Austin City Limits Celebrates More than 40 Years of Country Music’s Best

by jwills | March 4, 2021

Austin City Limits has become a fan and country music artist favorite.

The program, which launched in 1974, as attracted every country music act you can think of to its stage, and along the way has developed a strong and loyal fanbase.

Over the years the Austin City Limits stage has be graced by country music legends like Loretta Lynn, Marty Robbins, Charley Pride, Waylon Jennings, Alan Jackson, Vince Gill, Dolly Parton, and Garth Brooks, to name a few.

It’s proud tradition continues with stars like Miranda Lambert, Brad Paisley, Kacey Musgraves, Keith Urban, and Chris Stapleton…all making ACL a must-do on their career check-list.

During Woman’s History Month, Austin City Limits honors the female country artists that have appeared on the program over the years…

Now for fans looking to relive those amazing moments from Austin City Limits – they partnered with Time Life to create a massive collection of 164 live uncut performances dating from 1974 to 2018 — and the collection includes the original 1974 pilot episode of the series featuring the one and only Willie Nelson.

Check out this preview of the collection…

Time Life cordially invites country music fans everywhere to experience these wonderful performances, collaborations, bonus interviews, and more on 10 DVDs and an exclusive collectible memory book. For more info, head to TimeLife.com/ACL,

Photo Courtesy of Austin City Limits and Time Life.

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