Austin City Limits Hall of Fame Special 2014

Legendary University of Texas football coach Darrell Royal was inducted into the Austin City Limits Hall of Fame on April 26, 2014. A huge fan of country music and the music scene emerging in Austin in the 1970s, Coach Royal helped expand the booking of Austin City Limits and inspired the guitar pull format of several shows throughout the early decades of the program.

Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double trouble made their ACL debut with the release of Texas Flood, showcasing Stevie's fiery guitar playing. They returned to ACL in 1989, on the heels of In Step, the strongest record of their career. The stunning performance by Double Trouble, which at this point included keyboardist Reese Wynans, and Stevie further enshrined their work in ACL's hallowed history.

There would be no Austin City Limits without Willie Nelson. His performance on the show's 1974 pilot episode kicked off four decades of the award-winning series, and has culminated in over sixteen appearances (and still counting!). He represents the best of Austin and the heart and soul of Austin City Limits.

Willie Nelson, Emmylou Harris and Lyle Lovett perform Townes Van Zandt's classic tune "Pancho & Lefty." The trio performed together to celebrate Willie Nelson's induction into the Austin City Limits Hall of Fame.

Emmylou Harris sings "Crazy," which Willie Nelson wrote and Patsy Cline made famous in the early 1960s. Emmylou Harris performs in honor of Willie Nelson's induction into the Austin City Limits Hall of Fame.

In honor of Willie Nelson's induction into the Austin City Limits Hall of Fame, he and Lyle Lovett duet on the classic "Funny How Time Slips Away."

Matthew McConaughey inducts Willie Nelson into the Austin City Limits Hall of Fame. Willie Nelson performed on the pilot episode of Austin City Limits and was the first person inducted into its Hall of Fame in 2014.