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Start Here! Visit Macon Downtown Visitors Center

Visit Macon is the go-to stop for all things Macon! Our team will help kickstart your adventure in Macon as you begin your self-guided journey on our Macon Music Trail. Be sure to visit visitmacon.org for more information.The Macon Music Trail marks the latest installment in an ongoing documentation project to interpret and celebrate Macon's rich and diverse music heritage. The initial effort began in 2016 with the development of the Historic Macon Music Registry and the placement of plaques on registered points of interest. In 2018 -- with funding from The Charles E. Cox Family Trust -- Visit Macon, Historic Macon Foundation, The Georgia Allman Brothers Band Association, and Rock Candy Tours partnered to develop a printed music tour brochure.Thank you to our community partners who have helped bring this trail and project to life:Washington Memorial Library, The Creek 100.9FM, the Georgia Music Foundation, Rock Candy Tours, Historic Macon Foundation and the many individuals who have contributed to our efforts!

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1. Tic Toc Room

Back in the 50s, this building housed Ann's Tic Toc Lounge, a restaurant and nightclub owned by Ann Howard. "Miss Ann" created a place where all were welcomed - black, white, gay, and straight - to enjoy the nightlife. Little Richard Penniman often performed here- beginning as a teenager and washed dishes in the kitchen when he needed the money. Two songs from his 1956 debut album Here's Little Richard - "Long Tall Sally" and "Miss Ann" - directly refer this influential establishment.

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2. Douglass Theatre

Founded in 1921 by Charles Douglass, Macon’s first African American millionaire, The Douglass Theatre presented movies and hosted jazz and blues greats including Ma Rainey, Ida Cox, Bessie Smith, Cab Calloway, and Duke Ellington. It's here that a young James Brown performed and local WIBB DJ Hamp Swain hosted The Teenage Party, a live talent show broadcast that introduced the musical gifts of local singer Otis Redding. Today, the Douglass hosts limited run films, performances, events and The Met Opera Live in HD simulcasts.

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3. Reverend Pearly Brown

The Rev. Pearly Brown, street singer, guitarist and evangelist, first came to Macon to attend the Georgia Academy for the Blind. He busked on local streets for many years, and it is said his bottlenecks style of slide guitar playing inspired an admiring Duane Allman. Later in life, Brown performed as one of the first African Americans at the Grand Ole Opry, Carnegie Hall, and the Newport Folk Festival and he is the subject of the 1975 documentary, Mean Old World.

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4. Red Lamp Lounge

The Red Lamp Lounge, which was located in the basement of the old Dempsey Hotel, was a notorious club where the Southern Rock band Molly Hatchet was discovered and where Capricorn recording artists Billy Joe Shaver and Dickey Betts were once arrested for a bar fight. Today, the Dempsey provides housing for low-income elderly residents.

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5. The Rookery

One of the city's most popular dining destinations, The Rookery opened in 1976, an era during which Macon's Capricorn Records released hit after hit. Back when it hosted bands, the restaurant's tiny stage welcomed artists from Rickie Lee Jones and Tom Waits to Widespread Panic and served as the birthplace of Bragg Jam, Macon’s premier summer music festival. Today, The Rookery's menu pays tribute to the city and state's musical lineage with sandwiches including Orange Crush (a nod to R.E.M.), Blind Willie's Buffalo Chicken sandwich and the OutKast Stankonia. Specialty burgers named for the Allman Brothers, James Brown, Otis Redding, Little Richard, Ray Charles, Jerry Reed and Dr. John provide musically-inspired choices, along with the not-to-be-missed milkshakes and ice cream floats.

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6. Elizabeth Reed Music Hall

Elizabeth Jones Reed Napier was a Macon scion resting peacefully in Rose Hill when her gravestone caught the eye of Dickey Betts, who along with his bandmates in The Allman Brothers, liked to walk through the historic cemetery. The jazz-influenced instrumental Betts wrote, "In Memory of Elizabeth Reed," premiered on the 1970 ABB album, Idlewild South, and on the 1971 live classic, At Fillmore East." Nearly 25 years later, a music venue at 557 Cherry Street named "Elizabeth Reed Music Hall" paid tribute to the anthemic song. The venue is where guitarist Warren Haynes and bassist Allen Woody—both members of the Allman Brothers Band at the time—premiered their new trio, Gov't Mule and where many artists signed to the second incarnation of Capricorn Records, including Col. Bruce Hampton, Aquarium Rescue Unit and 311, performed. Though "Liz Reed's" is long closed, the "Elizabeth Reed" sidewalk tiles remain in the front of the building.

