There are only two shows that I remember watching with any consistency on PBS, Sesame Street and Austin City Limits. Sesame Street had its fair share of good songs. Don’t get me wrong. But Austin City Limits had even more. The earliest performance I can remember seeing on Austin City Limits was by Stevie Ray Vaughan And Double Trouble, which was also my first introduction to the group, and I can still picture my dad and me sitting together on the couch in our family room watching this amazing guitarist play his absolute heart out.
Song: “Crossfire”
Artist: Stevie Ray Vaughan And Double Trouble
Songwriter(s): Tommy Shannon, Chris Layton, Reese Wynans, Bill Carter, Ruth Ellsworth
Album(s): In Step
Release Year(s): 1989
Song: “Wake The Dead”
Artist: Praxis
Songwriter(s): Buckethead (Brian Carroll), Bill Laswell, Brain (Bryan Mantia)
Album(s): Metatron
Release Year(s): 1994
I Wish You Would Hear Playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6jFrq03xPtVVOexYHZF1OW?si=bc9df95d2d854d