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. The United States of America — also referred to as the United States, the U.S.A., the U.S., America¹, the States, or (archaically) Columbia — is a federal republic of 50 states located primarily in central North America (with the exception of two states: Alaska and Hawaii). ... See TV (disambiguation) for other uses and Television (band) for the rock band Family watching television in the 1950s. ... Country music, once known as country and western music, is a popular musical form developed in the southern United States, with roots in traditional folk music, spirituals, and the blues. ... Folk music, in the original sense of the term, is music by and of the people. ... Jazz is a musical art form characterized by blue notes, syncopation, swing, call and response, polyrhythms, and improvisation. ... Bluegrass music is a form of American roots music with its own roots in the English, Irish traditional music and Scottish traditional music of immigrants from the British Isles (particularly the Scotch-Irish immigrants of Appalachia), as well as the music of African_American slaves. ... Blues is a vocal and instrumental musical form which evolved from African American spirituals, shouts, work songs and chants and has its earliest stylistic roots in West Africa. ... Rock and roll (also spelled Rock n Roll, especially in its first decade), also called rock, is a form of popular music, usually featuring vocals (often with vocal harmony), electric guitars and a strong back beat; other instruments, such as the saxophone, are common in some styles. ... Note: Public Broadcasting Services is a broadcaster in Malta. ...

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. 1976 is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ...

The program is taped live by local PBS affiliate KLRU on the campus of the University of Texas at Austin, 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. PBS re-directs here; for alternate uses see PBS (disambiguation) PBS logo The Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) is a non-profit public broadcasting television service with 349 member TV stations in the United States. ... KLRU is the local PBS public television affiliate in Austin, Texas in the United States of America. ... University of Texas at Austin The University of Texas at Austin (full official name), often UT or Texas for short, is the flagship institution of the University of Texas System, the largest public university system in Texas, established in 1883. ... Skyline from Town Lake Austin is the capital of the state of Texas, within the United States of America. ... State nickname: Lone Star State Other U.S. States Capital Austin Largest city Houston Governor Rick Perry Official languages None Area 696,241 km² (2nd)  - Land 678,907 km²  - Water 17,333 km² (2. ...

The show is affiliated with the Austin City Limits Music Festival, an annual live music festival at Zilker Park in Austin. The Austin City Limits Music Festival is a music festival in Austin, Texas, typically held in the end of September. ... Zilker Metropolitan Park is a recreational area in western Austin, Texas (near Rollingwood), which comprises over 350 acres (1. ... Skyline from Town Lake Austin is the capital of the state of Texas, within the United States of America. ...

Partial list of musicians who have appeared on Austin City Limits

• Chet Atkins
• Beck
• Garth Brooks
• Jackson Browne
• Jimmy Buffett
• Mary Chapin Carpenter
• Rosanne Cash
• Tracy Chapman
• Ray Charles
• Robert Cray
• Joe Cocker
• Leonard Cohen
• Dixie Chicks
• Elvis Costello
• Fats Domino
• Freddy Fender
• Béla Fleck
• John Fogerty
• Vince Gill
• Nanci Griffith
• Guster
• Lionel Hampton
• Emmylou Harris
• Sara Hickman
• Bruce Hornsby
• Hootie and the Blowfish
• Indigo Girls
• Chris Isaak
• The Judds
• B. B. King
• Ben Kweller
• Jerry Lee Lewis
• Los Lobos
• Lyle Lovett
• Loretta Lynn
• The Manhattan Transfer
• John Mayall
• Pat Metheny
• Willie Nelson, performed on first program
• Roy Orbison
• Carl Perkins
• Pixies
• Robert Plant
• Pure Prairie League
• Bonnie Raitt
• Boz Scaggs
• Earl Scruggs
• Spoon
• George Strait
• The Texas Playboys
• Hank Thompson
• Tom Waits
• Townes van Zandt
• Wilco
• Stevie Winwood
• Ozomatli

