ANNOUNCING THE 5TH ANNUAL

Continuing its 25 year history, the non-profit Kerrville Music Foundation presents the KERRVILLE MUSIC AWARDS on a national and regional basis to recognize and celebrate excellence and accomplishment and to acknowledge and publicize the high standards of the nominees. The Kerrville Music Foundation also funds the annual New Folk Concerts, The Kerrville Directory, The Folk Mass Celebrations, the Annual Songwriters School, Annual Booking and Management Seminar, and "Live" Recordings from the Kerrville Folk Festival released on Silverwolf Records.
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1997
AUSTIN, TEXAS 
Ballroom Texas Federation of Women's Clubs
2313 San Gabriel at 24th Street
Black Tie

6 P.M. AWARDS RECEPTION

7 P.M. AWARDS DINNER in the Ballroom 8:15 P.M. 1997 KERRVILLE MUSIC AWARDS in the ballroom  
SONG OF THE YEAR
Four Leaf Clover - Abra Moore
Hunger - Darden Smith 
Get Out of This House - Shawn Colvin 
It Ain't Over Till It's Over - Eric Moll 
Harold and Carol - Michael Camp

 SONGWRITER OF THE YEAR
Butch Hancock
Tish Hinojosa
John Gorka

 TEXAS ALBUM OF THE YEAR
Road Novel - Jimmy LaFave - Bohemia Beat
Strangest Places - Abra Moore - Arista-Austin
Dangerous Spirits - Ray Wylie Hubbard - Philo

 NATIONAL ALBUM OF THE YEAR
Diamonds in the Rough - Bill & Bonnie Hearne - Warner Western
Dreaming From the Habitat - Tish Hinojosa - Warner Bros.
A Few Small Repairs - Shawn Colvin - Columbia

 OUTSTANDING FEMALE VOCALIST
Abra Moore
Katy Moffatt
Anne Hills

 DUO OF THE YEAR
Bill & Bonnie Hearne
Shake Russell & Dana Cooper
Steve Gillette & Cindy Mangsen

 GROUP OR BAND OF THE YEAR
Austin Lounge Lizards
Bill & Bonnie Hearne
Ponty Bone & The Squeezetones

 INSTRUMENTALIST OF THE YEAR
David Amram
Gene Elders
Peppino D'Agostino

BEST INDEPENDENT CD/CASSETTE
Hear You Laughing - Tom Prasada-Rao
Anima Acoustics
River Under the Road - Ana Egge
Lazy SOB Records

 YEAR'S MOST IMPORTANT INDUSTRY CONTRIBUTION
North American Folk Alliance
South by Southwest 96

 CHILDREN'S ENTERTAINER OF THE YEAR
Limpopo
Trout Fishing in America
Gayle Ross

 1997 COMMUNITY SERVICE AWARD
Sara Hickman
Tom Prasada-Rao
David Amram

 SPIRIT OF KERRVILLE AWARD
David Amram
Allen Damron
Tom Prasada-Rao

 KERRVILLE HALL OF FAME - DECEASED
Bob Gibson
Gray Ghost 
Townsend Miller
Mance Lipscomb 
Bill Neely 
Robert Shaw

 KERRVILLE HALL OF FAME - LIVING
David Amram
Bill & Bonnie Hearne
Carolyn Hester
Austin Lounge Lizards
Shake Russell
Bill Staines

 


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