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Has Macon, GA produced more famous people than you would expect?

Posted on 3/25/18 at 6:38 pm
Posted by weagle99
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Posted on 3/25/18 at 6:38 pm
Little Richard
Allman Bros
Otis Redding
Jason Aldean
Young Jeezy
Ken Shamrock
REM guy
Actor on 30 Rock

And a bunch of other people

Seems it is punching above its weight
Posted by Commandeaux
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Posted on 3/25/18 at 6:39 pm to
Slidell...via Live PD
Posted by Kafka
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Posted on 3/25/18 at 6:40 pm to
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Young Jeezy
Ken Shamrock
who
quote:

Allman Bros
were from Florida
Posted by Dire Wolf
bawcomville
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Posted on 3/25/18 at 6:41 pm to
Macon, ga gets a bit too much credit for the allman bros.

Jacksonville is where they cut their teeth.
Posted by LSUballs
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Posted on 3/25/18 at 6:41 pm to
Allmans were from Florida via Tennessee
Posted by athenslife101
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Posted on 3/25/18 at 6:42 pm to
I visited Mercer once. Nice enough campus. Got lost in the Macon backcountry once and it was terrifying.
This post was edited on 3/25/18 at 6:43 pm
Posted by Kafka
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Posted on 3/25/18 at 6:47 pm to
Sunflower, Mississippi

w/a population of about 1,000 people

Soul singer Jerry Butler

Blues singer Little Milton

Blues musician Matt "Guitar" Murphy

Internationaly celebrated food critic and chef Craig Claiborne

Movie actor Willie Best (w/Bob Hope)

Posted by NewbombII
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Posted on 3/25/18 at 6:48 pm to
Best team name ever a hockey franchise...

The Macon Whoopie....
Posted by SOKY Catfan
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Posted on 3/25/18 at 6:48 pm to
Shamrock is UFC legend. Not sure about Jeezy.
Posted by Paul Allen
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Posted on 3/25/18 at 6:50 pm to
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Macon, GA


I can’t think of many more boring places than it
Posted by tiderider
Member since Nov 2012
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Posted on 3/25/18 at 6:52 pm to
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Macon, ga gets a bit too much credit for the allman bros.

Jacksonville is where they cut their teeth.



macon should receive almost no credit, in all honesty ... their musical genesis was in n'ville, and they grew up in florida ...
Posted by PearlJam
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Posted on 3/25/18 at 6:53 pm to
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Ken Shamrock
REM guy
ouch, that has to be a blow to the ego
Posted by LaBR4
Baton Rouge
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Posted on 3/25/18 at 6:54 pm to
Are you from from Macon baw?
This post was edited on 3/25/18 at 6:55 pm
Posted by weagle99
Member since Nov 2011
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Posted on 3/25/18 at 6:57 pm to
Nah just traveled through.
This post was edited on 3/25/18 at 7:07 pm
Posted by alajones
Huntsvegas
Member since Oct 2005
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Posted on 3/25/18 at 7:08 pm to
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Are you from from Macon baw?


I used to live in Warner Robins.

Macon is like the Monroe of Georgia.
Posted by TG_
Member since Mar 2018
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Posted on 3/25/18 at 7:15 pm to
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Macon, GA


Geico?
Posted by Pechon
unperson
Member since Oct 2011
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Posted on 3/25/18 at 7:22 pm to
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REM guy


Michael Stipe? He was born in Decatur, which is like an hour and a half from Macon.
Posted by Pechon
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Member since Oct 2011
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Posted on 3/25/18 at 7:22 pm to
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Macon is like the Monroe of Georgia.


Having been to both places, I can confirm this is true.

eta: For about four years of my life I lived about 20 miles from Savannah, which is practically a dirty Charleston.
This post was edited on 3/25/18 at 7:24 pm
Posted by weagle99
Member since Nov 2011
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Posted on 3/25/18 at 7:32 pm to
Mike Mills
Posted by Pechon
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Posted on 3/25/18 at 7:42 pm to
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Mike Mills


Ah, OK, gotcha. Yeah, he wasn't born there but grew up there. I suppose it would count.
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