>> ACL Presents the 23rd Annual Americana Honors from the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville, Tennessee, with performances by Duane Betts, Blind Boys of Alabama, Emmylou Harris and Rodney Crowell, Fantastic Negrito, Sierra Ferrell, Sarah Jarosz, Noah Kahan, Shelby Lynne, Larkin Poe, Jobi Riccio, Waxahatchee with MJ Lenderman, Dwight Yoakam, The Americana All-Star Band with The McCrary Sisters, and musical director Buddy Miller.

ACL Presents the 23rd Annual Americana Honors.

>> Singing: Don't fly mister blue bird I'm just walking down the road Early morning sunshine tell me all I need to know ♪♪ You're my blue sky you're my sunny day Lord you know it makes me high When you turn your love my way Turn your love my way ♪♪ Good ol' Sunday morning bells are ringing everywhere Goin' to Carolina it won't be long and I'll be there ♪♪ You're my blue sky you're my sunny day Lord you know it makes me high When you turn your love my way Turn your love my way ♪♪ That one's for you, Dad.

We love you.

Thank y'all so much.

[ cheers and applause ] >> And that was Duane Betts, getting us off on the right foot tonight.

That was his dad's song.

Um, as you may know, we lost Dickey Betts back in April, and our condolences go out Duane and the rest of the entire family.

[ cheers and applause ] >> Welcome to Nashville.

Welcome to the Ryman.

Welcome to the 23rd Annual-- can you believe it-- Americana Music Association Honors.

[ cheers and applause ] >> Let's make welcome the Blind Boys of Alabama.

♪♪ >> Singing: I'm gonna work Yes I am Until my days are done See, this is my song I'm gonna sing it for you today I'm gonna work Yes sir 'til setting of the sun Can't be no sorrow No more tomorrow I'm gonna work Yes sir Until my days are done Yeah One more thing listen I'm gonna sing Singing's what I do Until my days are done We stopped by just to sing to you I said I'm gonna sing Aw yeah 'Til the setting of the sun Can't be no sorrow No more tomorrow Well I'm gonna sing yeah Until my days are done Yes sir Listen I said I'm gonna work Until my days are done We've been working for a long time [ indistinct ] I'm gonna work Yes sir 'Til the setting of the sun Can't be no sorrow No more tomorrow Well I'm gonna work hard Yes sir Until my days are done Thank you Lord Thank you ♪♪ Well...

I'm gonna work until my days are done until my days are done Work until my days are done Well I'm gonna work until my days are done until my days are done work until my days are done I'll cease from sorrow There'll be There'll be no tomorrow I'm gonna work until my days are done until my days are done work until my days are done I said I'm gonna work until my days are done I'm gonna keep on singing my song work until my days are done Look I don't know how long work until my days are done Gonna keep on clapping my hands work until my days are done keep on clapping my hands work until my days are done ♪♪ Keep on doing my thing work until my days are done Anybody gonna work until my days are done Gonna keep on working work until my days are done Well well well work until my days are done Well I'm -- Well I want you to work until my days are done Come on get up on your feet work until my days are done Yeah put your hands together work until my days are done Oh isn't it good to work until my days are done Come on now come on shake my hand work until my days are done Well I want you to work until my days are done Let me hear you sing it work until my days are done I said let me hear you sing it work until my days are done Let's sing it work until my days are done I said come on put your hands together work until my days are done Isn't -- Isn't it good for you work until my days are done work until my days are done Oh yeah work until my days are done Yes sir give it up work until my days are done Gonna keep on clapping my hands work until my days are done work until my days are done >> God bless, y'all.

Blind Boys of Alabama, everybody.

♪♪ [ cheers and applause ] [ cheers and applause ] >> We love it.

Please welcome Waxahatchee with MJ Lenderman.

[ cheers and applause ] ♪♪ song: Photograph of us In the spotlight, on a hot night I was drifting in and out Reticent on the off chance I'm blunter than a bullseye Begging for peace of mind I get ahead of myself Bracing for a bombshell Your love written on a blank check Wear it around your neck I was at a loss But you come to me on a fault line Deep inside a goldmine Hovering like a moth I lose a bit of myself Laying out eggshells I've been yours for so long We come right back to it I let my mind run wild I don't know why I do it But you just settle in Like a song with no end If I can keep up We'll get right back to it ♪♪ If I swerve in and out of my lane Burning up an old flame Turn a jealous eye I'll fall down into a fair game Lick a wound that was not ever mine I get ahead of myself Refusing anyone's help I've been yours for so long We come right back to it I let my mind run wild I don't know why I do it But you just settle in Like a song with no end If I can keep up We'll get right back to it ♪♪ I've been yours for so long We come right back to it I let my mind run wild I don't know why I do it But you just settle in Like a song with no end If I can keep up We'll get right back to it We'll get right back to it We'll get right back to it ♪♪ [ cheers and applause ] >> Oh, this next performer I've been very excited to see, uh, all night.

