RUNNERS-UP: Courtney Major (Pressure), Chris Gates (Big Boys), Keith Ferguson (Fabulous Thunderbirds), Tommy Shannon (Double Trouble), Jesse Sublett (Secret Six), Steve Zirkel (Jazzmanian Devil), Gene Ramey, Spencer Starnes (Minor Miracle), Sarah Brown (Le Roi Brothers)

This article appears in March 9 • 1984.

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