Bring Originality Back to Auburn's Dying Music Scene
By Patrick Schultz | August 27The hopes of Auburn's original music scene are summed up in the offices of the college radio station."[Auburn's music scene] can only get better in the next year," said Casey Morton, student director of Auburn's own WEGL 91.1 FM.These hopes are not far from most students on campus who desire a more versatile music scene.While bands all over the nation make college towns like Athens, Ga., Oxford, Miss., and Chapel Hill, N.C., a prime destination to perform, Auburn seems to be left out of the minds of most musicians on tour.And despite its proximity to Atlanta and Birmingham, most touring acts passing through those cities don't realize how close they are to Auburn.Yet Auburn is not all that different from those other college towns in the Southeast.There's a large student population and plenty of people looking for things to do and to see.So why is Auburn such a stranger to traveling musicians?
