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1988-1989Best Texas Recordings

Album of the Year
Joe Ely Band, Dig All Night

Wild Seeds, Mud, Lies & Shame
Jimmie Dale Gilmore, Fair & Sqaure
Omar & the Howlers, Wall of Pride
Mannish Boys, Satellite Rock
Timbuk 3, Eden Alley
Lyle Lovett, Pontiac
Ed Hall, Albert
Darden Smith, Darden Smith
Alvin Crow, Pure Country

Best EP
Bad Mutha Goose, Rev It Up

Poi Dog Pondering, Poi Dog Pondering
Ballad Shambles, Ballad Shambles
Safer Rhodes, Ex Plae
Hickoids, Hard Corn
Glass Eye, Christine
i2i, i2i
Bad Mutha Goose, Jump the Funk
Evan Johns, Christmas Album

Best Single
Wild Seeds, "I'm Sorry, I Can't Rock You All Night Long"

Omar & the Howlers, Rattlesnake Shake"
Pocket FishRmen, "Amy Carter"
The Fabulous Thunderbirds, "Powerful Stuff"
The Joe Ely Band, "Settle For Love"
Wagoneers, "I Wanna Know Her Again"
Raging Saint, "I Want Your Love"
Alvin Crow, "Broken Spoke Legend"
Timbuk 3, "Easy"
Steve Earle, "Copperhead Road"

Best Tape
Jimmy LaFave, Highway Angels ... Full Moon Rain

Alison Rogers, Store Bought Cookies
Javelin Boot, The Mauve Album
Celtic Stone, Enchanted Rock
3 Balls of Fire
Austin Lounge Lizards, Highway Cafe of the Damned
Gina Fobia
Make Believers
Linden Sherwin, Copper Moon
Roman Candles

Song of the Year
Wild Seeds, "I'm Sorry, I Can't Rock You All Night Long"

Omar & the Howlers, "Rattlesnake Shake"
The Fabulous Thunderbirds, "Powerful Stuff"
Joe Ely Band, "Settle For Love"
Alvin Crow, "Broken Spoke Legend"
Ed Hall, "Babies"
Wagoneers, "I Wanna Know Her Again"
Linden Sherwin, "California Rose"
Will and the Kill, "Heart of Steel"
Raging Saint, "I Want Your Love"

Best Performing Bands
Best Austin Musicians
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