Macon GA Music Tour - Missing Otis Redding Statue / Allman Brothers Locations / Little Richard House
Macon Georgia Music History Tour
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welcome everyone adam the woo here has a
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recording of this it is january 3rd
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2022.
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it's gonna take me a little while to get
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used to saying 22 and not 21. and i am
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in macon georgia
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see the sign right behind there and i am
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joined by
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two
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local residents to the area josh and
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caleb who also have youtube channels and
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you guys are wearing appropriate
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t-shirts
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josh the movie collector what kind of
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stuff do you do on your channel uh movie
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pickups uh theme parks stuff like that
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all right and caleb a day with caleb
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caleb
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i do thrifting videos park videos kind
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of history stuff
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i like it
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and they're gonna show me around
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they are driving around i have parked my
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car at the hotel that i'm staying out on
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the outskirts of town
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and i have some things on some lists
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that i want to see and you guys have a
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few ideas
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so we're just going to have a mishmash
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of things around macon georgia
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you guys left your piping hot
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caffeinated beverages in your car yeah
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go get
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fam
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i'm inviting you to join me and josh and
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shall you thank you
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nailed it and this is going to be very
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music based a lot of music history here
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in macon but there will be i'll pepper
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in some other things too
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you know it's just going to be i don't
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really know what i'm what's going to
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happen but it's going to be fun
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as a logging truck goes by the archway
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here at gateway park
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a little bit of trash build up
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looking for the otis reading
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statue
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which i thought would be right here
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there's some names
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inscribed along the the brickwork
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almost looks as if looks as if it could
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have been right here
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was this where the otis reading
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statue could have been
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and a lot of flooding has taken place
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got quite a bit of rain
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in this area recently
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and
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this little walkout
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here
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it's all flooded
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any ideas
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any clue where this otis redding
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is
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i know it's got to be around here
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somewhere all right i found a photo it
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was in fact in that area where the brick
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is all torn up
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you can see
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a little sidewalk down below there and
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right over there is where the flooding
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has taken place with us the otis redding
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is gone
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where the heck we're doing a little
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colombo like research skills now
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you are they're doing a renovation for
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this whole area they're doing a
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renovation any any info about where it's
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been moved to
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it's supposed to take eight weeks
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so strike one
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well shoot
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you know what
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he may have gone to frisco
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to sit by the dock on the bay that makes
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sense because he left his home in
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georgia he was from georgia here
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that's where he went
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dang i really wanted to see that okay
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josh just found an article online that
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said he's going to be removed and placed
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under lock and key
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until how long is the renovation going
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to go for eight weeks eight
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a weeks so six more weeks
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so you have to do a follow-up on this
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this is your guy's homework assignment
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you got it
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i have a microphone a golden well not a
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golden but a very a very illuminated
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microphone here
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in the middle
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as well
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has got these lips that are singing
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across the way there is the macon
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coliseum
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where a lot of historical
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music acts performed over the years
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got some music notes up here
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as
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well singing in the microphone
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and the saxophone
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i gotta go over the bridge
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and go show the
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little coliseum is it still called the
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macon coliseum
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elvis performed there
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a few times back in the day
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very cool and crisp out today got a
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puddle accumulating there
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underneath the bridge
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elvis was here in 72
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75 76 77 as well a number of times
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very retro looking at least on this side
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approaching the ticket center no events
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today obviously
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it's called the centroplex now
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you should be a hockey team did you guys
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ever see the hockey team that played
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here yeah uh menkin whoopi and it was
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making whoopee was the name of the
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hockey team
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you can go a lot of places with that and
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it used to be making music as well
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making music and making whoopee and
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there's a baseball team here called
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making bacon
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you ever been to a baseball game here a
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few yeah
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nice we're not great but let's get some
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fun experience i'm certainly not the
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marketing
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director for the former team here but i
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would imagine they had a shirt that said
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i love making whoopi
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they had to have had that i can't
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imagine i wish i had that shirt
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maybe you can find it
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find it out there somewhere a thrift
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store maybe one of your thrift store
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hauls
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you can find i love making whoopee
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t-shirt
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also a lot of wrestling took place here
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hulk hogan was here sting was here wwf
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now called the wwe
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you guys went to a couple matches here
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almost you almost just got cancelled
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okay
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so we were big wcw fans
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so you like wcw over wwe sting
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yeah wolf pack nwo nice
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slogan yeah
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pretty cool looking building can't get
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in
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also fun fact
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they had an event here a wrestling event
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called the main event five back in 91
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where they announced hulk hogan
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announced that he's gonna go against
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slaughter
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and wrestlemania seven
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but wrestlemania seven didn't take place
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here they just announced it here kind of
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reminds me of that
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that one episode of mary with children
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the man who once met andy griffith
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he didn't he wasn't andy griffith but he
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met andy griffin so it's kind of a
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six degrees of separation of
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kevin
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bacon making making bacon there you go
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that's your time that was a long stretch
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for a badger peeking in the window and
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even though it says it's now called the
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centralplex down the bottom they have a
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banner up there it says 50th anniversary
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of the macon coliseum
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elvis was here but elvis has left the
