Chuck "Wagon" Maultsby
Crawdaddy-O
Runners up: LeeAnne Savage and Shockadelica, Bad Newz Blues Band, Kings of Pleasure, Hipster Daddy-O and the Handgrenades, Time Pilots
Leanne Savage
Runners up: Mike Blommer, Mike Hebert, Lisa Otey, Jason DeCourse
Simplistics
Runners up: J. Walker Band, Hipster Daddy-O and the Handgrenades, Creosote, Undermine
Pleasure Chest, The Kings of Pleasure
Runners up: Crawdaddy-O, Crawdaddy-O; Neptune Amore, LeeAnne Savage and Shockadelica; Hipster Daddy-O and the Handgrenades; Bad News Indeed, Bad Newz Blues Band
Shoebomb
Runners up: Sand Rubies, White Chrome Splendor, Simplistics, Creosote
Greyhound Soul
Runners up: Time Pilots, Sand Rubies, Whatever, J. Walker Band
Gat-Rot
Runners up: Obsidian, Nightfall Avenue, Habits of Intensity, Excalibur
Weird Lovemakers
Runners up: Helldriver, James Dead, Los Federales, Disowned
Annie Hawkins Band
Runners up: LeeAnne Savage and Shockadelica, Nine Days Wonder, Phantom Limbs, Simplistics
Al Foul & The Shakes
Runners up: Creosote, James Dead, Greyhound Soul, Trailer Park Mark
LeeAnne Savage and Shockadelica
Runners up: Time Pilots, Binge, Rowdies, Thunder Alley
Dave's Big Deluxe
Runners up: Warsaw, Hipster Daddy-O, Bass Culture, Kongo Shock
Neon Prophet
Runners up: One Blood, Bass Culture
Oslo B. with The Grooves
Runners up: Kate Scott and Tony Heath Quintet, Crawdaddy-O, Equinox, JJ Jazz
Ache Pa Ti
Runners up: Tucson Latin Jazz Orchestra, Manteca, Ismael Barajas
Blue Monks
Runners up: Paul Elia, Jim Dixon, 'Round Midnight, Jeff Haskell Quartet
Bad Newz Blues Band
Runners up: Sam Taylor, Tony and the Torpedoes, Lisa Otey, Statesboro Blues Band
Hipster Daddy-O and the Handgrenades
Runners up: Kings of Pleasure, Paul Elia and Third of Five, Cobras, Lisa Otey
Funky Bonz
Runners up: Crawdaddy-O, Funkyard Gang, Shaft, Goodfoot
Kings of Pleasure
Runners up: Paul Elia and Third of Five, Oslo B. with the Grooves, Carlos Laurent, Combo Cameleon
Al Perry
Runners up: Saddle City Band, Troy Olsen Band, Rancho Deluxe, Trick Rider
The Mollys
Runners up: Bwiya Toli, Hot Desert Love Toads, Fine Stream Gamelan, Morrighan
Sapphire Kieft
Runners up: Sal Valdivia, Jamie Anderson, Annie Hawkins, Scott Huckabay
Arm and Hammer
Runners up: Blue Prarie Dogs, The Mollys, Arnold/Klingenfus Ensemble, Stefan George and Songtower
Latino Solido
Runners up: Crayola Band, Chubasco
Mariachi Luz de Luna
Runners up: Mariachi Saldivar, Los Dablitos
Anna Warr
Runners up: LeeAnne Savage, Carla Brownlee, Sapphire Kieft, Lisa Otey
Joe Peña
Runners up: Brett Beuckman, Chris O'Gorman, Oslo B., Paul Elia
Jason DeCourse
Runners up: Mike Hebert, Mike Miller, Karl Walden, Brett Beuckman
Annie Hawkins
Runners up: Joe Peña, Scott Huckabay, Earl Edmonson, Sapphire Kieft
Steve Grams
Runners up: Mark Bruglar, Marc Hensel, Bryan Fellars, Rick Pegram
James Couzens
Runners up: Scott Puckett, Justin Donaldson, Brad Brewer, Marx Loeb
Brendan Kearney
Runners up: Kim Ryan, Richard Gomez, Duane McDade, Mick Eckroth
Rosano Triplets
Runners up: Carla Brownlee, Oslo B., Hipster Daddy-O Horns, Crawdaddy-O
Heather Hardy
Runners up: Sapphire Kieft, Steven Granham, Sandy Um, Jim Hewitt
John Coinman
Runners up: Stefan George, Joe Peña, Jamie Anderson, Vicki Tama
Sand Rubies
Hipster Daddy-O, Rialto Theatre, February 7, 1998
Helldriver
Shoebomb
White Chrome Splendor
Hipster Daddy-O
Kings of Pleasure
Double Zero
Club Congress
Zia Record Exchange
Rainbow Guitars
92.1 KFMA
Rock Roots with Kidd Squidd, 91.3 FM KXCI
Chuck Roast, 92.1 FM KFMA
Spyder Rhodes
Jim Brady