Cool Town: How Athens, Georgia, Launched Alternative Music and Changed American Culture Alice Scott is an eternal

Alice Scott is an eternal optimist still dreaming of her big writing break

In the middle of it all is the overwhelmed Lincoln

with art by Mike Holmes

industrialization

including diversification and tax planning

Cool Town: How Athens, Georgia, Launched Alternative Music and Changed American Culture Alice Scott is an eternalIn the summer of 1978, the B 52's conquered the New York underground. A year later, the band's self titled debut album burst onto the Billboard charts, capturing the imagination of fans and music critics worldwide. The fact that the group had formed in the sleepy southern college town of Athens, Georgia, only increased the fascination. Soon, more Athens bands followed the B 52's into the vanguard of the new American music that would come to be known