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1996-1997Best Texas Recordings

Album of the Year
Storyville, A Piece of Your Soul

Dale Watson, Blessed or Damned
8 1/2 Souvenirs, Happy Feet
Lyle Lovett, Road to Ensenada/i>
Breedlove, Reach Out
Spoon, Telefono
Lisa Tingle, In the Water
Willie Nelson, Spirit
KVRX Various Artists,
Gourds, Dem's Good Beeble
Eric Johnson, Venus Isle
Jimmie Dale Gilmore, Braver Newer World
Alejandro Escovedo, With These Hands
Asylum Street Spankers, Spanks for the Memories
Ugly Americans, Stereophonic Spanish Fly
Butthole Surfers, Electric Larryland
Sincola, Crash Landing in Teen Heaven
Craig Ross, Dead Spy Report
KGSR Broadcasts 4
Tie: Doyle Bramhall II/Vallejo

Best EP
Kelly Willis, Fading Fast

Pushmonkey
Loose Diamonds, Fresco Fiasco
Wannabes, I Am God

Best Single
Pepper, Butthole Surfers

Fountain of Tears, Natalie Zoe
Get Out of This House, Shawn Colvin
Good Day for the Blues, Storyville
That's Right (You're Not From Texas), Lyle Lovett

Song of the Year
Good Day for the Blues, David Grissom, Storyville

Pepper, Butthole Surfers
That's Right (You're Not From Texas), Lyle Lovett
SRV, Eric Johnson
Pavillion, Eric Johnson
Cowboy Lloyd Cross, Dale Watson
Vulcan Death Grip, Ugly Americans
White Thread, Breedlove
, Vallejo
Loner, Pushmonkey
Braver Newer World, Jimmie Dale Gilmore
Walking Backward, Lisa Tingle
Get Out of This House, Shawn Colvin
You Turn Me On, Ugly Americans
Fountain of Tears, Natalie Zoe

Best of the Year
Best Performing Bands
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