30 Years of AMA Performer Highlights

1984

The Fabulous Thunderbirds

Angela Strehli Band

Big Boys

1985

Lou Ann Barton

Supernatural Family Band

Van Wilks

1986

Joe Ely

True Believers & Roky Erickson

Joe "King" Carrasco y Los Coronas

Eric Johnson

1987

Asleep at the Wheel

Zeitgeist

Ronnie Lane Band

1988

Joe Ely

Timbuk 3

True Believers & Ronnie Lane

1989

Butch Hancock & Jimmie Dale Gilmore

Two Nice Girls, with Lucinda Williams

Lou Ann Barton, Marcia Ball, and Angela Strehli, with Doug Sahm

1990

Nanci Griffith

Daniel Johnston

Townes Van Zandt

1991

Arc Angels

Texas Tornadoes

Dangerous Toys

1992

Kelly Willis

Bad Livers

Lucinda Williams

1993

Alejandro Escovedo

Roky Erickson

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1994

True Believers

Junior Brown

Los Pinkys y Isidro Samilpa

1995

Robert Earl Keen

Charlie Sexton

Ed Hall

1996

Sixteen Deluxe

Don Walser's Pure Texas Band

Asylum Street Spankers

1997

Texas Tornadoes, with Roy Head

Sexton Brothers Sextet

Jimmie Dale Gilmore's Tribute to Townes Van Zandt

1998

The Derailers

Asleep at the Wheel

The Gourds

1999

Bruce & Charlie Robison

Reckless Kelly, with Joe Ely

Kinky Friedman

2000

Shawn Sahm & Augie Meyers

Ray Wylie Hubbard

Bob Schneider

2001

Lucinda Williams

Slaid Cleaves

The Gourds

2002

Jimmie Vaughan

Johnny Gimble

Spoon

2003

Steven Fromholz

Billy Joe Shaver

Ray Wylie Hubbard

2004

Los Lonely Boys

Chip Taylor & Carrie Rodriguez

Tia Carrera

2005

Pinetop Perkins

Daniel Johnston

John Cale & Alejandro Escovedo

2006

Roky Erickson & the Explosives

Jon Dee Graham, with Eliza Gilkyson

Black Joe Lewis

2007

Tribute to Clifford Antone (Jimmie Vaughan, Gary Clark Jr.)

Tribute to Ronnie Lane (Ian McLagan & the Bump Band)

Tribute to Freddy Fender (Texas Tornadoes)

2008

Roky Erickson & Okkervil River

Gary Clark Jr.

The Judy's

2009

The Dicks, with David Yow

Roky Erickson & the Black Angels

Suzanna Choffel, Ruthie Foster & Carolyn Wonderland

2010

Tribute to Stephen Bruton (Geoff Muldaur, Jim Kweskin)

The Explosives with Peter Lewis of Moby Grape

Sarah Jarosz & Mother Falcon

2011

Bubble Puppy

Meat Puppets & Roky Erickson

Mother Falcon

2012

Alejandro Escovedo & Bruce Springsteen

Christopher Cross

Quiet Company

2013

Tribute to Brent Grulke (Wild Seeds, Robyn Hitchcock, Alejandro Escovedo, Susan Cowsill, Britt Daniel, Adrian Quesada)