Eunice Kang was born and raised in Raleigh, NC. Her parents and her older sister are first generation immigrants from Korea. Eunice started playing piano when she was eight and took up the cello in middle school. She earned a B.M. in Cello Performance from Indiana University Bloomington and a master’s degree from the University…
Darrin Cook
Darrin was born in Athens and grew up in Madison County. He was an avid BMXer and raced in the 1982 Team Murray World Cup of BMX at the 1982 World’s Fair in Tennessee. Darrin graduated from Madison County High School, and then attended the Musicians Institute, in Hollywood, California. After graduating, he spent some…
Convict Julie
Convict Julie was born in Atlanta and graduated from Maynard Jackson High School. She attended Lee University in Tennessee before transferring to the University of Georgia, where she earned a degree in Entertainment and Media Studies with a certificate in Music Business. During her early college years in Tennessee, where she was part of the…
Jonathan Miller
Jonathan Miller was born in St. Cloud, Minnesota where he attended Anoka High School. He went to the University of Minnesota where he studied literature, and Columbia College Chicago where he studied film. He moved to Athens in January, 2012. Jonathan is co-owner of Flicker Theatre and Bar, delivers bread for Luna Baking Co., caters…
Scott Spillane
Scott Spillane was born in Bitburg, Germany. He lived in Turkey as a very young child, but was raised mostly in Bossier City, Louisiana. He moved to Athens in 1999 to play music. Scott has played with The Gerbils, Neutral Milk Hotel, Olivia Tremor Control, of Montreal and Elf Power and currently sings with the…
Beto Mendoza
Humberto (Beto) Mendoza was born in San Juan Ixhuatepec, Mexico. He came to Athens in 1999 to work with his brother as a mechanic. He is a coordinator of the Athens Immigrant Rights Coalition, founder of Dignidad Inmigrante en Athens, co-creator of the LatinXFest, works at the Athens Farmers Market on Wednesdays at Creature Comforts,…
JR Green
JR Green was born in Vienna, Austria. He grew up in Fort Riley, KS and then Los Angeles, graduating from Garfield High School. He graduated from Old Dominion in Virginia. He came to Athens in 1980, and worked as a DJ (“JR Superstar”), music promoter and venue owner, investing in the area’s first outdoor music…