Athens 1980s overview

It is said that in every musical generation something new crawls out of the American South. But few would have expected anything earthshaking from Athens, a small city in Georgia that calls itself the “Classic City.” American college towns tend to be consumers rather than creators of musical trends. Athens, where one-third of the population are students at the University of Georgia, is the exception that proves the rule. Fittingly, the first hit to emerge...