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Warner Robins is located in the northern part of Houston County, about halfway between Macon and Perry, in the geographic center of Georgia. The town has evolved from a railroad stop in the midst of farmlands to a military community and the home of Georgia’s largest industrial complex, Robins Air Force Base. Early History Houston County was created in 1821 from land ceded to the state by the Creek Indians in the Treaty of Indian Springs.

Wheat Street Baptist Church, located in the Sweet Auburn district of Atlanta, was founded in 1869. The church building, located at the corner of Auburn Avenue and Yonge Street (later William Holmes Borders Drive), was constructed between 1921 and 1939. William Holmes Borders, a prominent civil rights activist, was pastor of the church from 1937 to 1988. From The United Negro: His Problems and His Progress: Containing the Addresses and Proceedings the Negro Young People's Christian and Educational Congress, Held August 6-11, 1902, by Irvine Garland Penn and John W.

The hard-working, down-to-earth jam band Widespread Panic came out of the Athens music scene’s second wave of talent, which began forming in the mid-1980s. With its fusion of southern rock, jazz, and blues, Widespread Panic has earned renown as one of America’s best live bands. They have often appeared in Pollstar’s “Concert Pulse” chart of the top fifty bands on the road, and they have performed more than 150 live dates a year.

Willie Lee Perryman, who performed during his career as “Piano Red” and as “Dr. Feelgood,” was a self-taught pianist who played in the barrelhouse blues style. (The term barrelhouse was used to describe a loud percussive type of blues piano suitable for noisy bars or taverns.) His performing and recording careers emerged during the period of transition between completely segregated “race music” and “rhythm and blues,” which was marketed to white audiences.