A Night of Georgia Music, a concert featuring students from Mercer University, internationally renowned violin soloist and Macon native Robert McDuffie, former Allman Brothers Band member and current Rolling Stones keyboardist Chuck Leavell, and R.E.M. founding member and Macon native Mike Mills, dynamically showcases some of the most iconic songs to come out of the Peach State.
The program also includes songs from Georgia’s favorite contemporary artists, including Otis Redding, Ray Charles, the Allman Brothers Band, R.E.M., Outkast, the B-52s, and Brook Benton.
Sure they met up in Macon’s renowned Capricorn Records to introduce "A Night of Georgia Music," but you can also, immediately tell that when Georgia Outdoors’ host Sharon Collins and Georgia’s own Chuck Leavell (onetime Allman Brothers Band member and current Rolling Stones keyboardist and musical director) got together, it was also an opportunity for friends to catch back up.
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