The West Texas Walk of Fame honors those individuals who have an affiliation to Lubbock and the West Texas area and have devoted much of their lives to the development of and/or gained recognition in the promotion or production of the arts, music and entertainment.
Formation The concept of a Walk of Fame for West Texas began as an idea between Waylon Jennings, Larry Corbin and Jerry Coleman as a way to recognize the Lubbock born Buddy Holly. This idea quickly grew into a way of honoring the numerous artists and musicians that came from West Texas. In 1979, Buddy Holly was the first inductee into the Walk of Fame, during which a concert took place to raise money for a statue and plaque in his honor. The following year, Waylon Jennings who prompted the initial idea, was himself inducted as the second member of the West Texas Walk of Fame.
Continuation In 1983, Lubbock non-profit group, Civic Lubbock, Inc. was asked to administer the Walk of Fame and have annually nominated and inducted many West Texas artists. In 2011, the City of Lubbock moved the West Texas Walk of Fame to its new home at the Buddy and Maria Elena Holly Plaza located at 19th Street and Crickets Avenue. The plaza houses the original Buddy Holly statue and the bronze plaques for every inductee.
Inductees Inductees are nominated by the Walk of Fame Committee portion of Civic Lubbock, Inc. These nominations are submitted to the Civic Lubbock, Inc. Board and voted on for approval.
Criteria to be eligible for nomination includes: Inductees must have a significant connection to Lubbock or the West Texas area which is defined as follows: inductees must have been born in or spent much of their formative or creative years in Lubbock or the West Texas area. Inductees must have devoted a significant part of their lives to the development and production of the performing and visual arts and their body of work has been influential nationally in one or more of these areas.
The following lists the current Walk of Fame inductees and the year of their induction. Year Inductee/s 1979 Buddy Holly1980 Waylon Jennings 1981 No inductee 1982 No inductee 1983 Mac Davis 1984 Jimmy Dean, Ralna English, Bobby Keys 1985 G. W. Bailey, Barry Corbin 1986 Niki Sullivan, Jerry Allison and Joe B. Mauldin (The Crickets), Sonny Curtis 1987 No inductee 1988 Tanya Tucker 1989 Roy Orbison, Joe Ely 1990 Gatlin Brothers, Bob Wills 1991 Thomas Lesslie "Snuff" Garrett 1992 No inductee 1993 The Maines Brothers Band 1994 Virgil Johnson of The Velvets, Buddy Knox 1995 Gary P. Nunn, Glen D. Hardin 1996 Woody Chambliss, Paul Milosevich, Bob Montgomery, The Hometown Boys, C.B. "Stubb" Stubblefield, Cecil Caldwell 1997 Terry Allen, Dan Blocker, Glenna Maxey Goodacre, Dirk West, George Ashburn, Los Premiers 1998 Butch Hancock, Jimmie Dale Gilmore, Don Caldwell, John Hartin 1999 Jane Prince Jones, Ed Wilkes 2000 Eddie Dixon 2001 The Fireballs, Delbert McClinton 2002 Helen Wagner, Brad Maule, Suzanne Aker, Pete Morales 2003 Alvin G. Davis, Billy Walker 2004 Clif Magness, Richie McDonald 2005 Agnes Torres, Angela Strehli 2006 David Box, David Gaschen, Jennifer Smith 2007 No inductee 2008 John Gillas, Mary Gillas 2009 No inductee 2010 Bill Griggs 2011 No inductee 2012 Charlene Condray Hancock, Tommy X Hancock, Lloyd Maines, Jesse "Guitar" Taylor 2013 No inductee 2014 Jay Boy Adams, Lew Dee & Diana Dee, Andy Wilkinson, Jaston Williams 2015 Jo Harvey Allen, Natalie Maines 2016 Ponty Bone, Terry Cook, The Flatlanders, Sonny West 2017 James "JT" Braxton, Thomas Braxton, Johnny Ray Watson 2018 Josh Abbott, Donnie Allison, Bob Livingston, Garland A. Weeks 2019 Susan Graham, David Kneupper, Romeo Reyna, Larry Trider 2020 No inductee 2021 No inductee 2022 Bess Hubbard, Hoyle Nix, Jody Nix, Amanda Shires 2023 Dirk Fowler, Lynwood Kreneck, Junior Medlow, Kimmie Rhodes 2024 Gerald Dolter, Tina Fuentes, Steve Meador, James Watkins 2025 Flatland Cavalry, Hector Galán, James W. Johnson, Jerry Jordan
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