Our guest for this episode is Robert Dean Lurie, author of the book Begin the Begin: REM's Early Years, an excellent in-depth exploration of REM's genesis and the Athens scene that nurtured so many amazing bands. Robert was a student at the University of Georgia in the early 90s and saw firsthand the excitement of living in a small town that was also the home to a superstar band. Robert tells of his connection to REM's "Fall On Me." Will brings "Good Advices" to compliment Robert's pick, and Chris closes it out with "Around the Sun."
Links:
Fall on Me (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lf6vCjtaV1k&list=RDlf6vCjtaV1k&start_radio=1)
Fall on Me (Unplugged) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Z4d7zLXKkU&list=RD-Z4d7zLXKkU&start_radio=1)
Good Advices (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sn3VB897aXw&list=RDSn3VB897aXw&start_radio=1)
Around the Sun (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xdUwyfRZeZ8&list=RDxdUwyfRZeZ8&start_radio=1)
Our theme music is composed by Jared Duran
Our podcast was named by Will Hodge
Artwork by Chris Ayers
Athens train trestle photo by Joab Jackson
