NEW BRAUNFELS, TX (CelebrityAccess MediaWire) — On March 29th at 7 pm at Gruene Hall, Lone Star Music will announce the winners and hand out the hardware for the first time ever as they kick off a new annual awards show focused on recognizing the excellent music put out by the artists of the Texas and Red Dirt Music scene. Sponsored by Ziegenbock and Radio Free Texas, these awards are presented in conjunction with the ten year anniversary of LoneStarMusic.com and the 5 year anniversary for the Lone Star Music store in Gruene, located just a block from Gruene Hall.
The ceremony will include spotlight performances from Randy Rogers & Brady Black, Brandon Jenkins, Rodney Parker, The Tejas Brothers and a closing set by Wade Bowen. The ceremony admission is free.
Nominees were selected by 35 panelists from the industry and voting will be strictly limited and tracked thru the use of official hard ballots and electronic tracking methods for on linevoting.
Nominee List:
Best Album
Band of Heathens – Band of Heathens
Hayes Carll – Trouble In Mind
James McMurtry – Just Us Kids
Randy Rogers Band – Randy Rogers Band
Wade Bowen – If We Ever Make It Home
Best Song
Adam Carroll – "Oklahoma Gypsy Shuffler"
Adam Carroll – songwriter
Cory Morrow – "He Carries Me"
Cory Morrow, Walt Wilkins, Liz Rose – songwriters
Jason Boland – "Comal County Blue"
Jason Boland – songwriter
Randy Rogers Band – "In My Arms Instead"
Randy Rogers & Sean McConnell – songwriters
Wade Bowen – "You Had Me At My Best"
Wade Bowen & Jedd Hughes – songwriters
Best Live Act
Alejandro Escovedo
Cross Canadian Ragweed
Randy Rogers Band
Reckless Kelly
Ryan Bingham
Best Vocal Performance – Album
Band of Heathens – Band of Heathens
Guy Forsyth – Calico Girl
Mike McClure – did7
Randy Rogers Band – Randy Rogers Band
Wade Bowen – If We Ever Make It Home
Emerging Artist
Band of Heathens
Justin Townes Earle
Mando Saenz
Rodney Parker & 50 Peso Reward
Tejas Brothers
Best Songwriter
Brandon Jenkins
Chris Knight
Hayes Carll
James McMurtry
Randy Rogers
Best Musician
Brady Black (fiddle) – Randy Rogers Band
Cody Braun (fiddle, mandolin) – Reckless Kelly
Gary Wooten (guitar) – Wade Bowen
Roger Ray (steel guitar) – Jason Boland & the Stragglers
Travis Linville (guitar) – Hayes Carll
Best Album Artwork
Eleven Hundred Springs – Country Jam
Leslie Smith – Art Design
Cory Morrow – Vagrants & Kings
Shauna & Sarah Dodds – Art Design
Derailers – Guaranteed to Satisfy
John Powell – Art Design
Randy Rogers Band – Randy Rogers Band
Betsy Baird – Art Design
Reckless Kelly – Bulletproof
Nate Van Dyke – Art Design
–by CelebrityAccess Staff Writers
