question: When were the Detroit Music Awards, which feature some of Detroit's most notable musical artists like Bob Seger, initially proposed?
answer: 1988
context: Title: Noah (The Bob Seger System album)
  Passage: Noah is the second studio album by American rock band The Bob Seger System, released in 1969 (see 1969 in music).  Seger was displeased with this album as it was the label's intention to showcase Tom Neme as the voice of the band.  Seger contemplated quitting music altogether after this album.  It has never been reissued on a legitimate U.S. CD by Capitol and probably never will be, as Seger disavows it.  It does, however, contain the classic Seger title song, Noah, which was issued as a single.
  Title: Stranger in Town (album)
  Passage: Stranger in Town is the tenth studio album by American rock singer Bob Seger and his second with the Silver Bullet Band, released by Capitol Records in May 1978 (see 1978 in music).  Like its predecessor, the Silver Bullet Band backed Seger on about half of the songs and the Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section backed Seger on the other half.
  Title: Nick Egan
  Passage: Nick Egan (born July 4, 1957 in London, England) is a visual design artist, and director of music videos, commercials and film.  He graduated from the Watford College of Art and Design with a DGA in 1976.  While attending college, he created cover art for the singles "White Man In Hammersmith Palais" and "Tommy Gun" for The Clash and T-shirt design for the single "Sheena is A Punk Rocker" for The Ramones.  His first chart topping album cover was Dexys Midnight Runners' 'Searching For The Young Soul Rebels'.  He collaborated with former Sex Pistols manager and fashion entrepreneur Mr. Malcolm McLaren, for whom he designed the album cover for Bow Wow Wow's 'See Jungle'.  His longtime partnership with McLaren McLaren led the art direction of McLaren's own inventive albums; Duck Rock and 'Fans'.  Egan relocated from Britain to New York, where he created cover art for legendary artists like Bob Dylan and Iggy Pop.  Egan also art directed books; John Lennon "Listen To These Pictures" by Rock-n-Roll photographer Bob Gruen and Bob Dylan's "Drawn Blank".
  Title: Smokin' O.P.'s
  Passage: Smokin' O.P.'s is the fifth studio album by American rock singer-songwriter Bob Seger, released in 1972 (see 1972 in music).  The album was reissued on CD by Capitol Records in 2005.  It is currently the earliest Bob Seger album available on CD.  The cover art is a parody of the Lucky Strike cigarette logo.  Smokin' O.P.'s refers to Smokin' Other People's Songs, a derivation on the slang phrase "Smoking O.P.'s" meaning to smoke other people's cigarettes exclusively (never purchasing your own for consumption).  Most of the tracks on this release are covers of songs written by other artists.
  Title: Detroit Music Awards
  Passage: The Detroit Music Awards (DMA) was initially proposed in 1988.  Presented by the Motor City Music Foundation, the multi-genre awards ceremony was established to bring recognition to Detroit area musicians.  The first award show was held in 1992 at Detroit's Music Hall, and moved to the State Theatre in 1993.  In 1998, the organization merged with the Metro Times-sponsored Detroit Music Awards.  It has now held at The Fillmore Detroit theatre annually in April.  Since its inception, the DMA has featured some of Detroit's most notable musical artists; including Bob Seger, The Clark Sisters, Eminem, George Clinton and Parliament, Glenn Frey, Grand Funk Railroad, Kid Rock, Martha Reeves, The Miracles, Insane Clown Posse, Smokey Robinson, Ted Nugent, and Was Not Was.
  Title: Bob Seger
  Passage: Robert Clark Seger ( , born May 6, 1945) is an American singer-songwriter, guitarist and pianist.  As a locally successful Detroit-area artist, he performed and recorded as Bob Seger and the Last Heard and Bob Seger System throughout the 1960s.  By the early 1970s, he had dropped the 'System' from his recordings and continued to strive for broader success with various other bands.  In 1973, he put together the Silver Bullet Band, with a group of Detroit-area musicians, with whom he became most successful on the national level with the album "Live Bullet" (1976), recorded live with the Silver Bullet Band in 1975 at Cobo Hall in Detroit, Michigan.  In 1976, he achieved a national breakout with the studio album "Night Moves".  On his studio albums, he also worked extensively with the Alabama-based Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section, which appeared on several of Seger's best-selling singles and albums.
  Title: Katmandu (song)
  Passage: "Katmandu" is a song written and recorded by American rock artist Bob Seger.  It was initially released on his 1975 studio album "Beautiful Loser", which became the first of ten consecutive platinum albums for Seger.  The song was later featured on his live album "Live Bullet".  The single edit reached number 43 on the US Top 40, becoming Seger's most successful single since "Ramblin' Gamblin' Man".  The song was featured in the soundtrack to the 1985 film "Mask" starring Cher and Eric Stoltz.  The song was also featured as a part of the soundtrack in the 16th episode of the television series "Freaks and Geeks".  It also appeared in the tenth episode on the eighth season of the television series "Supernatural".
  Title: Lucifer (Bob Seger song)
  Passage: "Lucifer" is a song written by Bob Seger featured on the album "Mongrel".  It reached #84 on the Pop Singles chart in 1970.  Many Seger fans consider this to be one of Seger's best.  Ben Edmonds, in his review of "Mongrel", called "Lucifer" "easily the strongest cut on the record, and a great song in its own right.  It's simple, straightforward rock: the band (especially the organ) shows a clear comprehension of the song's rhythmical movement."  The Bob Seger System performed this song on the TV show Upbeat, which was a syndication of musical performances taped at the WEWS studios in Cleveland, Ohio, with host Don Webster.  A clip of the song was used in the sixth season finale of "Entourage", episode "Give a Little Bit."
  Title: Ramblin' Gamblin' Man
  Passage: Ramblin' Gamblin' Man is the first studio album by American rock band the Bob Seger System, released in 1969 (see 1969 in music).  The original title was "Tales of Lucy Blue", hence the cover photo.  In the liner notes, Bob Seger says (sarcastically) he later realized Lucy Blue was Ramblin' Gamblin' Man, and so changed the title of the album.  He then thanks "Doctor Fine" for this realization.  (Doctor Fine being the person who made Seger change the album's name.)  The original cover design for the album featured the nude figure from Botticelli's "The Birth of Venus", but this too was changed for the final release.
  Title: Like a Rock
  Passage: Like a Rock is the thirteenth studio album by American singer-songwriter Bob Seger, released in 1986 (see 1986 in music).  The title track is best known for being featured in Chevrolet truck commercials throughout the 1990s and early 2000s. " Fortunate Son" is a live cover of the 1969 Creedence Clearwater Revival hit, recorded March 31, 1983 at Cobo Hall in Detroit.  It was originally available only as the B-side of the American Storm single, and was added as a bonus track to the CD release of the album.  The vinyl version ends with "Somewhere Tonight".  The song "Miami" is featured in an episode of the TV series "Miami Vice".  This is the first studio album credited to "Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band" that doesn't feature the Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section replacing the Silver Bullet Band on any tracks.
citations: Detroit Music Awards Bob Seger