RUNNERS-UP: The Fabulous Thunderbirds, “Tuff Enuff”/”Look at That”; The Fabulous Thunderbirds, “Wrap It Up”/”True Love”; Timbuk3, “Life Is Hard”; The Fabulous Thunderbirds, “Why Get Up?”/”I Don’t Care”; Not For Sale, “A Taste of Honey”/”Nuevo Lardeo Sincerity”; Killer Bees, “Groovin'”; Eric Johnson, “Off My Mind”/”Zap”; Kathy and the Kilowatts, “Sweet Lovin’ Daddy”/Vacancy (In My Heart)”; Texas Instruments, “The Thing in Apt. B”/”Good Times in Rhythm”; Joe Miranda and the Hurricanes, “Best In Me”/”Back Home (Texas Bound)”; Tom X, “Lost in North Austin”/”Lucille and Leroy”; Lyle Lovett, “Cowboy Man”

This article appears in March 13 • 1987.

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