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1982-1983Best Texas Recordings

Album of the Year
Fabulous Thunderbirds, T-Bird Rhythm

Rank and File, Sundown
Explosives, Restless Natives
Austin All-Stars
Skunks
MDC, Millions of Dead Cops
Joe "King" Carrasco & the Crowns, Synapse Gap
Willie Nelson, Always On My Mind
Lou Ann Barton, Old Enough
Really Red, Teaching You the Fear

Best EP
Big Boys, Fun Fun Fun

The Pool
LeRoi Brothers, Moon Twist
Lisa Gilkyson/Mark Hallman
Cheezmo, Down on the Third Coast

Best Unrecorded Song
The Devils, "Like Lovers Do"

Extreme Heat, "Love Burglar"
Dark Motive, "Social Situation"
Big Boys, "Jump the Fence"
Stick Figures, "Rules of War"
Ernie Sky & the K-Tels, "Can't Live With You Blues"
Coyote-Safer Band, "Ballad of Coyote-Safer"
Rank and File, "Klansman"
Buffalo Gals, "Dance"
Extreme Heat, "Jump for Joy"
Uh-Uhs, "Invisible World"

Song of the Year
Private Lives, When the World Comes Crashing Through/Cautious Dreams

D-Day, Right To Know
The Take, Tonight/Four Dollar Date
Mike Runnels, Channel 19
Whoom Elements, Of Love/Men in the Politics
Kimmie Rhodes & the Jackalope Brothers, You'll Take Care of You/No Next Time
Lou Ann Barton, Brand New Lover
Rattlecats, Run My Life/Back To Life
Tom X, Dallas/(I Heard It Through) The Restroom Wall
Mark Luke Daniels, Midnight Train

Hall of Fame
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