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Georgia, Historic Macon Music Registry Historical Markers

The Historic Macon Music Registry is an ongoing documentation project that interprets and celebrates Macon's rich and diverse music heritage. The Music Registry aligns with ongoing efforts of groups like the Friends of Macon Music, Rock Candy Tours, the Otis Redding Foundation, the Allman Brothers Big House Museum, Field Note Stenographers, the 5/4 Music Space, and countless others to preserve Macon's music history and revive the city's music scene. Plaques are placed at influential sites that represent the diversity of music's role in shaping the character of soul of Macon. [copied from the Registry website]
 
By Duane and Tracy Marsteller, November 20, 2021
Andersen's Jewelers Marker
1 ► Georgia, Bibb County, Macon — Andersen's Jewelers — Historic Macon Music Registry —
On 2nd Street south of Mulberry Street Lane, on the right when traveling south.
Raymond Hamrick, “The Patriarch of Sacred Harp Music," worked here. — — Map (db m186708) HM
2 ► Georgia, Bibb County, Macon — Buffalo Evans' Home — Historic Macon Music Registry —
On Rogers Avenue north of Vineville Avenue (Business U.S. 41), on the left when traveling north.
Evans officiated weddings of Gregg Allman, Jaimoe, Chuck Leavell and Lamar Williams here. — — Map (db m186620) HM
3 ► Georgia, Bibb County, Macon — Capricorn Park — Historic Macon Music Registry —
On D T Walton Sr. Way west of Poplar Street Lane, on the right when traveling west.
Phil Walden funded this private park. The columns came from the original Wesleyan College. — — Map (db m186811) HM
4 ► Georgia, Bibb County, Macon — Capricorn Studio — Historic Macon Music Registry —
On Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard (U.S. 80) north of Poplar Street Lane, on the right when traveling north.
Recording Studio of Capricorn Records, Creator of Southern Rock — — Map (db m186781) HM
5 ► Georgia, Bibb County, Macon — City Auditorium — Historic Macon Music Registry —
On 1st Street at Cherry Street Lane, on the right when traveling south on 1st Street.
Little Richard, Otis Redding, and the Allman Brothers Band performed here. — — Map (db m186810) HM
6 ► Georgia, Bibb County, Macon — Dick Wooley's Home — Historic Macon Music Registry —
On Orange Street north of Georgia Avenue, on the left when traveling north.
Wooley, founder of Rabbit Records, launched Molly Hatchet, Grinderswitch and others. — — Map (db m186660) HM
7 ► Georgia, Bibb County, Macon — Dickey Betts' Apt B — Historic Macon Music Registry —
On Corbin Avenue south of Clayton Street, on the left when traveling south.
Dickey Betts lived here with his wife Sandy “Blue Sky” and daughter Jessica. — — Map (db m186628) HM
8 ► Georgia, Bibb County, Macon — Douglass Theatre — Historic Macon Music Registry —
On Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard (U.S. 80) at Mulberry Street Lane, on the right when traveling south on Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard.
Macon's Premiere Historic Black Performance Venue — — Map (db m186754) HM
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9 ► Georgia, Bibb County, Macon — Duane Allman's Home — Historic Macon Music Registry —
On Bond Street west of Orange Street, on the right when traveling west.
Duane, Donna and Galadielle lived upstairs. — — Map (db m186635) HM
10 ► Georgia, Bibb County, Macon — Elizabeth Reed Music Hall — Historic Macon Music Registry —
On Cherry Street west of 3rd Street, on the right when traveling west.
Location of "world premiere" concert of Gov't Mule — — Map (db m186727) HM
11 ► Georgia, Bibb County, Macon — Emmett Miller Home — Historic Macon Music Registry —
On Magnolia Street east of Orange Street, on the left when traveling east.
Vaudeville artist who put the yodel in country music, inspiring Hank Williams & Merle Haggard — — Map (db m186687) HM
12 ► Georgia, Bibb County, Macon — Grant's Lounge — Historic Macon Music Registry —
On Poplar Street (Business U.S. 41) south of 2nd Street, on the right when traveling south.
Live Music Stage of Southern Rock — — Map (db m186783) HM
13 ► Georgia, Bibb County, Macon — H&H Restaurant — Historic Macon Music Registry —
On Forsyth Street west of High Street, on the right when traveling west.
