WEST TEXAS ANNUAL MUSIC AWARDS
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| Pioneer Award | |
| 1996 | Alton Baird & Tony “Ham” Guerrero |
| 1997 | Dean Beard |
| 1998 | Sammy Lara |
| 1999 | Bill Madre |
| 2000 | Bill Graham |
| 2001 | Bobby Rountree & Tommy Burney |
| 2002 | Troy Jordan & Rick Sikes |
| 2003 | Bob Tuttle |
| 2004 | Don Ricketson |
| 2005 | Richard Porter/Eddie Williams & The Poor Boys |
| 2006 | The Picks (John Pickering, Bill Pickering & Bob Latham) |
| 2007 | Junior Pelzel |
| 2009 | James (Jay Boy) Adams |
| 2010 | Royce Porter |
| 2011 | Frank Trevino |
| 2012 | Robin Brown |
| 2013 | Sunset Ramblers (Don Allen & Hank Newman) |
| 2014 | Carroll Smith |
| 2015 | Bob Zeller |
| Entertainer of the Year | |
| 1998 | Kim Arzate & Kelly Spinks |
| 1999 | Jimmie Fletcher |
| 2000 | Jody Nix |
| 2001 | Larry Butler |
| 2002 | Curtis Potter |
| 2003 | Joe “King Carrasco |
| 2004 | The Flatlanders (Jimmie Dale Gilmore, Joe Ely & Butch Hancock) |
| 2005 | The Sundown High School Band (State Champs) |
| 2006 | The Tim Kreitz Band |
| 2007 | Joe “Sonny” West |
| 2008 | Cory Bivins |
| 2009 | Susan Gibson |
| 2010 | Rocky Gribble |
| 2011 | Rick Kern |
| 2012 | Rod Crosby |
| 2013 | Raul Montez |
| 2014 | Aaron Watson |
| 2015 | Josh Abbott |
| Special Recognition | |
| Paul Davidson (singer, songwriter, poet, performer) | |
| Jack Davis Jr. (Davis Western Wear Lubbock) </em | |
| William “Bill” Griggs (WT music historian) | |
| Michael Henry Martin (performer, composer & engineer) | |
| Lynn Massey (long time drummer for Neal McCoy) | |
| Maggie Scales (fiddle & vocalist) | |
| Roy Thackerson (Fingerless Fiddler) | |
| Joe Specht (Texas Music Historian) | |
| Jennie Latimer (Abilene Convention/Visitors Bureau) | |
| Tony Gutierrez (singer, musician & engineer) | |
| Gene C. Smith (San Angelo symphony) | |
| Joe Bob Barnhill (Nashville producer/publisher) | |
| 2010 | Rick Smith (San Angelo Standard Times Columnist) |
| 2012 | Rudy Mata (Award-winning singer born in El Paso) |
| Jim Wynne (piano on million selling record “Last Kiss”) | |
| Lifetime Achievement Award | |
| Bill Mack (vocalist, DJ, songwriter) | |
| Tommy Allsup (performer, producer, Grammy winner, session player, Oklahoma HOF) | |
Beginning in 1996 WT Music Awards have been sent out annually to deserving Music Pioneers, Groups, Sidemen and Lesser-known Artists.
Note: Special Recognition Awards have been reserved for those in the music-related field of radio, TV, solo performers, authors, promoters, booking agents, recording engineers, city officials, poets, mural painters, music stores, high school bands, clothing stores etc. etc.
Lifetime Achievement Awards are reserved for those who made their mark in any music-related field. (This award is not available to those on The WTMHOF Honor Roll).
