Marietta, Georgia

Everything Marietta is known for

11 songs mention this city 6 artists from here

Marietta, Georgia, a city just northwest of Atlanta, is known for its historic charm, centered around a beautifully preserved turn-of-the-century square. While recognized for its history and vibrant downtown, Marietta also has a notable connection to the music world.

The city is home to artists like country star Travis Tritt and gospel group Third Day. Marietta is also mentioned in songs such as "Beautiful Skin" by Goodie Mob and Travis Tritt's "Here's a Quarter (Call Someone Who Cares)."

Music in Marietta

Songs About Marietta

Cadillac Phunque
Family Force 5
65%
"Growing up as a kid in Marietta"
Marietta
Upstate
58%
"(title) — chorus names 'Marietta, Georgia'"
Beautiful Skin
Goodie Mob
55%
"I met you and y'all knew, saw you again on Marietta"
Anymore
Travis Tritt
45%
Can I Trust You with My Heart
Travis Tritt
45%
Help Me Hold On
Travis Tritt
45%
Here’s a Quarter (Call Someone Who Cares)
Travis Tritt
45%
I’m Gonna Be Somebody
Travis Tritt
19%
"Bobby played his hometown one full moon August night"
Saving Savannah
Tracy Lawrence
8%
"Twenty miles out of Marietta"
Offended
Eminem
3%
"Like Justin Ross Harris at a nursery"
May We All
Florida Georgia Line
2%
"Play the Travis Tritt right above the 2Pac"

Artists From Marietta

T
Travis Tritt
country Pop: 65
T
Third Day
gospel Pop: 57
D
Doug Stone
country Pop: 46
Z
Zach Seabaugh
country Pop: 38
a
ashley walls
r-n-b Pop: 26
R
Reverend Hylton
americana Pop: 10

Rivers & Roads in Song near Marietta

Songs written about the waterways and highways that run near Marietta.

Chattahoochee River 11 songs Interstate 20 13 songs

History of Marietta

The Fall of Atlanta: Sherman's Flank and Hood's Last Gamble RoadyGoat

1864

By the summer of 1864, almost everything the Confederacy shipped moved through one city. Four railroads crossed at Atlanta, feeding men, food, and munitions to Southern armies, and General William T. Sherman meant to take it. After his costly repulse at Kennesaw Mountain on June 27, 1864, Sherman went back to the move that had worked all spring: instead of charging the trenches head-on again, he slid his larger army around the Confederate flank, always reaching for the railroad in their rear. General Joseph E. Johnston kept falling back to escape the trap, from Kennesaw to a new line at Smyrna, then down behind the Chattahoochee River, but each time Sherman simply marched around him again. Jefferson Davis had seen enough retreating, and in mid-July he handed the army to the aggressive John Bell Hood, a man who had already lost the use of an arm at Gettysburg and a leg at Chickamauga. Hood attacked, hard, at Peachtree Creek and then east of the city, and was beaten both times. When the last railroad fell at Jonesboro on the final day of August, the city was doomed. Hood slipped out on September 1, and Atlanta surrendered the next day. Sherman wired Washington four words: 'Atlanta is ours, and fairly won.' The victory steadied a war-weary North and helped re-elect Lincoln that fall. (Source: American Battlefield Trust; Georgia Civil War Heritage Trails.)

RoadyGoat → · 12.1 mi away

Mary Mac's Tea Room RoadyGoat

Mary MacKenzie opened her tea room in Midtown Atlanta in 1945, one of 16 tea rooms in the city. She's the last one standing. Every table gets a pencil and pad to write your own order — a tradition from the postwar years when help was scarce. The pot likker and cornbread arrive before you ask. It's the dining room of the South, where governors and construction workers eat the same fried chicken.

15.8 mi away

Krog Street Tunnel: Atlanta's Ever-Changing Canvas RoadyGoat

1913

The Krog Street Tunnel is a narrow railroad underpass on Atlanta's east side, carrying Krog Street beneath the rail corridor and linking the historic Inman Park and Reynoldstown neighborhoods with Cabbagetown. More than a century old, it has become the city's best-known graffiti landmark, every surface layered in spray paint that is painted over and renewed so often that the tunnel is essentially never the same twice. It serves as a community bulletin board for flyers, proposals, and protest art. On October 22, 2014, roughly 100 people painted the entire tunnel gray overnight to protest a ticketed party the city had permitted there; the color returned within days. (Sources: Wikipedia; Atlanta Magazine.)

RoadyGoat → · 17.5 mi away

Martin Luther King Jr. Birth Home

1929

The Queen Anne-style house at 501 Auburn Avenue where Martin Luther King Jr. was born on January 15, 1929.

17.0 mi away

Ebenezer Baptist Church

1886

The church where three generations of Kings preached and where Martin Luther King Jr.'s funeral was held in 1968.

17.1 mi away

Things to Do in Marietta

historical 17.0 mi away
Martin Luther King Jr. Birth Home

The house where MLK was born in 1929. Sweet Auburn neighborhood in Atlanta.
food 15.6 mi away
The Varsity

The world's largest drive-in restaurant since 1928. What'll ya have? Two miles from Georgia Tech.
food 15.8 mi away
Mary Mac's Tea Room

Atlanta's dining room since 1945. Pot likker and cornbread. Every table gets a pencil to write your own order. Southern hospitality distilled.
food 17.0 mi away
Fox Bros. Bar-B-Q

Atlanta's beloved BBQ. Texas transplants who brought brisket religion to Georgia.
food 19.0 mi away
Waffle House Museum

The original 1955 Waffle House in Avondale Estates GA is now a museum. FEMA uses the Waffle House Index to measure disaster severity. That's real.
quirky 20.6 mi away
Waffle House Museum

The original 1955 Waffle House preserved as a museum in Avondale Estates GA. Scattered and smothered history.

Everything Near Marietta

77 stories, landmarks & places within ~20 miles — the same local lore RoadyGoat plays as you drive through.

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