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building
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and looking at a couple photos from june
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of 77
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this would have been just two months
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that he performed in the macon coliseum
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before his passing
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right there there's
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there's the king of rock and roll
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getting off that little ledge
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going down that was the outfit he wore
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that day
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elvis and macon
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he might have been making whoopee too
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later that evening
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made it downtown now to the otis reading
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king of seoul
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museum celebrating 80
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legendary years gonna stop inside here
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you can see how nice and crisp and cool
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it is about 40 degrees outside
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you can see the
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little kind of condensation there
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on the window
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all right going in
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check this little place out here at 339
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is the address
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cotton avenue
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corner of second and cotton
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i did show a few things on the entrance
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of the lobby on the way in but was told
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they do not allow photographs and
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no filming
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but the gentleman's eye was nice enough
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to give me a little map of some of the
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the other local areas kind of around the
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within walking distance of where i'm at
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that relates to to otis
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so we're going to walk from here at 339
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and i ended up getting a couple stickers
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the otis redding foundation
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see if i can
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show what's in here
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yeah i got two of those
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and the museum's free
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so just bought a couple things
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pretty cool though we're checking out
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now looking at the macon auditorium
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and the gentleman at the museum was
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saying
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that not only did otis perform here
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earlier in his life but this is also
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where after his passing everyone
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gathered
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to pay their respects including
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james brown was in there now it is
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rumored that
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you know some say i think maybe even
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james brown mentioned in jess that
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he was either born or from macon but he
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wasn't
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i was talking to the
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talking to the guy at the museum about
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that
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but james brown was in there
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paying his respects to otis
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this is a very impressive looking
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structure this building
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not to be confused with the the other
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what was the name of the other place we
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were just at
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the centralplex
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not to be confused with the centralplex
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and on the top of this you can't really
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see it from ground levels like a big
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sphere like a big
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on top of this you can't really see it
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from ground level though
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with some church bells off in the
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distance here on these cross streets
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next to the walton building
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just down the way
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a block that way is the old capricorn
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studio offices not the studio but the
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offices
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where otis and others
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kind of had their
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their office
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there's a mural in the corner of this h
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h restaurant which is closed today as a
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recording of this it's monday
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and there's a lot of stuff around town
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that is closed we'll go check out that
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mural and it looks as if they're
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completing the mural on the far side
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there
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and goes without saying
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for those in this area the allman
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brothers very popular
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as well gonna go to a couple of their
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spots
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see them over here
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on the side
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i heard they have really good soul food
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however not today
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i'm seeing a formulation of a guitar
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all right go check out the offices
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building still exists now the studios
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have been refurbished recently
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they were
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abandoned for a long time but
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historical society fixed up the studios
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which are
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at the drive over to those areas right
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here next to these law offices
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is this building
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where was just used for the offices
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many notable names
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a lot of music history took place
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right here inside
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of these very walls and right on the
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side wow look at this
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still shows where it says
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capricorn records right here on the side
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of the wall you can still kind of see
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the faint
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wording
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along the side
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capricorn records any idea what the the
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lettering below it says
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phil
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train horn going by i wasn't allowed to
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film inside the museum but they have
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some photographs of otis and others
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inside
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this very building
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i like the triangle about kind of adds
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to the ambiance i'll show a photograph i
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found online of what this building
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looked like back when it had the
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lettering still on the side before they
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pulled it down as shown here
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capricorn records offices
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you're going to go by and go drive over
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to the where the studio was or used to
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be
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the birthplace of southern rock some say
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for the allman brothers and from here
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you can kind of see the top of the dome
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there on the auditorium you can see it
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better from up on the hill willing to
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forget
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where we were
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and what we are about as a nation
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calls this event
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and the celebration of martin luther
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king's birthday
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to be something that will remind us
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of the high
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goals and morals that our nation stands
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for
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help us
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to be reminded of what our constitution
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has within it
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that it is a document
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that gives us the freedom
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that he fought for
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for all mankind
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they are celebrating the birth of martin
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luther king
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who is until the 15th but the lady
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that's talking is
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saying that it needs to be a
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a lead up celebration of sorts i did
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look up and he was born on the 15th
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and as a recording of this it is the
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third but they are
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they're starting it now and
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trying to
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try to keep people keep it mindful in
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people's minds and they're
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they're filming it and they're streaming
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this live they were saying definitely uh
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cleaned up quite a bit from the photos
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that i was looking at online when this
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was abandoned
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capricorn
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records
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right here the studio
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inside here as well
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pretty much the birthplace of the almond
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brothers and named after you know given
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the astrological sign of capricorn for
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those that started the shared
