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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?
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bojack
636 posts
 
David Byrne was excellent after "look Into the Eyball" came out. Other notables are John Prine, Waylon Jennings, Steve Winwood, and Rodney Crowe, Tom Waits, Bela Fleck, John Hammond, and too many more. But SRV 2 was just wicked good, and yes, "effortless" describes the performance best. My jaw hits the floor every time I see it.
streetdaddy
349 posts
 
I'll second the Monte Montgomery. I've seen him live here in Nashville a couple of times. He is awesome live. Check out his website and go see him!
phillykid
35 posts
 
SRV...period
samuel
266 posts
 

Photon46

Pat and Barbara were a hometown band here in Madison Wi. I followed them back when they were Pat McDonald and the Essentials, from the very early days through their trip to howiewood. As the Essentials, they had a hugely talented guitar player and drummer, before splitting off as a duo.

Frankly, I liked the band better than the duo. Although "My future's so bright" and a few other hits were enjoyable, I think the number of song choices they had were limited because it was just the two of them. I think they could have done more great things if they'd kept at least the guitarist and drummer.
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