| GREG | MICHAEL BERTIN | CHRIS | JAY HARDWIG | RAOUL HERNANDEZ | CHRIS | ANDY | DAVID LYNCH | MARGARET MOSER | JAY TRACHTENBERG | |
| Best Roadshow | Ray Price, Stubb’s | Luna, Liberty Lunch/ Lucinda Williams, Antone’s | Afghan Whigs, Liberty Lunch (pre-fight) | Cubanismo!, La Zona Rosa | David Murray, Bates Recital Hall | Rex, Those Bastard Souls, Paul Newman, Emo’s | Corey Glover, Babe’s SXSW | Liquid Soul/ Groove Collective, The Mercury | Rolling Stones, Houston | David Murray, Bates Recital Hall/ Nicholas Payton, Victory Grill |
| Best Local Show | Golden Arm Trio’s SXSW showcase, Elephant Room | Prince Hoot Night, Electric Lounge | Prescott Curlywolf, “Hot for Teacher,” Hole in the Wall | Robinson Ear Machine, Victory Grill | Doug Sahm, Stubb’s | Adults final show, Electric Lounge | Dav�d Garza, Stubb’s | Rubinchik’s Orkestyr, Flipnotics | Lucinda Williams, Antone’s | Doug Sahm & the Last Real Texas Blues Band, Antone’s |
| Local Band you saw the most | Brown Wh�rnet | Li’l Cap’n Travis | Orange Mothers | The Gourds | Alejandro Escovedo/ Dale Watson | The Gourds | Scabs/Jon Dee Graham | 8 1/2 Souvenirs | Irish Session players, Fad� | Elias Haslanger |
| Venue you visted the most | Electric Lounge | Liberty Lunch/ Electric Lounge | Hole in the Wall bathroom | Cactus Cafe/ Antone’s | Continental Club | Electric Lounge/ Liberty Lunch | Antone’s | Continental Club | Antone’s/ Fad� | Continental Club |
| Best New Act | Secret Lovers | Li’l Cap’n Travis | Free Range Bastards | Tosca | Golden Arm Trio | Fivehead | Godzilla Motor Company | Con Rumba Son/ Tamascha Africana | Rubinchik’s Orkestyr | |
| Notable Passing | Frank Sinatra | Frank Sinatra | Frank Sinatra/ Gene Autry/ Roy Rogers/ Carl Perkins/ James Byrd, Jr. | Junior Wells/ Frank Sinatra | Paul Sessums/ Johnny Adams | Harry Carey/ Junior Wells | Paul Sessums/ The Planet 105.9 | Dead Can Dance | Elmer Akins/ Dale Watkins/ Paul Sessums | Betty Carter/ Johnny Adams/ Tommy McCook/ Roland Alphonso |
| Best Reissue | Nuggets box set | Sounds of North American Frogs | Pussy Galore, Sugarshit Sharp | Junior Wells, Blues Hit Big Town | Lucinda Williams | Butch Hancock, The Wind’s Dominion | GilScott-Heron/ Brian Jackson, Winter in America | Grant Green, Live at the Lighthouse | Stevie Nicks, Enchanted box set | Miles Davis Quintet 1965-’68 |
| Best Soundtrack | The Power and the Glory: Music and Voices of NFL Films | He Got Game | Bulworth | The Newton Boys | Pi/Men With Guns | The Newton Boys | Bulworth | Pi | Titanic/Velvet Goldmine | Pi |
| Best Non-98 Discovery | The Roots of Powerpop (Bomp) | Cinema Paradisio soundtrack | Dr. Dre, The Chronic (perennial favorite) | Gamble Rogers, Oklawaha County Laissez-Faire | Peau D’ane soundtrack | David Murray Quartet, For Aunt Louise/ Body and Soul | Willie Nelson, AClassic & Unreleased Collection | Bill Withers, Live at Carnegie Hall | Sounds of North American Frogs | Thelonious Monk, Monk Alone: The Complete Columbia Solo Studio Recordings, 1962-68 |
This article appears in 1998.