The 2006 Academy of Western Artists Will Rogers Award Recipients

Western Artisans 2006

Artist-Fred Fellows, Arizona
Spurmaker-Dickie Tignor-Oklahoma
Engraver-Ernie Lytle, Wyoming
Saddlemaker-Steve Mecum-Wyoming
Braider-Jay Adcock-Kansas
Don King Lifetime Saddlemaker Award-Bob Marrs, Amarillo
Chuckwagon-Tom Perini-Texas
Cartoonist-Ted Foulkes-Missouri

Cowboy Poetry
Male- Mike Logan
Female-Jerry Brooks (Brooksie)
Book-Bette Ramsey/Scott Braucher- Buck Ramsey's Grass  
CD-Jay Snider-Of Horses and Men
Storyteller/Humor-D.W. Groethe
 

Media       
 

Disc Jockeys
Dallas Wayne-KHYI, Richardson, TX
Dugg Collins-KFDI, Wichita, KS
Mike Carr-KCWM, Hondo, TX   
 

Radio Stations       
KWKH-Shreveport, LA       
WGOC, Bristol, TN
 

Record Producer- Justin Trevino                        
Record Label -Patriot Records     
Lifetime Achievement- Hank Thompson
 
The Top Five 2006 Academy of Western Artists Will Rogers Award Nominees
Nominees include:

Western Music - Male

Wylie Gustafson
R. W. Hampton
Lon Hannah
Dave Stamey
Ian Tyson

Western Music - Female
Lynn Anderson
Eli Barsi
Kip Calahan
Juni Fisher
Jean Prescott

 

Western Music Duo/Group
Texas Trailhands
Sons of the San Joaquin
Riders In The Sky
Lone Star Chorale
Sisters of the Silver Sage
 

Western Music - Song 
Jim Farrell-Cimarron Waltz
Mike Fleming-The Wire & The Rail
Wylie Gustafson-Yodeling Cowhand
Jack Hannah-Where The Very Same Cottonwoods Grow
Red Steagall/Rich O'Brien-How Green Was The Grazing Back Then?

Western Music- Album
Eli Barsi-Shades Of The West
Les Buffham-Les Buffham & Friends
Judy Coder-Western Sky
Sons of the San Joaquin-Way Out Yonder
Red Steagall-The Wind, The Wire & The Rail