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Arts in Context

Bill Carter & The Blame

Arts In Context is a documentary series that features in-depth, cinematic looks into the lives of artists and their art. Winner of 10 Lone Star Emmy awards.

Bill Carter & The Blame

Season 2 Episode 6 | 56m 45s | CC

Part documentary, part performance, this episode features Texas music legend Bill Carter. Carter and his wife Ruth Ellsworth write songs, an incredible amount of songs, including some of the biggest hits by The Fabulous Thunderbirds and Stevie Ray Vaughan. Bill Carter & The Blame is a Texas supergroup with a rotating all-star lineup that has been performing Bill and Ruth's songs for decades.

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Support for Arts In Context is provided by: Wells Fargo, UT Performing Arts, The Kodosky Foundation, and the City of Austin through the Cultural Arts Division

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