PAST PERFORMERS AT XIT RODEO AND REUNION
Live Music is a big part of the XIT RODEO & RANCH TRADITION
- 2023 Cody Canada, Giovanni & The Hired Guns, 9 Eyes
- 2022 Randall King, Cory Morrow, 9 Eyes
- 2021 Chancey Williams, The Great Divide, Seth Ward
- 2019 Cooder Graw, The Bellamy Boys, Mike Chism & Hollow Point
- 2018 Grant Gilbert, Dirty River Boys, Jack Ingram
- 2017 Cody Bryan Band, Waynore’s Outlaws & Shooter Jennings, Charlie Robinson
- 2016 Bri Bagwell, David Lee Murphy, Stoney LaRue
- 2015 Cameron Nelson, Bart Crow, Cody Johnson
- 2014 The Rankin Twins, William Clark Green, Casey Donahew
- 2013 Casey Donahew, JB and the Moonshine Band
- 2012 County Road 5, Matt Kimbrow, Jason Boland & the Stragglers
- 2011 Matt Kimbrow, No Justice, Roger Creager
- 2010 The Buster Bledsoe Band, Tommy Gallagher, Bart Crow Band
- 2009 The Buster Bledsoe Band, Calvin Milburne Band, Agave Posse Band
- 2008 Calvin Milburne Band, BlackhawkJesse & Noah Bellamy
- 2007 Young Country, Trent Wilmon, Ty England
- 2006 Tommy Gallagher, Kyle Wiley & Aaron Watson, Bleu Edmondson
- 2005 Copperhead, Cooder Graw, Reckless Kelly
- 2004 Copperhead, Kevin Fowler, Rick Trevino
- 2003 Peter Dawson, Stoney LaRue, Peter Dawson, Stoney LaRue
- 2002 Jason Boland & the Stragglers, Tommy Alverson, Gary P Nunn
- 2001 South 40, The Great Divide, Cooder Graw
- 2000 Harvey Kinikin, Rambler, Gooder Graw
- 1999 Rambler, Danni Leigh, David Kershaw
- 1998 Redneck The Band, Exile, The Great Divide
- 1997 Stephanie Bentley, Emilio, Eddy Raven
- 1996 David Daniel, Chely Wright, 4 Runner
- 1995 Larry Stewart, Lisa Brokop, Mark Collie
- 1994 Rodney Foster, Ken Mellows, Pirates of the Mississippi
- 1993 Clinton Gregory, Ronna Reeves, David Daniel
- 1992 Joe Diffe, Jimmy Collins, Sammy Kershaw
- 1991 Sweethearts of the Rodeo, Aaron Tippin, David Lynn Jones
- 1990 Vern Gosdin, Mccarter Sisters, Travis Tritt
- 1989 Mel McDaniel, Patty Lovelace, Tom Wopat
- 1988 Ricky Van Shelton, Judy Rodman, Asleep at the Wheel
- 1987 Dwight Yoakam, Holly Dunn, Canyon
- 1986 Red Steagall, Moe Bandy & Joe Stampley, Lacy J Dalton
- 1985 Charly McClain, Ray Price, Maines Bros. Band
- 1984 Eddy Raven, Reba McEntire, Rex Allen Jr.
- 1983 Johnny Duncan, The Kendalls, Mel McDaniel∑
- 1982 Red Steagall, Helen Cornelius, Joe Stampley
- 1981 John Anderson, Reba McEntire, Gene Watson
- 1980 Rex Allen Jr., Christy Lane, Johnny Duncan
- 1979 Red Steagall, Barbara Fairchild, Tommy Overstreet
- 1978 Moe Bandy, Margo Smith, Cal Smith
- 1977 Jody Miller, Red Steagall, Jack Green & the Renegades & Debbie Grove
- 1976 Barbara Fairchild, Red Steagall, Johnny Paycheck
- 1975 Barbara Mandrell, Red Steagall, Tommy Overstreet
- 1974 Susan Ray & Compton Bros., Barbara Mandrell, Freddie Wells, Red Steagall, Tommy Overstreet, Black Water Draw, Blue Sky
- 1973 Bubby Alan & Compton Bros., Bob Luman, Diana Trask, Fresco, Black Waters Draw
- 1972 Lawanda Lindsey & Dave Dudley, Willie Nelson- No Show, Waylon Jennings, Homer Steen Band
- 1971 Bobby Bare & George Kent The Cold, Lawanda Lindey & Compton Brothers Western Band, Carl Smith & the Homestead Duck Band, Soul Spirits
- 1970 Jack Green, Jeannie Sealey, Roy Drusky, Jim Ed Brown, Soul Spirits, Emergency Exit
- 1969 David Houston, Jim Ed Brown, Leon McAuliff
- 1968 Conway Twitty, Leon McAuliff, Del Reeves, Eloy Gonzales & the Troubadours
- 1967 Conway Twitty, Stonewall Jackson, Tex Williams
- 1966 Tex Ritter & Max Sanders Band, Burt Smith & hid Blacksmith Rhythm Band, Roy Clark and Ranch Hands Band (called by Knox Day)
- 1965 Hank Thompson & his Brazos Valley Boys, Merle Travis & Deuvy Davenport, Leon McAuliff (called by Harper Smith)
- 1964 Square Dance Called by J D Wilbanks, Hank Thompson & his Brazos Valley Boys, Wanda Jackson
- 1963 Square Dance Called by Selmer Houland, Selmer Houland, Ernest Tubb & the Texas Troubadors
- 1962 Square Dance Called by Selmer Houland, Al Rogers & his Rocky Mountain Boys
- 1961 Square Dance Called by Selmer Houland, Al Rogers & his Rocky Mountain Boys
- 1960 Square Dance Called by Selmer Houland, Al Rogers & his Rocky Mountain Boys, Silver Sage Boys
- 1959 Howard McCullough (called by Raymond Smith), Al Rogers & his Rocky Mountain Boys, Ben Trujillo Orchestra
- 1958 Al Rogers & his Rocky Mountain Boys, Phil Like Orchestra, Square Dance called by Ben Trujillo
- 1957 Phil Like Orchestra
- 1956 Billy Foust Orchestra
- 1955 Billy Foust & his Circle Arrow Boys, Trujillo Orchestra
- 1954 Billy Foust & his Circle Arrow Boys
- 1953 Ben Trujillo-Channing
- 1952 Jive Jesters-Clayton, Emmett Allen & the Sunset Ramblers
- 1951 Light Crust Doughboys, Palo Duro Ramblers-Amarillo
- 1950 Tommy Duncan & his Dance Band, Weldon Bright’s Orchestra
- 1949 Guy Neal & his Swinging Steel, Billy Foust and his Boys
- 1948
- 1947
- 1946 Mel-O-Dy Maids, Guy Neal & his Swinging Steel
- 1945 Guy Neal & his Swinging Steel
- 1944
- 1943
- 1942
- 1941 Johnny Laswell & His Playboys, Light Crust Doughboys-Ft Worth Melody Maids-Amarillo
- 1940 Johnny Laswell & His Playboys Rhythm Clowns, Billy hunter’s Orchestra, Sons of the west-Amarillo, Jess Morris
- 1939 Dwight Black & Orchestra, Rhythm Clowns, Square Dance Called by W E Jarett
- 1938 Forrest Wiggins and his Swingtime Serenadors, Rhythm Clowns, Hedrick’s Rhythm Clowns, Jess Morris, R Bob Hood, Antonio & Wino Montoya
- 1937 Rhythm Clowns of Amarillo (called by Uncle Billy Jarett),