Best Alternative/Punk
RUNNERS-UP: Fastball, Spoon, Sincola, Fuckemos, Seed, Gals Panic, El Flaco, Stretford, Starfish, Ed Hall, Pocket FishRmen, Hormones, Miss Universe, Pork
Best Tejano/Conjunto
RUNNERS-UP: Ruben Ramos, Santiago Jimenez, Tish Hinojosa, Selena, Texana Dames, Emilio, Rick Trevino, Little Joe y la Familia
Best New Club
RUNNERS-UP: Cedar Street, Voodoo Lounge, White Rabbit, Icon, Roxy, Casino el Camino, Area 52, Quack’s Up, Hank’s Roadhouse
Best Keyboards
RUNNERS-UP: Glover Gill, Bukka Allen, Floyd Domino, Pete Gordon, James Polk, Riley Osbourn, Dave Boyle, Ginger Doss
Best Blues
RUNNERS-UP: W.C. Clark, Guy Forsyth, Sue Foley, Ian Moore, Jimmie Vaughan, The Antones, Chris Duarte, Lou Ann Barton, Miss Lavelle White
Best World Music
RUNNERS-UP: Susanna Sharpe & Samba Police, Horsies, Espiritu, Brave Combo, Correo Aereo, Cula du Café, Tribal Nation, Root 1, East Babylon Symphony
Best Radio DJ
RUNNERS-UP: Jody Denberg, KGSR; Dale Dudley, KLBJ; Paul Ray, KUT; Brian Beck, KGSR; John Aielli, KUT; Rachel, 101X; Larry Monroe, KUT; Rolee Rios, KGSR; Bob Fonseca, KLBJ; Gibby Haynes, 101X; Melody Lee, KNNC; Gary Dickerson, KVRX; Loris Lowe, KLBJ; Rod Moag, KOOP; Eric Leikem, KLBJ; Debra Cole, KLBJ; Ray Dog, 101X; Andy Langer, KUT/101X; Paul…
Best Male Vocals
RUNNERS-UP: Ian Moore, Don Walser, Joe Ely, Guy Forsyth, Wayne Hancock, Monte Warden, Ted Roddy, Charlie Sexton, Dale Watson, Steve Doerr, Jimmy LaFave, Bob Schneider, Olivier Giraud, Kim Wilson
Best Country
RUNNERS-UP: Junior Brown, Derailers, Wayne Hancock, Dale Watson, Christine Albert, Asleep at the Wheel, Toni Price, Joe Ely, Kelly Willis
Best Acoustic Guitar
RUNNERS-UP: Rich Brotherton, Olivier Giraud, Britt Daniel, Guy Forsyth, David Garza, Ed Hamell, Marvin Dykus, Michael Landschoot, Eric Johnson, Monte Montgomery, Earthpig
Best Radio Program
RUNNERS-UP: Twine Time, KUT/Paul Ray; Folkways, KUT; Eklektikos, KUT/John Aeilli; House of Phat Beats, KVRX; Sammy & Bob, KVET; Gibby, 101X; Morning X, 101X; 5:01 Blues, KGSR/Jody Denberg; Blue Monday, KUT/Larry Monroe
Best Miscellaneous Instrument
RUNNERS-UP: Champ Hood, Paul Glasse, Danny Barnes, Wammo, Guy Forsyth, Ponty Bone, Lynda Millard, Gary Primich, Mark Rubin
Best Cover Band
RUNNERS-UP: Naughty Ones, SSIK, Derailers, Flounders without Eyes, The Antones, Booze Weasels, Brew, Jazz Pharaohs, Memphis Train
Best Bass Guitar
RUNNERS-UP: Tommy Shannon, Kevin Smith, Mark Rubin, Chris White, Glenn Fukunaga, Sarah Brown, Hunter Darby, Chris Lowe, Chris Marsh, Brad Fordham, George Reiff, Andy Maguire, Jon Blondell, Boo Resnick
Best Radio Station
RUNNERS-UP: KLBJ 93.7FM, KUT 90.5 FM, 101X, KVRX 91.7 FM, KOOP 91.7 FM, KNNC 107.7 FM, ZROCK 98.9 FM, KAJZ 93.3 FM, KAZI 88.7
Best Singer-Songwriter
RUNNERS-UP: Joe Ely, Ian Moore, Charlie Sexton, Will Sexton, Monte Warden, Robert Earl Keen, Alejandro Escovedo, Michael Fracasso, Tish Hinojosa, Wayne Hancock, Bruce Robison, Sara Hickman, Amberjack Rice, Abra Moore, Butch Hancock, David Garza, James McMurtry, Earthpig, Christine Albert
Best Folk
RUNNERS-UP: Toni Price, Asylum Street Spankers, Bad Livers, Tish Hinojosa, Nanci Griffith, Butch Hancock, Austin Lounge Lizards, Michael Fracasso, Sara Hickman
