The following are the winners from the 3rd annual

San Diego Music Awards, held on August 16, 1993

at Humphreys Concert by the Bay:

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Best Contemporary – The Heroes
Best Classic Rock – Rockola
Best Jazz – Jimmy & Jeanie Cheatham
Best Pop-Jazz – Fattburger
Best Dixieland – Tobacco Road
Best Latin Jazz – Afro Rhumba

Best Big Band – UCSD Jazz Ensemble

Best Folk or Acoustic – John Katchur

Best Americana or Country – The Mud Puppies
Best Blues – Fuzzy & the Bluesmen
Best World Beat – Big Mountain
Best Alternative – Honey Glaze

Best Rock – Asphalt Ballet

Best Local Recording – Honey Glaze

Best New Artist – King Mother

Best Rock Album – Stone Temple Pilots: Core

Artist of the Year – AJ Croce
Group of the Year – Big Mountain