Acoustic Astronaut is recognized by VH1’s Save the Music Foundation, Sirius XM, Song of the Year and the New Mexico Music Awards. Their album Dance Like A Ghost under the Racecar Moniker was awarded by Rick Derringer who played with the Rolling Stones, Jimi Hendrix, John Lennon, Alice Cooper, Steely Dan, Kiss, Todd Rundgren and Stevie Ray Vaughn. The song Rock & Roll Hoochie Koo is a standard. Other judges included Elvin Bishop and Randy Brecker. Randy has a double Grammy for the album Out of the Loop and has played with Stanley Clarke, Eric Clapton, James Taylor, Bruce Springsteen, Chaka Khan, George Benson, Larry Coryell, David Sanborn & Frank Zappa.
Acoustic Astronaut’s song Music Heroes of America is under consideration by producers of Kenny Chesney, Willie Nelson, Carrie Underwood, Miranda Lambert, Tim McGraw, Faith Hill & Chris Stapleton.