2012 AWA Final Five

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Western Swing Male

...Alex Dormont

...Tony Harrison
...Billy Mata
...Jody Nix
...Erik Swanson

Western Swing Female

...Naomi Emmerson
...Carolyn Martin
...Ginny Mac
...Emily Gimble
...Dayna Wills

Western Swing Duo/Group

...Bordertown Bootleggers
...Great Recession Orchestra
...Hot Texas Swing Band
...Jody Nix/Texas Cowboys
...Shoot Low Sheriff

Western Swing Album

...Brady Bowen/Swing Country-Tribute to Morrell, Boatright, Chambers
...Great Recession Orchestra-Double Shot
...Hot Texas Swing Band-Hot Texas Swing Band
...Billy Mata/Texas Tradition-Tommy Duncan II
...River Road Boys-Can't Get Enough of Texas

Western Swing Song

...Alex Dormont-Texas Dance Hall
...Great Recession Orchestra-She Ain't No Good
...Billy Mata-Sick, Sober and Sorry
...Jody Nix-San Antonio Rose
...Erik Swanson-Big Texas

Pure Country Male

...Garry Ash
...Will Banister
...Ken Goldsmith
...Mike Siler
...Kelly Spinks

Pure Country Female

...Amber Digby
...Kendall Barnes
...Jolie Holliday
...Georgette Jones
...Kimberly Murray

Pure Country Duo/Group

...Will Banister/Mulberry Band
...Blake & Kendall Barnes
...Bobby Flores/Yellow Rose Band
...Jake Hooker/Outsiders
...Kelly Spinks/Miles of Texas

Pure Country Album

...Garry Ash-Man In The Moon
...Will Banister-I Turned Her On To Country
...Ken Goldsmith-Legends in My Mind Vol. 1-2-3
...Frankie Miller-When Gas Was Thirty Cents A Gallon
...Jody Nix-Bright Lights & Country Music

Pure Country Song

...Garry Ash-Two Step
...Will Banister-I Turned Her On To Country
...Ken Goldsmith-Five Guys Named Hank
...Mark Powell/Lariat-Dublin DR Pepper
...Kelly Spinks-I've Always Wanted To

Instrumentalist

...Bob Baker
...Wayne Glasson
...Junior Knight
...Jessica Munn
...J D Smith

 

Young Artist

...Bryson Bacon
...Katie Crawford
...Shannon Hall
...Mustang Mikki
...Colby Sheppard

Disc Jockey

...Billy Bowles, KJDL, Lubbock, TX
...Charley Engel, KPOV, Bend, OR
...Barbara Richart, KSJD, Mancos, CO
...Marvin O'Dell, KKRN, Redding, CA
...Totsie Slover, 1230 AM, Deming, NM

Radio Station

...KJDL, Lubbock
...KPOV, Bend, OR
...KMUZ, Turner, OR
...KKRN, Redding, CA
...KSJD, Mancos, CO

Western Music Male

...John Chandler
...Paul Kelly
...James Michael
...Lloyd Morris
...Barry Ward

Western Music Female

 

...Patty Clayton
...Mary Kaye
...Jennifer Lind
...Barbara Nelson
...Trinity Seely

Western Music Duo/Group

...Ball Family
...Buckarettes
...Flying W Wranglers
...Many Strings
...Red Hot Rythm Rustlers
　

Western Music Album

...Terry Brown-It's a Cowboy Thing
...Gary Fjellgaard-The Collection
...Paul Kelly-Old New Mexico
...James Michael-Beyond the Divide
...Red Hot Rhythm Rustlers-Breakin' Out

Western Music Song

...Patty Clayton-Black Hay
...Mary Kaye-No Wilder Place
...Red Hot Rhythm Rustlers-My Only Love
...Dave Stamey-Song For Jake
...Barry Ward-Eli Crow

Yodeler

...David Bradley
...Kristyn Harris
...Tom Hawk
...Skyler Jackson
...Mustang Mikki

Cowboy Poet

J. W. Beeson
Rod Miller
Andy Nelson
Randy Rieman
Jesse Smith

Cowgirl Poet

Lida Hussa
Susie Knight
Mag Mawhinney
Jane Morton
Susan Parker

Album/CD

Almeda Bradshaw-A Way of Heart, The Big Sandy Years Mag Mawhinney-Western Spirit
Deanna Dickinson McCall-Riding
Dawn Nelson-Then He Made Cowgirl
Dick Warwick-Cowboy Poetry Lite

Cowboy Poetry-Book

Steve Deming-The Source
Jean Henry-Mead-Wyoming's Cowboy Poets & Their Poetry
JoLynne Kirkwood-Old Stories
Rod Miller/Chila Woychik/Anna O'Brien-Things A Cowboy Sees and Other Poems
Jeff Streeby-Sunday Creek

Winners for the Gear, Art, and Chuckwagon categories for 2012 are as follows:

Cartoonist-Johnathan Rankin, TX

Artist-Jason Scull, CO

Spurmaker-Russell Yates, TX

Hitcher-Shoni Maulding, WA

Saddlemaker-Keith Seidel, WY

Don King Memorial-Dale Harwood, ID

Braider-Vince Donley, WY

Bootmaker-Dave Hutchings, CO

Engraver-Joe Curtiss, TX

Leather-George E. Hurst, TX

Garnet Brooks Chuckwagon-Shirley Richardson, TX

Special Achievement-Gloria Miers, TX