Athens GA still a big music town

Macon.com | 06/19/2007 | Years after R.E.M., Athens music scene still hot: "In a town of roughly 100,000 people, Athens - home of the University of Georgia and just south of the foothills of the Blue Ridge mountains - has an estimated 500-plus music groups. At that ratio, metro Atlanta would have about 20,000 rock bands and New York City would have more than 40,000....

'In Georgia, probably most of the artistic and eccentric and creative and interesting people gravitate to UGA,' said Fred Schneider of The B-52s, whose group returned to its roots in Athens last month to record their first album in 15 years. 'It's an easy place to live, prices are reasonable and there's a lot to do and see.'"