"YOU CAN'T POINT TO ONE PERSON AND
SAY, 'THAT'S A FAN.' THE MUSIC BRINGS
EVERYONE TOGETHER. THEY MAY BE A
CEO DURING THE WEEK AND PUT ON
THEIR TIE-DYE ON THE WEEKENDS."
— LARAINE POTTER
out. We like doing new things, not just
the same things," Pinkston said.
Take note of the round plaques
marked "Historic Macon Music Registry"
at various locations around town. This is
a project launched by Charlie and Claire
Cox after they were inspired by a trip to
England where they kept seeing plaques
to indicate where different artists had
played, including Little Richard and Otis
Redding.
"They said, 'Wait! Those are our
people! We need to do this in Macon!'"
Pinkston recalled. "So, they contacted
Jessica Walden and Jamie Weatherford
of Rock Candy Tours, who, in turn,
contacted us. We formed a committee
who researched and decided who to do
the plaques for."
Some of the Allman Brothers
locations identified for the plaques
include the place where the Fillmore
East album cover was photographed,
Duane Allman's house on Bond Street,
Dickey Betts's house on Corbin
Avenue and Buffalo Evans's house on
Rogers Avenue (where he officiated
the wedding of Chuck and Rose Lane
CLOCKWISE FROM LEFT: DIRECTOR
OF THE BIG HOUSE MUSEUM, RICHARD
BRENT, FOR THE MACON MUSIC PROJECT.
MELODY TRUCKS BAND AT THE GRAND
OPERA HOUSE GABBAFEST 2019. LEE
ROY PARNELL AND JACK PEARSON AT THE
DOUGLASS THEATRE GABBAFEST 2018.
108 maconmagazine.com | JUNE/JULY 2022
