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1978 • Rocky Athas • Billy Gibbons • Bugs Henderson • Eric Johnson • John Nitzinger • Jimmie Vaughan • 1979 • Rocky Hill • Stevie Ray Vaughan • 1980 • Sumter Bruton • Alan Haynes • Mark Pollock • Slim Richey • Ronnie Weiss • 1981 • Freddie Cisneros • Pat Coil • Kris Cummings • Anson Funderburgh • Charlie “Ezra Charles” Helpinstill • Dusty Hill • Alex Napier • Willie Nelson • David Stanley • Steve Williams • Wally Wilson • 1982 • Jim Alderman • Frank Beard • Billy Block • Louis Brousar Jack Calmes • Michael “Junior” Clark • Fred Crain • Joe Don Davidson • Kim Davis • Stevie Davis • Michael DeBaise • Randall Dollahan • Red Garland • Bobby Gentry Mickey Gilley • Barbara Graham • Buzzy Gruen • Bud Guin • Keith Karnaky • Pee Wee Lynn • Herman Mathews • Alex Moore • Tommy Morrell • Bobbie Nelson • Dahrell Norris • Jim Raycraft • Connie Schlig • Jimmy Don Smith • Whitey Thomas • Ron Thompson • Jimmy Wallace • Linda Waring • Larry White • 1983 • Lou “Lazer” Bovis Doyle Bramhall • Steven Bruton • Mike Buck • Johnny Carroll • Dennis Cavalier • Jim Colgrove Toby Davis • Randy DeHart • Lynn Groom • Paul Guerrero • Joel Guzman Frank Hames • Brian Heinsohn • David Hill • Rick Jackson • Flaco Jimenez • Louis Johnson • Steve Jordan • Chris Layton • Rusty Lewis • Barbara Lynn • Bill Maddox Ken “Big Nardo” Murray • George Rains • Leon Rausch • Jeff Sellers • Charlie Sexton • Walter Shannon • Craig Simecheck • Lewis W. Stephens • Jas Stephens • Uncle John Turner • 1984 • Rob Alexander • Terry Anglin • Lee S. Appleman • Louis “Johnny Fixx” Baldovin • Marcia Ball • Karl Berkebile • John Bryant • Albert Collins • Johnny “Rosebud” Dowdy • Omar Dykes • Keith Ferguson • Craig Green • Bonnie Hearne • Craig LeMay • Bert Ligon • Rene Martinez • Paul Matson Leon McAuliffe • Brian Mendelsohn • Ray Mendias • Smokey Montgomery • Tommy Nuckols • James Pennybaker • Brian Piper • Chuck Rainey • Terry Ranson • Billy Sanders • Jim Shelly • Al Stricklin • Robin Syler • Tim Wheeler • 1985 • Michael Bartula • Ray Benson • Little Joe Blue • Ponty Bone • Roger Boykin • Sarah Brown Bobby Chitwood • Dave Clark • Michael Clay • Van Cliburn • Danny Cochran • Pee Wee Crayton • Steve Davison • Ronnie Dawson • W.R. “Tony” Dukes • Cornell Dupree Denny Freeman • Fred Hoey • Mike Kennedy • Smokin’ Joe Kubek • Steve Langdon • Charlie Lowe • Jim Milan • Gabriel Saucedo • Rollo Smith • Andy Stone • Eric Stuer • Johnny “Guitar” Watson • Mike Webster • U.P. Wilson • 1986 • Mel Brown • Johnny “Clyde” Copeland • Randy Drake • Ernie Durawa • Mike Gallaher • Ty Grimes Jim “Horton Heat” Heath • Dave Hughlett • Ronald Shannon Jackson • Santiago Jimenez Jr. • Kenney Dale Johnson • Wade Johnson • Jackie King • Steady “Freddy” Krc • Jerry LeCroix • Augie Meyers • Stan Moore • Gary P. Nunn • Joe Ruggiero • Patrice Rushen • Doug Sahm • Joe Sample • Eric Tagg • Richard Theisen • Red Young 1987 • Terry Blankenship • Roger Boykin • W.C. Clark • Bobby Dennis • Paul English • Randy Fouts • Mike Gage • Joel Harlan • Brad Houser • Jeff Howe • Johnny Marshall • Mouse Mayes • Delbert McClinton • Sam Myers • Darrell Nulisch • Newell Oler • Paul Orta • Gary Pelfrey • Gary Primich • Mickey Raphael • Rick “Casper” Rawls • William Richardson • Ted Roddy • Robert Clayton Sanders • Rhandy Simmons • Texas Slim Sullivan • Miss Inez Teddlie • Craig Wallace • Kim Wilson 1988 • Tim Alexander • Jack Barton • Jimmy Carl Black • Charles Brown • Herbie Cowans • Carl Finch • Frosty • B’Nois King • Don Leady • Joe McBride • Kim Platko Mike Schwedler • Bill Swicegood • Al Trick • Fredde “Pharoh” Walden • 1989 • Kevin Afflack • Marc Benno • Robin Hood Brians • Mike “Spunky” Brunone • Alex Camp Joe Coronado • Lavada Durst • Harold Evans • Gene Glover • Claude Johnson • Derek O’Brien • Bill Payne • Paul Pearcy • Jim Suhler • 1990 • Maurice Anderson Mike Arnold • Ronnie Bramhall • Jeannette Brantley • Phil Campbell • Randy Cates • Ron Dilulio • Bill Ham • Michael Hamilton • Earl Harvin • John Inmon • Michael Medina • Ruff Rufner • Wayne Six • Paul Slavens • Ron Snider • Matt Tapp • Buddy Whittington • Dan Wojciechowski • 1991 • Darryl “Dime” Abbott • Josh Alan • James Anderson • Gregg Bissonette • Matt Chamberlain • Mark Geary • Gerry Gibson • Tim Grugle • Dan Haerle • Steve Hill • Chris Hunter • Mitch Marine • Rex “Moon” Mauney Andy Michlin • Ian Moore • Tommy Shannon • Steve Sonday • Andy Timmons • Kenny Withrow • 1992 • Dave Abbruzzese • Jim Cocke • Ted Cruz • Mike Daane • Mike Dunn • Mike Fiala • Jay Gillian • Ricky Lynn Gregg • Mike Kindred • Guthrie Kinnard • Chad Lovel • Martin McCall • Kelly McNulty • Jason Moeller • Buddy Mohmed Mike Morgan • Ray Pollard • Jimmy R. Rusidoff • Mike Scaccia • Derek Spigener • Jim “Jimbo” Wallace • Kinley “Barney” Wolfe • Jason Wolford • Alan Wooley • Tommy Young • 1993 • Vinnie Abbott • Miguel Antonio • Bobby Baranowski • Jeffrey Barnes • Pat “Taz” Bently • Chris Broadhurst • Brian “Hash Brown” Calway • James Clay Ornette Coleman • Aaron Comess • Chris Craig • Roy Hargrove • Marchel Ivery • Barry Kooda • Peter Austin Lee • Sam McCall • David “Fathead” Newman • Casey Orr • Andy Owens • Calvin Owens • Shawn Phares • Carlton Powell • Johnny Reno • Rick Rigsby • Peter Schmidt • Ken Stock • Phil Taylor • Bill Tillman • Ronnie Wilson 1994 • Rex Brown • George Dimitri • Donny Ray Ford • Fred Gleber • Michael Jerome • Matthew E. Johnson • David Lee Joyner • Robby LeDoux • David Milsap • Terry- Groff Montgomery • David Mora • Paul Quigg • Brett Reid • Robert Schietroma • Keith Traquair • Brian Wakeland • 1995 • Bruce Alford • Scott Arndt • Bobby Boatright Junior Brown • Johnny Case • Milo Deering • Alan Emert • Wilson Fisher • Mike Graff • Frank Hailey • Hal Harris • Kim Herriage • Matt Hillyer • Gary Hogue • Cindy Horstman Billy King • Johnnie Red Latham • Dave Palmer • Lisa Pankratz • Drew Phelps • Darrell Phillips • Michael Price • Henry Qualls • Mike Querry • Bobby Rambo • Reggie Ruffer • Kevin Schermerhorn • Jeff Scroggins • John Scully • Kevin Smith • Matt Snow • Richie Vasquez • Scott White • Scott Whitfield • Ted Wood • Dave Zoller • 1996• Gene Coleman • Sonnie Collie • John Fiveash • Donnie Gillyand • David Grissom • Murray Hammond • Bubba Hernandez • Andrew Jones • Jamie McLester • Jamal Mohamed • Ernie Myers • Lee Roy Parnell • Clay Pendergrass • Chad Ruffer • Fred Rush • Chris Skiles • Kenny Stern • Lisa Umbargar • Van Wilks • 1997 • Mark Austin Steve Berg • Joe Cripps • Mary Cutrufello • Floyd Domino • John Garza • Chris Gipson • John Thomas Griffith • Tommy Hill • Tommy Hyatt • Will Johnson • Rick Koster S.P. Leary • Ron Mason • Mike McCullough • Riley Osbourn • Lucky Peterson • Pat Peterson • Doug Pinnick • Steve Powell • Bill Randolph • Ed Soph • Clint Strong Marvin E. Washington, Jr • 1998 • John Arbour • Doyle Bramhall II • David Burns • Floyd Dixon • Danny Duncan • Big Al DuPree • David Fargason • Juevey Gomez Chuck Hasley • Paul Hollis • Keith Jones • Tutu Jones • Todd Lewis • Bob Livingston • Bobby Patterson • Jimmy Pendleton • Lucky Peterson • Rich Thomas • Terry Ware • Danny Wright • 2001 • Richard Chalk • Tom Faulkner • Randy Garabay • Dave Hineman • Lewis Hutcheson • Brady Mosher • Gary Myrick • Eddy Shaver • Holland K. Smith • Clark Vogeler • 2002 • John Adams • Ronny Ellis • George Fuller • Robby Garner • Fred Hamilton • Mace Maben • Jon Mastin • Phil McNeese • Blake Milton Kenny Traylor • Ken Wheeler • 2004 • Ken Bethea • Nick Curran • Todd Parsnow • Cookie McGee • John Sprott • 2005• Pete Coatney • Doug Howard • Jimmy Morgan Jason Thomas • 2015 • Christopher Alexander • John Carroll • Jerry Don Branch • Gary Clark Jr. • Chris Claridy • Jason Elmore • Glenn Fukunaga • Lance Lopez Marty Muse
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