Please welcome Noah Kahan.

[ cheers and applause ] >> song: I'm rememberin' I promised to forget you now But it's rainin', and I'm callin' drunk And my medicine is drownin' your perspective out So I ain't takin' any fault Am I honest still?

Am I half the man I used to be?

I doubt it, forget about it, whatever It's all the same, anyways I ain't proud of all the punches that I've thrown In the name of someone I no longer know For the shame of being young, drunk, and alone Traffic lights and a transmitter radio I don't like that when they threw me in the car I gave your name as my emergency phone call Honey it rang and rang even the cops thought you were wrong for hangin' up I dial drunk I'll die a drunk I'll die for you ♪♪ I'm untetherin' from the parts of me you'd recognize From charmin' to alarmin' in seconds I'll be bedridden I'll let the pain metastasize But that's mornin' I'll forget it And the dial tone is all I have ♪♪ I ain't proud of all the punches that I've thrown In the name of someone I no longer know For the shame of being young drunk and alone Traffic lights and a transmitter radio I don't like that when they threw me in the car I gave your name as my emergency phone call Honey it rang and rang, even the cops thought you were wrong for hangin' up I dial drunk I'd die a drunk I'd die for you ♪♪ I beg you sir Just let me call I'll give you my blood alcohol I'll rot with all the burnouts in the cell I'll change my faith I'll praise the flag Let's wait I swear she'll call me back Son are you a danger to yourself Sir yes sir Just let me call I'll give you my blood alcohol I'll rot with all the burnouts in the cell I'll change my faith I'll kiss the badge Let's wait I swear she'll call me back Son why do you do this to yourself And I said I ain't proud of all the punches that I've thrown In the name of someone I no longer know For the shame of being young drunk and alone Traffic lights and a transmitter radio I don't like that when they threw me in the car I gave your name as my emergency phone call Honey it rang and rang even the cops thought you were wrong for hangin' up I dial drunk I'd die a drunk I'd die for you [ cheering and applause ] Thank you.

[ cheering and applause ] >> Now, every once a year, twice a year, I'll call the music master, who knows all, my friend Michelle Aquilato, and ask... [ cheering ] What new music I might be missing out on.

And I forget if it was a year ago, or what it was, she said two words: Jobi Riccio.

[ cheering and applause ] ♪♪ Singing: It's just a harmless little feeling That ebbs and it flows At the brush of your skin It flickers and glows Everyone has a person They sing their love songs to ♪♪ For me it's you ♪♪ No one makes me sunny Or paints my world warm Like you when you catch my eye I wish you'd catch it a little more Everyone has a dream They know likely won't come true For me it's you ♪♪ ♪♪ You tell me you're tired Of weary, lonely nights I just hold my smile, and I open the door I'm not who you're achin' for She's wrapped her smile Around you like a noose I watch from my drink As you forget everything else in the room Everyone has a person Who'll never feel the way they do For me it's you ♪♪ [ cheers and applause ] >> Thank you!

[ cheers and applause ] >> Please welcome Fantastic Negrito.

[ cheers and applause ] ♪♪ >> If I had my way If I had my way If I had my way I would tear this whole building down Delilah was a woman, she was fine and fair She had good looks God knows and coal black hair Delilah she came to Samson's mind When first he saw that woman, she looked so fine Delilah she sat down on Samson's knee Said tell me where your strength lies, if you please Then she spoke so kind, you know she talked so fair That Samson said, Delilah you cut off my hair You can shave my head, as clean as my hand My strength will come as natural as any other man If I had my way If I had my way If I had my way I would tear this whole building down Everybody Clap your hands Everybody Clap your hands Everybody Clap your hands You got to You got to You got to Two, three, four You read about Samson, all from his birth He was the strongest man that ever had lived on earth And then one day while Samson was walking along Looked down on the ground he saw an old jaw bone Then he stretched out his arm and got a [indistinct] and when he came to moving ten thousand were dead If I had my way If I had my way If I had my way I would tear this whole building down Oh yeah yeah Now Samson and the lion, they got in attack And Samson he jumped up on the lion's back You read about this lion, he killed a man with his paw But Samson got hands up round the lion's jaw He ripped that beast, and he killed it dead And the bees made honey in the lion's head If I had my way If I had my way If I had my way I would tear this whole building down I would tear this whole building down I would tear this whole building down I would tear this whole building down I would tear this whole building down Yeah down [vocalizing] Thank you!

