Album of the Year
RUNNERS-UP: Big Boys, Lullabies Help the Brain Grow; LeRoi Brothers, Check This Action; Jazzmanian Devil, Thanks for the Goodbyes; ZZ Top, Eliminator; An Austin Rhythm & Blues Christmas; Joe “King” Carrasco & the Crowns, Party Weekend; Grimalkin; The Austin Christmas Album, 2nd Edition; Gary P. Nunn, Goodbye to the Armadillo; Dicks, Kill From the Heart;…
Best Rock
RUNNERS-UP: The Lift, Van Wilks Band, Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble, Octave Doctors, Effect, Black Rose, Stackabones, Amazon, Standing Waves
Best Concert By a Touring Artist
RUNNERS-UP: Police; UB40 (Meadows, 11/19); Talking Heads (Palmer, 9/19); King Sunny Ade (Coliseum, 8/31); King Sunny Ade (Club Foot, 3/2); ZZ Top (Erwin Center, 10/5); New Order (Nightlife, 6/19); Bonnie Raitt (Opera House, 12/10); Elvis Costello (Erwin Center, 9/7); David Grisman Quartet (Paramount, 4/21)
Best EP
RUNNERS-UP: Butthole Surfers; Maxwell, Juvenile Junk; Van Wilks Band, Boystown; Davey & Z-Vue; David Bean, Modomusic; X-Spand-X; Lisa Gilkyson/Mark Hallman
Best Rockabilly/50s Rock & Roll
RUNNERS-UP: Charlie Sexton & the Eager Beaver Boys, Whoa! Trigger, Johnny Dee & the Rocket 88s, Vanguards, Joe Ely, Teddy Boys, Quiffs, Rock-a-dials, Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble
Best Concert Poster
RUNNERS-UP: Noxx (New Order at Nightlife); Anne Sherwood (Dan Del Santo, Soap Creek); Rock Savage (Jim Retherford, Creative Opportunity Orchestra); Guy Juke (Moaner-Groaner Orchestra); Nels Jacobsen (King Sunny Ade); Guy Juke (Joe “King Carrasco); Andy Blackwood (Wall of Voodoo, Nightlife); Revis (Lisa Gilkyson, Sixth Street Live); Guy Juke (Carnaval ’83)
Best Single
RUNNERS-UP: Stackabones, Burned on Love/Texas Town; Mike Runnels, Who’s Your Latest/Happy Ending; The Urge, Grown Up/Crack in My Heart; High Exposure, Rock and Roll; The Pool, Dance it Down/Jamaica Running; Stevie Ray Vaughan, Love Struck Baby; Stevie Ray Vaughan, Pride and Joy
Best Soft Rock/Easy Listening
RUNNERS-UP: Minor Miracle, Cautious Dreams, Christopher Cross, Octave Doctors
Best Live Music Venue
RUNNERS-UP: Antone’s, Continental Club, Sixth Street Live, Liberty Lunch, Hut’s Diner, Austin Opera House, Frank C. Erwin Center, Steamboat 1874, Paramount Theatre
Song of the Year
RUNNERS-UP: “Love Struck Baby,” by Stevie Ray Vaughan; “Radio Theme,” by Dan Del Santo; “Texas Flood,” by Stevie Ray Vaughan; “Pride and Joy,” by Stevie Ray Vaughan; “Dance It Down,” by Pool; “Check This Action,” by LeRoi Brothers
Best Soul
RUNNERS-UP: W.C. Clark Blues Revue, Cobras, Extreme Heat, Blue Mist, Wynnd, Dan Del Santo & His Professors of Pleasure, Brew, Trace of Smoke, Dark Motive
Best Music Store
RUNNERS-UP: Strait Music Co., Danny’s Guitar Shop, Tommy’s Drum Shop, Guitar Resurrection, Willy’s Guitar Player, The Guitar Store, J.R. Reed
Best Avant-Garde
RUNNERS-UP: Creative Oppotunity Orchestra, Dan Del Santo & His Professors, Liquid Mice, Trained Ants, Brave Combo, Tribe, Chinanine, Supernatural Family Band, Meat Joy, Powerchanters
Best Acoustic Guitar
RUNNERS-UP: Dan Del Santo, Butch Hancock, Mickey White, Willie Nelson, Lucinda, Butch Zito, Steve Cichetti, Mike Landschoot, John Casner
Best Music Writer
RUNNERS-UP: Margaret Moser, John T. Davis, Jay Trachtenberg, Greg Stephens, Robert Draper, Jody Denberg, Elaine Blodgett, Jeff Whittington, Ron Muller
Best Bluegrass
RUNNERS-UP: Ramblers, Alfalfa Brothers, Lounge Lizards, Dark Mesa, John Clay, Grassfire
Best Bass Guitar
RUNNERS-UP: Courtney Major (Pressure), Chris Gates (Big Boys), Keith Ferguson (Fabulous Thunderbirds), Tommy Shannon (Double Trouble), Jesse Sublett (Secret Six), Steve Zirkel (Jazzmanian Devil), Gene Ramey, Spencer Starnes (Minor Miracle), Sarah Brown (Le Roi Brothers)
