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11 Jul 02 - 06:27 PM (#746811) Subject: Austin City Limits Fans? From: Clinton Hammond I know some of you out there have more than a few archives of this show... Maybe you can help me... I KNOW I saw a bluesy-rocky band on the show one night, that slowed it down with a GREAT cover of Bob Dylans "Sweetheart Like You" Any body have any idea who that might have been? ;-)
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11 Jul 02 - 10:45 PM (#746914) Subject: RE: Help: Austin City Limits Fans? From: Clinton Hammond No one? *sigh* |
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11 Jul 02 - 11:26 PM (#746923) Subject: RE: Help: Austin City Limits Fans? From: GUEST,Dale Sorry, Clinton. I have a bunch of shows, but that one is not one of them. Rings no bells at all. (I did buy you a few more minutes of "up to the top") |
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12 Jul 02 - 12:37 AM (#746951) Subject: RE: Help: Austin City Limits Fans? From: wysiwyg Oh ye of little faith. *G* HEH HEH HEH.... Where it says: 1996 Lisa Loeb followed by Jimmy LaFave Austin City Limits paired up two of popular music's most inventive young performers, Lisa Loeb and Nine Stories followed by Jimmy LaFave, for an evening of acoustic ballads and electrified folk-rock numbers during Season 21 on PBS. Lisa Loeb made music history in the summer of '94 when her single "Stay (I Missed You)" hit No. 1 on the Billboard charts without the advantage most popular musicians have: a record deal. The single, released on the movie soundtrack for Reality Bites, became certified gold and earned Loeb and her band Nine Stories a Grammy nomination for Best Pop Performance by a Group or Duo. When her debut album, Tails, hit the stores, she proved that "Stay" was only a tasty sample of her talent. Loeb launched her Austin City Limits performance with the lovelorn, ephemeral hit single "Do You Sleep?" A poised and passionate performer, she is propelled by her songs' lyrical content and mood. While several of Loeb's songs became pop radio and MTV favorites, Austin City Limits offered a more thorough picture of this masterful songwriter. "The good thing about Austin City Limits is that it does have a wide audience, it's not just for young kids in their teens or people in college. It's also for people who are interested in songwriting and songwriters, sometimes that has more of a country characteristic to it," Loeb explained. "I think I play a little bit more rock or pop music, but it is nice to sort of get back to the songwriters side of my music. By having an album out and having songs on the radio people often times think of you as the couple of songs you have on the radio, they don't think of you as a songwriter, or as a person who has a lot more depth than two songs or whatever they see on MTV. So hopefully Austin City Limits will be helpful to show that other side again, the songwriter side." Raised in Dallas, Texas, and a graduate of Brown University, Loeb honed her singing and songwriting as a college student. After graduation she moved to New York City where she played in coffeehouses and underground clubs, riveting audiences with her dynamic guitar and resonant voice. While "Stay" was the first piece of the puzzle, Tails offers a more complete picture of this enigmatic performer. "It's bizarre how "Stay" got separated from the rest of my songs," she says. "I'm glad it's back with the others on this record; now everyone can see how it fits into the big picture." Since his debut album, Austin Skyline, Austin-based musician Jimmy LaFave has found a home with audiences around the world. From Austin to New Zealand, fans embrace LaFave's soulful ballads and passionate rock tunes. His Austin City Limits debut reintroduced him to audiences at home. "All over the world, people ask me about Austin City Limits," LaFave said. "Everywhere I go people are asking 'When are you going to be on Austin City Limits?' "Especially in Europe, Austin music is so popular," he said. "I think it's because it's so genuine." LaFave could be describing himself. His album, Buffalo Return to the Plains, earned rave reviews for its inspired compositions and impassioned delivery. Although he clearly has a penchant for Dylan, his self-confessed idol, he owes his style to a potpourri of artists from Van Morrison to Chuck Berry. Backed by his band, the Night Tribe, his no-holds-barred performances leave audiences reeling from the emotion injected into every note. Contrasting his tough, no-nonsense look on stage, LaFave emerged an expressive and romantic balladeer. With songs such as Bob Dylan's "Sweetheart Like You" and originals including "Buffalo Return to the Plains," this Lone Star singer found his groove on Austin City Limits. Plus he