About the Terry Awards
Terry Beene is the owner and creator of the Terry Awards. In 1977, after hearing about the popular Tony Awards, a Fort Worth disc jockey named Terry Beene started a joke about the “Terry Awards”. People began calling about ticket availability and Terry Beene was forced to put on a real show. Since Terry had spent so many unappreciated and unrecognized years as a club musician himself, he combined his love for Country music and his past as a nightclub musician into the idea for an award show, that went from an on-air gag to a serious show of recognition. Over the next thirty years the Terry Awards grew in size and popularity. It has been held at such places as Billy Bob’s Texas and Casa Manana in Fort Worth. The Terry Awards have always had something to do with the music business, the reason the 31st Annual Terry Awards was held in Branson, Missouri last year. Last year the awards were held at the Starlite Theatre and almost every show in town was represented. All Access Branson and The Vacation Channel are the main sponsors of this event. All Access Branson provided the Pre-Show Gala and The Vacation Channel sponsors the media/commercials.
Fiddle Player of the Year
1. Melody Hart
2. Wade Landry
3. Nathan Agdeppa
4. Wayne Massengale
5. Janice Martin
6. Bruce Hoffman
Instrumentalist
1. Bruce Hoffman
2. Dean Holman
3. Jonathan Black
4. Scott Kwapiszeski
5. Robby Springfield
6. Michael T. Hermsmeyer
Matinee Show of the Year
1. Forever Young
2. Showboat Branson Belle with Emcee Aaron Radatz
3. Mike Walker Conway Remembered
4. Diana Lynn-Tribute to the Carpenters
5. Comedy Jamboree
6. Leroy New
Lead Player of the Year
1. Bobby Blackburn
2. Jim Stafford
3. Josh Carroll
4. Matt Hanshaw
5. Chad Cathell
6. Colt Prather
Tribute Artist of the Year
1. Legends in Concert
2. Jerry Presley
3. Keith Allynn (Neil Diamond Tribute)
4. Eagles Tribute Band
5. C.J. Newsom
6. Sting Ray Anthony
Male Vocalist of the Year
1. Mike Walker
2. Doug Gabriel
3. George Dyer
4. Jeff Brandt
5. Todd Bradshaw
6. Rick McEwen
Bass Player of the Year
1. Kelly Black
2. Scott Lancaster
3. Brent Mabe
4. Randy Plummer
5. Larry Allred
6. David Milligan
Vocal Duo of the Year
1. Brandon Mabe and Megan McCombs-Mabe
2. Doug and Cheryl Gabriel
3. Luke Menard and Jackie Brown
4. Brother Brother (Bradley and Brett Anderson)
5. Leroy New and Rick McEwen
6. Joe and Talya Tinoco
Entertainer of the Year
1. Jamie Haage
2. The Haygoods
3. SIX
4. David Brooks
5. Hughes Brothers
6. Rick Thomas
Comedian of the Year
1. Matt Gumm
2. Jarrett Doughtery
3. Benjamin Dutton
4. Terry Sanders
5. James Sibley
6. Jordan Gabriel
Track Show of the Year
1. Eddie Stovall and the Golden Sound of the Platters
2. Diana Lynn-Tribute to the Carpenters
3. Magnificent 7
4. Gordy and Debbie 5. Keith Allynn
6. Forever Young
Steel Player of the Year
1. Gene Mulvaney
2. Johnny Cox
3. George Gyser
4. Robby Springfield
5. Scott Kwapiszeski
6. Dean Holman
Drummer of the Year
1. Rob Blackburn
2. Ashley Stech
3. Paul Oney
4. Josh Gabriel
5. Tim Pope
6. Will Henderson
Production Show of the Year
1. Rick Thomas
2. Dave Hamner
3. Shoji Tabuchi
4. The Haygoods
5. Dixie Stampede
6. 70’s Music Celebration Starring Barry Williams
Keyboard Player of the Year
1. Jonathan Black
2. Dale Ritchie
3. Darrell Croy
4. Tracy Heaston
5. Michael W. Davis
6. Jim Garstang
Morning Show of the Year
1. Brett Family
2. Down Home Country
3. Ozark Mountain Opry
4. The Best of Neil Sedaka
5. James Garrett-John Denver
6. Buck Trent
Show of the Year
1. The Haygoods
2. SIX
3. Million Dollar Quartet
4. Hughes Brothers
5. Raiding the Country Vault
6. Clay Cooper
Female Vocalist of the Year
1. Jackie Brown
2. Kari Garrison
3. Shonna Bonds
4. Jeanna Kilbane
5. Katie Lynn
6. Tammy Beebe
Vocal Group of the Year
1. Pierce Arrow
2. Hughes Brothers
3. Texas Tenors
4. AYO
5. New South
6. Forever Young
Gospel Group of the Year
1. Blackwoods
2. New South
3. Jerry Presley’s Gospel Show Absolutely Country, Definitely Gospel
Band of the Year
1. Clay Cooper
2. Raiding the Country Vault
3. Billy Dean and Steel Horses
4. Prince Ivan
5. Roundup On the Trail- New Trails
6. Rock N’ Roll Revival
Dinner Show
1. Roundup on the Trail
2. Uptown Café with Gordy and Debbie
3. Dixie Stampede
4. Showboat Branson Belle Dinner Cruise with Emcee Christopher James
5. Wheelhouse: Wade and Theresa Landry
6. Golden Corral: Roy Morris and Barbara Fairchild
Little Big Award
1. Imax Theatre- John Denver
2. Owen Theatre- Carpenters
3. God and Country- Mike Walker and Friends
4. Uptown Café- Gordy and Debbie
5. Hot Hits Theatre- Rico J Motown
6. Imax Theatre: Little Opry- Sons of Britches