2005-2006 › Best Performing Bands

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Best Bluegrass
South Austin Jug Band

photo by Todd V. Wolfson

Warren Hood & the Hoodlums
The Greencards
Weary Boys
The Gourds
Grassy Knoll Boys
White Ghost Shivers
Reckless Kelly
The Hudsons
Meat Purveyors

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Best Blues
TIE: Miss Lavelle White and Gary Clark Jr.

photo by John Carrico

Carolyn Wonderland
Guy Forsyth
Toni Price
Eric Johnson
Ruthie Foster
W.C. Clark
Cyril Neville & Tribe 13
Black Joe Lewis & Cool Breeze

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Best Country
Asleep at the Wheel

photo by John Carrico

Kevin Fowler
Reckless Kelly
Dale Watson
Heybale!
The Texas Sapphires
Willie Nelson
Cornell Hurd Band
Alvin Crow & the Pleasant Valley Boys
Warren Hood & the Hoodlums

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Best Cover Band
The Spazmatics

photo by John Carrico

The Eggmen
Sauce
Big Balls
The Atlantics
Hell’s Belles
The K-Tel Hit Machine
Diamond Smugglers
Odyssey
Blue Mist

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Best DJ
DJ Mel

photo by John Carrico

DJ Chicken George
DJ NickNack
DJ Manny
Scorpio Rising
Lila’s Medicine
BK & Mr.E
Trey Lopez
DJ Hobo D.
Rapid Ric

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Best Experimental
The Octopus Project

photo by Todd V. Wolfson

Hedda Layne
Ohn
John Pointer
Echo Base Soundsystem
John Pointer & Carlos Sosa’s BoomBox
Eric Johnson
Opposite Day
Gorch Fock
Pong

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Best Folk
Eliza Gilkyson

photo by Todd V. Wolfson

Terri Hendrix
Bob Livingston
Kacy Crowley
Wendy Colonna
Ruthie Foster
Brobdingnagian Bards
The Hudsons
Patty Griffin
Sarah Dinan

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Best Hip Hop
Mr. Blakes

photo by Aubrey Edwards

John Pointer & Carlos Sosa’s BoomBox
Overlord
Dirty Wormz
The Word Association
Zeale32
Jabarvy
KJAE
Tee Double
Bombasta

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Best Industrial/Goth
PAIL

photo by John Carrico

I Love You but I've Chosen Darkness
Chant
Lust Murder Box
Lucid Dementia
Piranha Culture
Down-Stares
Exit
Hollow
5591

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Best Instrumental
McLemore Avenue

photo by John Carrico

Octopus Project
Eric Johnson
Cadaques
Mundi
3 Balls of Fire
Tea Merchants
Explosions in the Sky
Omar Lopez & Forever Red
Echo Base Soundsystem

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Best Jazz
Blaze

photo by Todd V. Wolfson

Bobby Doyle
Cadaques
Monster Big Band
Eric Johnson
Sarah Sharp
David Chenu
Blue Mist
Gnappy
Omar Lopez & Forever Rev

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Best Kid
Misspent Youth

photo by Todd V. Wolfson

The Steps
Loose Canons
Soul Raiders
Max & Henry
NEMStars
Palm School Choir
The Frets
Courage Under Chaos
The Flickers

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Best Latin Contemporary
Grupo Fantasma

photo by Todd V. Wolfson

Del Castillo
Ghandaia
Patricia Vonne
Alteza
Cadaques
Teye & Belen
Maneja Beto
The Brew
Mary Welch y Los Curanderos

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Best Latin Traditional
Del Castillo

photo by Todd V. Wolfson

Grupo Fantasma
Ruben Ramos
Cadaques
Alteza
Ghandaia
Bailengua
Maneja Beto
Cerronato
Dave Gonzales

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Best Metal
Broken Teeth

photo by Todd V. Wolfson

Powderburn
The Sword
Meyvn
The Jolly Garogers
Ignitors
Pail
Down-Stares
Teabag
Course of Ruin

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Best None of the Above
White Ghost Shivers

photo by John Carrico

Hedda Layne
Marc Gunn & the Dubliners' Tabby Cats
Isola
Pieces of East
John Pointer
BK & Mr.E
Mingo Fishtrap
Imperial Golden Crown Harmonizers
Alive

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Best Novelty Band
Jolly Garogers

photo by Todd V. Wolfson

White Ghost Shivers
Asylum Street Spankers
Brobdingnagian Bards
The Spazmatics
The Eggmen
Big Mama & the Furballs
George W. Bush Singers
Austin Lounge Lizards
The TunaHelpers

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Best Pop
Wideawake

photo by John Carrico

Spoon
What Made Milwaukee Famous
Eric Johnson
John Pointer
Cruiserweight
Danny Malone
Damesviolet
Monte Montgomery
Rachel Loy

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Best Punk
Cruiserweight

photo by Todd V. Wolfson

Yuppie Pricks
The Addictions
Midgetmen
Lucid Dementia
The Skunks
Pink Swords
Hit by a Car
BK & Mr.E
Adrian & the Sickness

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Best Rock
Spoon

photo by Tracie Goudie

Wideawake
Cruiserweight
Eric Johnson
Vallejo
What Made Milwaukee Famous
Monte Montgomery
Carolyn Wonderland
Guy Forsyth
Grady

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Best Roots Rock
James McMurtry

photo by Todd V. Wolfson

Reckless Kelly
2 Hoots & a Holler
Shelley King Band
Honeybrowne
Warren Hood & the Hoodlums
The Gourds
Gene Pool
Jon Dee Graham
San Saba County

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Best World Music
Cadaques

photo by John Carrico

Pieces of East
Teye & Belen
Sarah Dinan Band
Atash
Cluan
Alteza
Grupo Fantasma
Ghandaia
Del Castillo

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