RUNNERS-UP: El Bitché, Pushmonkey; Texoma, Jimmy LaFave; Do You Get the Blues?, Jimmie Vaughan; Here to Jackson, Harris & Ryden; Damesviolet, Damesviolet; Wishing Well, Monte Montgomery; Girls Can Tell, Spoon; Beer, Bait, & Ammo, Kevin Fowler; Brothers of the Castle, Del Castillo; A Man Under the Influence, Alejandro Escovedo; Damn, It’s Early, Various Artists; Flight, Quatropaw; Been a Long Time, Double Trouble; Twilight, Caroline Herring

This article appears in March 15 • 2002.

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