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| held at Midnight Rodeo in Austin, Texas 1/25/04 |
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| The 2004 Gruene With Envy awards show started off at the early hour of 2pm. Robert Henry, Drew Cowan and Mark Sanders were the first "group" of singer songwriters, getting the show off to a great start. We were there when the doors opened, and luckily, we were able to grab some chairs and sit right in the front of the stage. We were so close to the musicians, sometimes we had to back up a little, just to get a good picture. |
| Robert Henry |
| Drew Cowan |
| Mark Sanders |
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How did we miss getting a picture of Owen Temple?? |
| Mark Sanders' girlfriend, Drema, was selling GWE t-shirts. I was contemplating buying one, when she said "You just have to get one...it has "all your guys' names on the back"...so I bought one!! Great sales pitch, Drema!! How could I resist! |
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| Next up, were Aaron Watson, Owen Temple & Peter Dawson. Dub Miller was also scheduled to appear in this group, but wasn't there. |
| Aaron Watson |
| Peter Dawson |
| "buying a t-shirt" |
| Micky and the Motorcars put on a great 45 minute set! |
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| check out the tamborine on his foot! |
| Doug Moreland sang and toasted the musicians and the audience |
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| After Micky and The Motorcars, Matt Powell, Brandon Jenkins, Fallon Franklin and Blake Powers played. Matt is quickly becoming one of my favorites (both on stage and off!). Brandon Jenkins was really good (especially when he played his song "Feet Don't Touch The Ground"). We were also doing a little "Clubhouse work" at the show...we got Brandon booked for 2 shows...he's coming with Stoney in May!! |
| Matt Powell |
| Brandon Jenkins |
| Thanks Cori for this great "foot shot" of Matt! |
| Fallon Franklin |
| Blake Powers |
| Here's a little trivia...Fallon and Blake are cousins!! <~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~> |
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| These folks sat next to us...and they're from Fort Worth, just like us!!! |
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| Next up, were Harris & Ryden and Steve Rice (lead singer of "No Justice") |
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| Harris & Ryden |
| Steve Rice |
| Fred Andrews (of Honeybrowne) and KVET's Ann Hudson were the hosts. The first three awards were handed out at 7:15pm. |
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| KVET Austin won radio station of the year |
| Event of the year went to The Waylon Jennings Tribute show |
| Tore Up From The Floor Up won "best website" |
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| Jonpaul Long, creator of Tore Up From The Floor Up |
| Next up were Randy Rogers, Bleu Edmondson, Stoney LaRue, Django Walker, Brandon Rhyder and Jessica Murray. This was an awesome set!!! (*** my favorite of the whole night!! ) |
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| Randy Rogers |
| Bleu & Randy |
| Bleu Edmondson |
| Stoney LaRue |
| Jerry Jeff Walker was a surprise guest for the night, singing an old hit..."Little Bird" |
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| Jerry Jeff |
| Django Walker |
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| Jessica Murray & Brandon Rhyder |
| Wade Bowen got up and did "I Wonder" with Jessica |
| Todd Phelps and someone (I didn't catch his name) |
| Michael Tarabay of The Pat Green Band, accepting the awards for Pat Green (who was vacationing in Hawaii with his family) |
| The next set of awards were announced: "Songwriter of The Year" went to Jack Ingram "Musician of The Year" went to Cody Canada "Live Album of the Year" went to Cory Morrow "Album of The Year" went to Pat Green |
| After a short song & toast from Doug Moreland, the final "acoustic" group came up to the stage... Cory Morrow, Roger Creager, Chris Knight, Radney Foster, Jack Ingram, Jason Boland and Keven Fowler |
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| Cory Morrow |
| Roger Creager |
| Radney Foster |
| Jason Boland |
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| Chris Knight |
| Jack Ingram |
| Kevin Fowler |
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| a photo of the photographer??? |
| Cori, Peter Dawson & Emily |
| Joni & Brandon Rhyder |
| Emily & Stoney "cutting the rug" |
| Stoney & Bleu were dancing together and had a little fall!!! Bleu landed with his legs twisted up under him...it's a wonder he didn't break a leg! |
| Wade Bowen & West 84 finished the night off with a great "rocking" set. We got up to close out our tabs and take a few pictures and lost our great seats. Sorry we didn't get any pictures of the final set! |
| Thanks to Dave Lytle and everyone at Gruene With Envy for a great night of music!! We can't wait until next year! Joni, Cori & Emily |
| Final awards given out were: Newcomer of the year: Mike McClure Band of the year: Cross Canadian Ragweed Artist of the year: Pat Green Entertainer of the year: Jack Ingram |
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