Athens Music Landmarks (that are still left)

The steeple from St. Mary's Episcopal Church where REM played its first ever show on Thursday, January 27, 2011 in Athens, Ga. Steeplechase Condominium Association, which owns the steeple, recently reviewed the ongoing costs for repairs and voted to destroy the structure.

There's a lot of local landmarks in this town and when it comes to the music scene around here, most of them are defined by the band R.E.M.

We did a story about how these landmarks are falling by the wayside as time passes on.



The thing with landmarks is that they're always there. Sometimes you forget to go out and photograph them before they are gone. Or you have an editor come to you asking "Hey, dont we have a file photo of this" and

We start our tour with Weaver D's.



Dexter Weaver, owner of Weaver D's Delicious Fine Foods, stands outside of his restaurant on Thursday, January 27, 2011 in Athens, Ga. REM named one of it's albums "Automatic for the People" after a saying from the soul-food restaurant.




Then there's the rebuilding of the Georgia Theatre. It burned down 18 months ago and its going to come back.



The restoration of the Georgia Theatre continues on Thursday, January 27, 2011 in Athens, Ga. Work on the legendary venue is expected to finish over the summer.



Also we have the famous Trail Creek Trestle, from the back of R.E.M.'s album "Murmur".





And then there's Wuxtry Records. A little independent record store where two of the members of R.E.M. first met. (Several of the founders of the local Popfest work there.