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1989-1990Related Categories

Best Club DJ/Dance Club
Wammo

Club Chiwawa
Sneakers
Club XS
Broken Spoke
Lizard Lounge
Backstreet
Curfew
Mark Dean
Club Islas

Best Concert By a Touring Artist
K.D. Lang (Paramount)

B-52's (Coliseum)
Stevie Ray Vaughan/Jeff Beck (Erwin Center)
Don Henley (Erwin Center)
Tom Petty (Erwin Center)
Lyle Lovett (Paramount)
Little Feat (Zilker Park)
Bonnie Raitt (Paramount)
Pat Metheny (P.A.C.)
Dangerous Toys (Back Room)

Best Concert Poster
Jagmo (k.d. lang, B-52's)

Frank Kozik (Red Hot Chili Peppers)
Guy Juke
Bill Narum
Club Chiwawa Halloween

Best Live Music Venue
Liberty Lunch

Back Room
Antone's
Cannibal Club
Cactus Cafe
Steamboat
Continental Club
Austin Opera House
Chances
Chicago House
Hole in the Wall
Pearl's

Best Local Music TV Show
Austin City Limits

VidEot's Choice
Dull-A-Vision
Rockline
Austin Cablevision
Philmorvideo
Citizens Live

Best Music Store
Strait Music

Musicmakers of Austin
Ray Hennig's Heart of Texas
Tommy's Drum Shop
South Austin Music
Guitar Resurrection
Austin City Music
Danny's Guitars
Mike's Music
Alpha Music

Best Music Writer
Casey Monahan

John T. Davis
Peter Blackstock
Michael MacCambridge
Jody Denberg
Luke Torn
Jay Trachtenberg
Keith Ayres
Ed Ward
Michael Corcoran

Best Radio DJ
Jody Denberg (KLBJ)

Larry Monroe (KUT)
Paul Ray (KUT)
Sammy Allred (KVET)
John Logan (Z102)
Jay Trachtenberg (KUT)
Dale Dudley
John Aielli (KUT)
Dave Obermann (KUT)
Kevin Connor (K-98)
Dan Del Santo (KUT

Best Radio Station
KUT-FM

KLBJ
Z102
KTSB
KAZI
KGSR
KVET
KASE
B-93
KQFX

Best Record Producer
J.D. Foster (David Halley)

Mike Stewart (Grains of Faith)
Spot (Hickoids)
Mark Hallman (Eliza Gilkyson)
Joe Ely (Butch Hancock)
Charlie Hollis (Jimmy LaFave)
Lisa Byrd
Brian Beattie (Glass Eye, Dead Milkmen)
Patterson Barrett
Gary Coll

Best Record Store
Waterloo Records

Sound Exchange
Sound Warehouse
Antone's
Compact Discs of Austin
Music Mania
Hasting's
Inner Sanctum
Half Price Books
Sundance

Best Thing to Happen
SXSW

Cannibal Club
More national recognition
Dangerous Toys
Clubs stayed open
KTSB
Top of the Marc
Billboard article

Best Video
Dangerous Toys, "Teasin', Pleasin'"

Poi Dog Pondering, "Living With the Dreaming Body"
Wagoneers, "Sit a Little Closer"
Glass Eye, "Crooked Place"
Gary P. Nunn, "What I Like About Texas"
Stevie Ray Vaughan
Asleep at the Wheel
Joe Ely
Fabulous Thunderbirds
Timbuk3

What Would You Most Like to See Happen to Austin Music in 1990?
More clubs

More label signings
KTSB goes FM
More money and support
Better radio
More exposure
Major label office
Earlier shows
State of the art recording studio
SXSW grows

Worst Thing to Happen
Sixth Street crime and violence

Bad radio
Raven's closed
Clubs closed
Wild Seeds broke up
Jim Ramsey
SXSW
Mark Weaver
Body searches at Zilker

Best Austin Musicians
Hall of Fame
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