For the band!

For the band!

Yeah!

Yeah!

[ cheers and applause ] >> I have the great, good fortune tonight, the great pleasure to introduce two sisters who are deep practitioners of this art form.

Please listen to and welcome Larkin Poe.

[ cheers and applause ] ♪♪ >> song: Brother, I been rocked by a rocky road One time two three many, amen My fuse is burning pretty short, sweet lord have mercy I ain't getting bucked off again You went and dug a little deep To the bottom of the bucket, good luck it's all gonna blow Canary ain't singing no more, been down before Up is all I got to go I said up is all I got to go Send me into that blue, bluephoria Send me into that blue, bluephoria ♪♪ Mama, calm me down, this rose-tinted workaround Ain't working for me no more I said I'm deep in the indigo, eyes shut, vertigo on an edge I can't ignore I grew all the way up Gotta grow myself down, deep roots, gonna sing a different tune We are who we are I may not be a star But I know that I can shine like the moon Shine like the moon Send me into that blue, bluephoria Yeah yeah Send me into that blue, bluephoria ♪♪ ♪♪ singing: Send me into that blue Bluephoria Yeah yeah Hey hey Hey hey Send me into that blue Bluephoria Send me into that blue Bluephoria Into that blue Bluephoria ♪♪ [ cheers and applause ] >> Our dear friend, would you please welcome Sarah Jarosz.

[ cheers and applause ] ♪♪ >> singing: Standing out In a summer lawn Queen bee buzzing round My right arm Wonder how she keeps Her kingdom spinning Talk is cheap Rumors travel Now I can't sleep My heart's unraveled Thought I knew the truth Now I'm not so sure Here we are Under a heartbreak sky Baby I don't know why I flew away too soon I can't help Tears burning in my eyes Leave me alone to fly Under a jealous moon Sun burns out At the end of the day Words get lost on The edge of a wave Even if I can't hear you I'll keep listening Bitter pills Water and whiskey I drink my fill I know you miss me I still hear your voice In everything I do Here we are Under a heartbreak sky Baby I don't know why I flew away too soon I can't help Tears burning in my eyes Leave me alone to fly Under a jealous moon ♪♪ Here we are Under a heartbreak sky Baby I don't know why I flew away too soon I can't help Tears burning in my eyes Leave me alone to fly Under a jealous moon Leave me alone to fly Under a jealous moon Leave me alone to fly Leave me alone to fly ♪♪ Thank you!

[ cheers and applause ] >> Dwight Yoakam's in the house.

We have to do a song.

[ cheers and applause ] ♪♪ >> singing: Maybe someday I'll be strong Maybe it won't be long I'll be the one who's tough Yeah You'll be the one Who's got it rough It won't be long And maybe I'll be real strong And maybe I'll do things right Maybe I'll start tonight oh You'll learn to cry like me Girl Baby let's just wait and see Maybe I'll start tonight And do things right Hey oh You'll control me Oh so boldly Rule me 'til I'm free The pain that shakes me Finally makes me Get up off of my knees Yeah oh Lord now Maybe I'll be fast as you Maybe I'll break hearts too But I think that you'll Slow down When your turn to hurt Comes around Maybe I'll break hearts And be as fast as you Uh ♪♪ It takes two guitars to play the Pete Anderson part, go.

singing: You'll control me Oh so boldly Rule me 'til I'm free The pain that shakes me Finally makes me Get up off of my knees Yeah oh Lord now Maybe I'll be fast as you Maybe I'll break hearts too But I think that you'll Slow down When your turn to hurt Comes around Maybe I'll break hearts And be as fast as you Yeah maybe I'll break hearts And be as fast as you Yeah maybe I'll break hearts And be as fast as you Oh sookie ♪♪ >> Yeah, [ indistinct ].

♪♪ [ cheers and applause ] >> Thank you, guys.

Buddy, Leonard, thank you both.

[ cheers and applause ] >> I'm intensely proud tonight to honor my big sister, and my personal trailblazer, Shelby Lynne.

>> If you know it, sing it.

Y'all know "Gotta Get Back".

singing: I can almost touch You now Flying above the clouds In a big ol' plane I can't wait to hold you And see you again Tell you where I've been I can almost kiss you now When I close my eyes I feel your lips on mine It's so hard to fight now What I Feel inside For you yeah Come on!

singing: I gotta get back Do I do yeah I gotta get back I do I do I do yeah I gotta get back Do I do Come on!

singing: Butterflies they Control me Why's this airplane Go so slowly Flutter faster Take me home to you Yeah I can almost see you now Is my imagination Foolin' me somehow Flying through the lining Of a silver cloud I'm gettin' closer now baby I can almost hear you now Ooh saying you love me Like you know how Oh I wish this plane Would just reach down And touch the ground I swear I see you now Whoa I gotta get back Do I do Come on!

singing: I gotta get back I do I do I do yeah Gotta get back Do I do Come on!

singing: Butterflies they control me Why's this airplane Go so slowly Flutter faster Take me home to you Come on, [ indistinct ], play, darlin'.

