Best Show by a Local Artist: Dan Del Santo opening for Sunny Ade (Coliseum, 8/31)

2. Stevie Ray Vaughan and Eric Johnson (Coliseum, 10/7)
3. LeRoi Brothers (Continental Club, 9/28)
4. Pressure and the Pool (Nightlife, 10/6)
5. Big Boys, Charlie Sexton, the Jeffersons (Nightlife, 10/31)
6. Standing Waves
7. Max & the Makeups
8. Vital Signs (Nightlife, 12/17)
9. Big Boys opening for Trouble Funk (Nightlife, 8/4)
10. Fabulous Thunderbirds (Sixth Street Live, 10/21)
11. Eric Johnson (Sixth Street Live, 12/19)
12. Joe Ely and Charlie Sexton (Palmer, 12/31)