The Ameripolitan Awards Honors Larry Collins as the Keeper of the Keys
By: Kaitlin Milligan Nov. 01, 2018
Inventor of the surf guitar, rockabilly and punk pioneer Larry Collins of The Collins Kids will be honored as the Keeper of the Key at the 2019 Ameripolitan Awards, held for the second year in Memphis at Graceland's Guesthouse Hotel, Feb. 25, 2019.
The Ameripolitan Awards show, the culminating night of four full days of festivities celebrating rockabilly, western swing, outlaw and honky-tonk music, will be hosted by Ameripolitan founder Dale Watson alongside Ameripolitan Award winner and western swing bandleader Big Sandy. The artists who will be honored that night will be chosen by fan vote, a process that opens today.
The official Ameripolitan Awards ballot is available exclusively through Ballot Blaster and fans can vote online beginning today. Fans will be able to vote once per category. The ballot will close on Jan. 1, 2019.
Ameripolitan festivities kick off on Feb. 22 with a pre-party at Blues City Café on Beale Street. Showcases on Saturday and Sunday will be held at venues around the city to be announced soon.
HONKY TONK MALE
Jesse Daniel
Pat Reedy
Zephaniah OHora
Casey James Prestwood
HONKY TONK FEMALE
Tommy Ash
Bonnie Montgomery
Whitney Rose
Malin Petterson
HONKY TONK GROUP
Two Tons of Steel
Country Heroes
The Lawrence Peters Outfit
Dan Whitaker and The Shinebenders
OUTLAW MALE
Ray Wylie Hubbard
Billy Don Burns
Dallas Moore
Steve Griggs
OUTLAW FEMALE
Rebecca Jed
Sarah Borges
Summer Dean
Sarah Gayle Meech
OUTLAW GROUP
Mike and the Moonpies
The Pine Hill Haints
The Rhyolite Sound
Andrea & Mud
ROCKABILLY MALE
Marcel Riesco
Pat Capocci
Jimmy Dale
Levi Dexter
ROCKABILLY FEMALE
Cherry Rat Engelbrecht
Abby Maharaj
Tammi Savoy
Ruby Ann
ROCKABILLY GROUP
The Delta Bombers
Shaun Young & The 3 Ringers
The Desperados
Colton Turner Band
WESTERN SWING MALE
Kyle Eldridge
Justin Trevino
Farmer Keenan
Coby Carter
WESTERN SWING FEMALE
Grace Adele
Wendy Newcomer
Cheryl Deserée
Stacey Lee Guse
WESTERN SWING GROUP
The Western Swing Authority
The Western Flyers
Big Cedar Fever
The Lucky Stars
VENUE
The Grand Ole Echo
Knuckleheads Saloon
Luckenbach Texas
Robert's Western World
Rattlesnake Saloon
Southgate House Revival
Mercury Lounge Tulsa
MUSICIAN
Katie Shore
Kevin Smith
Ashley Kingman
Kenny Vaughan
Deke Dickerson
Joel Paterson
Mike Bernal
Rose Sinclair
Tickets for the Ameripolitan Awards are available now. To reserve rooms at the Guest House at Graceland, call 1-800-238-2000 and use block code 190221AMER. For the Magnuson Hotel, use Ameripolitan2019.
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