Chester Burton Chet Atkins (June 20, 1924 _ June 30, 2001) was an influential country guitarist and record producer in country music. ... Beck Hansen (born Bek David Campbell, July 8, 1970) is an American musician and songwriter. ... Garth Brooks Garth Brooks (born Troyal Garth Brooks on February 7, 1962 in Tulsa, Oklahoma) is an American singer/songwriter who performs country music. ... Jackson Browne Jackson Browne (born October 9, 1948) was an influential singer songwriter of the 1970s and 1980s. ... Jimmy Buffett (born December 25, 1946 in Pascagoula, Mississippi) is an American singer and songwriter, best known for his island escapism lifestyle and music including hits such as Margaritaville. ... Selected songs This Shirt Quittin Time Down At The Twist And Shout — Grammy winner 1992 Halley Came To Jackson What You Didnt Say The Hard Way He Thinks Hell Keep Her — Grammy nominee I Feel Lucky — Grammy winner 1993 The Bug Not Too Much To Ask Passionate Kisses... Rosanne Cash is the daughter of Johnny Cash, born shortly before the release of her fathers first single. ... Tracy Chapman on the cover of her title album Tracy Chapman (born March 30, 1964) is an American singer-songwriter, best known for a small number of enduring hits, such as Fast Car and Give Me One Reason. Cleveland-born Chapman began playing guitar as a child, and eventually began... Ray Charles at the piano. ... Robert Cray (born August 9, 1953 in Columbus, Georgia) is a blues musician, guitarist and singer. ... Joe Cocker (born May 20, 1944) is a pop music singer. ... Leonard Cohen Leonard Norman Cohen (born September 21, 1934 in Montreal, Quebec) is a Canadian poet and novelist, and a well-known singer/songwriter. ... The Dixie Chicks: Martie, Natalie and Emily The Dixie Chicks is a country music group, formed in 1989 in Dallas, Texas, USA. Group history The original members of the Dixie Chicks were the sisters Martie Erwin and Emily Erwin, Laura Lynch and Robin Lynn Macy. ... Elvis Costello Declan Patrick Aloysius McManus (born August 25, 1954), better known by his stage name, Elvis Costello, is a popular British musician, singer, and songwriter of Irish descent. ... Fats Domino, born Antoine Dominique (born February 26, 1928 in New Orleans, Louisiana), is a classic R&B singer. ... Freddy Fender, born Baldemar Huerta in San Benito, Texas on June 4, 1937, was a Tejano, country, and rock and roll musician, known for his work as a solo artist and in the groups Los Super Seven and the Texas Tornados. ... Béla Fleck (born July 10, 1958 in New York City, New York) is an American banjo player. ... John Fogerty (born May 28, 1945 in Berkeley, California) is an American singer and songwriter, best known for his time with the southern rock band Creedence Clearwater Revival. ... Vince Gill (born April 12, 1957) is an American country music singer. ... Drawing of Nancy Griffith on the cover of her album Flyer Nanci Griffith, born July 6, 1953, is a singer, guitarist and songwriter from Texas. ... Guster is an acoustic rock band, originally formed in Boston, Massachusetts by members Ryan Miller (guitar/vocals), Adam Gardner (guitar/vocals), and Brian Rosenworcel (drums/percussion). ... Lionel Hampton (April 20, 1908 - August 31, 2002), was a bandleader, jazz percussionist and vibraphone virtuoso. ... Emmylou Harris on the cover of her collection Profile Emmylou Harris (born April 2, 1947) is a country music singer, songwriter and musician from Birmingham, Alabama, USA. Harris graduated high school as class valedictorian and won a dramatic scholarship to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. ... Sara Hickman (born March 1, 1963 in Jacksonville, North Carolina) is an American singer-songwriter living in Austin, Texas. ... Bruce Randall Hornsby (born 23 November 1954 in Williamsburg, Virginia) is an American singer, pianist, accordian player, and songwriter. ... Hootie & the Blowfish is an American pop-rock band, originally formed at the University of South Carolina by Darius Rucker, Dean Felber, Jim Soni Sonefeld and Mark Bryan. ... The Indigo Girls are an American lesbian folk-rock duo, consisting of Amy Ray and Emily Saliers. ... Christopher Joseph Isaak (born June 26, 1956), better known as