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Your Favorite Austin City Limits

Eric Taylor was on Austin City Limits last night and I was reminded how many great performances there were on that show week after week. For me, two shows really stand out: Stevie Ray Vaughn and the Allman Brothers. SRV played with so much feeling so effortlessly that it seemed like he was drawing inspiration and grace right out of the air -- if there is a muse, I experienced it's manifestation.

What about you? What are the great shows? Have you "discovered" new music you didn't hear before? Are you addicted?
ozfly
danvetc
527 posts
 
Junior Brown was playing that "guit-steel" with amazing speed one evening. But, the Townes Van Zant tribute was special, no doubt.
billbeat
8 posts
 
Little Feat...
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pehare
639 posts
 
Ryan Adams
samuel
266 posts
 
The the Tribute to Townes Van Zandt was the best because of the sheer collection of talent on one stage. Guy Clarke, Lyle Lovett, Crystal Gayle and a great many others.

Steve Earle's tribute song, Fort Worth Blues, was so heart felt it had both my wife and I choking up, and when the camera panned right, showed Patty Larkin completely dissolved in tears listening to Earle. You just don't see Music draw emotion more powerfully than that.

Also, got chills watching SRV on ACL, as at several points it seemed he was the instrument and the music was playing him. Haven't seen anything like it before or since.

Also the SRV tribute was awesome, when all the current greats like Buddy Guy, Clapton, Albert King said things like, "we're pretty good" but Stevie was like magic". They were exactly right. Clapton essentially gave it up to Stevie, saying his own playing couldn't come close to SRV's.
photon46
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I'll always remember Timbuk 3's performance. They were a tremendously underappreciated duo. Most folks don't remember them for anything other than their one mainstream hit. Pat & Barbara's presence in the music scene is sorely missed.
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