Rock / Pop Georgia Music Artists B - E

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The Bushmen got their start in their hometown of Douglas, Georgia in early 1962 as The Revelons. Their love for both white and black Southern roots music, as well as most good Top 40 radio tunes, helped to enable them to perform pretty much anything that hit the airwaves.

The Candymen were a 1960's pop group managed by Buddie Buie (Atlanta, GA) transforming into The Atlanta Rhythm Section (Atlanta, GA) 

Vic Chesnutt was a singer, songwriter and musician raised in Zebulon, GA and later lived in Athens, GA. His version of Americana music was unique, mystical and pure. He released a total of 17 albums over his career, two produced by Michael Stipe (R.E.M.). Chestnutt has recorded with Widespread Panic and performed live with them. He co-wrote a few of their songs .

Collective Soul is an American rock band originally from Stockbridge, Georgia. Now based in Atlanta, the group consists of lead vocalist Ed Roland, rhythm guitarist Dean Roland, bassist Will Turpin, drummer Johnny Rabb, and lead guitarist Jesse Triplett.

Morris Mac Davis[1] (January 21, 1942 – September 29, 2020) was a country music singer, songwriter, and actor. A native of Lubbock, Texas, he enjoyed success as a crossover artist, and during his early career he wrote for Elvis Presley, providing him with the hits "Memories", "In the Ghetto", "Don't Cry Daddy", and "A Little Less Conversation". A subsequent solo career in the 1970s produced hits such as "Baby, Don't Get Hooked on Me". Morris Mac Davis (January 21, 1942 – September 29, 2020) was an American country music singer, songwriter, and actor. A native of Lubbock, Texas, he enjoyed success as a crossover artist, and during his early career he wrote for Elvis Presley, providing him with the hits "Memories", "In the Ghetto", "Don't Cry Daddy", and "A Little Less Conversation". A subsequent solo career in the 1970s produced hits such as "Baby, Don't Get Hooked on Me". 

Dennis Yost & The Classics IV was a pop group that was signed and recorded with Bill Lowery in Atlanta, GA. The group landed a deal with Imperial Records. Guitarists J. R. Cobb and Buddy Buie added lyrics to a jazz instrumental titled "Spooky," a 1966 regional hit for Atlanta saxophonist Mike Sharpe. The single made it to No. 3 on the Billboard Hot 100 in February 1968. 

Doc Holliday was a rock band from Warner Robins, GA that recorded at Capricorn Records in Macon, GA and toured extensively in the 1970's. The original members were Bruce Brookshire - Lead guitar, lead vocals, Eddie Stone - Keyboards, vocals, John Samuelson - Bass guitar, vocals,  Ric Skelton - Lead guitar, vocals & Herman Nixon - Drums. In 1980 the band released their self-titled album which peaked at #30 on the Billboard 200. They shared tours with Black Sabbath, Gregg Allman, April Wine, Loverboy, Stevie Ray Vaughn, Charlie Daniels Band, Blackfoot, Pat Travers, Point Blank, Molly Hatchet and many others. 

The band was formed in 1985 in Atlanta when Kevin Kinney hooked up with Frank French at the latter's recording studio, Dragon Path Music, and began working on original songs at night and working at times at French's shop "Far East Futon Company" in Atlanta. Kinney also hooked up with Tim Nielsen, who was in a popular band called the Nightporters with drummer Paul Lenz. Kinney had just moved to Georgia from Milwaukee and was working in a sewage-treatment plant by day, while playing folk gigs by night. The band's name, Drivin' N Cryin', was chosen from one of Kevn's many songs that reflected the two directions of the band's music.

Ellis was born in either Pascagoula, Mississippi, Orrville, Alabama, or Washington, D.C. United States, into a single parent home. His birth certificate states the mother was a secretary named Gladys Bell and the father was Vernon (no surname). Aged two, he moved with his mother to Birmingham, Alabama, where he was put up for adoption and, aged four, was adopted by R. F. and Mary Faye (nee Hodges) Ellis. He attended Orrville High School, where he excelled in baseball, football and basketball. After winning a state fair competition, his first professional performance was in a nightclub named Demon's Den in Albany, Georgia. Ellis entered Middle Georgia College on an athletic scholarship, then transferred to Livingston State University.

Sonny Emory is a singer, songwriter, percussionist and  drummer from Atlanta, GA. He was a former member of Earth, Wind and Fire and has performed and/or recorded with Eric Clapton, the B-52's, Steely Dan, David Sanborn and others.