Austin City Limits
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Austin City Limits is a music program on American television. Although primarily known for featuring country music, performers from folk, jazz, bluegrass, blues, rock and roll and other genres have appeared on the program. The show is a staple of PBS television stations.
Since the show first aired in 1976, it has featured hundreds of different artists. Austin City Limits is American television's longest-running program featuring concert music.
The program is taped live by local PBS member station KLRU on the campus of the University of Texas at Austin, in Austin, Texas, the self-proclaimed "Live Music Capital of the World," images of which are seen in the opening credits. The backdrop for the stage features a mock-up of the city skyline.
The show is the inspiration for the Austin City Limits Music Festival, an annual live music festival at Zilker Park in Austin.
While still showcasing acts from a variety of musical styles, the show has recently begun to include more alternative rock and indie rock bands over the past few seasons.
Partial list of musicians who have appeared on Austin City Limits
- Chet Atkins
- Jessica Andrews
- Susan Ashton
- Beck
- Blind Boys of Alabama
- Bright Eyes
- Garth Brooks
- Junior Brown
- Jackson Browne
- Jimmy Buffett
- Mary Chapin Carpenter
- Neko Case
- Johnny Cash
- Rosanne Cash
- Tracy Chapman
- Ray Charles
- Joe Cocker
- Leonard Cohen
- Marc Cohn
- Ryan Adams
- Coldplay
- Elvis Costello
- Robert Cray
- Sheryl Crow
- Dashboard Confessional
- Death Cab for Cutie
- Dixie Chicks
- Fats Domino
- Alejandro Escovedo
- The Flaming Lips
- Franz Ferdinand
- Freddy Fender
- Béla Fleck
- Ben Folds
- John Fogerty
- Kinky Friedman (show never broadcast)
- Vince Gill
- Pat Green
- Patty Griffin
- Nanci Griffith
- Guided by Voices
- Guster
- Buddy Guy
- John Hammond
- Lionel Hampton
- Ben Harper
- Emmylou Harris
- John Hiatt
- Sara Hickman
- Bruce Hornsby
- Hootie and the Blowfish
- Indigo Girls
- Chris Isaak
- Etta James
- Jewel
- Jack Johnson
- Eric Johnson
- Freedy Johnston
- Norah Jones
- The Judds
- Rilo Kiley
- The Killers
- B. B. King
- Leo Kottke
- Alison Krauss & Union Station
- Ben Kweller
- Miranda Lambert
- Jonny Lang
- Amos Lee
- Jerry Lee Lewis
- Los Lobos
- Los Lonely Boys
- Lyle Lovett
- Loretta Lynn
- Taj Mahal
- The Manhattan Transfer
- Dave Matthews
- John Mayall
- John Mayer
- Tift Merritt
- Pat Metheny
- Buddy Miller
- Julie Miller
- Modest Mouse
- Monte Montgomery
- Cory Morrow
- Jason Mraz
- My Morning Jacket
- Willie Nelson, performed on first program
- Nickel Creek
- Old 97's
- Roy Orbison
- Ozomatli
- Dolly Parton
- Carl Perkins
- Pixies
- Robert Plant
- The Polyphonic Spree
- Pure Prairie League
- John Prine
- Bonnie Raitt
- David Rawlings
- Damien Rice
- Boz Scaggs
- Earl Scruggs
- The Shins
- Spoon
- Joss Stone
- George Strait
- The Texas Playboys
- Hank Thompson
- Richard Thompson
- Townes Van Zandt
- Jimmie Vaughan
- Stevie Ray Vaughan
- Suzanne Vega
- Tom Waits
- Gillian Welch
- What Made Milwaukee Famous
- Widespread Panic
- Wilco
- Dar Williams
- Kelly Willis
- Gretchen Wilson
- Steve Winwood
- Neil Young
See also
- Sessions at West 54th – a short-lived public television series that also featured music performances
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