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shared astrological sign
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and the buildings out at the end are
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very recent
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could have been added on but the
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original structure
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is right here
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this is all original
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and as stated a lot of
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music aficionados
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call this the the birth place of
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southern rock
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marshall tucker band also
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recorded in here
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no longer
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capricorn studios but
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they do have like a little
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like a museum set up
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what is that what does that say the
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company that managed
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leonard skinner
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home to alan weldon's company
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that managed leonard skynyrd historic
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macon music registry
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now owned by the mercer company
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mercer university
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music at capricorn
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i don't believe this is open now too the
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museum's not open today either
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we're not we didn't pick the best day on
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a monday
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that's just how that's the way the
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cookie crumbles
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we're covering a lot of ground though so
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kind of works out still got a few more
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fewer spots to show
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it just gives me a reason to come back
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to make it at some point just to show
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what it looked like before the
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renovations
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i believe about five or six years ago
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they did this
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give or take
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this is from the
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far end down there
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yeah they really cleaned this place up
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a nice little little mural over there as
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well
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just next door the building next door
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and behind them is the capricorn
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astrology sign
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yeah nicely done
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made it over to the pleasant hill area
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of macon
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this is
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the home
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where little richard grew up
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and lived until
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he became successful with his first hit
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tutti frutti
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and the way it's looking
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next door were probably other houses
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that have been torn down but this was
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saved
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and keeping up with the theming of this
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monday
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are they open
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no
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they are not
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they're not open right
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but they are usually open
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hours of operation
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i walk up on little richard's porch
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tuesday through saturday
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so if it was tomorrow tomorrow yeah
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yeah but it's not tomorrow
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noticing a lot of stuff around town on
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the weekdays
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this is more of a weekend town yes very
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much
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they say everyone's working for the
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weekend
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that's making
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oh they have built something around the
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back there part of the museum around the
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back so they've extended
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the little richard house resource
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resource center
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there's a piano there and
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a painting and a photograph of little
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richard
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in the back and directly across from
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this rather large park
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with a lot of homes that are saved
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they're kind of similar to elvis home in
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tupelo
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where he was born
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and all those houses near
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elvis says a little elvis tie him
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because he performed here in macon
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other ones in the neighborhood are torn
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down but just like little richards
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still stands here
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we're all to see
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so has some of the christmas decor
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lights up as well
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are you guys taking me to the psycho
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house
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what the i can just keep going i don't
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want to see norman or mrs no or misses
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but keep going to keep on driving and
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naturally that was not used in the film
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it just kind of resembled it across from
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anne's the court is
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burned parked
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in b-e-r-n-d
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park
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i hadn't planned on stopping at this but
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we're driving by
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and notice it look very unique some
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unique sculptures here
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in this park this is very close to the
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big house
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which is the nickname where the allman
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brothers lived
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which does not open until thursday so
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keeping up with the theme
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i'm gonna have to come back i think that
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would be its own full video for sure
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this is almost like a looking through
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a window to the world
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this car wash was used in a movie what
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was the name of the movie
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need for speed
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this car wash little filming location
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never saw that one
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and now approaching
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the big house
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it was nicknames
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nicknamed
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i should say and it has
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the wording up top
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and the road goes on
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forever gates are closed
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they're walking up this little staircase
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leading up to the fence line
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you can see the home where they live
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from 1970 to 1973 at least a side view
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of it
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and years later they're you know
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at that time those that remain were
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evicted in 73 but years later the owner
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at that time
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we could turn this into a bed and
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breakfast that never happened because
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the renovations would have been very
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extensive
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then in 2009
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preservation
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of the allman brothers history took
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place
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and it reopened it says over there
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underneath that little awning almond
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brothers band museum the big house
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from what i was reading the largest
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collection of
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memorabilia
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from the group itself i almost stumbled
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down
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okay yeah here's the main
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i was thinking maybe it was around the
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the back side but this is the main area
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where you see all the photographs
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so you can see it from street view even
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though
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technically it's closed today
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and looking up the operating hours
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won't be open until thursday
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i'd definitely like to go back by here
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this could be its own episode for sure
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hey you can just walk right up there
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how many years have you guys lived in
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this area
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i am georgia all my life but making
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maybe 18 years 18 years have you ever
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been in the big house no never
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well if i ever come back through if it's
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on a day this is open we'll have to
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we'll have to go in i won't be here
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until thursday
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but for future future endeavors
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future trips
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we'll make a trip to the big house
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also on the historic macon
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music registry the big house home to the
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allman brothers band families roadies
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and friends
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from 70 to 73.
