Georgia Theatre memories
Like anyone else with strong ties to Athens I’m dismayed today by the news of the Georgia Theatre fire. My son and brother Jon both called early this morning with the news. Jon was trying to go to the bank in downtown Athens but couldn’t because of the power grid being turned off. He said with all the cops trying to direct traffic with the lights out plus the smoke and a couple of helicopters hovering up above it was a wild scene.
I go way back with the Georgia, having had my Mom take me to Disney films there when I was quite young and my uncle was an usher for the theater (remember ushers?). I wrote about the theater’s original conversion to a music hall for The Atlanta Constitution during my rock critic days and I saw several terrific concerts there. My son has been to a lot of shows at the Georgia in recent years.
It’s a big part of the cultural life of Athens and UGA students, and I really hope owner Wilmot Greene is able to rebuild. Athens wouldn’t be the same without it.
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Helluva Engineer
June 19th, 2009
2:06 pm
Athens blows. Its a cesspool of garbage and hippies.
45-42!!!!!!!!!!!
stoopid
June 19th, 2009
2:09 pm
It will be sadly missed by multiple generations of Bulldawgs! Should really put a damper on Athfest this weekend too. Hopefully it will be rebuilt better than ever!
Its a gator world
June 19th, 2009
2:11 pm
They have culture in Georgia?
Knowshow
June 19th, 2009
2:12 pm
Crank dat soulja boy! Crank it!
nunyabizness
June 19th, 2009
2:13 pm
Does he have insurance?
Ben
June 19th, 2009
2:14 pm
A lot more in Athens than in Gainesville, “It’s a Gator World”….
Cuz
June 19th, 2009
2:14 pm
Another classy post by Engineer.
Great shows. The Earl Scruggs Revue. Old Doc Watson playing a guitar like no one with sight could. REM before they would enunciate the words. Talk about the passion. And local Country sensations, The Normal Town Flyers singing Dooley, the moonshiner, not the Coach.
One great place to be on an Athens night.
Helluva Engineer
June 19th, 2009
2:15 pm
Hey Cuz…
You still dating that guy from the B-52’s??
nunyabizness
June 19th, 2009
2:17 pm
Gainsville is crap compared to downtown Athens; tech fans, don’t you get shot on your campus? enough said biznitches.
Helluva Engineer
June 19th, 2009
2:18 pm
Gainesville and Tuscaloosa are better than that dump Athens.
I'll take a terrorist with a videocamera
June 19th, 2009
2:20 pm
over a professor shooting up the town
Al Qaeda Tech
June 19th, 2009
2:24 pm
I bet you would loser.
Herschel Talker
June 19th, 2009
2:26 pm
Helluva Engineer likes men
Guys, please don't tell my mom I'm blogging and not studying for my Tech exam; she won't cut the crust off my sandwich
June 19th, 2009
2:30 pm
Enter your comments here
Helluva Engineer
June 19th, 2009
2:32 pm
Here puppy puppies, herrrrreeee puppies……..
Stupid Mutts.
Helluva HOMO
June 19th, 2009
2:34 pm
tank you, com agaiiin
Robert
June 19th, 2009
2:37 pm
Georgia Theatre is one of the best venues for live music I have ever been too. I have so many memories there and had some of the best times in my life there. This is not about football, but about losing an historic Athens landmark. Non-Athenians just don’t understand.
Ramblin Rick
June 19th, 2009
2:41 pm
BURN STINK TOWN BURN! General Sherman would be proud. You mutts are such losers. You more sensitive than any woman I know. Keep it up Helluva! 45-42 mutts
Robert
June 19th, 2009
2:42 pm
Helluva Engineer,
I have been to both Gainseville and Tuscaloosa. Both places are Athens wannabees and frankly, nothing compared to Athens. Athens is BY FAR the best college town I have ever been to, everywhere else is the minor leagues. Also, other towns merely wish they had the music scene that Athens does or a cool place like the Theatre. Get a life and quit being jealous of Athens, loser.
