The Mollys
Runners up:
Sam Taylor
Greyhound Soul
Blackmoon Graffiti
Greasy Chicken
Lisa Otey
Runners up:
Jamie Anderson
Al Perry
Marco Rosano
Stefan George
Crawdaddy-O
Runners up:
9 Days Wonder
The Simpletons
Bubba Grubbz
Twinkadectomy
"Serve It Up," The Drakes
Runners up:
"Patrick," The Mollys
"Three Hours With Pete," Joe Rush
"Good Time Barbeque," Stefan George
"Kings of Pleasure," Kings of Pleasure
Greyhound Soul
Runners up:
The Drakes
35 Summers
9 Days Wonder
Atomic Frog
Bubba Grubbz
Runners up:
Helldriver
M.A.C.
Twinkadectomy
Liad
The Weird Lovemakers
Runners up:
Helldriver
F.U.C.T.
Los Federales
Lord Primate
M.A.C. (Madness, Action, Cause)
Runners up:
Stinky Slinky
Front Side Grind
Chaos Lace
Cyclotron
Shoebomb
Runners up:
The Drakes
9 Days Wonder
White Chrome Splendor
Joe Rush
Greasy Chicken
Runners up:
The Blue Monks
R. Carlos Nakai Quartet
Jeff Haskell
Xavier Marquez
Descarga
Runners up:
Ache Pa Ti
Manteca
Ismael Barajas
Tucson Latin Jazz Orchestra
Round Midnight
Runners up:
Lisa Lemay
Clarinet Marmalade
Jazzberry Jam
Tucson Jazz Orchestra
Sam Taylor
Runners up:
Bad Newz Blues Band
George Howard and the Roundhouse Hounds
Tony & The Torpedoes
Blues Kats
Blackmoon Graffiti
Runners up:
Itsy Bitsy Spiders
Fundy Bonz
Bloolyte
Bobby Taylor & The Real Deal
Kings of Pleasure
Runners up:
Calexico
Friends of Dean Martinez
Chick Cashman and His Countrypolitans
Bobby Myhre
Al Perry
Runners up:
Dean Armstrong & The Arizona Dancehands
Combo Chameleon
Titan Valley Warheads
Out of the Blue
Stefan George
Runners up:
Maggie Golston
Jamie Anderson
Alana Swidler
Earl Edmonson
Stefan George & Songtower
Runners up:
Milkseed
The Arnold/Klingenfus Ensemble
Out of the Blue
The Blue Prarie Dogs
Latino Sólido
No clear runners up
Luz de Luna
No clear runners up
No clear winners; insufficient votes
Neon Prophet
Runners up:
Warsaw
Dave's Big Deluxe
Pulse
One Blood
LeeAnne Savage and Her Dyn-O-Mite Party Band
Runners up:
Tony & The Torpedoes
Tall Paul
The Boogie Knights
Tenth House
Easy Living
Al Foul & The Shakes
Runners up:
Honeywagon
Kings of Pleasure
Hipster Daddy-O
Chick Cashman
The Mollys
Runners up:
Mary Redhouse Trio
New Potatoes
Bwiya-Toli
Fine Stream Gamelan
Anna Warr
Runners up:
LeeAnne Savage
Tammy Allen
Lisa Otey
Alana Brett Swidler
Sam Taylor
Runners up:
Tony Uribe
Leon Kittrell
Tom Stauffer
Stefan George
Ed DeLucia
Runners up:
Nick Luca
Gene Ruley
Mitzi Colwell
Tommy Walker
Rainer
Runners up:
Earl Edmonson
Stefan George
Tom Patterson
Jamie Anderson
Joey Burns
Runners up:
Ron Malleis
Mike Nordberg
Jason Steed
Sabra Faulk
Will Clipman
Runners up:
Marx Loeb
George Howard
Dave Gold
Chip Ritter
Richard Gomez
Runners up:
Lisa Otey
Bill Peirce
Lisa Lemay
Mike Eckroth
The Rosano Triplets
Runners up:
Tom Ervin
John Denman
Jed Paradies
Carol Brokschmidt
Heather Hardy
Runner up:
Bridgette Keating
Stefan George
Runners up:
Jamie Anderson
Kathleen Williamson
Joe Rush
Sam Taylor
Third Stone
Runners up:
Airport Lounge
The Empire
Rock-It Bar & Grill
Rialto Cabaret
Club Congress
Runners up:
Rialto Cabaret
Third Stone
Airport Lounge
Berger Performing Arts Center
Zia
Runners up:
Hear's Music
PDQ
Toxic Ranch
Sound Addict
Rainbow Guitars
Runners up:
Chicago Store
Workshop Music
Beaver's Band Box
L.A. Music
KXCI
Runners up:
KFMA
KLPX
KKHG
KUAZ
Kidd Squidd's Rock Roots, KXCI 91.3-FM
Runners up:
Terry O, Nothin' But The Blues, KLPX 96.1-FM
Spyder Rhodes, Eat Your Eighties, KFMA 92.1-FM
Chad Daley, Chad's Pad, KFMA 92.1-FM
Cathy Rivers, KFMA 92.1-FM
Kidd Squidd, KXCI 91.3-FM
Spyder Rhodes/Club Congress
Runners up:
Tasha Bundy/Club Congress
DJ Cyber/Thye Cage
DJ Blade/The Outback
Club 151
Wave Lab Studios
Runners up:
Jim Brady
WaterWorks
The Cavern
Roger King
"El Paso," Rich Hopkins and Luminarios
No clear runners up
Giant Sand
Kings of Pleasure CD Release Party, December 7, 1996, at the Rialto Cabaret
Helldriver
9 Days Wonder
The Drakes
Bubba Grubbz
The Porktorta
The Kings of Pleasure
Chick Cashman
Giant Sand
Sand Rubies