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A Good Year For The Roses
Artist: Alan Jackson
Date: February 5, 1995
RPR: 44%Country Music
Queen Bee (feat. Ben Harper)
Artist: Taj Mahal
Date: April 10, 1993
RPR: 52%Taj Mahal performs "Queen Bee" with special guest Ben Harper on Austin City Limits in Austin, TX on January 26th, 1993.
Walking In Memphis
Artist: Marc Cohn
Date: January 23, 1993
RPR: 94%From his early Austin City Limits performance.
Blue Eyes Crying In The Rain (with Leon Russell)
Artist: Willie Nelson
Date: February 26, 2000
RPR: 99%http://LiveFromAustinTX.com Get the 17 song performance on DVD!
Pretty Woman
Artist: Roy Orbison
Date: 1983
RPR: 99%For more info - http://www.eagle-rock.com/artist/2335D2/Roy+Orbison Roy Orbison began his career at Sun Studios alongside Carl Perkins, Johnny Cash and Elvis Presley ...
Just Breath
Artist: Pearl Jam
Date: November 21, 2009
RPR: 98%Pearl Jam playing 'Just Breathe' at Austin City Limits.
No One Loves Me & Neither Do I
Artist: Them Crooked Vultures
Date: February 13, 2010
RPR: 40%Them Crooked Vultures - No One Loves Me & Neither Do I (Austin City Limits Festival 2009)
Wavin' Flag
Artist: K'naan
Date: January 16, 2010
RPR: 71%Austin City Limits & the official song for the 2010 World Cup in South Africa
Umi Says
Artist: Mos Def
Date: January 16, 2010
RPR: 48%...and a few words of Mos at the end. Performance at the Austin City Limits Festival 2009, broadcast in 1080i by KQED. Full performance at PBS video: ...
Hey Joe: Foxy Lady
Artist: Roy Buchanan
Date: 1977
RPR: 27%1976年
The 20th Century Is Almost Over
Artist: Steve Goodman
Date: 1978
RPR: 61%
Snowbird
Artist: Chet Atkins
Date: 1978
RPR: 75%Chet on ACL 1978.
The Old Man Down the Road
Artist: John Fogerty
Date: September 27, 2008
RPR: 93%Fogerty rules the universe. Let’s get that clear right off the bat. His life story is worth ...
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| Austin City Limits | |
|---|---|
 Logo | |
| Format | live concert series television series |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Production | |
| Running time | 60 minutes |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel | PBS |
| Original run | 1976 (1976) – present |
| External links | |
| Official website | |
Austin City Limits is an American television music program and a staple of the Public Broadcasting Service.
Austin City Limits was initially created with an eye and ear toward original Texas music, featuring artists who created innovative sounds in everything from western swing and Texas blues to Tejano music, progressive country and rock n' roll. The series went on to feature a wide range of American roots artists, covering a variety of styles and expanding beyond the borders of the Lone Star State. As the program's audience has grown, the music has encompassed regional, national and even international performers. Producer Terry Lickona continues to seek a balance of music genres in every new season. Austin City Limits today focuses on the unique contributions of diverse artists, music and songwriting from around the world and genres such as jazz, alternative country, alternative rock, folk music, blues rock and Jam band.
First aired in 1976, Austin City Limits has become American television's longest-running concert music program. The program is taped live by PBS member station KLRU on the campus of the University of Texas at Austin. Images of Austin, Texas, the self-proclaimed "Live Music Capital of the World", are seen in the opening credits. ACL's stage also features a mock skyline of Austin. The show inspired the Austin City Limits Music Festival, an annual live music festival at Zilker Park in Austin.
In 1977, ACL producers made "London Homesick Blues", written by Gary P. Nunn, the ACL theme song. The show originally used the version performed by Nunn, but the song was rearranged several times starting in the mid-1990s. The current theme, beginning with the show's 30th season, is an original composition by Austin musician Charlie Sexton.
Facts
- Austin City Limits was awarded the National Medal of Arts by President George W. Bush in 2003. It is the only television show that has been honored with this award.
- In 2011, ACL plans to move to a new purpose-built studio complex that will substantially increase the number of audience members who can attend.[1]
- Some of the performances from Austin City Limits have been released as CDs and DVDs in the Live from Austin, TX series.
- KLRU gives free weekly tours of the Austin City Limits studio to the public.
- There is an Austin City Limits store at the Austin-Bergstrom International Airport.
- Kinky Friedman taped an appearance on the program that was never aired.[2]
Performances
See: List of Austin City Limits performers
Funding
(as of the 2008-2009 season)
- AT&T
- Advanced Micro Devices
- Austin Convention Center
- Budweiser
- Lone Star Brewing Company
- Stroh Brewery Company
- Frito-Lay
- The Corporation for Public Broadcasting
- Viewers Like You
- SBC Communications
- Chick-Fil-A
See also
- Sessions at West 54th: a short-lived public television series that also featured music performances
- Soundstage: similar program from WTTW in Chicago
- Austin City Limits Music Festival
- Music of Austin
- KLRU
References
- ^ Coons, Leslie. Austin City Limits getting new digs. keyetv.com - Channel 42 - Austin, TX. Retrieved June 21, 2007.
- ^ The Austin Chronicle: Music: Looking Out My Back Door: Thirteen from 30 years of 'Austin City Limits'
External links
- PBS: Austin City Limits
- Austin City Limits Festival
- KLRU-TV, Austin's PBS
- Austin City Limits Episode Guide
- The Handbook of Texas Online
- Austin City Limits Artist Interviews
- Producer Terry Lickona video interview
- Current newspaper story previewing Austin City Limits' move
Further Reading
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