37th Annual Austin Music Awards

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1987-1988 › Best Texas Recordings

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Album of the Year
Joe Ely, Lord of the Highway

2. Reivers, Saturday
3. Omar and the Howlers, Hard Times in the Land of Plenty
4. Lyle Lovett, Lyle Lovett
5. Asleep at the Wheel, Ten
6. Killer Bees, Groovin'
7. Fabulous Thunderbirds, Hot Number
8. Butthole Surfers, Locust Abortion Technician
9. Doctors' Mob, Sophomore Slump

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Best EP
Teddy & the Tall Tops, Crazy Date

2. Scratch Acid, Berserker
3. Hickoids, Hard Corn
4. Three On a Hill, Biting on Tinfoil

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Best Single
Omar & the Howlers, "Hard Times in the Land of Plenty"

2. The Reivers, "In Your Eyes"
3. Joe Ely, "Lord of the Highway"
4. Timbuk 3, "All I Want for Christmas (Is World Peace)"
5. Big Bam Boo, "This Might Be the Big One"
6. Rhythm Rats, "I Wanna Spend the Night With Vanna White"
7. Joe Ely, "My Baby Thinks She's French"
8. Ron Rogers and the White Slave Boys, "My Ex Is On X"
9. Clay Baker, "Honky Tonk Heart"
10. Omar & the Howlers, "Dancing in the Canebreak"

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Best Tape
Glass Eye, Glass Eye

2. Ballad Shambles, Ballad Shambles
3. Anneke, Romp
4. Sado, Bouquet of Metal
5. Weeds, The Thing on the Doorstep
6. Shoulders, Local Zoo
7. Tanz Waffen, Tanz Waffen 2
8. Lucky Tailors, Seamless Alterations
9. Fred Argir, Wall of Windows
10. Javelin Boot, The Mauve Album

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Song of the Year
Omar & the Howlers, "Hard Times in the Land of Plenty"

2. Joe Ely, "Lord of the Highway"
3. Joe Ely, "My Baby Thinks She's French"
4. Raging Saint, "Raging Saint"
5. Big Bam Boo, "This Might Be the Big One"
6. Timbuk 3, "All I Want For Christmas (Is World Peace)"
7. The Reivers, "In Your Eyes"
8. The Reivers, "Secretariat"
9. Ernie "Sky" Gammage, "Absolutely Positively Austin"
10. Rhythm Rats, "I Wanna Spend the Night with Vanna White"