RUNNERS-UP: Denny Freeman with Angela Stehli and Kim Wilson, “Tired of TV”/”Time for a Change”; Roky Erickson, “Don’t Slander Me”/”Starry Eyes”; Reflectors, “Rock and Roll Refugee”; Dan Del Santo, “Merci, Baby, Merci”; Offenders, “I Hate Myself”/”Bad Times”; Ernie Sky and the K-Tels, “The Spank”/”(You Got to Be) Serious”; Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble, “Cold Shot”/”Honey Bee”; Ike Ritter, “La Tunga”/”Coma Victim”; Blaze Foley, “Girl Scout Cookies”

This article appears in March 8 • 1985.

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