Monthly Archives: November 2010

Hermon Hitson returns to the Royal Peacock

With the recent re-opening of the Royal Peacock on Auburn Avenue, I hope that news from the Peacock will work its way into the Georgia Soul blog on a regular basis. Over the last number of years, Atlanta’s most famous … Continue reading

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The Hurricane That Hit Atlanta

It’s not often that there’s a new release featured on the blog, and there’s not very much coverage given here to gospel music (though I’m beginning to think there should be). However, I’m pretty excited about a “hot off the … Continue reading

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W.J. Stafford’s Soul Expedition Nightclub

Dr. Rev. W. J. Stafford is not a stranger to the Georgia Soul blog, and some new pictures have surfaced which are absolutely worthy of sharing with you today. The folks over at the Atlanta History Center have digitized an … Continue reading

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The Pips, all four of them!

Gladys Knight & the Pips should not be an unfamiliar name to anyone who has read this blog before. While the Georgia Soul blog has a fairly standard practice of featuring artists who are under-appreciated, off the radar of flat … Continue reading

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