Capricorn Records - A Tribute
Swampland's Tribute To Capricorn Records
When Jerry Wexler of Atlantic Records gave Phil Walden and Frank Fenter the go-ahead to start their own Southern record company and studio in 1969, the wheels were set in motion for the beginnings of a whole new genre of rock and roll known as Southern Rock. With the signing of The Allman Brothers Band, the Macon, Georgia record company was off and running, and would soon become the melting pot for the very best Southern Rock musicians of the era.
The men who made it happen - Phil Walden and Frank Fenter.
Frank Fenter, Dickey Betts and Phil Walden at a Capricorn Records Picnic.
Duane Allman auditions for Phil Walden and Frank Fenter
The old studio, downtown Macon, Georgia
Capricorn's Phil Walden (center) with Bonnie Bramlett and Elvin Bishop.
SWAMPLAND ARTICLES RELATED TO CAPRICORN
• Capricorn Records Discography
• Loads of Old Capricorn Days Photos
• Remembering Frank Fenter: The Drive to Get Him Into The Georgia Music Hall of Fame January 2010
• Dickey Betts Retires from The Road December 2009
• Allman Brothers Museum Opens December 2009
• Capricorn Videos December 2009
• Video: Ahmet Ertegun Talks About Capricorn November 2009
• Capricorn Building Receives No Bids November 3, 2009
• Capricorn Studios Building To Be Auctioned November 2, 2009
• Dickey Betts Rips it Up in Greenville October 2009
• Allman Brothers 40th Anniversary Beacon Run in Review March 2009
• Capricorn Rhythm Section CD Review
• John Wyker's Capricorn Memories
• Capricorn Studio to Become Museum
• Wayne "Bear" Sauls of EQT Obit
• Donnie McCormick Dies from Cancer
• Eric Quincy Tate, "Drinking Man's Friend" Revisited
CAPRICORN ARTISTS FEATURE INTERVIEWS
• Dickey Betts 2002
• Gregg Allman
• Memories of George McCorkle 2007
• Tom Dowd
• Jimmy Herring (Aquarium Rescue Unit)
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