Flyin' Dawg
June 19th, 2009
2:42 pm
Crazy sad news today. I had some of the greatest nights in that old theatre. Good times. When and if it re-opens, I will be there!
Michael Stipe
June 19th, 2009
2:43 pm
I am proud to be a member of the mutt nation. I love to tailgate with all the drunken trash talking tattoo sporting ‘necks in Athens. We all have the big “G” in our rear-view window. Go dawgs
L-Dawg
June 19th, 2009
2:46 pm
Helluva Engineer, you make your people proud….. real proud. And by people I mean the Terrorists and pimple-faced skinny nerds I see waiting for the “Tech Trolley” in the morning at the Midtown MARTA station, wearing t-shirts with either a wizard or a wolf on it. The class and quality of Techie people truley is a joke.
MaconGa Dawg
June 19th, 2009
2:47 pm
Yeah, yeah. 45-42. How about 7 out of 8. Or, how about 14 out of 18. How do you like those numbers Tech nerds? RIP Georgia Theater.
Cuz
June 19th, 2009
2:48 pm
Engineer, what time is your waterboarding class, you don’t want to miss it.
Sherman was scared of the double barrell cannon. He skipped Athens.
Helluva Dumbass
June 19th, 2009
2:49 pm
Ramblin Rick,
Isn’t it time for you throw your mat down and pray toward Mecca?
Ramblin Rick
June 19th, 2009
2:50 pm
Not many mutts on here. must be out buying some ice cold beer at wal-mart. better hurry before they run out of Pabst Ice you losers! 45-42 PAUL JOHNSON OWNS THE HEDGES!
jake with ties.
June 19th, 2009
2:54 pm
My grandfather played at georgia and I ended up a tech fan. Everyone on here sound like a bunch of white trash AZZHoles! The Georgia Theatre was a great venue for the state of Georgia. Just like the Fox and Tabernacle are. This is a loss for our state, and this blog isnt the place for ignorant, bigots to argue and fuss over who sucks. You all suck more than any of your teams do. DO SOMETHING WITH YOUR LIVES BESIDES SUCK AT IT!!!
Langford
June 19th, 2009
2:55 pm
hey hellava much better to be at Tech where you get shot and robbed than hanging out with the hippies in athens. enjoy that win. Won;t be another for a while!
Ramblin Rick
June 19th, 2009
2:55 pm
I guess the Georgia Theatre is officially “BLACKED OUT”
whoooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!
45-42
Dawgdays
June 19th, 2009
2:56 pm
It would be like the, ummmm, EE building, no wait, still thinking, wait! There is no comparison to any building burning down at GT.
Ramblin Rick
June 19th, 2009
3:01 pm
I like to sit on the whistle during ball games. When tech scores and they blow it, it tickles my tushie!
MiltonDawg
June 19th, 2009
3:01 pm
wow, now i just lost all respect for GT fans. what a bunch of immature morons. this blog has become pathetic.
carolina girl
June 19th, 2009
3:04 pm
The Georgia Theater fire is a true loss for Athens.
And as for the Tech fans who took these posting way off topic, Athens is not perfect but you are 100 times LESS likely to get mugged going to a UGA game than you are on the Tech campus!
Matt Smith
June 19th, 2009
3:06 pm
I have a friend that went to Florida. He told me their school officials actually came to Athens to try to copy to same layout as Athens. GT Fans who got to go to school in ATLANTA with a ton of ugly girls. ZIP it. Jealousy is a disease!!
music fan
June 19th, 2009
3:07 pm
Bigots like you are what makes the rest of the country look down on the Great State of Georgia. Agree w/Jake….. losing the Theater is awful. It’s an amazing part of Athens–no GEORGIA–culture. If you want to make such comments go check out some of the skinhead, neo-nazi sites floating around the ‘net. Take it elsewhere. This is about the great music that can no longer be played at an amazing venue. RIP Georgia Theater.
