RUNNERS-UP: Ty Gavin (the Next), Joe Ely, Bruce Spelman (Extreme Heat), Kim Wilson (the Fabulous Thunderbirds), Randy “Biscuit” Turner (Big Boys), Phil Ritcherson (Extreme Heat), Chris Wing (Jerryskids), David Cardwell (the Lift), Joe “King” Carrasco, Larry Seaman (the Standing Waves), Jesse Sublett (the Skunks), Tony Kinman (Rank & File), Christopher Cross, Bevis Griffin (the Bats), Alan Monsarrat (Lotions), Jimmie Gilmore, Willie Nelson, Dana Cooper, Gary P. Nunn

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

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