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and the band was here until 73 and then
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in 93
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kirk and kirsten west made the big house
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their home
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with the dream of preserving it
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and then in 2009
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the museum opened
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and all their quote
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dreams came true
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why do you think that's in quotations
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no i don't know i'm asking you
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that's a test is it
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i want to say it's a song
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you're gonna say it's a song lyric yeah
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okay it was looked up you were right
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it is a song called dreams that one
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slipped past my radar
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a lot of the songs were written inside
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or at least composed
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inside this very home
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say in the living room
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rambling man or no blue sky was written
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in the living room in the kitchen
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rambling man
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so we have the kitchen to thank for
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it's pretty dang cool
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you can kind of peek in can you see
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anything through there
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oh the stairway there's a few records to
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the left there
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oh is that instruments to the right here
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yeah i just want to know where the
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kitchen is i wonder where rambling man
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was written
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okay that's a that's a comeback one day
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one day
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oh there we go look at that
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little mushroom there
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it's kind of nice to be able to see the
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front of the facade here
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the front of the
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very impressive home
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first pulled up i realized the gate was
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locked up here
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or at least not locked but the
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fencing was close to the driveway i
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think i was going to be able to get a
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peek at the front
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a little parking lot around the back for
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those who are
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visiting on the days that
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it is open not today however
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it's also interesting to note that the
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restaurant i showed the mural a little
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bit earlier in downtown the h spot
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they would eat there they would go from
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the big house home and they would eat
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there because they would either get free
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food or discounted food
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from those who were there at the
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restaurant because they couldn't afford
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a meal
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not realizing that they would be very
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successful
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in their career
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and that kind of stuff fascinates me
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with the cityscape down the hill aways
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rose hill is where i'm standing now
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and through this very beautiful archway
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it's a final resting place you said
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maybe we should just park and walk not
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really
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definitely better to just
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park the car and walk through here
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instead of
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would not have been wise
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just follow the path
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we're not the first to have
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walk this
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little area
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is dwayne
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and raymond oakley
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they really wanted this shielded pretty
30:45
well to have this rather large fence
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erected here
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and then raymond
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72.
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all right i'm now being driven back to
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my accommodations
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on the outskirts of macon
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and josh and caleb gave me a couple of
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their stickers for their channels
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as shown here
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i will be back to hopefully
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some of the places that we visited with
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their open
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but check out josh the movie collector
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and a day with caleb
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you guys are taking me back to my motel
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hotel right
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you promise
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it's okay
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wait a minute
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this is not where i'm staying
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where have you brought me
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am i in a garage you are
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what's up here
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secrets
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is this where is where you all film your
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videos
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so
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we'll hang out hang out spot
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kind of a meditation area
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you're supposed to take me what is all
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this
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movies
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what the heck these are all your movies
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yeah this is just one spot
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you know what i think you really need
33:20
it's a few more editions of vhs above me
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maybe maybe just a few more okay i'm now
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stepping into
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wow
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so this is
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this is your collection you guys really
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like the clam shells this is all disney
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right here this is all the disney stuff
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you have like these little plastic
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drawers full of stuff so you review all
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these
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yeah
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how many total do you have
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over seven thousand
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how many children do you have fifteen
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so seven and fifteen so together you
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have twenty two thousand titles
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i guess i have to ask what's your
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favorite movie
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oh
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well i would say
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there's top five because i don't have a
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favorite movie clue the movie twister
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spider-man homecoming
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the mummy mommy returns
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i guess that would be my top five all
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right are you thinking of what your top
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five are go for it
34:45
star wars clue
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goes to mr chicken rear window
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and the verbs
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that's like a
34:57
it's like an alleyway
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a little alcove there you go little
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alcove
35:04
of films you even have room to like
35:06
slumber in here
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movie is live
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and that's going to do it for today
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now you
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you're taking me back to my hotel now
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right maybe
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you might stay here
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forever
35:23
could watch back to the future
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that works i'll see you the next video a
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vlog
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it's over