Best Radio DJ
RUNNERS-UP: Paul Ray (KUT-FM), Dan Del Santo (KUT-FM), Dave Jarrott (KEY-103), Philippe Lavere (KUT-FM), Sky (KLBJ-FM), David Oberman (KUT-FM), John Aielli (KUT-FM), Roger Garrett (K-98), John Michael Scott (KLBJ-FM)
Best Blues
RUNNERS-UP: Fabulous Thunderbirds, Angela Strehli Band, WC Clark Blues Revue, Omar & the Howlers, Blues Boy Hubbard & the Jets, Cobras, Bobby Mack & Night Train, Marcia Ball Band, Lou Ann Barton
Best Drums/Percussion
RUNNERS-UP: Rey Washam (Big Boys), George Raines (Angela Strehli Band), Gary Smith (Eager Beaver Boys), Chris Layton (Double Trouble), Brian Sebastian (Pressure), Mike Buck (LeRoi Brothers), Mambo John Treanor (Fairlanes), Steve Meador (Eric Johnson), Mike Kennedy (Black Rose)
Best Radio Station
RUNNERS-UP: KTXZ, KLBJ-FM, KAZI-FM, KHFI-FM, KEYI-FM, KNOW, KASE-FM
Best Country
RUNNERS-UP: Rank and File, Austin Roadhouse Band, Willie Nelson, Asleep at the Wheel, Al Dressen, Alvin Crow & the Pleasant Valley, Tex Thomas & the Danglin’ Wranglers, Stackabones, Billy Joe Shaver
Best Electric Guitar
RUNNERS-UP: Eric Johnson, Dan Del Santo, Charlie Sexton, Mitch Watkins (Passenger), Tim Kerr (Big Boys), Chris Lawrence (Effect), Jon Dee Graham (Lift), Bobby Mack (Night Train), Van Wilks
Best Record Producer
RUNNERS-UP: Spot (Big Boys, Dicks, Kamikaze, Refrigerators, Buffalo Gals); Vince McGarry (Beto); John Hammond (Double Trouble); Arthur Brown (Argyles, Davy & Z-Vue); Liam Sternberg; Larry Seyer; Dan Del Santo; Mark Dubicki (MDC); Joe Gracey (Kimmie Rhodes, Jackalope Brothers)
Best Folk
RUNNERS-UP: Butch Hancock, Lucinda, Jimmie Gilmore, Townes Van Zandt, Supernatural Family Band, Guanella Pass, Uncle Walt’s Band, Takiy Orqo, Stackabones
Best Female Vocals
RUNNERS-UP: Lou Ann Barton, Marcia Ball, Carmen Bradford (Minor Miracle), Lucinda, Diana Cantu, Lisa Gilkyson, Lisa Gamache (Max & the Makeups), Suzie Stern, De Lewellen (D-Day)
Best Record Store
RUNNERS-UP: Treasured Tracks, Inner Sanctum, Record Exchange, Sound Warehouse, Hastings, Recycled Records, Yesterday’s Records, Camelot, Half-Price
Best Funk
RUNNERS-UP: Big Boys, Dan Del Santo & His Professors of Pleasure, Wynnd, Minor Miracle, Random Culture, Coupe De Ville, Moving Products, Tribe, Ernie Sky & the K-Tels
Best Horns: Brass
RUNNERS-UP: Mike Mordecai, Kent Winking (K-Tels), Bob Meyer (Fairlanes), Bill Averbach (Trained Ants), Donnie Bonner, Nathan Gates (Big Boys), Bill Bernardi, Brent Fawns (Big Boys), Duck Jennings (WC Clark)
Best Show by a Local Artist
RUNNERS-UP: Stevie Ray Vaughan and Eric Johnson (Coliseum, 10/7); LeRoi Brothers (Continental Club, 9/28); Pressure and the Pool (Nightlife, 10/6); Big Boys, Charlie Sexton, the Jeffersons (Nightlife, 10/31); Standing Waves; Max & the Makeups; Vital Signs (Nightlife, 12/17); Big Boys opening for Trouble Funk (Nightlife, 8/4); Fabulous Thunderbirds (Sixth Street Live, 10/21); Eric Johnson (Sixth…
Best Hard Rock/Heavy Metal
RUNNERS-UP: Watchtower, 14K, Animal Justice, Jam Scam, Big Boys, Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble, Banzai Kik, Roky Erickson, Charlie Sexton & the Eager Beaver Boys
Best Horns: Reeds
RUNNERS-UP: Smokin’ Joe Sublett (Cobras), Paul Ostermayer (Passenger), John Mills (Minor Miracle), Johnny Reno (Sax Maniacs), Mark “Kaz” Kazanoff (Marcia Ball), Donny Silverman (Pressure), Smokey Joe Miller (Cobras), Mike Francis (Asleep at the Wheel), Tim Walsh (Brave Combo), Jeff Barnes (Marcia Ball)
Best Thing to Happen
RUNNERS-UP: Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble, Continental Club reopened, Nightlife closed, Butch Hancock’s “Dixie’s Bar and Bus Stop” TV program, The release of Texas Flood, King Sunny Ade, Hut’s Diner opened, The Meadows opened, KTXZ, Patrick Keel and Pool Productions, Antone’s blues parties, Emmajoe’s closed, Charlie Sexton, The Chronicle
