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MACON’S MUSIC STORY
























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          A weekly residency and a walking tour dive    Tour Capricorn Sound Studios & Museum
        deep into local lore while an annual tribute  (540 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd.) to learn    VisitMaconGA
        concert recognizes a homegrown hero. From   about Capricorn Records’ influential heyday in
        the legends and unsung heroes of the past and   Macon in the space where the Allman Brothers
        the present, soul lives in Macon’s music.  Band, Marshall Tucker Band, Charlie Daniels
                                       and more recorded.
        MUST-SEE ATTRACTIONS             The intimate Otis Redding Museum (339
          The Allman Brothers Band Museum at the   Cotton Ave.) features fascinating memorabilia
        Big House (2321 Vineville Avenue) attracts   and a large selection of exclusive merchandise
        fans from across the globe to the exhibit-filled   celebrating the King of Soul.
        three-story home where members of the band,     The Little Richard House (416 Craft St.)
        roadies, friends and family once lived.   preserves the childhood home of the
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