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open mic night at The Hummingbird on a Tuesday before New Year's. They've been ringing in the new year together ever since. While Dwayne has been a 478 resident all his life, Shana is an Air Force daughter and was born in Louisiana before moving to both London and Greece until her father retired in Virginia Beach. Both started their musical journeys as children in church as well, and they're equally fond of the chords that have been strung on our hallowed streets. "We work at Capricorn Studios a lot and can proudly say original music is still alive and well in Macon, Georgia." The Bozwellz are recording and touring constantly. A European tour is even in the works. The Bozwellz have collectively worked with The Rolling Stones' Chuck Leavell, Marshall Tucker guitarist and vocalist Chris Hicks, Wyclef Jean of The Fugees, Bono of U2, Sheila E of Prince, legendary blues icon B.B. King and many others. Their single "Gonna Be Alright" is a hope for us all; you'll want to have it on repeat. RACHEL FOREHAND Another longtime Maconite, Rachel Forehand was born and raised in Macon and has lived here all her life, other than when she attended college at ABAC and then Georgia Southern. Her dad, Dwayne Forehand, and his brother, Keith, were musicians in Macon in the 1970s and 1980s. "I'm grateful to have family music heritage here with my father Dwayne and Uncle Keith with his band The Lifters," she said. "It's an honor to be able to play music here in Macon and follow in their footsteps." Forehand learned how to play the guitar when she was 18, the summer before she moved away to college and got her start playing music in Statesboro in 2019 at a pool hall called Cowboys Pub. Now she's shared her talents with Cashman's Pub in downtown Macon. "It is amazing to see how music has impacted Macon, not only from the past perspective of all the legends that came before us that started their musical journey here but also to see the present perspective of how it impacts us that are musicians still here today," she said. The release of "Secrets" in May, one of the singles on her new EP, Six Strings & Day Dreams, was accompanied by a music video filmed at Grant's Lounge by Elliott Dunwoody and Stephanie Shadden with Bright Blue Sky Productions. "The music video features several current local musicians in Macon, which is very cool to me because we really are in this together. There is a whole community of musicians in Macon, and you never know what will happen when we all come together and work with one another," she said. Forehand is grateful for a place like Macon to call home, "where there are opportunities to play music all week long as well as share the love of music with others," she said. Her single "Forever" will be released on June 17. Following it is the EP release party on July 22 at Historic Grant's Lounge. The band, Black Jacket Bandolier, which formed in January, will be accompanying her. There's not just something in the water here; there's something resonating in the alleyways, bouncing off the bricks. We can count on all of these musical geniuses to carry out the vows to Macon's musical heritage by helping harmonize its future. No matter where we travel or where we stay awhile, what we face and what we carry, the streetlights of Macon music will always guide us home. RACHEL FOREHAND 104 maconmagazine.com | JUNE/JULY 2022