. The program will include an all-star live music tribute to King Records.

        Tickets are $12.50 in advance at Ticketmaster outlets, by phone (562-4949) and online: www.ticketmaster.com. All proceeds go to the Michael W. Bany Memorial Scholarship Fund.

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