West Texas
Walk of Fame
Inductees

1979

Buddy Holly – Lubbock, TX
“Legendary” Rock and Roll Innovator

1980

Waylon Jennings – Littlefield, TX
Singer/Songwriter
Toured with Buddy Holly

1983

Mac Davis – Lubbock, TX
Singer/Songwriter and Actor

1984

Jimmy Dean – Plainview, TX
Country singer and Television personality

Ralna English – Lubbock, TX
Singer
Featured on the Lawrence Welk Show

Bobby Keys – Slaton, TX
Sax Player
Toured and recorded with The Beatles & the Rolling Stones

1985

G. W. Bailey – Lubbock, TX
Movie and Television Actor

Barry Corbin – Lamesa, TX
Movie, Television and Broadway Star

1986

Niki Sullivan, Jerry Allison and Joe B. Mauldin – Lubbock, TX
Singers/Musicians
The Crickets

Sonny Curtis – Meadow, TX
Singer/Songwriter
Played with The Crickets

1988

Tanya Tucker – Seminole, TX
Country music performer

1989

Roy Orbison – Wink, TX
Early rockabilly Singer/Songwriter

Joe Ely – Lubbock, TX
Singer/Songwriter and Producer

1990

Gatlin Brothers – Odessa, TX
Country singers and songwriters

Bob Wills – Turkey, TX
Bandleader, Fiddler, Singer, and Songwriter
“King of Western Swing”

1991

“Snuff” Garrett – Lubbock, TX
1950’s TV personality and record producer

1993

Maines Brothers Band – Acuff, TX
Progressive Country Band

1994

Virgil Johnson – Lubbock, TX
Lead singer of The Velvets
The only Black doo-wop group from West Texas

Buddy Knox – Happy, TX
1950’s Singer/Songwriter

1995

Gary P. Nunn – Brownfield, TX
Singer/Songwriter and Publisher

Glen D. Hardin – Wolfforth, TX
Arranged music & performed with Elvis Presley and The Crickets

1996

Woody Chambliss – Brownfield, TX
Movie and Television actor

Paul Milosevich – Lubbock, TX
Visual Artist

Bob Montgomery – Lubbock, TX
Singer/Songwriter performed with Buddy Holly

The Hometown Boys – Lubbock, TX
Father and sons conjuntos show band

C.B. “Stubb” Stubblefield – Lubbock, TX
Promoter & Producer
“Barbecue Man”

Cecil Caldwell – Lubbock, TX
Musician, Promoter, Producer
“Fiddler”

1997

Terry Allen – Lubbock, TX
Artist in a wide variety of media:
music, theater, sculpture, painting, drawing, video, and film

Dan Blocker – O’Donnell, TX
Actor

Glenna Maxey Goodacre – Lubbock, TX
Sculptor and Artist

Dirk West – Lubbock, TX
Cartoonist

George Ashburn – Meadow, TX
Promoter, Producer
“Meadow Musical”

Los Premiers – Lubbock, TX
“Pioneers of Chicano Music”

1998

Butch Hancock – Lubbock, TX
Singer/Songwriter

Jimmie Dale Gilmore – Lubbock, TX
Singer/Songwriter and Actor

Don Caldwell – Slaton, TX
Promoter, Producer/Engineer
“Sax-Man”

John Hartin – Levelland, TX
Pioneer of Country Music Education

1999

Jane Prince Jones – Lubbock, TX
Actress, Theatrical Promoter/Director

Ed Wilkes – Lubbock, TX
Radio Personality “Big Ed”

2000

Eddie Dixon – Lubbock, TX
Sculptor and Artist

2001

The Fireballs – Clovis, NM
1960’s Rock and Roll group

Delbert McClinton – Lubbock, TX
Singer/Songwriter

2002

Helen Wagner  – Lubbock, TX
Broadway and Television Actress

Brad Maule – Rotan, TX
Actor and Singer/Songwriter

Suzanne Aker – Lubbock, TX
Artist, Choreographer, Teacher
Founder of Ballet Lubbock

