Video: Emmylou, Alabama Shakes on ‘Austin City Limits Celebrates 40 Years’
By Wade KwonVideo: “Austin City Limits Celebrates 40 Years”
The venerable music showcase “Austin City Limits” celebrates its 40th anniversary. The TV program began airing on PBS in 1976 to showcase Texas artists, but has since expanded to feature performers from around the world.
The 2-hour special “Austin City Limits Celebrates 40 Years” includes two Alabama acts, Birmingham’s Emmylou Harris and Athens’ Alabama Shakes (with a bonus performance by lead singer Brittany Howard).
Brittany Howard (left), Jimmie Vaughan and Bonnie Raitt open
“Austin City Limits Celebrates 40 Years” with “Wrap It Up.”
Setlist:
- “Wrap It Up,” Bonnie Raitt, Brittany Howard, Jimmie Vaughan and Gary Clark Jr.
- “Your Good Thing (Is About to End),” Bonnie Raitt
- “Me and Bobby McGee,” Kris Kristofferson and Sheryl Crow
- “Gimme All Your Love,” Alabama Shakes
- “What A Little Bit of Love Can Do,” Jeff Bridges
- “Whiskey River,” Willie Nelson
- “Funny How Time Slips Away,” Willie Nelson and Lyle Lovett
- “Crazy,” Willie Nelson and Emmylou Harris
- “On the Road Again,” Willie Nelson, Emmylou Harris and Lyle Lovett
- “The Road Goes on Forever,” Robert Earl Keen and Joe Ely
- “Bright Lights,” Gary Clark Jr.
- “Two-Headed Dog (Red Temple Prayer),” Foo Fighters
- “Can’t Cry Anymore,” Sheryl Crow
- “I’m Leaving,” Doyle Bramhall and Sheryl Crow
- “Mulato,” Grupo Fantasma
- “The Pleasure’s All Mine,” Jimmie Vaughan and Bonnie Raitt
- “House Is Rockin’,” Kenny Wayne Shepherd and Mike Farris
- “Pride and Joy,” Robert Randolph
- “Mary Had a Little Lamb,” Buddy Guy
- “Texas Flood,” All-Star Finale
- “Not Fade Away,” All-Star Finale
“Austin City Limits Celebrates 40 Years”
Emmylou Harris and Willie Nelson perform “Crazy”
on “Austin City Limits Celebrates 40 Years.”
