RUNNERS-UP: Mike Alvarez, “The Night I Watched You Sleep”; Ponty Bone, “Texas Jumbo Shrimp”/Frio City Road Polka”; Omar & the Howlers, “Border Girl”; Stevie Ray Vaughan, “Change It”/”Little Sister”; Junior Brown, “Gotta Get Up Every Morning”/”Too Many Nights in a Roadhouse”; Elouise Burrell, “Cream Always Rises”/”Singer in a R&B Band”; Charlie Sexton, “Beat’s So Lonely”; Appels, “Tricia”/”I’ll Be There Tonight”; 51/50, “A Matter of Time”/”New Beginnings”; Richard Patureau & the Bayou Bandits, “Never Liked to Waltz Anyway”/”Boudreaux’s Daughter”; Commandos, “Psycho”/”May Baby Loves Monster Movies”; Jimmie Gilmore Band, “She’s All Grown Up”/”Honky Tonk Masquerade”

This article appears in March 14 • 1986.

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