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Fri., June 7, 2013 6:00am
Few places can lay claim to as much rock and soul music heritage as Macon. But the city has struggled to get on the musical map with the likes of Nashville, Memphis, or even Athens, home of REM.
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Sun., May 12, 2013 10:40pm
Musician Little Richard Penniman received an honorary degree from Mercer University in his hometown of Macon, the same weekend he learned that his boyhood home there will be preserved.
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Mon., October 22, 2012 4:17pm
The Georgia Department of Transportation is moving to purchase and preserve the boyhood home of rock n' roll pioneer "Little Richard" Penniman in Macon, one of dozens of properties GDOT is buying up to make way for the widening of Interstate 75.
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Mon., October 22, 2012 10:00am
The Georgia Department of Transportation plans to spend about $10 million to mitigate the impact of widening Interstate 75 in Macon. Those plans include buying the small two-bedroom home where Little Richard's family lived and moving it four blocks.
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Thu., February 4, 2010 2:17pm
Interviews about cross-racial misidentification, Little Richard and George
