"Austin City Limits" (1975) TV series 1975-????

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Creator:

Bill Arhos

Seasons:

1 | 8 | 10 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | unknown

Genre:

Music

Plot:

Established singer-songwriters and acclaimed newcomers perform country, blues, rock, folk, bluegrass, and related styles of music from Studio 6A of public television station KLRU (formerly KLRN) at the University of Texas at Austin.

Plot Keywords:

Concert | City Name In Title | Place Name In Title | Performance | Non Fiction

Cast

Lyle Lovett	...	Himself (7 episodes, 1997-2004)
Willie Nelson	...	Himself (6 episodes, 1975-2000)
Alison Krauss	...	Herself (5 episodes, 1996-2005)
Joe Ely	...	Himself (4 episodes, 1996-2008)
John Prine	...	Himself (4 episodes, 1996-2005)
Nanci Griffith	...	Herself (4 episodes, 1998-2001)
Susan Tedeschi	...	Herself / ... (3 episodes, 1999-2003)
Delbert McClinton	...	Himself (3 episodes, 1996-2002)
Merle Haggard	...	Himself (3 episodes, 1996-2001)
Marcia Ball	...	Herself (3 episodes, 1997-2006)
Eric Johnson	...	Himself (3 episodes, 1997-2001)
Robert Earl Keen	...	Himself (3 episodes, 1997-2001)
Junior Brown	...	Himself (3 episodes, 1997-1999)
Guy Clark	...	Himself (3 episodes, 1998-2008)
Jonny Lang	...	Himself (3 episodes, 1999-2003)
Bruce Hornsby	...	Himself (3 episodes, 1999-2001)
Jimmie Vaughan	...	Himself (3 episodes, 1999-2001)
Patty Griffin	...	Herself (3 episodes, 2000-2004)

Runtime:

USA:60 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Trivia:

Series was awarded a (US) National Medal of Arts, 2003.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Mystery Science Theater 3000: City Limits (#5.3)" (1992)

Soundtrack:

London Homesick Blues

If you love real music, you must see Austin City Limits

For decades, Austin City Limits was a charming, well-kept PBS secret mostly among fiercely loyal Texans who loved seeing no-commercials, no-frills performances from musicians who usually looked thrilled to be a part of the ACL performers club started by Willie Nelson about 30 years ago. The inspiration for the popular live-music festival in Austin every September, ACL received probably its greatest attention a few years ago for hosting Coldplay (check out its Guest Appearances page and you too will wonder what in the heck a megapopular British band was doing in the small, casual Austin City Limits performance studio), but it hasn't meant a permanent turn away from the usual blues, country, folk, and rock acts for whom this hour-long show is a really big deal. Tune in when you get a chance -- as Coldplay's Chris Martin said while talking to a kid sitting in the front row of the audience, "This is a pretty cool place to be when you're 11, isn't it?" Actually, whether you're in the studio or watching the broadcast, it's a pretty good place to be at any age.