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re: Time to rank the New SEC's Top Ten Historic Music Destinations
Posted on 3/9/24 at 4:43 am to Harry Rex Vonner
Posted on 3/9/24 at 4:43 am to Harry Rex Vonner
Nashville
Memphis
New Orleans
That’s the only 3 when it comes to music and food
Memphis
New Orleans
That’s the only 3 when it comes to music and food
Posted on 3/9/24 at 6:17 am to RebRxV
There is only one answer for this and it’s Muscle Shoals Alabama. More hits have been recorded here than anywhere else. If you’ve never been a must see.
Posted on 3/9/24 at 8:19 am to dchog
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Nope.
Shelby County
I'm not denigrating the blues history of Memphis. But I'd argue that it's not part of the Mississippi Delta no matter what marketing ploy the city claims.
Even if Elvis moved there at one time, he's FROM Tupelo, which is DEFINITELY not part of the Mississippi Delta.
Here's a map for you:
Posted on 3/9/24 at 9:01 am to Pauldingtiger
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There is only one answer for this and it’s Muscle Shoals Alabama. More hits have been recorded here than anywhere else. If you’ve never been a must see.
Is this a joke? Legendary? Sure, but definitely behind Memphis and Nashville.
Posted on 3/9/24 at 10:12 am to Pauldingtiger
Nashville and Memphis.
Posted on 3/9/24 at 10:32 am to iglass
I have never heard of anyone from Memphis or the surrounding areas say that Memphis isn't part of the Delta.
Elvis was born in Tupelo but he graduated from Humes High School in Memphis back in 1953.
So both Mississippi and Tennessee can claim Elvis and I don't see what the big deal is with that.
Elvis was born in Tupelo but he graduated from Humes High School in Memphis back in 1953.
So both Mississippi and Tennessee can claim Elvis and I don't see what the big deal is with that.
Posted on 3/9/24 at 11:00 am to Harry Rex Vonner
Great thread and hard to disagree with most of the locations and artists mentioned by the OP and others.
This post was edited on 3/9/24 at 12:41 pm
Posted on 3/9/24 at 11:08 am to AwgustaDawg
Have you heard the story of how he convinced Waylon to record an album of his songs?
Posted on 3/9/24 at 11:33 am to PanhandleSlim
The Allman Brothers grew up in Fla but they moved to Macon, recorded there and became famous there. The “Big House” where they lived is now a Allman Brothers museum. Greg and Cher lived in Macon for much of their marriage. Today Dwayne,Greg, and Barry Oakley are all buried side by side in Macon’s historic Rose Hill cemetery. They may have been born in Daytona but they claimed Macon as their home and chose it as their final resting place.
Lynyrd Skynyrd spend a lot of time in Macon. Recorded much of their music there.
I’m not sure about Marshall Tucker. I wasn’t a big fan and I don’t know much about their history.
Lynyrd Skynyrd spend a lot of time in Macon. Recorded much of their music there.
I’m not sure about Marshall Tucker. I wasn’t a big fan and I don’t know much about their history.
This post was edited on 3/9/24 at 11:51 am
Posted on 3/9/24 at 1:57 pm to SaturdayNAthens
Gregg & Duane Allman were born at Nashville General Hospital. Allman and his brother spent much of their childhood in Middle Tennessee — both at their grandmother's house in Nashville and later at Castle Heights Military Academy in Lebanon. It was in Music City that Allman first saw a guitar up close — belonging to a neighbor — and was inspired to pick up his own. Later, he and his brother went to see a concert at Municipal Auditorium that would change their lives.
“Jackie Wilson, Otis Redding, B.B. King, Patti LaBelle and the Bluebells, and a bunch of folks. It was a whole revue. They had one band, and everybody used it. That was what a revue was all about — one house band, and all of the different stars would come up. Otis Redding just knocked me out. And B.B. King had this piece of furniture (an electric organ) on the stage. I asked my brother, "What is that piece of furniture?" Because we couldn't see the keys.”
To further her lot in life, their mother went back to school to become a CPA and sent her sons to Castle Heights Military Academy in Lebanon, TN when Gregg was eight. Gregg and Duane returned to Music City in 1958. They moved with their mother to Florida when Gregg was 12.
Duane developed into an outstanding slide guitarist. Gregg played keyboards and sang. Music took over their lives. Their grades suffered so badly that they were sent back for a second stint at Castle Heights.
In his autobiography My Cross to Bear, Gregg Allman recalled spending a great deal of time at his grandmother’s house on 18th Avenue South, near what is now Music Row. That residence no longer stands. But his mother’s house on Scotland Place off Leake Avenue still exists.
Deeply influenced by the blues records they heard on Nashville’s WLAC radio, they formed their Allman Joys band. They spent the summer of 1965 in Nashville being mentored by songwriter John D. Loudermilk (1934-2016).
In 1966, they returned to Nashville for a residency at a club called The Briar Patch. During their stay, producer Buddy Killen (1932-2006) recorded what became the sole LP by The Allman Joys. It contained several of Gregg Allman’s earliest songwriting efforts.
This post was edited on 3/9/24 at 2:01 pm
Posted on 3/9/24 at 1:58 pm to Harry Rex Vonner
Hmmh ... no mention of Pettyesque Gainesville?
Posted on 3/9/24 at 1:58 pm to Harry Rex Vonner
** Double Post
This post was edited on 3/9/24 at 1:59 pm
Posted on 3/13/24 at 3:12 pm to BigOrangeBri
So? They lived in several states. They ended up in Macon where they were lived, recorded and were discovered. Three of them are buried there - in a place they called their home. The birthplace of Southern Rock- Macon, Ga
Posted on 3/22/24 at 1:01 am to SaturdayNAthens
Correction. Four of the Allman Brothers are buried in Macon’s Rose Hill cemetery. I just learned that Butch Trucks died and is buried along side his 3 band mates.
Posted on 3/22/24 at 2:35 am to SaturdayNAthens
I was just pointing out how wildly incorrect your post was. Born in Daytona? Lol
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