Mama Louise’s Special Day and Night
by Bill Thames, Ormond Beach Florida
A pessimist might say, a good deed never goes unpunished, but last weekend, in a room full of smiling optimists, Gregg Allman told the crowd that, ”one shared plate of smothered fried chicken at the H & H Restaurant quickly became several plates,” and those plates fed the emerging soul of Southern Rock, and helped keep it alive while the world caught-on to their musical concept. What started as dinner “ on the house” for a group of scruffy, hungry, long-haired hippie types, almost forty years ago, morphed into one of the most loving evenings in Macon Georgia s history &Mama Louise Hudson’s landmark birthday party
After dinner the evening s festivities kicked-off with an almost never ending parade, to the stage, of Macon music royalty, political dignitaries, and colorful local characters; all of whom were there to honor Mama Louise for a lifetime of kindheartedness, benevolence, and good will.
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Yesterday’s post mentioned my wandering downtown Macon during Cherry Blossom Festival. That walk had many purposes, among them was taking a photo of the original Downtown Macon Krystal. I was lucky enough to run into Clint. But my real purpose downtown was to visit another Macon landmark, H&H. Anyone who has been in Macon for more than a week or two will recognize this:
H&H has been a Macon landmark for ages and was of course made famous by the Allman Brothers, one of the many Macon based musical acts. When I first arrived in Macon I did not care for the Allman Brothers. There was a period of about a year that, due to certain fraternity brothers influences, they grew on me. Sadly, Macon radio killed it by playing Allman brother all the time. I no longer listen to them and (except on rare occasions like in heavy traffic) I will change the station. With H&H having such a rich AB history I avoided the place for years. I am sorry I did that, looking back. Read the rest of this entry »