Come on, now.

♪♪ Yeah, that's [ indistinct ].

singing: I gotta get back I do I do Come on!

singing: I gotta get back I do I do I do yeah I gotta get back Do I do Come on!

singing: Butterflies they Control me Why's this airplane Go so slowly Flutter faster Take me home to you Whoo Ah baby Ah sugar Yeah, thank y'all.

I love you.

I love you guys, thank y'all.

[ cheers and applause ] >> I was asked on the red carpet earlier who I thought was the most underrated artist here.

Every single person on Earth knows who Dolly Parton is.

And by the time we get a few more years under our belt, everyone on Earth is gonna know who Sierra Ferrell is.

Singing: Doo-doo-doo-doo-doo- doo-doo-doo Doo-doo-doo-doo-doo Wake up again in an old motel Is it somewhere different I can't tell Every set of curtains opens to the open road And I'm missing you like hell This van is like a prison cell And I know you have gone with her And I can't go back home I've been American dreamin' Oh-whoa-oh I'm American dreamin' Oh-whoa-oh I'm American dreamin' Oh-whoa-oh But never seem to get no rest I should get some rest today Then pack my bags Be on my way But my mind's always workin' on the way it could have been Tryin' to tow a tight rope line Find a way to feel half fine Without drownin' in this wine And callin' you again I've been American dreamin' Oh-whoa-oh I'm American dreamin' Oh-whoa-oh I'm American dreamin' Oh-whoa-oh But never seem to get no rest Ooh Ooh I'm losin' touch with all my friends The ones who remind me who I am If I could just get back home to pick up where we left off I'd take better care of myself I'd stop drinkin' from the bottom shelf But my old wheels keep spinnin' and I cannot make them stop I've been American dreamin' Oh-whoa-oh I'm American dreamin' Oh-whoa-oh I'm American dreamin' Oh-whoa-oh But never seem to get no rest I'll get back home and try to be Someone that's something like me But I've forgotten all my angels out here in the wind Sittin' out here with my mind I meditate to pass the time But there's something inside settin' sail all over again Ooh Ooh I've been American dreamin' Oh-whoa-oh I'm American dreamin' Oh-whoa-oh I'm American dreamin' Oh-whoa-oh But never seem to get no rest Oh, I'm American dreamin' Oh-whoa-oh I'm American dreamin' Oh-whoa-oh I'm American dreamin' Oh-whoa-oh But never seem to get no rest [cheers and applause] >> Thank you.

>> Please welcome to the stage, singing "Return of the Grievous Angel," Emmylou Harris and Rodney Crowell.

[cheers and applause] Singing: Won't you scratch my itch Sweet Annie Rich And welcome me back to town Come out on your porch or step into your parlor And I'll tell you how it all went down Out with the truckers and the kickers and the cowboy angels And a good saloon in every single town Oh and I remembered something you once told me And I'll be damned if it did not come true Twenty thousand roads I went down down down And they all lead me straight back home to you 'Cause I headed west to grow up with the country Across those prairies with the waves of grain And I saw my devil And I saw my deep blue sea And I thought about a calico bonnet From Cheyenne to Tennessee We flew straight across that river bridge Last night a half past two The switchman waved his lantern goodbye and good day As we went rolling through Billboards and truckstops pass by the grievous angel And now I know just what I have to do >> Play it.

♪♪ And the man on the radio won't leave me alone He wants to take my money For something that I've never been shown And I saw my devil And I saw my deep blue sea And I thought about a calico bonnet From Cheyenne to Tennessee The news I could bring I met up with the king On his head an amphetamine crown He talked about unbuckling that old bible belt And lighted out for some desert town Out with the truckers and the kickers and the cowboy angels And a good saloon in every single town Oh and I remembered something you once told me And I'll be damned if it did not come true Twenty thousand roads I went down down down And they all lead me straight back home to you Twenty thousand roads I went down down down And they all lead me straight back home to you [cheers and applause] >> For more on this program, go to pbs.org/AustinCityLimits.

♪♪ Singing: Work until my days are done I'm gonna Work until my days are done Hey Work until my days are done Yes sir Work until my days are done Gonna keep on Work until my days are done Well gonna keep on workin' Work until my days are done I'm gonna Work until my days are done Work until my days are done Until my days Work until my days are done Work until my days are done Work until my days are done Work until my days are done