RUNNERS-UP: 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, <Cooking by Strobelight; 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

This article appears in March 14 • 1997 and March 14 • 1997 (Cover).

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