Two bills championing a statewide tax incentive for the music industry and a statewide office for the music industry failed to progress on Monday in the Georgia General Assembly, marking a distinct setback for those championing a program similar to what the film industry has had in the state since 2005.

Two bills championing a statewide tax incentive for the music industry and a statewide office for the music industry failed to progress on Monday in the Georgia General Assembly, marking a distinct setback for those championing a program similar to what the film industry has had in the state since 2005.

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A new historical marker being placed in a small town near Macon will remind Georgians that Jimi Hendrix played there 42 years ago.

The marker being dedicated Sept. 15 celebrates the Second Atlanta International Pop Festival of 1970. Despite its name, the July festival actually took place in a field in the rural town of Byron south of Macon.

The three-day concert featured more than 30 acts including Georgia's own Allman Brothers Band as well as Hendrix. The electric guitar virtuoso would be dead less than three months later at age 27.

The historical marker celebrating the music festival is being placed at the Middle Georgia Raceway in Byron. The Georgia Historical Society, the Allman Brothers Band Museum and Byron Area Historical Society were among several sponsors.

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