TIn February, amid public controversy surrounding a proposed 8.3 acre mixed-use development in downtown Athens, Patterson Hood, co-founder of the Drive-By Truckers, wrote “After It’s Gone,” a “love song” to the city and its vibrant downtown and recorded it during a 40 Watt gig. From Georgia Music, Spring 2012 issue
The “behind-the-scenes” in Georgia’s music industry come front-and-center in this expanded issue. The cover story by Jewly Hight looks at Zac Brown’s Southern Ground Artists and how the business is making its mark. From Georgia Music, Winter 2012 issue by Jewly Hight.
For those who have followed the career of Bradley “Butch” Walker since the late ’80s, when he was best known as lead guitarist for hair-metal band Byte the Bullet, his current success as a hit-making pop music producer seems both redemptive and a bit bewildering. From Georgia Music, Fall 2011 issue by Bret Love.
Cee Lo Green On Going To Heaven, Raising Hell & The Purgatory That Is The Music Business - The Goodie Mob frontman, Gnarls Barkley vocalist and hip-hop fixture finally gets his moment in the solo limelight. To hear him tell it, it was all part of the master plan. From Georgia Music, Winter Issue 2011 by Bret Love.
Over the past three decades, the state of Georgia has achieved worldwide recognition as a fertile breeding ground for musicians of nearly all stripes. From Georgia Music, Summer 2011 issue by Bret Love.