ANNUAL MUSIC AWARDS

 
YEAR
CATEGORY
PERFORMER
1996 Entertainer of the Year Kim Arzate
1997 Entertainer of the Year David Oxford
1998 Entertainer of the Year Kelly Spinks
1999 Entertainer of the Year Curtis Potter
2000 Entertainer of the Year Larry Butler
2001 Entertainer of the Year Jody Nix & The Texas Cowboys
1996 Pioneer Award Alton Baird
1997 Pioneer Award Sammy Lara
1998 Pioneer Award Troy Jordan
1999 Pioneer Award Bobby Rountree
2000 Pioneer Award Tommy Burney
2001 Pioneer Award Bob Tuttle & Joe Bob Barnhill
2002 Pioneer Award Tony Guerrero & Weldon Myrick
2002 Entertainer of the Year Joe "King" Carrasco
2003 Pioneer Award Bill Myrick & Don Ricketson
2003 Entertainer of the Year Ed Armsrong
2004 Entertainer of the Year The Flatlanders
(Jimmie Dale Gilmore, Joe Ely, Butch Hancock)
2005 Pioneer Award

Richard Porter/Eddie Williams
& The Poor Boys

2005 Entertainer of the Year The Sundown High School Band
(State Champs)
2006 Pioneer Award

The Picks

(John Pickering, Bill Pickering & Bob Lapham)

2006 Entertainer of the Year The Tim Kreitz Band
2007 Pioneer Award Junior Pelzel
2007 Entertainer of the Year Joe “Sonny” West
2008 Entertainer of the Year Cory Bivins
 
SPECIAL RECOGNITION AWARDS
 
CATEGORY
PERFORMER
Lifetime Achievement Award Tommy Allsup
Lifetime Achievement Award Bill Mack
Special Recognition Gene Smith
(San Angelo Symphony)
Special Recognition D B Warren
(Chet-Style Guitarist)
Special Recognition Jeri Arsenault
(Performer and Recording Engineer)
Special Recognition Johnny Dutton
(Performer)
Special Recognition Rick Sikes
(Performer)
Special Recognition Tony Gutierrez
(Performer and Recording Engineer)
Special Recognition Jack Davis Jr.
(Davis Western Wear Lubbock)
Special Recognition Roy Thackerson
(Fingerless Fiddler)
Special Recognition Paul Davidson
(Cowboy Singer, Songwriter & Poet)
Special Recognition William “Bill” Griggs
(Music Historian)
Special Recognition

Michael Henry Martin

(Performer, Composer & Recording Engineer)
Special Recognition

Maggie Scales

(Fiddle & Vocalist)
Special Recognition

Lynn Massey

(Drummer For Neal McCoy)

Jimmie Fletcher (Host) presenting the Pioneer Award to Tommy Burney, 2001

Rick Sikes, Coleman, Tx, receiving a WTMHOF "Recognition Achievement Award" from Tracy

Pitcox at the grand opening of Riversounds Recording Studio in Castell, Tx