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7. Le Bistro

In the early 1970s, Le Bistro opened as a “French eatery” founded by Capricorn Records Vice President Frank Fenter and his Swedish baroness bride, Kiki. It featured the upscale cuisine of Paul Harpin, a chef to the stars such as Mick Jagger. Among the celebrities who dined at Le Bistro were Andy Warhol, Don Johnson, Don King, President Jimmy Carter and members of the Allman Brothers Band. Most famously, it's where Gregg Allman proposed to Cher in 1973. Today, the historic building in the alley houses local favorite Downtown Grill, an upscale steakhouse.

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8. Sidney Lanier's Law Office

Born in Macon in 1842, Sidney Lanier briefly practiced law here with his father, Robert Sampson Lanier, before focusing on his real loves: poetry and music. Lanier went on to serve as first chair flute in Boston's Peabody Orchestra, taught at Johns Hopkins University. Among his most notable poems are "The Song of the Chattahoochee" and "The Marshes of Glynn." In 1881, the year of his untimely death at 39 due to tuberculosis, Scribner's Monthly wrote, "Sidney Lanier is a rare genius. No finer nature than his has America produced. His work is not popular, nor is it likely to become so, for his mind is of an unusual cast and his work is of exceptional character."

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9. Andersen's Jewelers

That Macon native Raymond Hamrick began as a watchmaker at Andersen’s Jewelers downtown in 1935 and remained there until he died in 2015 at age 99 is a tremendous accomplishment on its own. But Raymond Hamrick is also lauded as a prominent figure in the Sacred Harp singing tradition. Many of his compositions are included in 1991 revision of The Sacred Harp, an anthology of 573 religious songs originally published in 1844, and he is a central figure in the 2008 documentary, Awake My Soul: The Story of the Sacred Harp.

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10. Bibb Music Center

Though it's no longer open, Bibb Music Center, sold and repaired instruments for some of Macon musical greats and local marching bands for more than 50 years. Its original store ledger held the records showing purchases by Otis Redding, Duane Allman and Buddy Green, among others.Historical Plaque is Currently Not on Display

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11. Library Ballroom

Originally built in 1889, the Library Ballroom housed the city's first public library. It was operating as the College Discotheque on May 2, 1969, when The Allman Brothers played their first ticketed performance there. Tickets were $1, and the crowd was later described as..."unremarkable." Two years later, the band, which called Macon home, released At Fillmore East, which critics consider to be one of the best live albums ever made.

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12. The Grand Opera House

Originally built as the Academy of Music in 1884 and greatly expanded as the Grand Opera House in 1904, this historic performing arts center has hosted artists from Charlie Chaplin and Hank Williams to Ray Charles and Tony Bennett. Illusionist Harry Houdini cut nine trap doors into the stage floor, but only one remains today. The Allman Brothers Band performed there often and taped its 1973 appearance on Don Kirshner's Rock Concert there. In 1995, Mercer University took over management of the building and today, presents concerts, an annual Broadway series, the GrandKids arts education series, the Macon-Mercer Symphony Orchestra and more.

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13. The Professional Building

This building once housed WIBB radio station in its basement. It was here that James Brown recorded the demos for the hits “Please, Please, Please” and “Try Me.” The top floors housed Phil Walden Artists & Promotions, a band management and booking agency that worked with Sam & Dave, Percy Sledge, Etta James, Eddie Floyd, Johnny Taylor, and more on their burgeoning music careers.

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14. Macon City Auditorium

Built in 1923 to commemorate the 100-year anniversary of the city’s founding, the Macon City Auditorium continues to host major concert acts and events. Some of the most notable are the homecoming concerts of James Brown, Otis Redding, and the Allman Brothers Band. During a gospel performance by Sister Rosetta Tharpe, an unknown Little Richard, then a teenager, was pulled up on stage, starting his own journey as a musician and performer. The auditorium also was the site of Otis Redding’s final homecoming – his memorial service following the plane crash that killed him at age 26.