SEC1
June 19th, 2009
3:08 pm
Memories of the GA theatre:
Dreams So Real
REM (yes, Cuz it was a “Murmur” back then)
Chicksaw Mudpuppies
The Connells
Drivin’ and Cryin’
The early days of Widespread Panic
I did not see them there, but how ’bout the Hoo Do Gurus (sp?)
This was the late 80s, and man it was great to be in Athens!
There were many great shows – anyone else???
MiltonDawg
June 19th, 2009
3:08 pm
Ramblin Rick: all i have to say is…wow!! issues buddy, issues.
Sanford Drive
June 19th, 2009
3:09 pm
This is a tragedy, and you all are making fun of it? Even if the Tech tower burned down I wouldn’t get on your blog and trash it. Keep it classy, guys. You’re doing a bang-up job.
how2fish
June 19th, 2009
3:09 pm
Unreal comments… blog is about losing a landmark many, many people loved and children who have never been there trash it..get a grip people..or a girlfriend. I only made a show at the Georgia once in the mid 80’s the band was local and I have forgetten the their name I was told I had a great time..man those were the days..when you Bugs get old enough that mommy will let you out of the basement.wait what am I thinking that’ll never happen..World of Warcraft is forever..
Sanford Drive
June 19th, 2009
3:17 pm
For all you who hate on Athens, there is a reason why it is consistently nominated for one of the best places to live, visit, etc. Because it’s awesome!
Helluva Engineer
June 19th, 2009
3:23 pm
Hey Sanford Drive….
Are you speaking of the same list that had Huntsville, AL as the number one place to live??
Douche.
Dawgdays
June 19th, 2009
3:25 pm
HooDoo Gurus SEC1…
SED
June 19th, 2009
3:26 pm
For all you people that are writing negative comments, shut up. Football games were not played in the Georgia Theatre, so stop being idiots and get over yourself
Thank you so much for this tribute. The Georgia Theatre is a treasured landmark that will be very missed. My grandfather’s generation, my mother’s generation, and my generation all got to enjoy the beautiful theatre and it’s a very sad day for anyone who has seen a show, movie, or just had a beer in the treasured place.
John
June 19th, 2009
3:27 pm
Great venue it is a true loss to the state. Have seen many great acts there over the years that covered many genres of music.
Corey Smith
Rhett Akins
Dubconsious
Brantley Gilbert
Colt Ford
Perpetual Groove
Jason Coley
WideSpread Panic
The list goes on and on never been a better place to go and see great local music as well as touring national acts.
Cuz
June 19th, 2009
3:29 pm
Think I will put on my old REM CD and relive the memories. After I go to Wal-mart and get my Pabst Ice. They actually make a beer called Pabst Ice? Pabst was a good keg beer back in the late seventies and eighties in Athens. I ordered so many for my frat the Schlitz supervisors used to meet me at Papa Joes on Baxter on Friday afternoons and buy me so many beers I could barely walk home. Those guys were professional drinkers.
Helluva Engineer
June 19th, 2009
3:30 pm
Dang….mutt fans are sensitive about there wittle theatre burning down.
Athens is still a dumop and UGAY will be always be owned by Tech, FL, and Bama.
The Truth
June 19th, 2009
3:31 pm
You may be a Helluva Engineer but well all know that your Mamas is a Dog!
Cuz
June 19th, 2009
3:32 pm
Taj Mahal, Mike Cross.
Helluva Engineer
June 19th, 2009
3:33 pm
Hey Cuz..
You still have those Michael Stipe posters in you Mothers’ basement?
Dawgdays
June 19th, 2009
3:33 pm
GA Theater is to Athens as the Fox Theater is to Atlanta.
Wonder how many UGA bloggers would post negative comments if the Fox burned down?