Best Drums/Percussion
RUNNERS-UP: Frosty, Lisa Pankratz, David McLarty, Chris Searles, Paul Pearcy, George Rains, Michael Villegas, Brannen Temple, Mas Palermo, Rafael Gayol, Mike Buck, Terri Lord, Rey Washam, Lyman Hardy
Best Record Producer
RUNNERS-UP: Bob Fonseca & Dale Dudley, Public Enema #1; Lloyd Maines, Letter to Laredo, Joe Ely; Steve Wertheimer; Stephen Bruton, Big City Blues, Sue Foley; Jody Denberg, KGSR Broadcasts; Dave McNair; Mas Palermo, Here I Am, Monte Warden; Brian Beattie, What the Nothinghead Said, Sincola; Bob Mould, Stellar Sonic, Starfish
A Midwinter’s Tale
A Midwinter’s Tale 1995, R, 98 min. Directed by Kenneth Branagh, Narrated by , Voices by , Starring Michael Maloney, Richard Briers, Mark Hadfield, Nicholas Farrell, Gerald Horan, John Sessions, Celia Imrie, Hetta Charnley, Julia Sawalha, Joan Collins. Oh, there’s no people like show people! I mean, who else would hole up in a drafty…
Best Funk
RUNNERS-UP: Gingbreadmen, Little Sister, Retarded Elf, Vallejo, Rhythm Child, Extreme Heat, Cactus Smack Conspiracy, Lee Persons, Killer Bees
Best Electric Guitar
RUNNERS-UP: David Grissom, Eric Johnson, Chris Duarte, Junior Brown, Jesse Taylor, Jimmie Vaughan, Billy White, Mitch Watkins, Rich Brotherton, Sue Foley, Derek O’Brien, Charlie Sexton, Slim Richey, Evan Johns
Best Record Store
RUNNERS-UP: Tower, Sound Exchange, Antone’s, MusicMania, Technophilia, ABCDs, 33 Degrees, Alien Records, Duval Discs
Homeward Bound II: Lost in San Francisco
Homeward Bound II: Lost in San Francisco 1996, G, 89 min. Directed by David R. Ellis, Narrated by , Voices by Michael J. Fox, Sally Field, Ralph Waite, Sinbad, Starring Kim Griest, Robert Hays, Veronica Lauren, Kevin Chevalia, Benj Thall. In this sequel to Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey, the filmmakers essentially duplicate the recipe…
Best Hard Rock
RUNNERS-UP: Pushmonkey, Sunflower, Dangerous Toys, Black Pearl, Ian Moore, Little Sister, Seed, Buick MacKane, Ed Hall
Best Songwriter
RUNNERS-UP: Monte Warden, Ian Moore, Wayne Hancock, Charlie Sexton, Jimmy LaFave, Alejandro Escovedo, Emily Kaitz, Gwil Owen, Butch Hancock, Dale Watson, Rick Broussard, Jo Carol Pierce, Bill Carter, Robert Earl Keen, Sara Hickman, Junior Brown, David Garza, Willie Nelson
Best Thing to Happen
RUNNERS-UP: More music, Cheaper shows/ticket prices, Better pay for bands, More roadshows, More clubs, SXSW brings in more local acts, Austin Music Network 24 hours, More local labels, Tie: Ban/dump/run Corky out of town, Enforcement of scalping laws
French Twist
French Twist 1995, R, 108 min. Directed by Josiane Balasko, Narrated by , Voices by , Starring Josiane Balasko, Victoria Abril, Alain Chabat, Ticky Holgado. Those rollicking French! Only a French director could explore sexual politics and the depths of romantic love with apparent ease, and only Josiane Balasko (Ma Vie est un Enfer, Les…
Best Hip Hop
RUNNERS-UP: MC Truth, Ross Hogg, Retarded Elf, Brothers Cup, CBS, D’Zyna, Gingbreadmen, Little Sister, Strat2G, Short Fuse & Brother K, Spinner T
Best Strings