Mama Louise Hudson and Inez Hill fed rock stars within these walls. — — Map (db m186826) HM
14 ► Georgia, Bibb County, Macon — Hippie Crash Pad — Historic Macon Music Registry —
On College Street at Stewarts Lane, on the right when traveling south on College Street.
Twiggs Lyndon's digs where the Allman Brothers Band and roadies lived — — Map (db m186633) HM
15 ► Georgia, Bibb County, Macon — Hustlers, Inc. — Historic Macon Music Registry —
On Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard (U.S. 80) at Poplar Street Lane, on the right when traveling north on Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard.
Home to Alan Walden's company that managed Lynyrd Skynyrd — — Map (db m186775) HM
16 ► Georgia, Bibb County, Macon — Mike Mills and Bill Berry — Historic Macon Music Registry —
On Arlington Place north of Tinsley Place, on the right when traveling north.
Lived in apartments here before helping form R.E.M. — — Map (db m186842) HM
17 ► Georgia, Bibb County, Macon — Muscadine Studios — Historic Macon Music Registry —
On Vineville Avenue (Business U.S. 41) south of Hartley Avenue, on the right when traveling south.
Studio of Paul Hornsby, producer of Charlie Daniels & Marshall Tucker Bands — — Map (db m186846) HM
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18 ► Georgia, Bibb County, Macon — Nashville South — Historic Macon Music Registry —
Near Riverside Drive (U.S. 23) at Franklin Street, on the right when traveling north.
Club where Jason Aldean and Razzy Bailey were discovered — — Map (db m186691) HM
19 ► Georgia, Bibb County, Macon — Paragon Booking Agency — Historic Macon Music Registry —
On Arlington Place north of Tinsley Place, on the right when traveling north.
Booking agency for R.E.M., the Police, the B-52s and other New Wave bands — — Map (db m186845) HM
20 ► Georgia, Bibb County, Macon — Percy Welch's Hotel — Historic Macon Music Registry —
On D T Walton Sr. Way at Plum Street, on the right when traveling east on D T Walton Sr. Way.
Many early R&B artists stayed here, including Little Richard. — — Map (db m186818) HM
21 ► Georgia, Bibb County, Macon — Philip Walden, Jr., Childhood Home — Historic Macon Music Registry —
On Arlington Place at Tinsley Place, on the right when traveling north on Arlington Place.
Re-launched Capricorn Records with Widespread Panic — — Map (db m186838) HM
22 ► Georgia, Bibb County, Macon — Professional Building — Historic Macon Music Registry —
On Mulberry Street (Georgia Route 49) south of Spring Street ( Route 19), on the right when traveling south.
James Brown recorded “Please, Please, Please” at WIBB radio station — — Map (db m186693) HM
23 ► Georgia, Bibb County, Macon — Rookery — Historic Macon Music Registry —
On Cherry Street west of 3rd Street, on the right when traveling west.
The birthplace of Bragg Jam — — Map (db m186721) HM
24 ► Georgia, Bibb County, Macon — Sidney Lanier's Law Office — Historic Macon Music Registry —
On 2nd Street north of Mulberry Street Lane, on the right when traveling north.
Famed flautist and poet Sidney Lanier worked here. — — Map (db m186711) HM
25 ► Georgia, Bibb County, Macon — The Big House — Historic Macon Music Registry —
On Vineville Avenue (Business U.S. 41) at Rogers Avenue, on the right when traveling west on Vineville Avenue.
Home to the Allman Brothers Band, families, roadies & friends 1970-1973 — — Map (db m186626) HM
26 ► Georgia, Bibb County, Macon — The Cottage — Historic Macon Music Registry —
On Forsyth Street at Parr Street, on the right when traveling east on Forsyth Street.
Buddy Greene, famed for "Mary, Did You Know," played with the Uncle Ernie Brand here. — — Map (db m186831) HM
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27 ► Georgia, Bibb County, Macon — Tic Toc — Historic Macon Music Registry —
On Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard (U.S. 80) north of Cherry Street Lane, on the right when traveling north.
Little Richard often performed at Ann's Tic Toc. — — Map (db m186756) HM
28 ► Georgia, Bibb County, Macon — Wet Willie House — Historic Macon Music Registry —
On Georgia Avenue east of College Street, on the right when traveling east.
Owned by Bunky Odom-the band lived, wrote and rehearsed here. — — Map (db m186676) HM
 
 
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