41st Annual Austin Music Awards

1987-1988 › Related Categories

SHOW DESCRIPTION HIDE DESCRIPTION

Best Club DJ/Dance Club
Cave Club

AustiNights
West End
Broken Spoke
Club Islas
Philip Nitch (Back Room)
Hall's
Phil Owen (Cave Club)
New West

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Best Concert By a Touring Artist
Pink Floyd

U2
Elvis Costello
Neville Brothers
John Hiatt
Tina Turner
Roger Waters
King Sunny Ade
Guadalcanal Diary
Boston
Husker Du
Los Lobos
Replacements
George Strait
Robert Cray
K.D. Lang
Level 42
Fleetwood Mac
Chris Isaak
Heart

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Best Concert Poster
Guy Juke: Austin Music Awards, 1986-87

Nels Jacobson: Texas-USSR Musicians Exchange
Frank Kozik: Butthole Surfers at the Cave Club
Frank Kozik: Poison 13 at the Texas Tavern
Frank Kozik: Scratch Acid at the Cave Club

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Best Live Music Venue
Liberty Lunch

Steamboat
Antone's
Back Room
Austin Opera House
Hole in the Wall
Big Mamou
Black Cat Lounge
Erwin Center
Paramount Theatre
Continental Club
Cave Club
Auditorium Shores
Cactus Club
Kevy J's

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Best Local Music TV Show
Austin City Limits

VidEot's Choice
Citizens Live
MTV
120 Minutes
Night Flight
Green Fungus
Texas Music Show
Hank Sinatra Presents

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Best Music Store

Heart of Texas Music
Danny's Guitar Shop
Lightning Music and Sound
Music Exchange
Tommy's Drum Shop
Austin City Music
South Austin Music

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Best Music Writer
Michael Corcoran

John T. Davis
me
no such thing
Jody Denberg
Ed Ward
Luke Torn
L.E. McCollough
Michael Point
Casey Monahan

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Best Radio DJ
Jody Denberg

Paul Ray
Kevin Connor
Larry Monroe
no such thing
Sky
Sammy Allred
John Aielli
Jay Trachtenberg
David Obermann
C.K. Carman
Peggy Simmons

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Best Radio Station
90.5 KUT FM

102.3 KPEZ
91.7 KLBJ FM
no such thing
88.7 KAZI FM
98.5 The Fox FM
93.3 B-93 FM
1300 KVET FM
98.3 KHFI FM

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Best Record Producer
Joe Ely

Spot
Brian Beattie
Keith Ayres
Mark Hallman
Richard Mullen
Jim Yanaway
Don Dixon
Andy Bugg
Renee Morrison

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Best Record Store
Waterloo Records

Sound Warehouse
Sound Exchange
Antone's Records
Yesterdays
Sundance
Harmony House
Inner Sanctum
Hastings
Half Price

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Best Thing to Happen
South By Southwest

National recognition
Big Mamou
Local music on radio
Texas-USSR Musicians' Exchange
Liberty Lunch stayed open
Student Radio Task Force
Continental Club reopened
Major label signings
It survived
Antone's/Antone's West
Kevy J's
More creativity
Dong Huong

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

LeRoi Brothers, "Chain of Love"
Timbuk 3, "All I Want for Christmas"

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What Would You Most Like to See Happen to Austin Music in 1988?
More new clubs

More money
Armadillo World HQ or something like it
More national recognition
Alternative radio
More local music on radio
KTSB student radio
More touring acts
More country
Earlier showtimes
Major label signings
More originality
More city support
Bigger audiences
More jazz

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Worst Thing to Happen
Continental Club closed

Clubs closing in general
The economy
Higher drinking age
John T. Davis fired from Statesman
Hot Number
Cave Club closed
Corky
Cover bands
Audience apathy
City regulations hassling clubs
Flying Circus closed
Texadelphia closed
Music critics
Cutbacks at UT Arts Complex