AUSTIN MUSIC AWARDS
Austin Music Awards More 1982-1983 Best Performing Bands Best Rock: The Skunks Best Soft Rock / Easy Listening: Cheezmo Best Jazz: Passenger Best Blues: The Fabulous Thunderbirds Best Funk: Extreme Heat Best Bluegrass: Erwin O. Prather Best Folk: Butch Hancock Best Rockabilly / 50s Rock & Roll: LeRoi Brothers Best Country: Rank & File Best Latin: Beto y los Fairlanes Best New Wave: Standing Waves Best Punk / Hardcore: Big Boys Best Reggae: Pressure Best Avant-Garde: The Pool Best None of the Above: The Devils

Austin Music Awards › 1982-1983 › Best Performing Bands ›

Best Hard Rock/Heavy Metal: Van Wilks Band

2. The Skunks
3. 14K
4. Banzai Kik
5. Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble
6. The Offenders
7. Last Rites
8. Nasty Habits
9. The Lift
10. Rabbit
11. Devils
12. Heyoka
13. James Anderson & the Takers
14. Watchtower
15. Crystal Image

More awards for Van Wilks Band

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  1981-1982 › Best Performing Bands ›

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