"A Backstage Pass at Austin City Limits"

From: KUT
Series: Texas Music Matters
Length: 54:27

On this edition of Texas Music Matters, we take a behind the scenes tour of the award-winning PBS show Austin City Limits. This show features rare performances by Johnny Cash, Ray Charles, Lyle Lovett, Beck (with the Flaming Lips), Coldplay, Willie Nelson, and many more... Read the full description.

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Playing: "A Backstage Pass at Austin City Limits"
From: KUT

Cash_small This is the Texas Music Matters hour-long broadcast for the week beginning Friday July 15, 2011 hosted by veteran public radio journalist David Brown and produced by the award-winning music journalism unit at KUT Austin

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Piece Description

This is the Texas Music Matters hour-long broadcast for the week beginning Friday July 15, 2011 hosted by veteran public radio journalist David Brown and produced by the award-winning music journalism unit at KUT Austin

Broadcast History

First broadcast in Austin July 15, 2011

Timing and Cues

Segments A & B conclude with "As Texas Music Matters continues", followed by music pad of approximately 1:30 to 2:00 to use at your discretion.

Musical Works

Title	Artist	Album	Label	Year	Length
On the Nickel	Tom Waits	Heart Attack and Vine.	Austin City Limits	1980	05:09
Where It's At	Beck (with the Flaming Lips)	Odelay.	Austin City Limits	1996	03:29
Folsom Prison Blues	Johnny Cash	(Sun single).	Austin City Limits	1955	02:45
Georgia	Ray Charles	(Backside of What'd I Say? single).	Austin City Limits	1960	05:15
Highly Suspicious	My Morning Jacket	Evil Urges.	Austin City Limits	2008	03:02
Talk	Coldplay	X&Y.	Austin City Limits	2004	04:48
Cowboy Man	Lyle Lovett	Anthology, Vol. 1: Cowboy Man.	Austin City Limits	2001	04:00
Whiskey River	Willie Nelson	Shotgun Willie.	Austin City Limits	1974	04:02