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15. Capricorn Records Office

Capricorn Records' official headquarters were located in executive offices on Cotton Avenue, which is now D.T. Walton Sr. Way. Stretching between two buildings and a pocket park, as Capricorn Records grew, so did its real estate holdings. Capricorn Records was co-founded by Macon native Phil Walden and became the launchpad of Southern rock into mainstream American music. However, before it housed Capricorn, the building served as RedWal Music Co., which was owned by Walden, his brother, Alan, and Otis Redding.

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16. Capricorn Park

Serving as Macon’s first “pocket park,” this space was developed by Capricorn Records executives Phil Walden and Frank Fenter to help alleviate city blight. The wrought-iron fence at the back of the park was salvaged from Rose Hill Cemetery, and the columns were saved from the original Wesleyan College after burned in 1963.

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17. Percy Welch's Hotel

Melvin “Percy” Welch was an African American business owner and musician who is credited with helping the careers of Little Richard, Otis Redding and Phil and Alan Walden. In 1959, Welch enjoying an R&B hit with his song, "Back Door Man," and this led to him and his orchestra becoming the house band at the Royal Peacock Lounge in Atlanta, where they supported acts including Aretha Franklin, Gladys Knight, Etta James, Joe Tex and many more. Over the years, he owned two nightclubs in Macon, The Jazz Club and The Fabulous Lounge, as well as two hotels, including this one, where Little Richard would often stay when returning to his hometown.

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18. H&H Restaurant

One of Macon’s oldest independent restaurants, H&H was founded in 1959 by two African American businesswomen, Inez Hill and Louise Hudson. They earned the affection of The Allman Brothers Band, whom “Mama Inez” and “Mama Louise” would feed for free in the days when the struggling musicians could barely afford to eat. Since then, the soul food restaurant has become a place of pilgrimage for Southern music fans and musicians from around the world. Though Mama Inez passed away in 2007 and Mama Louise passed away in 2022, the pioneering women are memorialized, along with the Allman Brothers Band, in a mural on the side of H&H and in the spirit of love they left behind. The "H," as it is affectionately called, is still open Monday-Saturday and features soul food breakfast and lunch delights.

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19. Grant's Lounge

Macon’s first truly integrated bar, Grant’s Lounge was founded in 1971 by Ed Grant Sr. Because it was located between the Capricorn Records studio on Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard and the executive offices on Cotton Avenue, Grant’s success grew with the rise of Southern Rock. It was on that Grant’s stage that an up-and-coming Marshall Tucker Band was discovered and quickly signed by Capricorn. Other acts that performed here include Lynyrd Skynyrd, the Allman Brothers Band, Boz Scaggs, Eddie Hinton, Eric Quincy Tate, and Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, then known as Mudcrutch. Recently renovated, Grant's is still open today hosting local and touring bands, its signature Sunday Nite Jam and the Wednesday night Macon Music Revue, a musical trip through the city's history featuring Charles Davis & the Velvet Sound.

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20. "At Fillmore East"

The brick wall along the alley in the heart of downtown Macon provided the perfect backdrop to one of the most iconic album covers ever. One cool morning in Macon in 1971, celebrated photographer Jim Marshall gathered Allman Brothers Band members Gregg and Duane Allman, Jaimoe, Dickey Betts, Butch Trucks, and Berry Oakley together, stenciled the name of the band and album onto one of their flight cases and had the roadies stack them up for the shoot. Released in July of that year, this double live album ranks at #49 on Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time.

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21. Hustler's Inc.

When his brother Phil Walden co-founded Capricorn Records, Alan Walden formed his own music management and publishing company called Hustlers Inc. The first act signed to Hustlers was the then-unknown Lynyrd Skynyrd. Hustlers published the songs “Free Bird,” “Sweet Home Alabama,” Simple Man,” and more. Although Capricorn was among the labels that turned down Skynyrd, Alan Walden ran the band’s business affairs next door to his brother’s studio.

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22. Capricorn Sound Studios & Museum

Originally established by Capricorn Records in 1969, this recording studio captured the magic of artists including the Allman Brothers Band, the Marshall Tucker Band, the Charlie Daniels Band, Wet Willie, Percy Sledge, Bonnie Bramlett and many more. The studio had changed hands several times after Capricorn folded in 1979, but by 2019, the Georgia Trust for Historic Preservation had put the building on its "Places in Peril" list. Fortunately, Mercer University stepped in, rehabilitated and transformed the space, and on Dec. 3, 2019, the 50th anniversary of the original launch, opened it as Capricorn Sound Studios and Museum. The working recording studio is quickly becoming a destination and the Capricorn Museum, featuring artifacts, murals and digital kiosks, is open Wednesday-Sunday.