Pete Morales – Lubbock, TX
Accordionist, Mentor, Musician
“Amigos de Todos”

2003

Alvin G. Davis – Post, TX
Cowboy Poet, Sculptor, Western Historian

Billy Walker – Ralls, TX
Country Music Singer
“The Tall Texan”

2004

Clif Magness – Lubbock, TX
Songwriter/Producer

Richie McDonald – Lubbock, TX
Singer/Songwriter
Lead singer of “Lonestar”

2005

Agnes Torres – Shallowater, TX
Singer, Vocalist of “The New Variety Band”

Angela Strehli – Lubbock, TX
Singer

2006

David Box – Lubbock, TX
Singer/Songwriter

David Gaschen – Lubbock, TX
Broadway/Musical Theater Singer

Jennifer Smith – Lubbock, TX
Broadway/Musical Theater Singer and Dancer

2008

John Gillas – Lubbock, TX
Singer and Musical Theater Director

Mary Gillas – Lubbock, TX
Singer and Voice Teacher

2010

Bill Griggs – Lubbock, TX
Music Historian

2012

Charlene Condray Hancock – Lubbock, TX
Singer/Pianist

Tommy X Hancock – Lubbock, TX
Band Leader, Singer and Fiddler

Lloyd Maines – Lubbock, TX
Producer/Musician

Jesse “Guitar” Taylor – Lubbock, TX
Musician

2014

Jay Boy Adams – Colorado City, TX
Singer/Songwriter and Producer

Lew Dee & Diana Dee – Lubbock, TX
Radio Team

Andy Wilkinson – Lubbock, TX
Poet, Songwriter, Singer, and Playwright

Jaston Williams – Olton, TX/Crosbyton, TX
Writer and Actor

2015

Jo Harvey Allen – Lubbock, TX
Actress, Playwright, Poet, and Pioneer of women in radio

Natalie Maines – Lubbock, TX
Singer/Songwriter

2016

Ponty Bone – Lubbock, TX
Accordionist, Bandleader, Singer/Songwriter

Terry Cook – Plainview, TX
Opera Singer

The Flatlanders – Lubbock, TX
Forefathers of Alternative Country Music

Sonny West – Shallowater, TX
Singer/Songwriter

2017

James “J.T.” Braxton – Lubbock, TX
Musician/Music Educator

Thomas Braxton – Lubbock, TX
Jazz Musician, Composer, Producer and Educator

Johnny Ray Watson – Lorenzo, TX
Evangelistic Gospel Singer

2018

Josh Abbott – Idalou, TX
Country Music Singer/Songwriter

Donnie Allison – Lubbock, TX
Singer/Songwriter, Musician, Actor, Producer

Bob Livingston – Lubbock, TX
Singer/Songwriter & Raconteur

Garland A. Weeks, FNSS – Lubbock, TX
Sculptor

2019

Susan Graham – Midland, TX
International Opera Star

David Kneupper – Lubbock, TX
Composer and Sound Designer

Romeo Reyna – Lubbock, TX
Textile and Visual Artist

Larry Trider – Lazbuddie, TX
Singer/Songwriter and Bandleader

2022

Bess Hubbard – Lubbock, TX
Artist, Sculptor and Printmaker

Hoyle Nix – Big Spring, TX
Singer/Songwriter, Western Swing Artist,
Fiddle Player and Bandleader

Jody Nix – Big Spring, TX
Western Swing Artist, Singer,
Fiddle Player and Bandleader

Amanda Shires – Lubbock, TX
Singer/Songwriter, Musician,
Fiddle Player and Poet

2023

Dirk Fowler – Lubbock, TX
Graphic Designer and Educator

Lynwood Kreneck – Lubbock, TX
Artist, Printmaker and Educator

Junior Medlow – Lubbock, TX
Blues & Rock Vocalist
and Guitarist

Kimmie Rhodes – Lubbock, TX
Singer/Songwriter