In honor of Athens’ distinction as one of the best music towns in the nation and the original Last Resort opened as a music club in 1966. Those who can still remember the tunes of such passionate performers as the Reverend Pearly Brown, Towns Van Zandt, Doc Watson, Jimmy Buffett, and even Steve Martin may feel nostalgic at the mere mention of the club’s name. Today that passion is found in Last Resort Grill’s menu and atmosphere, pulling directly from the building’s eclectic history.
Compiled by: Cheri Leavy
Family: Wife: Kelly; Children: Chandler Anne, Sarah Kate and Coleman
Hometown: Tifton, Georgia
Current Town: Athens and Valdosta, Georgia
What years at UGA: 1988-1992
School/Degree: Agricultural Economics
Profession: Real Estate Broker and Developer, Restauranteur – The Last Resort
Fave band you have seen in Athens: Tough one but Widespread Panic or Dave Matthews Band
Tom’s Playlist
Widespread Panic – Chilly Water
Dreams So Real – Bearing Witness
Allgood – Trilogy
Allman Brothers Band – Blue Sky
The Cure – Just Like Heaven
Dave Matthews Band – One Sweet World
REM – Texarkana
10,000 Maniacs – These Are the Days
Blues Traveler – But Anyway
Futurebirds – Trippin’
Smithereens – Only A Memory
The Grapes – Sweet Angeline
Indigo Girls – Closer to Fine
Grateful Dead – Fire on the Mountain from Dead Set
Janes Addiction – Stop
The Dirty Guvnahs – Fairlane
U2 – In God’s Country
Cracker – Low
Kinchafoonee Cowboys – Eggs Toast Grits and Bacon
B52s – Roam