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23. Nashville South

Though Nashville South is just a memory now, the music venue has a place in country music history. In the late 70s and 80s, the club's house band was led by Razzy Bailey, who went on to have five #1 hits on the Billboard charts. Just a few years later, Jason Aldean began singing in the Nashville South house band when he was only 15, and of course, he's become one of country music's most successful superstars today.

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24. Rabbit Records

Rabbit Records was the band management company launched by Dick Wooley, who had previously worked as vice president of promotions for Capricorn Records, as well as Atlantic Records. Wooley is considered an innovator of the simulcast concert performance. Rabbit Records represented bands including Molly Hatchet and Grinderswitch.

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25. Duane Allman's Home

Duane Allman moved from the “hippie crash pad” (303 College Street) to his own house-apartment here, where he lived with his girlfriend Donna and their infant daughter Galadrielle. The location kept him close to his bandmates and it was a short walk to Rose Hill Cemetery. Allman was known as an avid front-porch picker. Look closely at the sidewalk here and you’ll see a small imprint of an Allman Brothers mushroom.

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26. Dick Wooley's House

Former Capricorn Records executive Dick Wooley was vice president of promotions for the label before going on to form his own management company, Rabbit Records, on Walnut Street. In 1972, it was Wooley’s idea to broadcast the Allman Brothers Band’s New Year’s Eve show from The Warehouse in New Orleans to more than 30 stations throughout eight Southeastern states, creating a new format in radio that we now know as “simulcast.”

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27. Hippie Crash Pad

A one-time tour manager for Little Richard and a trusted employee of Phil Walden’s Artist & Promotions company, Twiggs Lyndon rented a two-room apartment within a house that once stood on this site. It was here where the entire Allman Brothers Band lived when they first moved to Macon in 1969. Lyndon later served as the band’s tour manager. Look closely at the sidewalk here and you’ll see a large imprint of an Allman Brothers mushroom.

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28. Robert McDuffie Center for Strings

In 1969, the distinctive porch and columns of the Victorian-style Bell House on College Street served as the setting for the Allman Brothers Band's self-titled debut album cover. Today, the historic landmark is home to the Robert McDuffie Center for Strings, the premier music conservatory led by Grammy-nominated violinist and Macon native Robert McDuffie. The rigorous program welcomes classical string students from all over the world who are enrolled at Mercer University's Townsend School of Music. The Bell House Jennings Salon hosts the free McDuffie Young Artist Concert series throughout the year.

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29. Wet Willie House

This house is where the Alabama-based band Wet Willie lived after signing to Capricorn Records in 1970. When not touring, band members could be found rehearsing and writing songs at the house, like their timeless hit, “Keep on Smiling.” Neighbors would often report the bands’ antics to the police, including seeing the group “streak” across College Street on a particularly lively night.

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30. Emmett Miller Home

Born and buried in Macon (1900-1962), minstrel show comedian and singer Emmett Miller developed the trick of breaking into falsetto in the middle of a word while singing. It is said that Jimmie Rodgers copied the style, as did Hank Williams, whose version of "Lovesick Blues" was based on Miller's own recording of the song. Miller remained a major influence on many country music singers, including Merle Haggard, who sought out Miller’s history when Haggard played in Macon.

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31. Great Southern T-Shirt Co.

Headquartered in Macon, Great Southern T-Shirt Co. was one of the world's first entertainment merchandising companies. Ira Sokoloff, who had moved from NYC to Macon to work with Capricorn Records and the Allman Brothers Band, co-founded the company, which is credited with being the first merch company to license with artists to use their image and pay them royalties in return. Great Southern later gained global success with a client list that included Billy Joel, Bon Jovi, Duran Duran, ZZ Top, Cher, INXS, Depeche Mode, Motley Crue and Iron Maiden.

