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Rose Hill Cemetery is a 50-acre cemetery located on the banks of the Ocmulgee River in Macon, Georgia, United States, that opened in 1840. [3] [4] Simri Rose, a horticulturist and designer of the cemetery, was instrumental in the planning of the city of Macon and planned Rose Hill Cemetery in return for being able to choose his own burial plot. [5]
In 1954 Macon County, Georgia, brothers Chris (Alan Vint) and Wayne Dixon (Jesse Vint) from Chicago are on a two-week spree of cheap thrills throughout the South before their upcoming stint in the Air Force. Wayne entered the service when Chris was given the option of military duty in lieu of prison as the result of an earlier episode with the law.
Les Dudek, a guitar player who got word that Dickey Betts was starting a side band from the Allmans, travelled to Macon, Georgia to audition. Dickey’s band was put on hold due to the possibility of a new Allman Brothers album. [3] Dudek was asked by Petty to join his new band but Dudek declined on hopes of being a part the new Allman Brothers ...
The Allman Brothers Band was an American rock band from Macon, Georgia. Formed in March 1969 by brothers Duane (guitar) and Gregg Allman (organ, vocals), the group originally also included guitarist and vocalist Dickey Betts, bassist Berry Oakley, and drummers Butch Trucks and Jai Johanny "Jaimoe" Johanson.
The Allman Brothers Band Museum, also known as The Big House, is a museum in Macon, Georgia, United States. It was the home to The Allman Brothers Band's original members, their families, and various friends from 1970 to 1973. The Big House was renovated by The Big House Foundation and opened in November 2009 as an interactive museum dedicated ...
When Warner Brothers could not successfully negotiate a buyout of the label in 1975, Capricorn made a new distribution deal with PolyGram. [2] In the following year Capricorn's most successful and prolific act, the Allman Brothers Band, would split up. The 1970s recession affected Capricorn record sales, especially later in the decade.
A Macon man was shot and killed and his brother was critically wounded early Friday in gunfire outside a Pio Nono Avenue barber shop, Bibb County sheriff’s officials said.
Sea Level was an American rock band from Macon, Georgia. Formed in 1976, the band was an offshoot of the Allman Brothers Band. Between 1977 and 1980, the band released five studio albums which incorporated elements of funk, blues and Latin music. [1] Sea Level took on a life of its own as tensions grew between Gregg Allman and other