RUNNERS-UP: “Bike Vs. Truck,” Kissinger; “Call of My Heart,” Toni Price; “Tired,” Ginger Mackenzie; “Paris,” Damesviolet; “Never Is a Moment,” Jimmy LaFave; “Mine to Waste,” Pushmonkey; “In the Garden,” Double Trouble; “Beer, Bait, & Ammo,” Kevin Fowler; “Castanets,” Alejandro Escovedo; “Flat 13,” Patrice Pike & Black Box Rebellion; “Wishing Well,” Monte Montgomery; “If These Walls Could Talk,” Kevin Fowler; “Any Day Now,” Riddlin’ Kids; “Texas Bound Again,” Harris & Ryden; “Myself,” Pushmonkey; “Beauty in Store,” Beaver Nelson “Hard Times in Babylon,” Eliza Gilkyson; “Mi Carino,” Del Castillo; “Cautionary Tale,” Cruiserweight
This article appears in March 15 • 2002.