Season 8

1. Mickey Gilley followed by T.G. Sheppard

2. Roy Orbison

2004-06-01

3. Don Williams followed by West Texas Songwriters Special

4. Songwriters Showcase with Rodney Crowell, John Prine & Friends

5. B.B. King

1983-08-06

“B.B. King personified blues music for the whole world...He was larger than life, but a gentle man with a kind soul and big heart. His ACL performance ranks as one of my personal favorites, and I was never more proud than when he somehow slipped ‘Austin City Limits’ into the lyric of his classic rendition of Willie Nelson’s ‘Night Life.’ We’ve lost a giant.” Terry Lickona, ACL Executive Producer

6. Janie Fricke followed by B.J. Thomas

7. Frizzell & West followed by Con Hunley

8. Michael Martin Murphey followed by Gary P. Nunn

9. Roseanne Cash followed by Steve Wariner

10. Rank and File followed by Delbert McClinton

11. Tammy Wynette followed by John Conlee

12. Roger Miller followed by Earl Thomas Conley

13. Loretta Lynn