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1982-1983Best Austin Musicians

Best Acoustic Guitar
Eric Johnson

Butch Hancock
David Prather (Erwin O. Prather)
Lucinda
Willie Nelson
Chuck Pennell (Vira Bosa)
Chris Bailey
Maury Samuels (Coyote-Safer Band)
Mickey White
Sean Warren
Bill Neely
Jerry Stevens (Paradox)
Dana Cooper
Mike Landschoot
Elliot Rogers
Gretchen Vanguard (Meat Joy)

Best Bass Guitar
Vince Bryant (Extreme Heat)

Chris Gates (Big Boys)
Jimmy Pettit (the Devils)
Jesse Sublett (the Skunks)
Keith Ferguson (the Fabulous Thunderbirds)
Kyle Brock (X-Spand-X)
Bruce Hughes (Dark Motive)
Courtney Major (Pressure)
Spencer Starnes
David Fenster (Kamikaze Refrigerators)
Mike Robberson
Brad Kizer (Crowns)
Brad Taylor
Don Bennett
Bruce Henderson (Standing Waves)
David Cardwell (the Lift)
Tony Kinman (Rank & File)
Craig Nietfeld (Van Wilks Band)
Roscoe Beck (Passenger)
Liz Gall (Buffalo Gals)

Best Drums/Percussion
Terri Lord (the Jitters)

Rock Savage (the Next, Dan Del Santo)
Ian Bailey (the Devils)
Eddie Cantu (Extreme Heat)
O.T. Loflin (Dark Motive)
Slim Evans (Rank & File)
Jon Howard (Max & the Makeups)
Fran Cristina (the Fabulous Thunderbirds)
Jimmie Paite (Lewis & the Legends)
Mambo John Treanor
Fred Krc (the Explosives)
Robert Marquam
Fred Schultz
Karl Schultz
Mike Buck
Billy Mansell
Steve Meador

Best Electric Guitar
Stevie Ray Vaughan

Eric Johnson
Jon Dee Graham (the Lift)
Joe Eddy Hines (the Devils)
Mike Barnes (Extreme Heat)
Van Wilks
Tim Kerr (Big Boys)
Jimmie Vaughan (the Fabulous Thunderbirds)
Jesse Taylor
Mitch Watkins (Passenger)
Rick Winking (K-Tels)
Charlie Sexton (Eager Beaver Boys)
Byron Scott (Twistyze, Trouble Boys)
Jack Pittala (Nasty Habits)
Randy Franklin (Uh-Uhs)
Bill Jones (Kingpins)
Will Fiveash (D-Day)
John Reed

Best Female Vocals
Angela Strehli

Carmen Bradford (Minor Miracle, John Mills Trio)
Lou Ann Barton
Marcia Ball
De Lewellen (D-Day)
Lisa Gamache (Max & the Makeups)
Mellissa Cobb (Stick Figures)
Lucinda
Tina Marsh
Lisa Rhodes
Lisa Gilkyson
Suzie Stern
Alice Berry (Trouble Boys)
Kimberly Nelson (Chinanine)
Chris O'Connell
Janice Hargis (X-Spand-X)
Deborah Giles (Private Lives)
Diana Cantu
Karla Epler (Burn Center)
Nanci Griffith
Elouise Burrell (Cool Breeze)
Caroline Etter (Gay Politicians)

Best Horns: Brass
Bob Meyer

Mike Mordecai
Donald "Duck" Jennings (W.C. Clark)
Keith Winking (K-Tels)
Tomas Ramirez
Nathan Gates (Big Boys)
Paul Constantine
Brino Brown
Brent Fawns (Big Boys, Doctors' Mob)
Kent Winking (K-Tels)
Joe Sublett
Bill Averbach
Smokey Joe Miller

Best Horns: Reeds
Tomás Ramírez Tasmanian Devil

Smokey Joe Miller (the Cobras)
Joe Sublett (the Cobras)
Paul Ostermayer (Passenger)
John Mills (Minor Miracle)
Stuart Orr (Twistyze)
Pat Mackrell (K-Tels)
Tony Rico
Janice Hargis (X-Spand-X)
Joseph Marchione (Chinanine)
David Perkoff (Uranium Savages)
Tom Peshock
Jeff Barnes

Best Keyboards
Shona Lay (the Standing Waves)

Rich Harney
Mike Ramos (the Lift)
Kris Cummings (the Crowns)
Robert Skiles (Beto y los Fairlanes)
Mike Kindred (Joe Ely, Macumba Love, Shakedown)
Neil Pederson (Extreme Heat)
David White (K-Tels)
Bill Ginn (Passenger)
Doug Hall, Marcia Ball
Nick Connelly
Bob Nelson (W.C. Clark)
Augie Meyers

Best Male Vocals
Ernie Sky (Ernie Sky & the K-Tels)

Joe Ely
Kim Wilson (the Fabulous Thunderbirds)
Billy Prahblem (the Jitters)
Mike Shea (the Devils)
Randy "Biscuit" Turner (Big Boys)
Josh Jordan (Body Nightclub)
Phil Ritcherson (Extreme Heat)
Junior Medlow Williams (the Cobras)
Bevis Griffin (Banzai Kik)
Ty Gavin (the Next)
W.C. Clark
Bruce Spelman (Extreme Heat)
Tony Kinman (Rank & File)
Luis Salinas (Kamikaze Refrigerators)
David Moerbe (Austin All-Stars)
Sebastian Williams (Pressure)
Lloyd Doggett

Best Miscellaneous Instrument
Kim Wilson, harp (the Fabulous Thunderbirds)

Ponty Bone, accordion (Joe Ely, Squeezetones)
Chip Kinman, harmonica (Rank & File)
Patrick Keel, everything (the Pool)
Paul Orta, harp (Kingpins)
John Ely, steel guitar (Kerry Pryor Band)
Derek O'Brien
Jim Fritzler, squeaky frog (Stick Figures)
Patricia McMillan, sawhorse (Chinanine)
Kimberly Nelson, steel drums (Chinanine)
Paul Glasse, mandolin
Dickie Erwin, banjo (Erwin O. Prather)
Ingrid Karklins, kokle (Grimalkin)
Lindsay Haisley, autoharp
Brian Beattie, comb (Free Association of Holiday Musicians)
Kevin Overkill, video switcher

Best Songwriter
Butch Hancock

Shea/HInes/Pettit (the Devils)
Kelly Fero (Imo)
Mike Runnels
Kim Wilson (the Fabulous Thunderbirds)
Seaman/Henderson/Dage (the Standing Waves)
Chip & Tony Kinman (Rank & File)
Griffin/Bailey (Banzai Kik)
O.T. Loflin (Dark Motive)
Joe Ely
Tex Thomas
Big Boys
Stephen Doster
Vince Bryant (Extreme Heat)
Mike Barnes (Passenger)
Lisa Gilkyson
Dan Del Santo

Best Synthesizer
Patrick Keel (the Pool)

Neil Pederson (Extreme Heat)
Gary Guthrie (talmadge d'amour)
Glover Gill (D-Day)
Mike Ramos (the Lift)
Bill Gin (Passenger)
Scott Morgan (Life on Earth, Arthur Brown)
Ryan Walker (Chinanine)
Patterson Barrett (Austin All-Stars)
Mike Kindred (Macumba Love)
Jo An Brown (Aviation)
Doug Hall
Leonard Smith (Liquid Mice)

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