Thursday, February 1, 2007
Texas Music Awards announces nominees
Passing along the list of nominees for the 2007 Texas Music Awards. (Just a personal note, I'd vote for Randy Brown as record of the year, but that's just me.) Local folks are linked:
There were a record number of nominations (over 24,000!) so the Nomination Committee really had their work cut out for them…this was the toughest year to date because there was SO much great music released in 2006. I won’t bore you any further – let’s get on with it – ladies and gentlemen, here are your NOMINEES in the 2007 Texas Music Awards!
(listed in alphabetical order, categories listed in no particular order)
MALE VOCALIST OF THE YEAR:
Wade Bowen
John Evans
John M. Greenberg
Tyler McCumber
FEMALE VOCALIST OF THE YEAR:
Brennen Leigh
Barbara Malteze
Kelly Mann
Pauline Reese
Ashlee Rose
SINGER/SONGWRITER OF THE YEAR:
Tony Barker
Danny Everitt
Robert Frith
David Lutes
MUSICIAN OF THE YEAR:
Floyd Domino (for performance on Johnny Gimble’s A CASE OF THE GIMBLES)
Gary Ballard (for performance on Michael O’Neill’s WHO’S BAD NOW)
Bill Kirchen (for performance on Doug Moreland’s DOUG MORELAND)
Al Perkins (for performance on Michael Martin Murphey’s HEARTLAND COWBOY)
Mark Searcy (for performance on Mark Searcy’s BLINDMAN’S BLUES)
VOCAL DUO or GROUP OF THE YEAR:
David Brake and That Damn Band
The Gimbles
The O’Byrnes
Texas Tea
PRODUCER OF THE YEAR:
John Burris (for Pauline Reese’s TOO TEXAS – Live At Cherry Ridge)
Clay Corn (for Doug Moreland’s DOUG MORELAND)
John Evans and Steve Christensen (for John Evan’s RAMBLIN BOY)
Mike McClure (for Tyler McCumber Band’s CATCH ME)
J.R. Taylor and Steve Tenpenny (for Steve Tenpenny’s LIVE FROM TEXAS)
RISING STAR OF THE YEAR:
Ryan T. Briggs
Wesley Cox Band
Bart Crow
Matt Koger
The Woods
SONG OF THE YEAR:
”Amazing Sense of Calm” – Dust Devils
“Close To The Land” – Michael Martin Murphey “Cowboy Coffee” – Shake Russell “Einstein’s Violin” – Ken Gaines “Lightning Fast” – Travis Saturday
RECORD OF THE YEAR:
”Down The Road Tonight” – Hayes Carll
“God Bless This Town” – Wade Bowen
“It’s All Texas Music To Me” – Mike Clifford
“Psycho” – David Lee Kaiser
“The Johnny Bush School of Country Music” – Randy Brown
ALBUM OF THE YEAR:
”CATCH ME” – Tyler McCumber Band
“CHANGE IN THE WEATHER” – Dust Devils
“DOUG MORELAND” – Doug Moreland
“LOST HOTEL” – Wade Bowen
“TOO TEXAS – LIVE AT CHERRY RIDGE” – Pauline Reese
LIVE BAND OF THE YEAR:
The Captain Legendary Band
Dust Devils
Wade Hatton and the Texas Hat Band
Highspeed Hayride
Jimmy Kaiser Band
ENTERTAINER OF THE YEAR:
David Brake
Barbara Malteze
Kelly McGuire
Doug Moreland
Pauline Reese
DJ OF THE YEAR:
J.B.Cloud – KBCY (Abilene)
Justin Frazell – 99.5 The Wolf (Dallas)
Daniel “El Presidente” Miller – RadioFreeTexas.org
Hank Moon – 95.9 The Outlaw (San Antonio)
Rick Star – KFAN (Fredericksburg)
BROADCAST RADIO STATION OF THE YEAR:
KBCY (Abilene)
KFAN (Fredericksburg)
KFWR (Ft. Worth)
KHYI (Plano/Dallas)
KVET (Austin)
INTERNET RADIO STATION OF THE YEAR:
GrueneWithEnvy.com
RadioFreeTexas.org
TexasMusicTheaterRadio (TMTR.net)
CONGRATULATIONS to all Nominees, and to the music-loving public who took the time to make their feelings known. It’s an awesome synergy – we’re extremely proud to welcome these fine artists and radio stations to the special list of TMA NOMINEES.
Don’t forget – public voting begins on Monday, February 5th, and continues until midnight on Friday, February 23rd. You’ll be able to find a special logo/link on each nominee’s website by then, or just go to www.TexasMusicAwards.org to read more about the awards, the guidelines, voting procedure, etc. There’s also an awesome video (LiveFromTexas.com) at the TMA site – it’s a five-minute or so demo of last year’s show, and will give you an idea of what a prestigious event this really is. It’s worth the time to upload!!!
jdwhitt, says:
Two items of interest from the Texas Music Academy's ("sanctioning" body of the Texas Music Awards) website (http://www.mytexasmusic.com/ ):
Only performers who are members of the Academy are eligible
3rd sentence found on http://www.mytexasmusic.com/ : "In an effort to insure high standards..." "Insuring" high standards should begin by using spell check...
Not trying to deminish the nominies, but sceptical of the organization/process...
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Blair Lovern, says:
You're correct, it's a select group. But it's a mom and pop organization that's grown from nothing to something in a few years. Unfortunately, their HQ was in Houston, I believe, and now it's out in the middle of nowhere in Linden. Not that I don't like the middle of nowhere. I do. Plus, there's a <a href="http://ctmh.its.txstate.edu/location.php?cmd=detail&lid=19">lot of music history</a> in that little town. But I say this from a marketing standpoint. Yes, they pass a lot of info. back and forth via the Internet. But sometimes being in a big city can help the effort. Not trying to diminish what MTM does, every time I've contacted them they've been wonderful, spell check or no spell check. :)
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