Postcard from College Square, Athens GA Having seen Big Star THIRD a few times now, I can safely say it has probably never been performed more brilliantly than Saturday night in downtown Athens. The whole night was transcendent with more than two hours of music, dozens of musicians (spanning about 5 decades of age and experience) and thousands of appreciative Athens friends taking in this timeless music from long ago and not so far away. It was truly townie heaven. And of special interest to R.E.M. fans and friends, here is JESUS CHRIST sung by Mike Mills, backed up by singers Thayer Sarrano (thayersarrano/) of Athens and Skylar Gudasz (skylargudasz/) and Brett Harris (brettharrismusic/) of Durham, along with Bill Berry and Ken Stringfellow (kenstringfellow/) among others. Check it out: https://youtube/watch?v=yDOHKdYRs6s ... as well as this You Cant Have Me with Mike on vocals: https://youtube/watch?v=Ge3Hjb7As6k And thank you Mr Chris Stamey, Jody Stephens (facebook/jody.stephens.58) and the great people at UGA Willson Center (willson.uga.edu/), Slingshot Athens (slingshotathens/) and the UGA Music Business Program (terry.uga.edu/courses/MBUS/) for such a gift of music to our fair town. Also, thanks to Athens own Daniel Peiken for shooting this great footage. Bertis
Posted on: Mon, 10 Nov 2014 19:50:17 +0000
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