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32. Paragon Booking Agency

Paragon Booking Agency was an offshoot business that grew out of Capricorn Records’ success. The talent agency was operated by Alex Hodges, who had met Phil Walden while attending Mercer University. Paragon developed one of the most sought-after rosters of Southern bands including the Allman Brothers Band, Lynyrd Skynyrd and the Charlie Daniels Band. Music industry luminaries Ian Copeland and John Huie worked at Paragon. The pair went on to found Frontier Booking International, the premier agency for New Wave bands in the 80s including Athens, Ga. band the B-52s, The Police (Ian's brother, Stewart, was the band's drummer), The Cure, The Go-Go's and many more.

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33. Mike Mills and Bill Berry House

Mike Mills and Bill Berry were young musicians who met while attending Macon’s Northeast High School. After graduation, the pair rented an apartment in this house while Berry worked for Paragon Booking Agency. Mills and Berry would later move to Athens, Georgia, to attend the University of Georgia, where they teamed up with Michael Stipe and Peter Buck and formed the band R.E.M.

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34. Philip Walden Jr. Childhood Home

Philip Walden Jr., son of Capricorn Records founder Phil Walden, grew up in this house with his parents Katherine Kennedy Walden and Phil Walden, co-founder of Capricorn Records. Walden Jr. played an instrumental role in relaunching Capricorn Records in the early 1990s, signing Widespread Panic, Cake and 311 to the label. Post-Capricorn, Walden, a Mercer University School of Law graduate, worked as an entertainment lawyer for Turner Broadcasting's Music Group before dying in an accident in 2011 at 48 years old. He was inducted posthumously into the Georgia Music Hall of Fame in 2015.

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35. The Cottage

Hit gospel, country, and bluegrass singer-songwriter Buddy Greene grew up in Macon playing harmonica and guitar before moving to Nashville to pursue music full time. One of his fondest memories was playing in his band the Uncle Ernie Brand (yes, Brand) at the Cottage, which now houses the popular Sid's Sandwich Shop. Greene has made numerous records, took his "Classical Harmonica Medley" all the way to Carnegie Hall and co-wrote the modern Christmas classic, “Mary, Did You Know?”

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36. Little Richard's Childhood Home

Originally located on Fifth Avenue in the historic Pleasant Hill neighborhood, the childhood home of Little Richard was moved to the current location in 2017 in response to the Interstate 75/16 expansion. Little Richard, whose first hit, "Tutti Frutti, came in 1955, influenced artists including the Beatles, the Rolling Stones, Bob Dylan, Elton John, Queen, Prince and so many others and he was inducted into the first class of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1986. Today the Little Richard House is open to the public as a Resource Center.

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37. The Big House

Open now as the Allman Brothers Band Museum at The Big House, this Tudor Revival home was a rental property discovered by Linda Oakley who secured it as a home for her, Allman Brothers Band bassist Berry Oakley, and their daughter Brittany. Various members of the band, including friends and roadies, lived in “the Big House” from 1970-1973. The first residents were the Oakleys, Duane Allman, his lady Donna, their daughter Galadrielle, Berry’s sister Candice Oakley, and Gregg Allman. Today fans from around the world make the pilgrimage to The Big House to experience the music, memories and fabulous merch in the gift shop.

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38. Dickey Betts' Apartment B

Dickey Betts, Florida-born guitarist, singer, songwriter and founding member of the Allman Brothers Band, lived here in the early 70s with his then-wife Sandy “Bluesky” Wabegijig and their daughter Jessica Betts. The house was just around the corner from The Big House, where fellow band members Berry Oakley and Duane Allman lived with various members of their families. Betts wrote the Allman Brothers' songs, “Jessica,” inspired by his daughter, the instrumental "In Memory of Elizabeth Reed," and the band's biggest commercial hit, “Ramblin’ Man,” which references nearby Vineville Avenue as Highway 41.

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39. Buffalo Evans' Home

As a road manager for the Allman Brothers Band, Gerald “Buffalo” Evans, crisscrossed the globe He officiated at the weddings of bandmates Chuck Leavell, Gregg Allman, Jaimoe, and Lamar Williams Jr. in his home here.

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40. Muscadine Recording Studios

Alabama born keyboardist, engineer and producer Paul Hornsby has operated Muscadine Studios in this original location since 1982. Hornsby initially arrived in Macon to work at Capricorn Records, where he produced Marshall Tucker Band’s albums and lent his piano playing to their hits, “Can’t You See” and “Heard It in a Love Song.” He produced albums for Charlie Daniels Band which included the songs "The South's Gonna Do It Again" and "Fire On the Mountain. Before his producing career, Hornsby played piano, organ, and guitar with the Allman Joys, then the Hour Glass, both of which included Duane Allman and Gregg Allman. In 2021, Mercer University Press published Hornsby's memoir, Fix It In the Mix: Music & Mayhem in the American South.

