Austin music scene
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Austin's music scene centers around 6th Street, where bars and clubs of every kind can be found. On any night over 100 venues are available, justifying Austin's nickname as the "Live Music Capital of the Country."
Austin's musical history began in the late 1960's-1970's where the country music made popular by Willie Nelson and others was joined by a host of other music brought by the more liberal inhabitants, who migrated to Austin during these two decades. The TV show, Austin City Limits (commonly called "ACL") began in 1975 and has featured, as of 2005, over 500 artists of all genres, spanning rock, folk, country, bluegrass, and zydeco. ACL has been broadcast all over the world, and is in part responsible for Austin's world-wide renown.
Austin is the home of South by Southwest, an annual film and music festival, as well as the popular PBS live music show Austin City Limits. In the fall, Austin hosts the Austin City Limits Music Festival. Every summer, local businesses put on a series of free blues shows in Austin's Zilker Park entitled "Blues on the Green," and a number of other festivals occur year-round.
Austin Music Venues
While it would be quite impractical to list here the nearly 600 live music venues in Austin, The Austin Chronicle's webpage cataloges the most common venues, but may not cover smaller restaurants and coffee shops hosting local bands on the weekends. Below is a short list of notable venues. The complete list can be found here (http://www.austinchronicle.com/gyrobase/Guides/Location?GuideCategory=AE%3A%20Live%20Music&x=8&y=13&page=1)
- Emo's
- Stubb's
- The Backyard
- The Red Eye Fly
- Antone's
- Cactus Cafe
- The Broken Spoke
- Element
- The Austin Music Hall
- La Zona Rosa
- The Hole in the Wall
Austin bands and singers
- Seth Walker and the Differentials
- The Derailers
- Fastball
- Jimmie Dale Gilmore
- The Gourds
- Pat Green
- Jack Ingram
- Janis Joplin
- Ian Moore
- Shawn Colvin
- Willie Nelson
- Reckless Kelly
- Charlie Robison
- Bruce Robison
- Schatzi
- Bob Schneider
- Spoon
- Vallejo (band)
- Stevie Ray Vaughn
- Don Walser
- Dale Watson
- Western Keys
- Lucinda Williams
- Kelly Willis
- RainSliver (band)
External links
- Austin 360 (http://www.austin360.com/)
- Emo's (http://www.emosaustin.com/)
- AustinHardRock.com (http://www.austinhardrock.com/)
- The Austin Chronicle (http://www.austinchronicle.com/)