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9th Annual Gretsch Presents Georgia On My Mind

9th Annual Gretsch Presents Georgia On My Mind

The 9th Annual Gretsch Presents Georgia on My Mind benefit concert hosted by Brent Cobb and Amy Ray returns to Ryman Auditorium on Tuesday, May 10. Proceeds benefit the Georgia Music Foundation and its Georgia Music Grants, which fund music programs at schools,...

A Sound Like No Other

A Sound Like No Other

An excerpt from Georgia Southern Magazine, Summer 2021 issue: Historic Gift and Partnership Establishes the Fred and Dinah Gretsch School of Music at Georgia Southern If you’ve listened to music in the last 138 years, there’s a good chance you’ve heard “that great...

The Fred Thread: Four Gretsch Presidents Named…Fred (Fred #2)

The Fred Thread: Four Gretsch Presidents Named…Fred (Fred #2)

Fred Gretsch, Sr. – The Visionary, Teenage CEO. The oldest child of Friedrich and Rosa Gretsch (and the first to be officially named Fred). Born on February 10, 1880, the oldest child of Friedrich and Rosa Gretsch (and the first to be officially named Frederick) was...

Ten Things You May Not Know About Slim Jim Phantom

Ten Things You May Not Know About Slim Jim Phantom

Slim Jim Phantom is Rockabilly Royalty. Born not too far from the Gretsch factory in Brooklyn and raised in Massapequa, New York, Phantom grew up immersed in music, especially his parents’ jazz records which featured many legendary Gretsch drummers. “I was a jazz...

The Fred Thread: Four Gretsch Presidents Named…Fred (Fred #1)

The Fred Thread: Four Gretsch Presidents Named…Fred (Fred #1)

Fred #1: Friedrich Gretsch - The “First Fred” Who Started It All. If you had a time machine and attended any Gretsch family reunion in the past 100 years, you’d probably meet more than one Fred Gretsch. As many of you reading this article know, the name Fred Gretsch...