Answer: zero (unless Reamblin Rick, Helluva and St. Simons were inside…)
FLAGBOY
June 19th, 2009
3:35 pm
I AM SO HAPPPYYY ABOUT THIS I DONT KNOW WHETHER TO TWIRL OR SKIP!? LOLOLOL, GONNA BE A PARTY AT THE DORM TONIGHT WITH RHANJI AND SHAHIB, EVERYONE BRING YOUR THUNDER STICKS AND YELLOW AFRO WIGS TO CELEBRATE THE BURNING OF THAT STUPID PLACE!!!! CAN’T WAIT FOR THE TICKLE PILES!!! WEEEEEEEE AND GO TECH
Cuz
June 19th, 2009
3:35 pm
The Randall Bramblet Band. Eric Quincy Tate. Tony Brown before he became T. Graham Brown.
Cuz
June 19th, 2009
3:37 pm
My Mom is dead Engineer, but thanks for asking. And no, she never had a basement in her house.
SEC1
June 19th, 2009
3:38 pm
a few more…
Love Tractor
Guadalcanal Diary
and a few movies back when it was the actual theatre. (too many cold drafts to remember the details!)
I’m sure these guys will rebuild. It truely is an important part of the Athens music history…
Yonah Dawg
June 19th, 2009
3:40 pm
Loved attending the 80’s dance nights there in the late 90’s. Saw the original Star Wars trilogy there in ‘97 when Lucas added the alternate endings. And the GA Theatre corner was THE PLACE to be when Twilight came to town every spring. Fun times . . . an Athens landmark is no more. Hoping it does rebuild, but, even if that happens, it’ll never be the same.
Sanford Drive
June 19th, 2009
3:41 pm
Actually, I’m not, Helluva!
mdawg
June 19th, 2009
3:41 pm
Bill,
Get off your a$$ and ban this HelluvaEngineer joker. He obviously delights in nothing more than inciting what otherwise should be a civlized discussion. We’ve been told you can ban IP addresses. Quit being a doormat.
finally
June 19th, 2009
3:55 pm
From Panic, to Dave, to Jimmy Buffet, to Three Six Mafia. What a place. The Ga Theatre is a mecca for students across the southeast. The music brings schools together. No other campus in the nation had a theatre as storied and iconic as the theatre. period
JaxDawg
June 19th, 2009
3:57 pm
Truly sad that the Ga Theatre burned down, lot of great memories.
As for the pathetic techies and their classless posts- when will you people grow up? You guys must have had a LOT of frustration brewing over the last 8 yrs. I mean your team won by 3 points then you act as though it was a blowout, and get rings made for your team. You’re on here day after day regardless of the topic, spewing venom many times when it’s not even relevant or warranted.
Please try to get a life.
Mike
June 19th, 2009
3:58 pm
I will truly miss that place. While in school at UGA we’d make at least one trip a week to go and catch good live music at the Theatre. I’ve got many fond memories (well, er, fuzzy hazy memories) of that place. There is a silver lining though. At least now they’ve got to change/clean the draft beer taps.
For all you Techies out there, just try to imagine how upset you’d be if your RadioShack or Lane Bryants burned down and maybe you’ll understand our loss.
Sanford Drive
June 19th, 2009
3:59 pm
Lane Bryant. hahahaha
RxDawg
June 19th, 2009
3:59 pm
It’s a shame about the Theatre. Don’t fret though, it will be rebuilt!
I hope you tech fans realize that the decent tech fans probably hate you more then us. In fact, I’d wager your really not that much of a tech fan.
Sanford Drive
June 19th, 2009
4:00 pm
RxDawg,
I think you are right. Mostly just bandwagon Tech fans on this site. I don’t recall seeing them around this time last year!
tech7
June 19th, 2009
4:05 pm
Please note:
These people do NOT represent the opinions of most Tech fans. (definitely not the graduates)
Please grow up, folks.
