I think you will find some good music down here in the south. It may take a bit but Savannah has an Irish Pub o2 two along the river and Tommy Condons in CHarleston is a decent venue with some IRish etc being played there nightly. It will take a bit of time but I think you will be surprised. I am in north Georgia which is actually about as far removed from the coastal georgia area as NOrth Dakota to San Diego.   Lots of subtle differences here in the south but as I have found in every place I have ever lived, it is ultimately made up of a distribution of nice folks and jerks.