Description: The back cover of R.E.M.'s influential 1983 album Murmur famously features an image of the wooden Trail Creek Trestle. Removed in 2021 to make way for a pedestrian bridge and bike path, the trestle has been captured for the ages in this new collection of photographs by Jason Thrasher.
Brief description: JASON THRASHER is an artist and professional photographer, covering the Southeast's rich and varied music scene, including portraits of the Drive-By Truckers, Guided by Voices, R.E.M., OutKast, and Widespread Panic. His photographs have been published in Rolling Stone, Billboard, New York Magazine, and the New York Times. His work is in the permanent collections of the Ogden Museum of Southern Art, the Abroms-Engel Institute for the Visual Arts, Music City San Francisco Museum, and the Georgia Museum of Art. He is also the author of Athens Potluck, a book of photography and personal essays about the Athens music scene that won the Georgia Author of the Year Award. He lives in Athens, Georgia, where he owns the Ace/Francisco Gallery with his wife and business partner, Beth Hall Thrasher.
Review Quotes: Gifted photographer Jason Thrasher documented the iconic Athens, Georgia, Trail Creek Trestle (AKA the Murmur Trestle) prior to its demolition, to make way for the new pedestrian bridge and overlook on the Firefly Trail. His new book is an artistic look at the beloved railway trestle in its final hours through the seasons. There is much more than kudzu to be seen--mimosa, Virginia creeper, and jewelweed adorn the creek banks, while moss clings to the old trestle. Downtown Athens feels like it's a complete world away.--Vanessa Briscoe Hay, Pylon and Pylon Reenactment Society