Another year of Best Ofs, another hot KC mofo crowned Best Sexy Musician.
This year, our staff didn't have to deliberate too hard to choose the charming, handsome and genuinely sweet Enrique Chi of the magnificent Making Movies.
A few of us (well, me) wanted to see a lady get it this year, but Chi's chi was just too hot 'n strawng.
Our Best Of profiler (whose identity shall remain anonymous lest any significant others and/or current flirtations be offended) wrote:
Enrique Javier Chi must inspire butterflies and perspiration in the kids he mentors at the Mattie Rhodes Center, 'cause the soft-spoken, dreadlocked, Panamanian-born musician sure sparkles with charm. It doesn't matter if his lush lips are issuing coffee-shop talk about social issues -- in the faintest accent -- or he's singing onstage in Spanish (or English). Sweet Chi fronts the band Making Movies, which blends rock and roll with Latin-music traditions. And when he starts tossing his dready head and unconsciously foot shuffling to his band's rock-embedded salsa rhythms, it's hard not to throw a bra and roses.
Congrats, Enrique. I'd say you earned that one.
Ah, but there's more sexy to be had yet. For one thing, who was this year's Readers' Choice? Glad you asked...
That honor was bestowed upon the undeniably comely Barclay Martin, who, coincidentally (or perhaps not, heh) was our official choice last year.
Congratulations to you, Barclay. Go forth and procreate with our readers!
In the readers' poll, roughly 250 votes were cast in this category, which may not sound like a lot, but there were a lot of individual nominees. Probably about 180 to 200 individual musicians got one vote each, which means, among other things, there aren't many actual single people in the KC scene. It's probably better that way.
But first, the close runners up:
First Runners Up: (tie) Carl Pelofsky of Separated at Birth and Myron Brimm of the band Karma.
Second Runner Up: Dan Mellott, aka Puma D, of Browntown
And then there's the Two-or-More Club: all the musicians who got more than one vote. Because in the midwest, if more than one person thinks you're sexy, you're doing pretty good. In alphabetical order by first name...
Alacartoona (which is a band, not a single musician)
Alicia Solombrino
Brad Gaddy of the Zeros
Casey Todd
Cody Critcheloe
Danielle Schnebelen of Trampled Under Foot
Enrique Chi (whom you've met)
Gene Abramov of Waiting for Signal
Grant Wood (presumably not the painter of American Gothic)
Ida McBeth
John Ferguson of Federation of Horsepower/Bacon Shoe
Josh Batz
Lauren McEntire of Street Legal
Mac Lethal
Margo May
Mark Lowrey
Mark Southerland
Megan Birdsall
Mikal Shapiro
Mimi Mangrum of Softee
Patrick Lentz
Sarah Anderson of Softee
Shane Cook of Meatshank
Tyson Leslie
And lastly, a few -- fortunately not too many -- votes were cast for out-of-towners. Here's our list of Top Ten People Who Might've Won Best Sexy Musician 2009 If Only They Lived in Kansas City.
10. "Jimmy" Hendrix
9. Jon Bon Jovi
8. Bruce Springsteen
7. Anderson Cooper
6. Devendra Banhart
5. Thao Nguyen from Thao + Get Down Stay Down
4. Katy Perry
3. Dolly Parton
2. Meat Loaf
1. Clownvis
Thanks to everyone who voted. For the other music-related best ofs, including Best Debut Album and Best Music Radio Show, saunter over to the A&E category.
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