Weezer, Afroman, Michael Franti Lead 2nd Annual Doobie Awards

LOS ANGELES (Top40 Charts) - Weezer, Afroman, and Michael Franti & Spearhead's pot-themed songs have garnered the acts two nominations each for High Times magazine's 2nd Annual Doobie Awards for Conscious Music.

Weezer is up for Band of the Year and Pot Song of the Year for "Hash Pipe" (though the song isn't really about smoking pot); Franti's Stay Human garnered nods for Most Conscious Album and Best Hip-Hop Album; and Afroman's "Because I Got High" single and The Good Times are no-brainers for Pot Song of the Year and Best Hip-Hop Album, respectively. Afroman will also headline the three-hour event.

The awards, slated for Sept. 12 at Wetlands in New York, aim to reflect the power marijuana has in music, whether artists are literally singing about the drug or just influenced by it.

Here is a complete list of nominees:

Band Of The Year

Black Crowes
Dave Matthews Band
Staind
Weezer

Afroman

Pot Song Of The Year

Afroman, "Because I Got High"
American Hi-Fi, "Flavor of the Week"
Bad Ronald, "Let's Begin (Shoot the Shit)"
Big Wreck, "Inhale"
Guided by Voiced, "Glad Girls"
Weezer, "Hash Pipe"

Best Hip-Hop Album

Afroman, The Good Times
Black Eyed Peas, Bridging The Gap
B-Legit, Hempin' Ain't Easy
Michael Franti & Spearhead, Stay Human
Wu-Tang Clan, The W

Best Rock Album

Marilyn Manson, Holy Wood
Monster Magnet, God Says No
Spacehog, The Hogyssey
311, From Chaos
Tool, Lateralus

Spearhead

Most Conscious Album

Crazy Fingers, Legalize Happiness
New Prohibition, A Musical History of Hemp
Michael Franti & Spearhead, Stay Human

Best Reggae Album

Damian Marley, Halfway Tree
Morgan Heritage, More Teaching
Tom Tom Club, The Good, the Bad and the Funky

Best Jam-Band Album

Blues Traveler, Bridge
String Cheese Incident, Outside Inside
Widespread Panic, Don't Tell the Band

Best Dance Album

The Crystal Method, Tweekend
Jamiroquai, 2001: A Funk Odyssey
Tricky, Blowback

Best Jazz Album

Karl Denson, Dance Lesson #2
Charlie Hunter, Songs from the Analog Playground
Soulive, Doin' Something

Janis Joplin

Best Theatrical Production

Love, Janis

Lifetime Achievement Award

Sam Andrew (Original guitarist for Big Brother & the Holding Company and Love, Janis musical director)

Best New York Venue, 1989-2001

Wetlands Preserve