I'm thankful for getting to live in Athens, insatiable live music fans, ribs, my incredible team at work, dual 18-inch subwoofers, Bryant Williamson's bands, those cool pics that the Mars rover is taking, Matt Palmerlee's food, Django, Shostakovich, Yorke, people that get to the point, the interstate system, scotch, the expanding base of peer-reviewed scientific knowledge, bacon, pretty girls and bacon.
Wilmot Greene, Georgia Theatre

I'm grateful for my beautiful wife Rebecca, my beautiful babies Ava and Emmett, my incredible friends, bandmates, family and this wonderful town. My beloved crew and the whole DBT Family, The Downtown Rumblers and the music that has so nurtured and enlightened my life. Thankful for the election results and the wonderful life I'm blessed to live. Happy Thanksgiving!
Patterson Hood, Drive-By Truckers

I'm thankful for being poor in America. There aren't many people poorer than me in this country, but as far of the rest of the world is concerned, I'm doing pretty well. I have a car and I eat sandwiches every day. It's really not that bad.
Caleb Synan, comedian

I'm thankful that the election is over, that the Mayans failed to account for leap years and that writing for Flagpole means meeting great people and sometimes getting into places for free.
Jodi Murphy, Flagpole

I am thankful for Gold Bond Medicated Lotion because I had E. coli once and you can do the math there yourself. Flushable "moist wipes" run a close second.
Luke Fields, comedian

I'm thankful for good-tuned guitars and loving family and friends who support starving artists!
Mark Cunningham, songwriter

I am thankful for my ever-so-tolerant family. For so long I have been chasing my dreams to make a living exercising my passion, and as a result I have missed many birthdays, family gatherings, etc. I am thankful for my kids, for whom I unfortunately have not been the best father, yet they love me unconditionally. Many times I have yearned to rewind time to do better by them. I am thankful for the awesome members in my band, Showtime. It is very hard to express in words how thankful I am to have such a talented and devoted group of people that share the same desires and goals. I am thankful for my fans, whom I call friends and family. Every now and then, I am blessed to speak with people who have had a positive impact in their lives and express my music as the source. When someone tells you that you have changed their life for the better—man, I can't express how thankful I am to have been a part of that.
Elite tha Showstoppa, rapper

I'm grateful for my clients. I'm grateful to work for record labels and bands that are both talented musicians and enjoyable people who turn into friends. I'm also grateful for vinyl and guest list spots.  Thanks, folks!
Alyssa DeHayes, Team Clermont

I am grateful to be in Athens right now! This town really is firing on all cylinders.
Chris Patton, comedian

I am thankful for comfy couches, cold beer and Karl Rove's tears.
Matt Hudgins, songwriter

I'm thankful for Talking Heads cover bands. And Like Totally!'s incredible original kids' music. How cool is it that hip dads can have a cold one on a Saturday afternoon at Flicker while their kids wiggle to songs about unicorns? Oh, and the incredible dance parties that Mercer West has brought to town this year, like Quintron, Big Freedia and A-Trak.
Rachel Bailey, Flagpole

I am thankful for the wide variety of extremely talented people I am able to interact with every day in Athens, GA.
Jay Steele, Athens Provisions

My family, great friends, surgical tools, doctors, Joseph Pilates, dogs, chickens, love, beans, dirt, rain, boots, babies, squirrels, garlic, warm clothes, flat-wound strings, standard tuning, Quilted Northern, quinoa, pens, paper, hot water, ping pong, room temp water, dreams, wine,  standing in front of the kick drum, records, recording, singing, playing, laughing, freedom of speech and, most of all, donkeys.
Shonna Tucker, songwriter

I'm thankful for family, friends and moving forward.
Donald Whitehead, Future Ape Tapes

I am grateful for music—to be able to hear it, feel it, create it, perform it and experience its magic with others. I am grateful for nature and the amazing outdoors that surround us here in Athens.  I am grateful for the awesome, big-hearted people in my life.
Lara Oshon, songwriter

I am thankful for the patience and empathy of my closest friends and family and for the opportunities I've been lucky enough to receive, and to have gone as far away as I have both physically and emotionally from little Auburn, GA.
Jace Bartet, Reptar

I am most thankful for having this opportunity to share my music with everyone here in Athens and beyond. I would like to thank all of my fans and musician friends, engineers and producers and all  Athens-area  artists! All of the wonderful people in my music videos and my team at LoveRulesPeace—I am thankful for the  love and support. This is a great city  with so many talented artists. A very special thank you to Kumquat Mae and Showyn Walton, the host of open mic night, and Elite  tha Showstoppa, one of my favorite  producer/engineers! Thank you Flagpole for giving us local artists a voice!
Latashia Pittard, songwriter

Weed. And my sister.
Josh Evans, Muuy Biien

Thankful for wife, family, kitty and friends; for Flagpole; for the Internet; for IPAs and pizza; and for all the weird, wild wonder that makes Athens what it is.
Gabe Vodicka, Flagpole

I am grateful for any time when I can bask in the sunshine personalities of everyone I love. To have created and toured with my rad sister for a decade now—my family is the coolest. I make love songs with the talented Dan D. and learn yoga from the limber SJ, and even thinking of my friends' sweet babies cheers me up! And I am grateful for my two homes, Madison and Athens, and for coconut milk ice cream. I'll be thinking of everyone in New York and New Jersey this Thanksgiving!
Page Campbell, Hope for Agoldensummer

I'm thankful that I'm a straight, white male living in the U.S.A.
Joe Rowe, The Glands

I'm thankful for the renewed interest in really fine acoustic music and for venues like the Melting Point and Georgia Theatre that make it a point to NEVER have bad music. You can go to either place any night and be happy.
Tommy Jordan, songwriter

I'm thankful for being in a town that offers an equally awesome existence for a father of two, husband, small business owner and musician. Athens has it all for someone like me, and then offers me an amazing array of places to drink an amazing array of beers.
Bain Mattox, songwriter

I'm thankful whenever I see a head and shoulders pop over the high fence that separates Max from Farm 255. I'm thankful those Max patrons feel free to step up on a chair to take in the music and the crowd on the Farm 255 courtyard as they drink on the Max patio. No one yells at them to get down; no one tells them to pay for the show, since most shows at Farm are free. For the most part, everyone is cool about it. The more heads line up along the top, the more exciting and more intimate the show feels; the happier everyone is to share the experience with anyone who can make it. Plenty of places have awesome and organic shows, but that little corner is really good at illustrating Athens' benevolent, inclusive attitude toward music. That's why we're here, right?
Sydney Slotkin, Flagpole