37th Annual Austin Music Awards

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1984-1985 › Best Texas Recordings

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Album of the Year
Stevie Ray Vaughan, Couldn't Stand the Weather

2. Dan Del Santo, World Beat
3. Poison 13
4. Omar and the Howlers, I Told You So
5. Ten from Texas compilation
6. Robert Keen, No Kinda Dancer
7. Meat Joy, Meat Joy
8. The Pool, 333
9. Joe Ely, Hi-Res
10. The Offenders, Meat Joy, Jeffersons, Hickoids, Scratch Acid, Napalm, Technicolor Yawns, Metal Moo Cow
11. Joe "King" Carrasco and the Crowns, Bordertown
12. Austin Christmas Collection
13. Austin Lounge Lizards, Creatures from the Black Saloon
14. Alvin Crow and the Pleasant Valley Boys, Welcome to Texas
15. Takiy Orqo, La Sirena

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Best EP
LeRoi Brothers, Forget About the Danger, Think of the Fun

2. Elouise Burrell and Trickle Down, Thinking About S.E.X./USASA
3. Glass Eye, Marlo
4. Debussy Fields, Achilles Hill
5. Butthole Surfers, PCPEP
6. Not for Sale, A Few Dollars More
7. Wild Seeds, Soul City
8. The Pool, Where Do We Go From Here?
9. Ponty Bone with Louis & the Legends, West Texas Squeeze Box Boogie
10. Randy Thornton, Thief in the Night

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Best Single
Zeitgeist, "Freight Train Rain"/"Electra"

2. Denny Freeman with Angela Stehli and Kim Wilson, "Tired of TV"/"Time for a Change"
3. Roky Erickson, "Don't Slander Me"/"Starry Eyes"
4. Reflectors, "Rock and Roll Refugee"
5. Dan Del Santo, "Merci, Baby, Merci"
6. Offenders, "I Hate Myself"/"Bad Times"
7. Ernie Sky and the K-Tels, "The Spank"/"(You Got to Be) Serious"
8. Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble, "Cold Shot"/"Honey Bee"
9. Ike Ritter, "La Tunga"/"Coma Victim"
10. Blaze Foley, "Girl Scout Cookies"

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Song of the Year
Zeitgeist, "Freight Train Rain"

2. Joe Ely, "Cool Rockin' Loretta"
3. Dan Del Santo, "World Beat"
4. Elouise Burrell and Trickle Down, "Thinking About S.E.X."
5. Debussy Fields, "Evil Infection"
6. Stevie Ray Vaughan, "Cold Shot"
7. Stevie Ray Vaughan, "Couldn't Stand the Weather"
8. Robert Keen, "No Kinda Dancer"
9. Reflectors, "Rock and Roll Refugee"
10. Meat Joy, "For When Love is Irrelevance"