Chris Isaak is a U.S. indie rock, pop and rock and roll singer and songwriter. ... The Judds are an American mother/daughter country music duo of Naomi Judd and her daughter, Wynonna. ... Riley B. King aka B. B. King (born September 16, 1925), a well known American blues guitarist and songwriter. ... Ben Kweller Ben Kweller (born June 16, 1981) is an American rock musician and former lead singer of the 1990s band Radish, which was compared to Nirvana in Rolling Stone Magazine. ... Jerry Lee Lewis (born September 29, 1935) is an American rock and roll pioneer piano player and singer. ... Los Lobos is an American rock band, heavily influenced by rock and roll, Tex-Mex, country music, folk, R&B, blues, and traditional Spanish and Mexican music such as boleros and norteños. ... Lyle Lovett, from the cover of 1996s The Road to Ensenada Lyle Lovett (born in Klein, Texas on November 1, 1957) is an American singer. ... Loretta Lynn on the cover of her album Who Was That Stranger Loretta Lynn (born April 14, 1935) is an American country singer. ... The Manhattan Transfer is an American vocal group that was established in New York City in 1972. ... John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers was a pioneering British blues band that included such luminaries as: Eric Clapton and Jack Bruce (both later in Cream), Peter Green, John McVie and Mick Fleetwood (later all in Fleetwood Mac), Mick Taylor (later in The Rolling Stones), Don Harris, Harvey Mandel, Larry Taylor (Canned... Pat Metheny in Melbourne, Florida, USA Patrick Bruce Metheny (born 12 August 1954) is an American jazz guitarist and leader of the Pat Metheny Group. ... Willie Nelson (born April 30, 1933) is an American guitarist and country singer, originally from Abbott, Texas. ... Roy Orbison was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1987. ... The article is about Carl Perkins the musician. ... This article is about the band named Pixies. ... Robert Plant performing live on stage at the University of East Anglia in November 2002. ... Pure Prairie League was a popular American soft rock and country rock band active in the 1970s and early 1980s. ... Bonnie Raitt on the cover of her album Silver Lining Bonnie Raitt, (born November 8, American singer, songwriter, and guitar virtuoso who was born in Burbank, California, the daughter of Broadway musical star John Raitt. ... Boz Scaggs (born William Royce Scaggs June 8, 1944) is an Ohio-born Texan singer, songwriter and guitarist. ... Earl Scruggs (born January 6, 1924) created a banjo style that is one of the defining characteristics of bluegrass. ... Spoon is a band from Austin, Texas that formed in 1994. ... George Harvey Strait (born May 18, 1952) is an American country singer. ... The Texas Playboys were a Western Swing band, long led by Bob Wills, and considered by many to be the definitive progenitor of that musical genre. ... Hank Thompson (born September 3, 1925) is a country music entertainer whose career has spanned six decades and who has sold over 60 million records worldwide. ... Thomas Alan Waits, (born December 7, 1949) is an American composer, singer, musician and actor. ... Townes Van Zandt Townes Van Zandt (March 7, 1944 - January 1, 1997) was a country music songwriter and performer. ... Wilco is an American contemporary rock band, predominantly known for its country music roots. ... Stephen Laurence (Steve) Winwood (born May 12, 1948) in Birmingham England, was a part of the Birmingham Rhythm and blues scene from a young age, playing the Hammond organ and guitar, backing blues singers like Muddy Waters, John Lee Hooker, T-Bone Walker, Howlin Wolf, B. B. King, Sonny Boy... Ozomatli is a Latin funk/ worldbeat/rock en español group, formed in 1996 in Los Angeles, known as much for their extremely vocal activist viewpoints as their huge array of musical styles. ...

See also

• Sessions at West 54th – a shortlived PBS series that also featured music performances

External links

• PBS: Austin City Limits (http://www.pbs.org/klru/austin/about/index.html)
• Austin City Limits Festival (http://www.aclfestival.com/)
• The Handbook of Texas Online (http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/articles/view/AA/xmaqa.html)