Willie Nelson inducted in the inaugural class of Austin City Limits Hall of Fame

By The Associated Press
April 26 2014 07:48 PM

CP28148338 — File-This March 15, 2014, file photo shows Willie Nelson performing at the iTunes Festival during the SXSW Music Festival in Austin, Texas. The country music icon who already had a downtown street and 8-foot statue in his honor in Austin added a spot in the inaugural class of the Austin City Limits Hall of Fame on Saturday, April 26, 2014. (Photo by Jack Plunkett/Invision/AP, File)

AUSTIN, Texas – Not even Oscar winner Matthew McConaughey can compete with Willie Nelson in this town.

The country music icon who already had a downtown street and 8-foot statue in his honour in Austin added a spot in the inaugural class of the Austin City Limits Hall of Fame on Saturday night.

He was inducted by McConaughey, his friend and fellow Texan, who recently picked up his first Academy Award for best actor in “Dallas Buyers Club.”

McConaughey said that without Nelson there would be no Austin City Limits. Nelson was the first performer when the show launched in 1974.

Fellow country icons Emmylou Harris and Lyle Lovett joined their friend Nelson on stage.

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