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35 Years of Austin City Limits

Posted by Arts Desk , October 20, 2009

Tuesday on the NewsHour, Jeffrey Brown reports on Austin City Limits as the PBS music program celebrates its 35th anniversary year -- making it the longest running music series in American television history:

Below, you can watch extended interviews with Austin City Limits executive producer Terry Lickona and musician Carolyn Wonderland, and performances by Ben Harper and the Relentless7, Pearl Jam, the Dave Matthews Band and Johnny Cash from his legendary 1987 show.

Also, be sure to check out Austin City Limits online, where you can watch many more performances from that famous wooden stage. And as always, check your local listings for when Austin City Limits airs in your area.

[More videos after the jump.]

Comments

Posted:
10/20/09 at
06:51 PM

Lipwak : Thanks for this look at the best music show on TV.
Posted:
10/20/09 at
10:15 PM

Miles : None of your music videos have the audio and visual in-time with one another, and it's very frustrating. You have great material to work with here, but it's near unwatchable with the tracks being off so badly. I really hope you have the opportunity to correct this in the next couple of days, because I would really like to share these videos with a great number of my friends who experienced ACL the last few years. Thanks.
Posted:
10/21/09 at
01:36 AM

Merrie : Takes me back, all of us baby boomers who love rock and roll, blues and bluegrass can't get enough of this show....never stop please.
Posted:
10/21/09 at
10:09 AM

Art Beat Editor : Miles, Sorry you're having problems with the videos. We're looking into the problem. As a temporary solution until we fix the issue, try letting the video play for 10 seconds, then pull the play cursor back to the start. Sorry about this.
Posted:
10/21/09 at
12:39 PM

Carolyn : The first video loaded for me, no problem. However, the rest of the videos won't load. Is it just my computer?
Posted:
10/21/09 at
01:59 PM

Art Beat Editor : Carolyn, It's probably not your computer. It's probably network issues on our end, which we are working to resolve.
Posted:
10/21/09 at
02:14 PM

Allen : I just tried to post a comment a couple of minutes ago, hit "submit" and got an "Ooops, broken link" message from Google.
Posted:
10/21/09 at
02:15 PM

G : Still no videos?
Posted:
10/21/09 at
02:33 PM

Allen : Let's try this again. It was great being able to see the extended interview clips with Carolyn Wonderland. What she said about the power of past performers coming from the stage is true. At 36 years and running as the longest Blues bar in the same location in the US, The Zoo Bar here in Lincoln, NE has that very same aura to it's stage. At a capacity of 140 people, and the ability to stand around three sides of the low stage inches from the performers, The Zoo Bar has an ambiance and personalness of performing for friends sitting in the livingroom. For the late Luther Allison, The Zoo Bar was undisputedly his favorite place to play, and his second to last performance before passing away was at The Zoo, and was recorded and telecast by PBS affiliate NETV. Over the years on that stage past and current greats like Buddy Guy and Junior Wells, Albert Collins, Koko Taylor, Chris Gaffney, Matt "Guitar" Murphy, Magic Slim, Jimmy Vaughn, Robert Cray, Indigenous, Chris Cain, Charlie Musslewhite, Tab Benoit, John Nemeth, Ana Popovic, Roomful of Blues, E.C. Scott, Dave Alvin, Billy Bacon, Coco Montoya, Tinsley Ellis, Curtis Salgado, and Candye Kane, just to barely scratch the surface, have made multiple appearances here over the years. Carolyn Wonderland appeared here at The Zoo Bar this spring, and it was a powerful, inspired performance that left us wanting more when she finally finished both sets. I hope she was able to draw on the "mojo" of our stage, and is willing to return as we are to have her back.
Posted:
10/21/09 at
03:44 PM

Bobby : This is great to see - gotta love that Pearl Jam has such respect for a great place. Rock On!
Posted:
10/21/09 at
04:29 PM

Dixie Ann Dalton : The vidoes work for me:-) Love you Carolyn!!!!
Posted:
10/22/09 at
03:11 AM

Hookman Brown : The poor synching sucks, but kinda funny. The interviews and videos themselves are great.
Posted:
10/22/09 at
04:13 AM

sierra : :( The videos wont buffer You should put these on youtube because youtube videos usually work on my computer
Posted:
10/22/09 at
10:54 AM

sandy : What about the "Music In The Kitchen" Cookbook - Favorite Recipes from Austin City Limits Performers out this month by GLENDA FACEMIRE -Head Makeup Artist for ACL - (Amazon - barnes and Noble etc.??????
Posted:
10/22/09 at
10:57 AM

Art Beat Editor : Again, Sorry about the syncing issues. We are trying very hard to figure out why it works for some people and not others. One remedy seems to be to let the video fully load before watching.
Posted:
10/22/09 at
01:10 PM

G : Interviews look and sound fine, performances are off for me too. Re-encode?
Posted:
10/22/09 at
02:18 PM

Art Beat Editor : Yes, We are re-encoding. New vids will be up very soon.
Posted:
10/22/09 at
02:54 PM

john : i think the delay is kinda cool
Posted:
10/22/09 at
04:16 PM

Art Beat Editor : New videos are up. Thanks for your patience!
Posted:
10/23/09 at
02:44 PM

Jennifer : Awesome! Wish I was there but had the opportunity to see Dave and PJ at the ACL Festival! Great performers!! I love y'all!
Posted:
10/23/09 at
02:59 PM

Letscallitanangel10 : Amazing that Pearl Jam still has an amazing sound after all these years

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