30 Years of AMA Performer Highlights
Fri., March 14, 2014
1984
The Fabulous Thunderbirds
Angela Strehli Band
Big Boys
1985
Lou Ann Barton
Supernatural Family Band
Van Wilks
1986
Joe Ely
True Believers & Roky Erickson
Joe "King" Carrasco y Los Coronas
Eric Johnson
1987
Asleep at the Wheel
Zeitgeist
Ronnie Lane Band
1988
Joe Ely
Timbuk 3
True Believers & Ronnie Lane
1989
Butch Hancock & Jimmie Dale Gilmore
Two Nice Girls, with Lucinda Williams
Lou Ann Barton, Marcia Ball, and Angela Strehli, with Doug Sahm
1990
Nanci Griffith
Daniel Johnston
Townes Van Zandt
1991
Arc Angels
Texas Tornadoes
Dangerous Toys
1992
Kelly Willis
Bad Livers
Lucinda Williams
1993
Alejandro Escovedo
Roky Erickson
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1994
True Believers
Junior Brown
Los Pinkys y Isidro Samilpa
1995
Robert Earl Keen
Charlie Sexton
Ed Hall
1996
Sixteen Deluxe
Don Walser's Pure Texas Band
Asylum Street Spankers
1997
Texas Tornadoes, with Roy Head
Sexton Brothers Sextet
Jimmie Dale Gilmore's Tribute to Townes Van Zandt
1998
The Derailers
Asleep at the Wheel
The Gourds
1999
Bruce & Charlie Robison
Reckless Kelly, with Joe Ely
Kinky Friedman
2000
Shawn Sahm & Augie Meyers
Ray Wylie Hubbard
Bob Schneider
2001
Lucinda Williams
Slaid Cleaves
The Gourds
2002
Jimmie Vaughan
Johnny Gimble
Spoon
2003
Steven Fromholz
Billy Joe Shaver
Ray Wylie Hubbard
2004
Los Lonely Boys
Chip Taylor & Carrie Rodriguez
Tia Carrera
2005
Pinetop Perkins
Daniel Johnston
John Cale & Alejandro Escovedo
2006
Roky Erickson & the Explosives
Jon Dee Graham, with Eliza Gilkyson
Black Joe Lewis
2007
Tribute to Clifford Antone (Jimmie Vaughan, Gary Clark Jr.)
Tribute to Ronnie Lane (Ian McLagan & the Bump Band)
Tribute to Freddy Fender (Texas Tornadoes)
2008
Roky Erickson & Okkervil River
Gary Clark Jr.
The Judy's
2009
The Dicks, with David Yow
Roky Erickson & the Black Angels
Suzanna Choffel, Ruthie Foster & Carolyn Wonderland
2010
Tribute to Stephen Bruton (Geoff Muldaur, Jim Kweskin)
The Explosives with Peter Lewis of Moby Grape
Sarah Jarosz & Mother Falcon
2011
Bubble Puppy
Meat Puppets & Roky Erickson
Mother Falcon
2012
Alejandro Escovedo & Bruce Springsteen
Christopher Cross
Quiet Company
2013
Tribute to Brent Grulke (Wild Seeds, Robyn Hitchcock, Alejandro Escovedo, Susan Cowsill, Britt Daniel, Adrian Quesada)
