Austin City Limits (television)

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 (Public Broadcasting Service) 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 in Austin, Texas, the self-styled "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.

Musicians who have appeared on Austin City Limits

• Chet Atkins
• Garth Brooks
• Jimmy Buffett
• Ray Charles
• Robert Cray
• Freddie Fender
• Béla Fleck
• Sara Hickman
• Indigo Girls
• B. B. King
• Los Lobos
• Lyle Lovett
• Pat Metheny
• Willie Nelson, performed on first program
• Bonnie Raitt
• George Strait
• Tom Waits, on 1978-12-05
• Townes van Zandt

External Links and References

• PBS - Austin City Limits
• The Handbook of Texas Online