NESP Forum

This would be a cool spot to stop and visit during your travels

"That music, and the man who created it, are being celebrated in ‘‘I’ve Got Dreams to Remember,’’ an exhibit that opened Friday at the Georgia Music Hall of Fame in Macon — Redding’s hometown.


The exhibit, which was to kick off with a tribute concert tonight featuring blues great Taj Mahal, The Bar-Kays, Diana Degarmo and Dexter Redding and Otis Redding III, the singer’s sons, will run through Sept. 8 of next year.


‘‘Otis Redding’s music just transcended boundaries,’’ said museum director Lisa Love. ‘‘There’s a raw emotion and intimacy there that connects and resonates with people.’’

Liz - keep this on the list when we go on our NESP tour of the Southland, the concert sounds awesome.

Nice find - wonder if the concert will be captured anywhere - would like to hear his sons

Diana Degarmo - - hmm, wonder what her connection is - beyond apparently living there now -  but not her first time - - from Wiki
Born in Birmingham, Alabama, DeGarmo has been singing publicly from a young age, including at the 1997 Georgia Music Hall of Fame Awards,. . . . . . . .


thought you all might like to see the list of Inductees
http://www.georgiamusic.org/inductees.php

2007: Babs Richardson, Dr. Bobbie Bailey, Freddy Cole, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Mylon LeFevre, Usher
2006: Dallas Austin, Felice Bryant, Gregg Allman, Jermaine Dupri, R.E.M.
2005: Doug Johnson, Newsong, Patty Loveless, The Sunshine Boys
2004: Chuck Leavell, Hugh Jarrett, Mary Lou Williams, Mattiwilda Dobbs
2003: Alan Walden, Indigo Girls, Kenny Rogers, Mike Curb
2002: Clarence Carter, The Harmoneers, TLC, Tom Wright
2001: Alan Jackson, Antonio "L.A." Reid, Ralph Peer, Roy Drusky
2000: Little Jimmy Dempsey, Michael Greene, The B-52's, Trisha Yearwood
1999: Gram Parsons, Jessye Norman, Mike Clark, Travis Tritt
1998: Allman Brothers Band, Emma Kelly, J. Lee Friedman, Peabo Bryson
1997: "Boots" Woodall, Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, Dave Prater, William Bell
1996: Atlanta Rhythm Section, Joe Galkin, Mac Davis, Rodney Mills
1995: Chet Atkins, Elmo Ellis, Joel Katz, Ray Eberle
1994: Chuck Willis, Gwen Kesler, Isaac Hayes
1993: Curtis Mayfield, Dennis Yost & the Classics IV, J.R. Cobb, Sam Wallace
1992: Connie Haines, Emory Gordy, Jr., Gertrude "Ma" Rainey, The Lewis Family, The Tams
1991: Joseph "Cotton" Carrier, Lena Horne, Ray Whitley, Roland Hayes
1990: "Blind Willie" McTell, Chips Moman, Ronnie Milsap, Wendy Bagwell
1989: Fletcher Henderson, Gladys Knight, Harold Shedd, Leroy Abernathy
1988: Billy Joe Royal, Gid Tanner & The Skillet Lickers, Joe Williams, Robert Shaw
1987: Alex Cooley, Bob Richardson, Felton Jarvis, Jerry Reed
1986: George Riley Puckett, Hovie Lister, Phil Walden, Tommy Roe
1985: Bill Anderson, Eva Mae LeFevre, Graham Jackson, Zell Miller
1984: "Little Richard" Penniman, Buddy Buie, Fiddlin' John Carson, James Melton
1983: "Piano Red" Perryman, Albert Coleman, Harry James, James Brown
1982: Boudleaux Bryant, Brenda Lee, Duane Allman
1981: Dr. Thomas Dorsey, Joe South, Otis Redding
1980: Johnny Mercer, Ray Stevens, Zenas "Daddy" Sears
1979: Bill Lowery, Ray Charles