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1989-1990Best Texas Recordings

Album of the Decade
Eric Johnson, Tones

Stevie Ray Vaughan, Texas Flood
Joe Ely Band, Lord of the Highway
Stevie Ray Vaughan, In Step
The Fabulous Thunderbirds, Tuff Enuff
Joe Ely, Musta Notta Gotta Lotta
Dangerous Toys, Dangerous Toys

Album of the Year
Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble, In Step

Tish Hinojosa, Homeland
Lou Ann Barton, Read My Lips
Dangerous Toys
Javelin Boot, The Schwa Sound
Two Nice Girls
Glass Eye, Hello Young Lovers
James McMurtry, Too Long in the Wasteland
Hand of Glory, Far From Kith & Kin
Agony Column, God, Guns & Guts
Butch Hancock, Own & Own

Best EP
Poi Dog Pondering, Circle Around the Sun

Lucinda Williams, Passionate Kisses
Butthole Surfers, Widowermaker
Trouser Trout, x$*&!!!
Hickoids, Waltz-A-Cross Dressed Texas

Best Single
Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble, "Crossfire"

Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble, "The House Is Rockin'"
Lucinda Williams, "Passionate Kisses"
Darden Smith, "All I Want Is Everything"
Dangerous Toys, "Scared"
Asleep at the Wheel, "Black & White Rag"
Pocket FishRmen, "The Leader Is Burning"
Wagoneers, "Sit a Little Closer"
Hickoids, "We've Got the Eggnog"
Jerry Jeff Walker, "I Feel Like Hank Williams Tonight"

Best Tape
David Halley

Grains of Faith
Water the Dog, Splashes on the Surface
Betty Elders, Daddy's Coal
Bouffant Jellyfish, Check My Boogman
Jesse Taylor & Tornado Alley, Last Night
Shoulders, Hungry Man's Dance
Buick MacKane
Erik Hokkanen, Blue Corn
Ed Miller, Border Background
Near Dark

Song of the Decade
Timbuk3, "The Future's So Bright, I Gotta Wear Shades"

The Fabulous Thunderbirds, "Tuff Enuff"
Stevie Ray Vaughan, "Crossfire"
Joe Ely, "Musta Notta Gotta Lotta"
Wild Seeds, "I'm Sorry, I Can't Rock You All Night Long"
Joe Ely, "Lord of the Highway"
Joe Ely, "Fingernails"
Gary P. Nunn, "London Homesick Blues"
Stevie Ray Vaughan, "Texas Flood"

Song of the Year
Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble, "Crossfire"

Jo Carol Pierce, "I Blame God"
Timbuk 3, "Dirty Dirty Rice"
Dangerous Toys, "Teasin', Pleasin'"
Dangerous Toys, "Scared"
James McMurtry, "Paint By Numbers"
Betty Elders, "Daddy's Coal"
Lucinda Williams, "Passionate Kisses"
Jerry Jeff Walker, "I Feel Like Hank Williams Tonight"
David Halley, "Rain Just Falls"

Best of the Year
Best Performing Bands
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