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Celebrating the Life of Linda Phillips: Community Members Reflect on the Impact of Nuçi s Space
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Bob Sleppy: When the Music Stopped
February 26, 2021
Nuçi’s Space
Athens’ once vibrant music scene has been muted. And for now, the town just isn’t the same. Especially for the musicians themselves.
The pandemic’s impact on the music community last spring was swift. One Athens-based band was onstage in the middle of a set when its musicians learned the rest of the tour was canceled. In a matter of days, people in the industry lost their livelihoods and their outlet for social connection and self-expression.
“It wasn’t just people losing their jobs. Our entire industry stopped,” says Bob Sleppy
Chris Starrs
Athens Banner-Herald
Linda Phillips, who without ever playing a single note put an indelible mark on the iconic Athens music community, has died.
Phillips, the founder of Nuçi’s Space, died Wednesday evening in New York City after a yearlong bout with pancreatic cancer, Nuçi’s Space executive director Bob Sleppy confirmed Thursday afternoon.
“Linda was just an amazing lady,” Sleppy said Thursday evening. “For as open and kind and loving as she was, she was also somebody you just didn’t want to mess with. If she made up her mind she was going to do something, you’d better join her or just get the hell out of her way. That’s how Nuçi’s Space got open.