Live in Texas: Best of Austin City Limits: Country Music’s Finest Hour

Join us on February 6th  at 7 pm. This week we will be playing the Best of Austin City Limits: Country Music’s Finest Hour

Track Listing

1. Intro
2. Silver Wings – Merle Haggard
3. I Feel Lucky – Mary Chapin Carpenter
4. Guitars, Cadillacs – Dwight Yoakam
5. Baby, Now That I’ve Found You – John MacLeod / Tony Macaulay
6. What a Crying Shame – Kostas /Raul Malo
7. The Blue Side of Town – Hank DeVito / Henry M Devito / Paul Kennerley
8. He Stopped Loving Her Today – Bobby Braddoc / Curly Putman
9. Stand by Your Man – Billy Sherrill / Tammy Wynette
10. Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain – Fred Rose
11. Mama He’s Crazy – Kenny O’Dell
12. I’ve Always Been Crazy – Waylon Jennings
13. Xxx’s and Ooo’s (An American Girl) – Matraca Berg / Alive Randall
14. Three Cigarettes in an Ashtray – Eddie Miller / W.S. Stevenson
15. Texas – Charlie Daneils
16. Boogie Back to Texas – Ray Benson

 

AllMusic Review by Thom Owens

From its inception in the mid-’70s until the late ’90s, Austin City Limits was the premier country music television show in America. What distinguished the show from its competition was its emphasis on performance — each show spotlights one or two artists, plus various guest artists who are allowed to play whatever they want. The result was a series of freewheeling, eclectic, and passionate music shows unlike any other. The Best of Austin City Limits: Country Music’s Finest Hour collects 16 highlights from the show’s long, illustrious history and, as expected, some of the biggest name in country music are involved. From Merle Haggard (“Silver Wings,” 1978) and George Jones (“He Stopped Loving Her Today,” 1985) to Asleep at the Wheel (“Boogie Back to Texas,” 1987) and Alison Krauss (“Baby, Now That I’ve Found You,” 1995), the album has a wide selection of first-rate artists and stellar performances that hint at the rich legacy of the show. In fact, if there’s anything wrong with the disc, is the fact that it feels incomplete, even though it includes such luminaries as Willie Nelson, Tammy Wynette, Waylon Jennings, k.d. lang, Mary Chapin Carpenter, Dwight Yoakam, the Mavericks, the Judds, Charlie Daniels, and Patty Loveless. There’s no fault with any of these selections, indeed, but after the disc is finished, you’re waiting for the sequel.