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46. Gallery West

This music gallery features the photography of Kirk West, whose incredible eye documented the influential blues scene in Chicago in the 70s and 80s and after that, the career of the Allman Brothers Band, for whom West served as tour manager. Available as prints, framed and unframed, and as canvases are images of ABB, Keith Richards, Bob Marley, Tom Waits, BB King, Muddy Waters, Junior Wells, Bruce Springsteen, Johnny Cash, Neil Young, Tom Petty, Cindy Wilson, Tedeschi Trucks Band, George Jones, Merle Haggard, James Brown and many more.

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41. The Back Porch Lounge

Located inside the Best Western, The Back Porch is one of those tiny lounges where you never know who'll show up and play. Ronnie Hammond, former lead singer of the Atlanta Rhythm Section, often played here before his death in 2011. Funk, soul and blues pioneer Robert Lee Coleman has the led the open mic jam here on Monday nights for years and welcomed music greats to the tiny stage.Historical Plaque is Currently Not on Display

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48. Fresh Produce Records

Macon's independent record store is just like you want a record store to be: a massive selection of vinyl, tapes and CDs, vinyl accessories and supplies, apparel and merch along with quirky owners who love to talk music. They also have dedicated sections for up-and-coming Macon artists and the city's music legends. Fresh Produce showcases a wide variety of genres from jam bands and classic rock to Japanese funk or hearty country tunes. There's no end to the sounds you can find in this unique record store.

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43. Habersham Records and Tape Shop

Though her brother Alex Habersham originally opened the record store more than 45 years, Phillis Malone bought it decades ago to ensure it kept going. Back in 2018, she told WMAZ, " "I've been here long enough to see the cassettes go, the albums go, and the CDs come in, and now it's reversing where the albums are coming back full force."

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49. Otis Redding Foundation

The home of the Otis Redding Foundation features an intimate museum with one-of-kind artifacts and stories from the Redding Family's personal collection. The merch section includes exclusive t-shirts, hoodies, gifts and more that can't be found anywhere else. All proceeds benefit the programs of the Otis Redding Foundation. The museum is open to the public Monday-Saturday.

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47. Rock Candy Tours

The guided tour company offers an entertaining exploration of Macon’s fascinating music history. Owned by Jessica Walden (daughter of famed music exec Alan Walden) and her husband Jamie Weatherford, Rock Candy tours – which can be public or private, on foot or via van, and customized to your group’s liking – are chock-full of insider info, colorful stories and little known facts, all delivered with humor, love and respectful adoration.

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42. Rose Hill Cemetery

The historic 50-acre cemetery located on the banks of the Ocmulgee River provided much inspiration for The Allman Brothers Band, specifically their songs "In Memory of Elizabeth Reed" and "Little Martha." Today, brothers Duane and Gregg Allman and their ABB bandmates Berry Oakley and Butch Trucks are interred here. Rose Hill's scenery is captivatingly beautiful, making an afternoon stroll to pay tribute a memorable experience.

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45. Famous Mike's of Macon

Opened in 2018, Famous Mike's serves up home cooking in a space where the walls are covered with memorabilia celebrated Macon's colorful music history. Many of its menu items are named for musicians or their songs, including the Blue Sky Burrito, Whipping Post Pancakes, HotLanta French Toast, Sky Dog Chili Cheese Dog and lots more.

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44. Vertigo Vinyl

Located in Mercer Village, Vertigo Vinyl carries a hand-curated selection of cross-genre vinyl, band t-shirts, posters, collectibles, record players, accessories and more. The shop was opened in the summer of 2022 by incoming Mercer University freshman Noah Silver, whose videos about vinyl had quickly earned more than 90,000 followers on Tik Tok and now includes more than 200,000. The son of Mercer English professors Dr. Andrew Silver and the late poet Dr. Anya Silver, Noah began obsessively collecting vinyl albums and playing guitar as a teen. Patrons of his shop are big fans of the Daily Sales, which can be found in-store or online at vertigovinyl.com.

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Little Richard Mural at Society Garden

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