RUNNERS-UP: Joe Sublett (the Cobras); John Mills (Beto y los Fairlanes); Paul Ostermayer (Passenger); Nathan Gates (Big Boys); Smokey Joe Miller (Joe Ely Band); Janice Hargis (X-Spand-X); Mike Francis; Jeff Barnes (Jazz-Me Blues, Tex Thomas); Tony Rico (W.C. Clark); Tim Walsh (Brave Combo); Bill Flahey (Papa Moon); Mike Mordecai (Beto y los Fairlanes, Dan Del Santo & His Professors of Pleasure)

This article appears in March 5 • 1982 and March 5 • 1982 (Cover).

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