by Marty Willett, GABBA Chairman Emeritus and GMHF Visitor Services Manager (This article appears in the Spring 1999 issue of Backstage, the official publication of the Georgia Music Hall of Fame and is published on GABBAnet by permission of the GMHF.) * * * * * * * * * * * * * * The Allman Brothers Band, founded

By William M. Thames III Even today at age fifty-three, on rare occasions, that vague nagging feeling in the pit of my stomach returns—that unpleasant feeling that my stomach is trying to crawl up into my throat, and empty its bounty of churning butterflies. To a young teenage musician, stage fright can be a terrifying, and worrisome emotion. Today, I

Our 2003 Music for the Troops Drive was very successful.

…(OR HOW I GOT AWAY FROM THE HURRICANE! HAD A “NEAR GREGG” EXPERIENCE! AND GOT BACK TO MY MUSICAL AND FAMILY ROOTS)