Song of the Year
RUNNERS-UP: Fabulous Thunderbirds, “Tuff Enuff”; Timbuk3, “Life is Hard”; Fabulous Thunderbirds, “Wrap It Up”; Bill Carter and the Blame/Stevie Ray Vaughan, “Willie the Wimp”; True Believers, “Hard Road”; 14K, “I Wanna Rock”; Doctors’ Mob, “Poison”; Joe Miranda and the Hurricanes, “Best In Me”
Best Acoustic Guitar
RUNNERS-UP: Joe Ely, David Halley, Greg Schilling, Darden Smith, Mickey White, Scott McKenzie, Steve Parkess, Lyle Lovett, Gretchen Phillips
Best Radio Station
RUNNERS-UP: Z-102, KLBJ, K-98, Key-103, KAZI, KBTS, KVET, KASE
Best Avant-Garde
RUNNERS-UP: Glass Eye, Trained Ants, Zydeco Ranch, Timbuk3, Minus Grace, Butthole Surfers, Progress, Basically Speaking, Lifeseyes
Best Bass Guitar
RUNNERS-UP: Bruce Hughes, Keith Ferguson, John Howard, Sarah Brown, Vic Gerard, Brian Beattie, Danny Swinney, Jeff Duke, Ryan Walker
Best Record Producer
RUNNERS-UP: Mark Hallman, Keith Ayres, Joe Ely, Antone’s Records, Dave Edmunds, Vince McGarry, Kevin Sorrels, Jim Yanaway, John Logan
Best Blues
RUNNERS-UP: Omar and the Howlers, Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble, Angela Strehli Band, The Antones, Kathy and the Kilowatts, Chris Holzhaus Band, Bill Carter and the Blame, Lou Ann Barton Band
Best Drums/Percussion
RUNNERS-UP: Jeff Boaz, Rey Washam, Fred Howard, Rock Savage, Fran Christina, Garrett Williams, Tommy Taylor, Chris Staples, Mike Buck
Best Record Store
RUNNERS-UP: Record Exchange, Sound Warehouse, Harmony House, Yesterdays, Inner Sanctum, Hastings, Half-Price
Best Country
RUNNERS-UP: Supernatural Family Band, Asleep at the Wheel, Teddy and the Tall Tops, Lyle Lovett, Rusty Wier, Hickoids, Joe Ely, Willie Nelson, Richard Patureau and the Bayou Bandits, Butch Hancock, Debonaires, Eric Hokkanen and the Offbeats, Steve Fromholtz, Nanci Griffith
Best Electric Guitar
RUNNERS-UP: Stevie Ray Vaughan, David Grissom, Jimmie Vaughan, Will Sexton, John Veledez, Don Lamb, Evan Johns, Paul Leary, David Woody
Best Thing to Happen
RUNNERS-UP: Fabulous Thunderbirds, Timbuk 3, Cave Club opened, Z-102, Drinking age raised to 21, Liberty Lunch stayed open, Club Iguana stopped, Black Cat Lounge, It survived, Farm Aid II
Best Folk
RUNNERS-UP: Darden Smith, Minus Grace, 2 Nice Girls, Butch Hancock, Belt Buckle Band, Timbuk 3, Townes Van Zandt, Mark Luke Daniels, Lounge Lizards, Lyle Lovett, Walter Hyatt and Champ Hood
Best Female Vocals
RUNNERS-UP: Angela Strehli, Marcia Ball, Kris McKay, Elouise Burrell, Kim Longacre, Eliza Gilkyson, Karen Kraft, Diana Cantu, Kelly Rene, Gwen Newsome, Nanci Griffith, Julie Burrell, Pam Peltz, Kathy Murray
Best Video
RUNNERS-UP: The Fabulous Thunderbirds, “Tuff Enuff”; The Fabulous Thunderbirds, “Don’t Mess with Texas”; Stevie Ray Vaughan, “Superstition”; The Fabulous Thunderbirds, “Wrap It Up”; ZZ Top, “Velcro Fly”; Timbuk3, “Life Is Hard”; Charlie Sexton, “Hold Me”; True Believers, “Hard Road”; Rhythm Rats/Daniel Johnston, “December Blues”
Best Funk
RUNNERS-UP: Extreme Heat, Do Dat, Trik-Trax, Elouise Burrell’s New Mix, Wynnd, Moving Parts, K-Tels, Skank, Cargo Cult
Best Horns
RUNNERS-UP: Joe Sublett, Mark “Kaz” Kazanoff, Kirk Whalum, Bill Averbach, Mighty Big Horns, Donnie Bonner, Bobby Keys, Nathan Gates, John Mills
What Would You Most Like to See Happen to Austin Music in 1987?