RUNNERS-UP: Eric Hokkanen, Danny Levin, Danny Barnes, Amy Tiven, Richard Bowden, Alvin Crow, Susan Volez, Howard Kalish, Will Taylor
Best Video
RUNNERS-UP: Happy Feet 81/2 Souvenirs, D: Jack Hazzard; Everyone Will Crawl, Charlie Sexton, D: Morgan Lawley; Lay Down Sally, Asleep At the Wheel, D: Mark Shuman; Idea, Sixteen Deluxe, D: Wally Rowell; Levelland, James McMurtry, D: uncredited; Bitch, Sincola, D: Hyde Fontenot; Blame, Prescott Curlywolf D: Mark Shuman; Tie: South of Round Rock, Dale Watson,…
Band of the Year
RUNNERS-UP: Storyville, Asylum Street Spankers, Joe Ely, Toni Price, Sixteen Deluxe, Don Walser, Sincola, Monte Warden, 8 1/2 Souvenirs
Best Jazz
RUNNERS-UP: Kyle Turner, Jazz Pharaohs, Lucky Strikes, Tony Campise, Naughty Ones, Elias Haslanger, Euripides Pants, Jazz Vatos, The Brew
Best Concert By a Touring Artist
RUNNERS-UP: Jimmie Vaughan/Eric Clapton, Austin Music Hall; Meters/John Hiatt, Liberty Lunch; Chris Isaak, Austin Music Hall; KGSR Anniversary Party, KLRU Studios; Joan Osborne, Continental; Tie: The Cramps, Liberty Lunch; Van Halen, Southpark Meadows; Alanis Morissette, Liberty Lunch; L7, Emo’s; Pearl Jam/Ramones, Southpark Meadows; REM, Southpark Meadows; Bjork, Liberty Lunch
Worst Thing to Happen
RUNNERS-UP: City regulations: sound, parking; Deaths of local musicians: Sims Ellison, Erbie Bowser, Ural DeWitty, Briz, Dr. Hepcat; Changing club scene; 101X; Not enough early/NS shows; Michael Corcoran returned; Sixth Street; Poster police; Low pay for bands
Best New Band
RUNNERS-UP: 8 1/2 Souvenirs, Gourds, Asylum Street Spankers, Derailers, Rick Broussard & Shadowmen, Dale Watson, Memphis Train, George DeVore, Twigs
Best Metal/Industrial
RUNNERS-UP: Skrew, Pushmonkey, Fuckemos, Butthole Surfers, Ed Hall, Burn, Dangerous Toys, Agony Column, Nipple 5
Best Concert Poster
RUNNERS-UP: 101Xmas Bash; KGSR anniversary; Any Emo’s; Austin Acoustic Music Festival; Club Chi-Wa-Wa Halloween; Diamond Smugglers Xmas Show; Uranium Savages Anniversary; Jimmie Vaughan, New Year’s Eve; Antone’s 20th Anniversary
Musician of the Year
RUNNERS-UP: Toni Price, Junior Brown, Don Walser, Charlie Sexton, Joe Ely, Guy Forsyth, Billy White, Monte Warden, Jimmie Vaughan
Best Mexican Traditional/Folk
RUNNERS-UP: Correo Aereo, Flaco Jimenez, Santiago Jimenez, Los Pinkys, Texana Dames, Texas Tornados, Lourdes Perez, Mariachi Estrella, Valerio Longoria
Best Cover Art
RUNNERS-UP: 101Xmas; Stevie Ray Vaughan Greatest Hits (Epic); Ian Moore, Modern Day Folklore (Capricorn); Guy Forsyth, Needlegun (Antone’s); Wayne Hancock, Thunderstorms & Neon Signs (DejaDisc); Joe Ely, Letter to Laredo (MCA); Austin Lounge Lizards, Small Minds (Watermelon); Wannabes, Popsucker (DejaDisc); Tie: Sixteen Deluxe, Backfeedmagnetbabe (Trance); Sue Foley, Big City Blues (Antone’s); Dangerous Toys, The Artists…
Album of the Year
RUNNERS-UP: Joe Ely, Letter to Laredo; Ian Moore, Modern Day Folklore; Wayne Hancock, Thunderstorms & Neon Signs; Monte Warden, Here I Am; Sixteen Deluxe, Backfeedmagnetbabe; Charlie Sexton Sextet, Under the Wishing Tree; 81/2 Souvenirs, Happy Feet; Wannabes, Popsucker; Little Sister; Dudley & Bob, Public Enema #1; Austin Lounge Lizards, Small Minds; Don Walser & the…
