Music of Georgia (U.S. state)
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Template:USstatesmusic The Sacred Harp, first published in 1844, was compiled and produced by Georgians Benjamin Franklin White and Elisha J. King.
The state's official music museum is the Georgia Music Hall of Fame, located in Macon, Georgia.
Artists from Georgia include the Allman Brothers Band, James Brown (musician), Little Richard, Otis Redding, Alan Jackson, Travis Tritt, Brenda Lee, IIIrd Tyme Out, Ray Charles, Trisha Yearwood, Indigo Girls, Moonshine Kate, Fiddlin' John Carson, R.E.M., Gram Parsons, The B-52's, Bill Anderson (country), Norman Blake, Pete Drake, Clayton McMichen, Riley Puckett, Jerry Reed, Ray Stevens, Larry Jon Wilson, Gladys Knight, Gid Tanner and His Skillet Lickers, Bruce Weeks Family, Brush Fire, Bullsboro, Fontanna Sunset, Georgia Bound, Blind Willie McTell, Southern Dogwood, steelBlue, Suggins Brothers, J.N. and Onie Baxter and the Bluegrass Five, Pappy Lee and the Chillun’ John “Doodle” Thrower, The Golden River Grass, Doug Stone, Sugarland (Atlanta based country band), Elbridge "Al" Bryant, and OutKast.
External links
- Georgia Music Hall of Fame (http://www.gamusichall.com/)
- South Georgia Folklife Project (http://www.valdosta.edu/music/SGFP/)
- North Georgia Bluegrass (http://www.sebabluegrass.org/index.php/)
- Georgia Bluegrass & Acoustic Music Links (http://members.aol.com/pickinhour/Links.html/)
- North Georgia BlueGrass Chronicles (http://bcbrown.net/bluegrass/chronicles/index.html)
- Georgia's Music (http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/nge/Categories.jsp?path=/TheArts/Music#/TheArts/Music/)