RUNNERS-UP: More money, Radio play for local records, Better radio, More adventurous radio, More support for live music, Lower drinking age, Better media coverage, More recording contracts, Earlier starting times, More jazz, A mid-sized central venue
Best Jazz
RUNNERS-UP: No Compromise, Tomas Ramirez/Jazzmanian Devil, Trained Ants, Eric Johnson, Kelleye Gray Band, Mitch Watkins Group, The Brew, Trik-Trax, Kaz Jazz Quartet
Best Keyboards
RUNNERS-UP: Mel Brown, Neil Pederson, Rob Noxious, Glover Gill, Jeff Clark, Mike Ramos, Reese Wynans, Philip Duke, Rich Harney
Worst Thing to Happen
RUNNERS-UP: The Beach and the South Bank closed, Clubs closing in general, Phillippe LaVere left KUT, Michael Corcoran, Radio, The economy, Clifford Antone didn’t come home, Timbuk 3, KTXZ’s format change
Best Latin
RUNNERS-UP: Beto y los Fairlanes, Ruben Ramos, Quizumba, Latin Lovers, Joe “King” Carrasco y las Cornonas, Tomas Ramirez, Steve Jordan, Los Romanceros, Traci Lamar
Best Male Vocals
RUNNERS-UP: Greg Schilling, Will Sexton, Joe Ely, Randy “Biscuit” Turner, Bobby Johnson, Bruce Spellman, Scott Hoyt, W.C. Clark, Dan Del Santo, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Eric Johnson, Arthur Brown, Roky Erickson, Brian Beattie
Best Metal/Hardcore
RUNNERS-UP: Poison 13, Watchtower, Butthole Surfers, Agony Column, Not for Sale, Cargo Cult, Doctors’ Mob, Inbred Janitors
Best Miscellaneous Instrument
RUNNERS-UP: Randy Banks, Kim Wilson, Eric Hokkanen, James Fenner, Eliza Gilkyson, Tony Airoldi, T-Bone Herndon
Band of the Year
RUNNERS-UP: Timbuk 3, Will Sexton and the Kill, True Believers, Bad Mutha Goose and the Brothers Grimm, 14K, Joe Ely Band, Butthole Surfers, Extreme Heat, Eric Johnson Group, Torpedoes, Doctors’ Mob, Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble, Zeitgeist, Wynnd
Best New Music
RUNNERS-UP: Will and the Kill, Wild Seeds, Hundredth Monkey, Tanz Waffen, Big Bam Boo, Glass Eye, Cargo Cult, Beat Meters
Best Songwriter
RUNNERS-UP: Bill Carter, Greg Schilling, Daniel Johnston, Mark Luke Daniels, Tony Airoldi, Eliza Gilkyson, John Croslin, Richard Patureau, Butch Hancock
Best New Band
RUNNERS-UP: Timbuk3, Hundredth Monkey, Felix Culpa, Minus Grace, Occupants, Big Bam Boo, Zydeco Ranch, Tanz Waffen, Zulu Time
Best None of the Above
RUNNERS-UP: Extreme Heat, Dan Del Santo, Dino Lee, Lounge Lizards, Tailgators, Air Head, Zydeco Ranch, Timbuk 3, Scratch Acid
Best Concert By a Touring Artist
RUNNERS-UP: Fela (Coliseum, 11/12); R.E.M. (Coliseum, 9/18); Charlie Sexton (Austin Opera House, 5/17); Public Image Ltd. (Coliseum, 7/12); Huey Lewis and the News (Erwin Center, 9/27); Dream Syndicate (Continental, 8/28); The Cure (Coliseum, 5/22); Van Halen (Erwin Center, 10/4); Husker Du (Liberty Lunch, 5/4)
Musician of the Year
RUNNERS-UP: Stevie Ray Vaughan, Will Sexton, Jimmie Vaughan, Charlie Sexton, Nanci Griffith, David Grissom, Kim Wilson, T3PO, Kent “Omar” Dykes
Best Pop