Best Jazz
RUNNERS-UP: Passenger, Beto y los Fairlanes, Trained Ants, Eric Johnson & the Avenue, Suzie Stern, Freefall, Kirk Whalum Group, Kaz Jazz Quartet, Take Four
Best Keyboards
RUNNERS-UP: Kris Cummings (JKC & the Crowns); Rich Harney; Nick Connelly; Marcia Ball; Shona Lay (Standing Waves, Optimystics); Reese Wynans (AB & the C Notes); Danny Levin; Claude McCann (Pressure); Glover Gill (D-Day)
Best Video
RUNNERS-UP: Stevie Ray Vaughan, “Love Struck Baby”; Dan Del Santo, “Open Your Eyes”; Fabulous Thunderbirds, “How Do You Spell Love?”; Willie Nelson, “Pancho and Lefty”; Rank and File, “Rank and File”; ZZ Top, “Sharp Dressed Man”; Big Boys, “Fun Fun Fun”; Steve Marsh, “Who Is the Beast?”; Pool, “Dance It Down”
Best Latin
RUNNERS-UP: Little Joe, Johnny y la Familia; Ruben Ramos; Flaco Jimenez; Dan Del Santo & His Professors of Pleasure; Joe “King” Carrasco y las Coronas; Takiy Orqo; Tomas Ramirez Quartet; Street People; Brave Combo; Pressure
Best Male Vocals
RUNNERS-UP: Randy “Biscuit” Turner (Big Boys), Dan Del Santo, Ernie Sky (K-Tels), Stevie Ray Vaughan, Joe Ely, John David Martinez (Black Rose), Willie Nelson, Delbert McClinton, Sebastian Williams (Pressure), Jimmie Gilmore
Worst Thing to Happen
RUNNERS-UP: Emmajoe’s closed; Piggy’s closed; “Lots of clubs” closed; Stagnation and financial woes in the club scene; Xalapeno Charlie’s closed; Ed Ward; No venue for punk, hardcore, new music; Zonker’s closed; The sorry state of radio; Robert Marquam died; Not enough good new bands; Apathy; Armadillo World Headquarters is still missing
Band of the Year
RUNNERS-UP: Big Boys, Dan Del Santo & His Professors of Pleasure, Ernie Sky & the K-Tels, Charlie Sexton & the Eager Beaver Boys, LeRoi Brothers, Fabulous Thunderbirds, Standing Waves, Pressure, Rank and File, Joe “King” Carrasco & the Crowns, The Pool
Best New Wave
RUNNERS-UP: X-Spand-X, Max & the Makeups, Standing Waves, Joe “King” Carassco & the Crowns, Effect, Jesse Sublett’s Secret Six, Vital Signs, Love Pretzels, The Lift
Best Miscellaneous Instrument
RUNNERS-UP: James Fenner (Dan Del Santo, Christopher Cross, congas); Ponty Bone (Squeezetones, accordion); Patrick Keel (Pool, everything); Spider Johnson (Butch Hancock, saw); Jim Justice (ARB, fiddle); Addae (Pressure, percussion); Paul Glasse (Take Four, mandolin); Ingrid Karklins (Grimalkin, kokle); Chris Dennis (Cry Wolf, congas)
Best New Band
RUNNERS-UP: Effect, True Believers, Love Pretzels, Jesse Sublett’s Secret Six, Commandos, Bobby Mack & Night Train, Amazon, Freefall, Coupe de Ville
Best Punk/Hardcore
RUNNERS-UP: Butthole Surfers, Dicks, Millions of Dead Cops, Offenders, Scratch Acid, Max & the Makeups, Meat Joy, Jitters, Technicolor Yawns, Eager Beaver Boys
Best Songwriter
RUNNERS-UP: Townes Van Zandt, Dan Del Santo, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Joe Ely, Willie Nelson, Patrick Keel (Pool), Suzette Renee (Effect), Steve Doerr (LeRoi Brothers), Lucinda
Musician of the Year
RUNNERS-UP: Charlie Sexton, Dan Del Santo, Joe “King” Carrasco, Tomas Ramirez (Jazzmanian Devil), Biscuit (Big Boys), Butch Hancock, Van Wilks
Best Reggae
RUNNERS-UP: Dan Del Santo & His Professors of Pleasure, Lotions, Killer Bees, Rudi Dadd & His All-Boy Band, St. Croix Philharmonic, Housewives’ Choice, Extreme Heat
Best Synthesizer
RUNNERS-UP: Glover Gill (D-Day), Bill Ginn (Passenger), Claude McCann (Pressure), Neil Pederson (Extreme Heat), Mike Ramos (The Lift), Gary Richardson (Wynnd), Norman Bean, Doug Hall (Jazzmanian Devil), Steve Marsh
