West Texas Walk of Fame


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.
YearInductee/s
1979Buddy Holly
1980Waylon Jennings
1981No inductee
1982No inductee
1983Mac Davis
1984Jimmy Dean, Ralna English, Bobby Keys
1985G. W. Bailey, Barry Corbin
1986Niki Sullivan, Jerry Allison and Joe B. Mauldin, Sonny Curtis
1987No inductee
1988Tanya Tucker
1989Roy Orbison, Joe Ely
1990Gatlin Brothers, Bob Wills
1991Thomas Lesslie "Snuff" Garrett
1992No inductee
1993The Maines Brothers Band
1994Virgil Johnson of The Velvets, Buddy Knox
1995Gary P. Nunn, Glen D. Hardin
1996Woody Chambliss, Paul Milosevich, Bob Montgomery, The Hometown Boys, C.B. "Stubb" Stubblefield, Cecil Caldwell
1997Terry Allen, Dan Blocker, Glenna Maxey Goodacre, Dirk West, George Ashburn, Los Premiers
1998Butch Hancock, Jimmie Dale Gilmore, Don Caldwell, John Hartin
1999Jane Prince Jones, Ed Wilkes
2000Eddie Dixon
2001The Fireballs, Delbert McClinton
2002Helen Wagner, Brad Maule, Suzanne Aker, Pete Morales
2003Alvin G. Davis, Billy Walker
2004Clif Magness, Richie McDonald
2005Agnes Torres, Angela Strehli
2006David Box, David Gaschen, Jennifer Smith
2007No inductee
2008John Gillas, Mary Gillas
2009No inductee
2010Bill Griggs
2011No inductee
2012Charlene Condray Hancock, Tommy X Hancock, Lloyd Maines, Jesse "Guitar" Taylor
2013No inductee
2014Jay Boy Adams, Lew Dee & Diana Dee, Andy Wilkinson, Jaston Williams
2015Jo Harvey Allen, Natalie Maines
2016Ponty Bone, Terry Cook, The Flatlanders, Sonny West
2017James "JT" Braxton, Thomas Braxton, Johnny Ray Watson
2018Josh Abbott, Donnie Allison, Bob Livingston, Garland A. Weeks
2019Susan Graham, David Kneupper, Romeo Reyna, Larry Trider
2020No inductee
2021No inductee
2022Bess Hubbard, Hoyle Nix, Jody Nix, Amanda Shires
2023Dirk Fowler, Lynwood Kreneck, Junior Medlow, Kimmie Rhodes
2024Gerald Dolter, Tina Fuentes, Steve Meador, James Watkins
2025Flatland Cavalry, Hector Galán, James W. Johnson, Jerry Jordan