R.E.M.’s Mike Mills, the Rolling Stones’ Chuck Leavell Team for Tour Honoring Georgia Musicians

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R.E.M.'s Mike Mills, the Rolling Stones' Chuck Leavell and violinist Robert McDuffie will unite for a tour honoring Georgia musicians

will join violinist Robert McDuffie this fall for a tour honoring iconic musicians from Georgia. The trio will perform songs from artists like Ray Charles, the Allman Brothers Band, R.E.M., Outkast, Gram Parsons, James Brown, Gregg Allman, Gladys Knight and the Pips, the B-52s, Brook Benton and more, along with the Mills-composedThe four-date trek, dubbed “A Night of Georgia Music,” kicks off September 29th in Atlanta, Georgia.

“What I really like about this is that we are combining two worlds, rock and roll and classical,” Mills said of the show in a statement. “The Venn diagram, I think, has a little more overlap than most people believe, so we’re just trying to prove that, to combine the styles and come up with something interesting.”

“All my life I’ve been playing dead white European male music,” joked McDuffie, a Grammy-nominated perform who has played with numerous prominent orchestras, including the New York and Los Angeles Philharmonics. “I couldn’t be more excited to perform works by these beloved contemporary songwriters.”, which they debuted in 2016 and have toured in the U.S. and internationally.

 

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I prefer to think of Chuck Leavell as more of an Allman Brother than a Rolling Stone, but I guess that’s cool too.

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