MACON — Capricorn Sound Studios and Museum will host a special studio tour and a panel discussion with author Alan Paul and Allman Brothers Band historian and archivist John Lynskey on March 1 to coincide with the Feb. 28 Dicky Betts Memorial Concert at the Macon City Auditorium.
The panel discussion, which will begin at 1 p.m., will focus on Dickey Betts and his impact on Southern Rock, most notably as an original member of the Allman Brothers Band. The panel discussion will be followed by a special studio tour and open house.
Admission will be $10 at the door. No reservations are required. Capricorn will also have an early bird tour at 10 a.m. on March 1.
Paul is an author, journalist and musician. His fourth book, Brothers and Sisters: The Allman Brothers Band and the Inside Story of the Album That Defined the 70s,is a deep dive into the time before and after 1973’s Brothers and Sisters, the band’s best-selling studio album. Paul’s two previous books were New York Times bestsellers: Texas Flood: The Inside Story of Stevie Ray Vaughan and One Way Out: The Inside History of the Allman Brothers Band.
Lynskey has been involved with The Allman Brothers Band since 1995, first serving as editor-in-chief of Hittin’ the Note, the group’s music magazine. He coauthored My Cross to Bear, Gregg Allman’s best-selling autobiography, and currently serves as resident historian at The Allman Brothers Band Museum at the Big House.
About Mercer Music at Capricorn
After undergoing a $4.7 million restoration in 2019, the historic Capricorn Sound Studios in Downtown Macon reopened in 2020 as a 20,000-square-feet multi-purpose music center designed to leverage Macon’s music heritage to create Macon’s music future. Incorporating the original studio where Southern Rock flourished and bands such as the Allman Brothers, Marshall Tucker, Wet Willie and Charlie Daniels recorded in the 1970s, Mercer Music at Capricorn added a second recording studio/concert venue, as well as a museum devoted to all things Capricorn, and a music incubator featuring 12 rehearsal rooms. The center also includes offices for related professionals and businesses, as well as non-profit arts organizations. Learn more at https://capricorn.mercer.edu/.
