Guadalcanal Diary Athens, GA 05.16.98 (Part B)

SoundCheck Episode 05.16.98 (Second Half of show). Live performance shot downtown Athens, GA during the 20th year anniversary of the Athens Human Rights Festival. The outdoor stage (as usual) was set-up on College Ave across the street from the UGA Arches. The band interview was shot at the movie theater that used to be in the Alps shopping center. I believe this show was created a short time after I met Guadalcanal's long time manager, Warren Chilton (who is a great friend of mine still today). In fact you may notice the band talking to the second camera in the interview because Warren was helping me shoot. He had shot the video for Watusi Rodeo that ran on the very young MTV and volunteered to man the second Betacam-SP camera. We were granted use of the theater on the condition that we shot in the morning so as to not interfere with business..........and I think it was the Saturday morning of the Human Rights Festival. For whatever reason, everyone in the band was in a really goofy mood. Host Kitty Snyder did her best to keep the interview moving, but as you can see they were all over the place..........really funny. I talked Murray (who has a great sense of humor) in to doing the opening "who is guadalcanal diary" bit. Guadalcanal was (in High School) and still is one of my favorite bands. - Theo