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2001-2002Best Performing Bands

Best Alternative/Punk
Kissinger

Pushmonkey
Dynamite Boy
Cruiserweight
Pong
Vallejo
Damesviolet
Kelvin
Isola
Rubberhed

Best Blues
Alien Love Child

Guy Forsyth
Jimmie Vaughan
Toni Price
W.C. Clark
Carolyn Wonderland
Double Trouble
Blue Monday Band
Marcia Ball
Chris Duarte

Best Country
Dale Watson

Kevin Fowler Band
Harris & Ryden
Pat Green
The Derailers
The Weary Boys
Asleep at the Wheel
Willie Nelson
Don Walser
Shelley King Band

Best Cover Band
The Eggmen

The Atlantics
The Recliners
Diamond Smugglers
Dysfunkshun Junkshun
Soul Masquerade
Bang
Vivid
Taboo
The Stummies

Best Folk
Harris & Ryden

Terri Hendrix
Shelley King Band
Ginger Mackenzie
Jimmy LaFave
Brobdingnagian Bards
Caroline Herring
Sara Hickman
Slaid Cleaves
Eliza Gilkyson

Best Funk
Mingo Fishtrap

The Scabs
Taboo
Dahebegebees
Dysfunkshun Junkshun
The Atlantics
Funky London
Jerkuleez
Gnappy
Hot Buttered Rhythm

Best Hip Hop
MC Overlord

Megatron Bomb Squad
Nook
Hip Hop Humpday
Schrödinger's Cat
Smackola
M.C. Truth
The Scabs
Dynamite Boy
Rubberhed

Best Jazz
Blaze

Odd Man Out
Suzi Stern Quintet
Blue Noise Band
Golden Arm Trio
Victrola
Sarah Sharp
Gnappy
Alien Love Child
Ephraim Owens

Best Lounge/Swing
The Recliners

Mr. Fabulous
Asleep at the Wheel
8 1/2 Souvenirs
Lucky Strikes
Seth Walker
Victrola
Hot Club of Cowtown
El Orbits
The Scabs

Best Metal/Industrial
Pushmonkey

Gahdzilla Motor Co.
Powderburn
Human
Titsworth
Stonekracker
Saucer
Waxdart
28 MPH
Rubberhed

Best None of the Above
Schrödinger's Cat

Shorty Long
Brobdingnagian Bards
Warrior Gospel Quartet
South Austin Jug Band
Cowgirl Sue
Strings Attached
Brown Whörnet
Li'l Cap'n Travis
Austin Lounge Lizards

Best Pop
Ginger Mackenzie

Kissinger
Cruiserweight
Bob Schneider
Household Names
Damesviolet
Daffodil
Vallejo
Quatropaw
Sara Hickman

Best Rock
Kissinger

Vallejo
Pushmonkey
Alien Love Child
Powderburn
Damesviolet
Bob Schneider
Endochine
The Box Socials
Shade

Best Roots Rock
Reckless Kelly

Harris & Ryden
Shelley King Band
Jimmy LaFave
The Gourds
Monte Montgomery
George DeVore
The Resentments
Damnations
LeRoi Bros.

Best Tejano/Conjunto
Grupo Fantasma

Texana Dames
Aztex
Los Pinkys
Flaco Jimenez
Los Texas Wranglers
Ruben Ramos
Little Joe y la Familia
Conjunto Aztlan
Johnny Degollado

Best Traditional Mexican/Latino
Del Castillo

La Tribu
Grupo Fantasma
Tish Hinojosa
Cerronato
Los Texas Wranglers
Mariachi Estrella
Lourdes Perez
Son y No Son
Trio Los Vigilantes

Best World Music
Del Castillo

La Tribu
Cadaques Sambaxe
Brobdingnagian Bards
Teye & Viva El Flamenco
Oliver Rajamani
Govinda
The Gypsies
Tosca

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