has an imaginative talent for reworking a familiar song, such as the '60s pop hit "Walk Away Renee," into something new and memorable. LaFave began his music career in the bars of Stillwater, Okla., where he was a local favorite alongside then-unknown singer Garth Brooks. "Garth went to Nashville, and I went to Austin," he explains. "I've always kind of done things on my own terms." He enjoys the creative freedom afforded by Bohemia Beat, the small, independent record label he helps run. "You can make plenty of people happy musically, and you stay closer to your fan base," he said. "You can talk to fans, you're not whisked away in a limousine with 20 security guys. Nobody tunes our guitars for us, you can keep your feet on the ground. It's fine with me." ~S~ |
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12 Jul 02 - 12:42 AM (#746953) Subject: RE: Help: Austin City Limits Fans? From: Lane I love Austin City Limits.... but I can't get it on TV where I live! Are there any archived shows available for download or something?? Lane |
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12 Jul 02 - 01:16 AM (#746958) Subject: RE: Help: Austin City Limits Fans? From: wysiwyg If you like ACL, Lane, you might like some of the concerts at the Millenium Stage at the Kennedy Center-- all viewable online! Check this thread: More Online Concerts! ~Susan |
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12 Jul 02 - 01:49 AM (#746969) Subject: RE: Help: Austin City Limits Fans? From: GUEST,Dale Oh, THAT show. OK, I had it, but I only kept half. Bet you can guess which half I still have. Well, at least now you know what you are looking for. |
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12 Jul 02 - 02:54 AM (#746982) Subject: RE: Help: Austin City Limits Fans? From: rangeroger Jimmy Lafage is going to be the sandwich act on Sat evening at The Fall Strawberry Music Festival. Between Linda Hillery and The Cultural Heritage Choir and Michelle Shocked. I'm really looking forward to his show. He's been there before and can really make it move.Should be a great Sat. evening. rr |
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12 Jul 02 - 01:57 PM (#747266) Subject: RE: Help: Austin City Limits Fans? From: Clinton Hammond Neat... but unfortunatly, it appears he only played this song on the show, which is gonna make finding a recording of it a right pain! Have found a bunch of him on Kazaa so far though... ;-)
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12 Jul 02 - 03:49 PM (#747340) Subject: RE: Help: Austin City Limits Fans? From: wysiwyg Well you're welcome CH! *G* ~S~ |
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12 Jul 02 - 09:25 PM (#747494) Subject: RE: Help: Austin City Limits Fans? From: Lane Susan, Thank you SO much for the on line concerts link - wonderful stuff there! I'm trying to figure out how to download those files... read some of the info on the thread but I haven't got it yet. For those of us with slow dialup connections, it's pretty tough to view the concerts.... but I do have a fast connection at work, if only I could get them downloaded. Any other concert links would be appreciated, as well!
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13 Jul 02 - 07:31 PM (#747798) Subject: RE: Help: Austin City Limits Fans? From: DancingMom Lane, sometimes you can find the Austin City Limits concerts on DVD (or VHS, I suppose.) I got a DVD of Stevie Ray Vaughan's concerts in 1983 and 1989 at a Barnes and Noble. Surely there is a Barnes and Noble web site you can search for stuff on. Sharon |
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14 Jul 02 - 02:54 PM (#747888) Subject: RE: Help: Austin City Limits Fans? From: Bee-dubya-ell I am not the producer, head honcho or whoever he/she is at Austin City Limits, but if I were, I would be damn sure that VHS or DVD copies of all shows were available for purchase on their website! (They aren't). With current technology, copies could be made on an as-ordered basis with no inventory or warehousing involved. Apparently, they only produce VHS/DVD of their most popular shows. DancingMom mentions the Stevie Ray show, which seems to be out-of-print. The only titles I could find for sale at B&N were a "Greatest Hits" type thing and a Roy Orbison show. I guess you have to be dead to get your very own tape. I also can no longer get Austin City Limits (nor anything else, for that matter) on TV since moving to the boonies. (Too far away for regular reception & damned if I'll own a satellite dish.) When we lived in town, Austin City Limits was the only thing the "Record" button on the VCR ever got used for. Now....personally, I would love to have a VHS of the String Cheese Incident show from November, 2001. If anyone happens to have a copy, please PM me. Bruce |