Photo by Marc Samala for The Daily Titan. Gianna Gianna and Jesse St. John of the 'Blok', nominated for Best Hip-Hop, gives a live performance during the 2010 Orange County Music Awards at The Grove of Anaheim in Anaheim, Calif. on Saturday, Mar. 06, 2010.

Not even rain could stop the 9th annual Orange County Music Awards March 6 at the Grove in Anaheim.

106.7 KROQ DJ Psycho Mike dressed to the nines as he hosted the evening. Psycho Mike started the evening admitting that he is not an OC native, though he does get his hair cut here.

"I was honestly really flattered to be asked to host this years OC Music Awards because I know how important the OC music scene is to modern rock and everything," Psycho Mike said.

Dusty Rhodes and the River Band were the big winners, taking home three awards for Best Country/Americana, Best Rock and Best Live Band.

After winning Best Rock, the band seemed stunned to beat out other bands like Thrice, who's music is much harder.

"They rock a little harder than us but they don't have an accordion," guitarist Edson Choi of Dusty Rhodes and the River Band told the crowd.

The Steelwells took home a pair of awards for Best New Artist and Best Song for "El Capitan".

The OC Music Awards honored music journalist and historian Jim Washburn with a Lifetime Achievement Award

Thrice did not win for Best Rock, but happily accepted the award for Best Album for Beggars. Brothers Riley, drummer, and bassist Ed Breckenridge were stunned when they were announced as the winners.

"We've never won anything before and its amazing be to playing music and get recognized for it," said Riley Breckenridge. "It's a record were really proud of and to have it recognized and receive this award is very gratifying and its something that were humbled by."

The Dirty Heads were the winners of the Best World Award. Guitarist and vocalist Duddy B told the crowd that he doesn't think they even got soccer trophies when they were young.

"It means a lot to us, I mean we all grew up here and were born in Orange County so it just couldn't be more fitting," said vocalist of the Dirty Heads Jared Watson.

Their song "Lay Me Down," which new lead singer of Sublime Rome Martinez makes an appearance on, has been a huge hit on the radio. Martinez also joined the band for a live performance of the song towards the end of the evening.

"Theres never going to be a shortage or an end to OC bands of all generes making a huge impact in mainstream music," Psycho Mike said. "Because there is a built-in scene, with both the suburbs and the beach cities with all the venues around, it makes a perfect recipe for great music continuously coming out of the OC."

Photo by Marc Samala for The Daily Titan. The band Dusty Rhodes and the River Band arrive on the red carpet during the 2010 Orange County Music Awards at The Grove of Anaheim in Anaheim, Calif. on Saturday, Mar. 06, 2010.

2010 OC Music Award Winners

Best Album - Beggars, Thrice

Best song - "El Capitan," The Steelwells

Best New Artist - The Steelwells

Best Rock - Dusty Rhodes and The River Band

Best Country/Americana - Dusty Rhodes and the River Band

Best Live Band - Dusty Rhodes and The River Band

Best Acoustic - Billy Kernkamp

Best Folk - Yellow Red Sparks

Best Punk - The Adolescents

Best Indie - The New Limb

Best alternative - Stereofix

Best Metal - Ateryu

Best Hip-Hop - Blok

Best pop - Stacy Clark

Best Electronic - Electric Valentine

Best blues - Roman Alexander and The Robbery

Best Surf - The Growlers

Best Jazz - Translucent Ham Sandwich Band

Best World - The Dirty Heads

Best Latin - Boogaloo Assassins

People's Choice Award - Duress

Lifetime Achievement Award - Jim Washburn