The central Georgia city of Macon has a storied history on several fronts. It was a major site for the Confederacy during the Civil War and, a century later, became one of the nation's music centers, with the birth of Capricorn Records and ties to rock and R&B artists including Little Richard, Otis Redding, the Allman Brothers Band and Wet Willie. Known as the ?Heart of Georgia? because of its central location, Macon is also in a geographical area where the Piedmont hills meet the coastal plains, giving in varied landscape of hills and flatlands.