Best None of the Above
RUNNERS-UP: Austin Lounge Lizards, Beached Buoys, Happy Valley, Naughty Ones, Bad Livers, Rhythm Rats, 8 1/2 Souvenirs, Earthpig & Fire, Herman the German
Best Dance Club
RUNNERS-UP: Club Chi-Wa-Wa, Paradox, Proteus, Area 52, Continental, Oilcan Harry’s, Broken Spoke, Icon, Roxy
Best EP
RUNNERS-UP: Junior Brown, Junior High; Ian Moore, Live; Flying Saucers; Auschwitz 46
Best Pop
RUNNERS-UP: Johnny Goudie, Cotton Mather, Fabu, 8 1/2 Souvenirs, David Garza, Javelin Boot, Spoon, Banana Blender Surprise
Best Instrument/Equipment Store
RUNNERS-UP: Heart of Texas, South Austin Music, Tommy’s Drum Shop, Music Makers, Guitar Resurrection, Music Exchange, One World, Tie: Workhorse/Rock & Roll Rentals
Best Single
RUNNERS-UP: Toni Price, “Hey”; Spoon, “Dismembered”; Marti Brom, “Don’t Stop”; Junior Brown, “My Wife Think You’re Dead”; Sixteen Deluxe, “Idea”; Dale Watson, “Cheatin’ Heart Attack”; Hormones, “Cartographer of Love”; Starfish, “Runaround”; Ian Moore, “Muddy Jesus”; Toni Price, “Too Much Coffee”
Best Rock
RUNNERS-UP: Storyville, Joe Ely Band, Little Sister, Wannabes, Ugly Americans, Sunflower, Sixteen Deluxe, Charlie Sexton Sextet, Seed
Best Live Music Venue
RUNNERS-UP: Austin Music Hall, Backyard, Steamboat, Liberty Lunch, Electric Lounge, Emo’s, Antone’s, La Zona Rosa, Cactus Cafe, Hole in the Wall, Black Cat, Top of the Marc, White Rabbit, Blue Flamingo
Best Tape
RUNNERS-UP: Oxygen Garden, Happy Valley; Generation Xmas; Amberjack Rice, Doug; Fat Daddy & the Bel-Airs, Five Bucks
Best Roots Rock
RUNNERS-UP: Monte Warden, Rick Broussard & Shadowmen, Marti Brom, Joe Ely, Gourds, Asylum Street Spankers, Derailers, Ted Roddy, Bill Carter & the Blame
Best Local Music TV Show
RUNNERS-UP: Check This Action, AMN; CapZeyeZ, ACTV; Any show on the Austin Music Network; Virtual Noise, ACTV; Segway City, ACTV, AMN; Raw Time, ACTV; Remote Generation, ACTV; New Vids, AMN; TexMix, AMN
Best Female Vocals
RUNNERS-UP: Patrice Pike, Christina Marrs, Kelly Willis, Kris McKay, Sue Foley, Rebecca Cannon, Abra Moore, Marti Brom, Carrie Clark, Julianna Sheffield, Sara Hickman, Marcia Ball, Lou Ann Barton, Lisa Tingle
Song of the Year
RUNNERS-UP: Toni Price, “Hey”; Sixteen Deluxe, “Idea”; Ian Moore, “Muddy Jesus”; Toni Price, “Too Much Coffee”; Monte Warden, “Wall Around Your Heart”; Spoon, “Dismember”; Wayne Hancock, “Thunderstorms & Neon Signs”; Junior Brown, “My Wife Thinks You’re Dead”; 81/2 Souvenirs, “Happy Feet”; Charlie Sexton Sextet, “Everyone Must Crawl”; James McMurtry, “Levelland”; Dale Watson, “Town South of…
Best Soul
RUNNERS-UP: W.C. Clark, Memphis Train, Miss Lavelle White, Toby Anderson, Tie: Little Sister/E.R. Shorts/The Brew, Tie: Ugly Americans/Lee Person
Best Music Writer
RUNNERS-UP: Tie: Don McLeese/Ken Lieck, Margaret Moser, Michael Corcoran, Chris Gray, John T. Davis, Raoul Hernandez, John Conquest, Mindy LaBernz, Greg Beets, Michael Point, Tim Stegall, Jason Cohen, Rob Patterson
Best Horns
RUNNERS-UP: Tomas Ramirez, Stan Smith, Michael Sweetman, Kyle Turner, Jon Blondell, Joe Presti, Elias Haslanger, Kaz Kazanoff, Martin Banks