RUNNERS-UP: Torpedoes, 14K, Will and the Kill, Wynnd, Extreme Heat, Trik-Trax, Stuck in Neutral, Lifeseyes, Duck Soup
Best Concert Poster
RUNNERS-UP: Guy Juke (Joe Ely), Guy Juke (Chronicle’s ’86 Awards), Nels Jacobson/Jagmo (Eric Johnson NYE), Nels Jacobson/Jagmo (New Order)
Album of the Year
RUNNERS-UP: Timbuk3, Greetings from Timbuk 3; Eric Johnson, Tones; Woodshock compilation with Daniel Johnston, Cargo Cult, Crybabys, Dharma Bums, Hickoids; True Believers, True Believers; Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble, Live Alive; Glitch Sampler, Vol. II: The Class of ’86; Tailgators, Mumbo Jumbo; Glass Eye, Huge; Darden Smith, Native Soil; Cargo Cult, Strange Men Bearing…
Best Reggae
RUNNERS-UP: Pressure, I-Tex, Dan Del Santo, Steel Power
Best Live Music Venue
RUNNERS-UP: Continental Club, Steamboat, Cave Club, Antone’s, Back Room, Austin Opera House, Alley Oop’s, Black Cat Lounge, Cactus Cafe, Hole in the Wall, Texadelphia
Best EP
RUNNERS-UP: Doctors’ Mob, She Said; Flex, Flex; Teddy and the Tall Tops, On the Line; Ideals, Poor Man’s ZZ Top; Mike Shea and Razor Talk, Animal Age; How to Kiss, How to Kiss; Jam Scam, Jam Scam
Best Rock
RUNNERS-UP: Will and the Kill, Fabulous Thunderbirds, True Believers, Hell’s Cafe, Texas Instruments, Van Wilks Band, Torpedoes, Zeitgeist, Evan Johns and the H-Bombs
Best Local Music TV Show
RUNNERS-UP: VidEot’s Choice, MTV, ACTV, 120 Minutes, The Rocket Bob Show, The Cutting Edge, Citizens Live
Best Single
RUNNERS-UP: The Fabulous Thunderbirds, “Tuff Enuff”/”Look at That”; The Fabulous Thunderbirds, “Wrap It Up”/”True Love”; Timbuk3, “Life Is Hard”; The Fabulous Thunderbirds, “Why Get Up?”/”I Don’t Care”; Not For Sale, “A Taste of Honey”/”Nuevo Lardeo Sincerity”; Killer Bees, “Groovin'”; Eric Johnson, “Off My Mind”/”Zap”; Kathy and the Kilowatts, “Sweet Lovin’ Daddy”/Vacancy (In My Heart)”; Texas…
Best Roots Rock
RUNNERS-UP: True Believers, Hell’s Cafe, Will and the Kill, Teddy and the Tall Tops, Evan Johns and the H-Bombs, Joe Ely Band, Zydeco Ranch, Doctors’ Mob, Rhythm Rats
Best Music Store
RUNNERS-UP: Heart of Texas Music, Danny’s Guitar Shop, Lightning Music and Sound, Tommy’s Drum Shop, Guitar Resurrection, Alpha Music Center, Austin City Music
Best Tape
RUNNERS-UP: Jerry Jeff Walker, Gypsy Songman; Mark Luke Daniels, Is Anyone Daniels; Texas Instruments, Texas Instruments; Beat Meters, Mistress of Meter; Daniel Johnston, Continued Story; Trained Ants, Authorized Bootleg; Steve Parkess, Bevo in Orbit; Various artists, Hidden Agendas; Christine Albert, Across the Miles; Not Daniel Johnston, Hi, How Are You?; East of Eden, Snatches of…
Best Soul
RUNNERS-UP: Elouise Burrell’s New Mix, Trik-Trax, Do Dat, Wynnd, Bad Mutha Goose and the Brothers Grimm, K-Tels, Toby Anderson Band, Ernie Sky Orquestra, Blue Mist
Best Music Writer
RUNNERS-UP: Michael Corcoran, Ed Ward, Luke Torn, Jody Denberg, Michael Point, L.E. McCullough, Pat Blashill, Jay Trachtenberg, Louis Black
