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AUSTIN MUSIC AWARDS

THE AUSTIN MUSIC AWARDS - 25 YEARS AND COUNTING!

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BUH-BYE POLL TIME! HELLO, MUSIC AWARDS!
The 26th annual AUSTIN MUSIC AWARDS returns to the new, improved Austin Music Hall at 7:55pm sharp on Wednesday, March 12! Think last year's show with PETE TOWNSHEND AND IAN MacLAGAN rocked the house? Wait till you hear this year's lineup! KGSR's ANDY LANGER returns as MC and the winners that are turning up in this year's poll ... oh my!
PETE TOWNSEND OF THE WHO performed with Ian McLagan & the Bump Band at the Austin Music Awards Wednesday, March 14, 2007. What a way to celebrate our 25th anniversary show!
THE AUSTIN MUSIC AWARDS is Austin's biggest local event celebrating the winners of the annual Austin Chronicle Music Poll. Past performers include Ian McLagan & the Bump Band with Pete Townsend; Barbara Kooyman; The Tex Mex Experience; Jimmie Vaughan; Bobby Whitlock; Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble, Roky Erickson, Doug Sahm, James Cotton, John Cale, Spoon, Bob Schneider, the Gourds, the Fabulous Thunderbirds, Pinetop Perkins, Townes Van Zandt, Lucinda Williams, Eric Johnson, Los Lonely Boys, Chip Taylor & Carrie Rodriguez, the Texas Trumpets, Jimmie Dale Gilmore, the Greencards, Chili Cold Blood, Billy Joe Shaver, Miss Lavelle White, Charlie Robison, Alejandro Escovedo, Guitars a Go-Go with 3 Balls of Fire's Burnin' Mike Vernon, Jerry Cole, & George Tomsco, Trish Murphy, Sixpence None the Richer, Cluan, the Joe Ely Band, Sixteen Deluxe, Ed Hall, Steven Fromholz, Ruthie Foster, Vallejo, Van Wilks, Reckless Kelly, Anna Egge, Charlie Sexton, Two Nice Girls, the Big Boys, Tia Carerra, the Damnations, the Explosives, Super Girls, Jimmie Vaughan, Don Walser's Pure Texas Band, Jon Dee Graham, 86ed, the Resentments, Kinky Friedman, Tosca Strings, 8 1/2 Souvenirs, Bruce Robison, Class of '78, Eliza Gilkyson, the True Believers, Wayne Hancock, Daniel Johnston, Too Many Girls, Sara Hickman, Ian Moore, Jo Carol Pierce, Will Sexton, the Hole in the Wall Gang, Ray Wylie Hubbard, Lou Ann Barton, Asleep at the Wheel, Meg Hentges, David Garza, the Asylum Street Spankers, Hardcore Country with James White and Alvin Crow, Slaid Cleaves, Patricia Vonne, the Texas Tornados, Kelly Willis, Ian Moore, Monte Warden, Kacy Crowley, Martin Banks, Johnny Gimble, Abra Moore, the Snobs, and oh yeah, lots more.
The AUSTIN MUSIC AWARDS is directed by MARGARET MOSER for THE AUSTIN CHRONICLE and is co-presented by SOUTH BY SOUTHWEST .

My Interests

I'd like to meet:

With acts like these, why do I need to meet anyone else?

Heroes:

Clifford Antone

My Blog

PAL Commentary: This should be a no-brainer

If you are a band with a lead singer, you are not an instrumental band.I promise that when crunching numbers for BEST INSTRUMENTAL BAND category, I cross reference the top vote-getters with the vocali...
Posted by AUSTIN MUSIC AWARDS on Sat, 19 Jan 2008 06:01:00 PST

Bands Write: When does polling ends and how do we know if we won?

Q: Voting ends on the 31st, right? Is there any chance it will be extended?A: Yes, it ends on the 31st. No, it will NOT be extended. No way. Nyet. Nein. Nae. No no no no nononononono.Q: Are winners an...
Posted by AUSTIN MUSIC AWARDS on Thu, 17 Jan 2008 11:38:00 PST

Bands Write: Is it considered stuffing if I ....?

Q: I am preparing my email blast to announce this and encourage folks to vote in the Music Poll. I know that part is on the up and up. My question concerns live shows. Is it considered ballot stuffin...
Posted by AUSTIN MUSIC AWARDS on Sat, 12 Jan 2008 06:31:00 PST

Bands Write: What about out-of-state voting?

Q: Hey - can people from out of Austin vote as well? We're putting out a lot of myspace bulletins and some out of state people are asking.A: Yeah, sure. I got no problem with that. But bear in mind I...
Posted by AUSTIN MUSIC AWARDS on Wed, 09 Jan 2008 04:17:00 PST

Poll Answer Lady: About New Bands ....

The fewer rules applied to the Austin Chronicle Music Poll the easier it is for your PAL to give the benefit of the doubt. One rule that always stands in the Best New Band category is this:IF A BAND P...
Posted by AUSTIN MUSIC AWARDS on Tue, 08 Jan 2008 05:07:00 PST

AMA Poster Show Saturday Night

As part of the Austin Music Awards show's 25th anniversary, the South Austin Museum of Popular Culture is presenting the Austin Chronicle Austin Music Awards Poster Exhibit, Saturday night March 3 beg...
Posted by AUSTIN MUSIC AWARDS on Tue, 27 Feb 2007 09:58:00 PST

Hey, we got enough votes to win one category, how come we didn't win Band of the Year?

Okay, for the answer to this you have to suspend what you think you know about poll tabulation. Let's say that Band A collects 709 votes to place #1 in Best World Music Band. Let's say those votes al...
Posted by AUSTIN MUSIC AWARDS on Sun, 07 Jan 2007 10:42:00 PST

Are There "Trick" Categories?

No, but there are two that are tricky. If you are voted as Best None Of The Above band, you can't win another performing band category because you are none of the above. Also, if you win or place as B...
Posted by AUSTIN MUSIC AWARDS on Sun, 07 Jan 2007 09:13:00 PST

Update: Volunteering for the 2007 Austin Music Awards

Volunteering for the 2007 Austin Music AwardsWednesday March 14 1) You MUST register as an SXSW ...
Posted by AUSTIN MUSIC AWARDS on Fri, 05 Jan 2007 02:35:00 PST

Poll time!

Music Poll 2007Yes, it's January and the Austin Chronicle Music Poll is in the current issue. I'm shaking the pom-poms to say "yeah, get out there and vote for your favorite Austin bands and releases"...
Posted by AUSTIN MUSIC AWARDS on Fri, 05 Jan 2007 02:16:00 PST