Intelligent, adult-like discussion is always welcomed…
Professorplug
June 19th, 2009
4:06 pm
Man if I was forced to listen to the crap John posted I would have burned that hole down a long time ago
LADAWG
June 19th, 2009
4:19 pm
I worked there for 3 years while in school. It was a wonderful place, it was in need of many repairs but the charm and history of the place is undeniable. It will be truly missed, I hope the owner does plan on rebuilding.In reviewing some of the pictures of the fire, it looks like the sign out front was ok. I hope they keep it!
PS Tech SUX
Dawg fan
June 19th, 2009
4:23 pm
I get on AJC.COM and the first thing I look at is UGA’s page, then the falcons,and sometimes the braves. Tech fans being the weird losers that they are get on UGA’s page first and maybe get on tech’s. My question is why? I hate Tech with a passion and have no desire to get on your blogs each and every day. Even when we won those 7 years in a row, I would say something once right after the game and that would be the end of it. Tech’s second victory over UGA this decade and yall think yall have the upper hand in the rivalry. Also why do you tech fans believe yall are in the same class as bama, fla,lsu, always making reference with Tech and those teams? You have to win ten games on average to join that class and actually win a conference championship. Also when you losers say UGAG and UGAY, you sound like children. No other rivals of UGA call us those names. So congrats on being the lamest fans in the south. In regards to the theater, had a blast seeing Rehab and Sevendust, good times.
Clay
June 19th, 2009
4:35 pm
The sadness of the Georgia Theater burning down is a lot bigger than UGA vs. GT. I am a Tech fan and I am extremely saddened today for the loss of one of the greatest and most legendary concert venues it rock and roll history. This was the birthplace and original stomping grounds of The B-52’s and R.E.M.
This was not only a loss for Athens and UGA fans but a loss for music lovers everywhere and it is a shame that some fans have belittled it in the way they have here.
Cass
June 19th, 2009
4:37 pm
My husband-to-be and I walked from campus to the the movies as often as we could. We had no car and very little money. The years were 1965-1969. I have fond memories of those days.
ACCTDAWG
June 19th, 2009
4:50 pm
tech7,
Great point. You pretty much hit the nail on the head.
RIP GA Theatre
MUTT_H8R
June 19th, 2009
4:53 pm
Having lived many a days in Athens, and spent many a night downtown, many at the Georgia Theatre, this TECH fan is greatly saddened by this news. Downtown Athens won’t be the same. Even if they rebuild so much of the character of that rickety old place is lost forever.
Condolences from *some* of us on North Avenue. This news sucks.
Hal Vernon
June 19th, 2009
5:00 pm
I like the “classless” comments from the same Georgia fans who poked fun at Tech when they had a pitcher on the baseball team pass away.
Ramblin Rick
June 19th, 2009
5:00 pm
Looks like the Georgia Theatre is gone… kinda like Mark Richt’s hair and any chance the mutts have to win the SEC. 45-42
mdawg
June 19th, 2009
5:04 pm
Nice job of monitoring your blog, Bill. You’re a slacker.
Sanford Drive
June 19th, 2009
5:10 pm
Or the Tech fans who make fun of the handicapped, or comments about the blogger’s father passing away. This is a two way street, Hal, and you’re on the wrong side of the road, so step aside.
Don't forget GT lost to:
June 19th, 2009
5:10 pm
Virginia Tech, Virginia, North Carolina, LSU………………
Danny Wofford
June 19th, 2009
5:16 pm
I went on some of my first dates in the Georgia! It will always hold a special place in my heart.
Rusty Gunn
June 19th, 2009
5:23 pm
Left Athens long before it became a music venue so my memories are of it as a movie theater. I can remember specific movies I saw there growing up thru college. Sad – only the Morton is now left, the Palace having been razed years ago for a parking deck.
David
June 19th, 2009
5:36 pm
What I don’t understand is why so many people on here equate a school rivalry with the culture of a town. They hate Georgia, so they hate Georgia Theatre. However, mature people like myself and a few select Tech fans on here (tech7) realize that every school has its own culture, and Athens, GA is among the best in the country. Athens has always been known for its music. It is considered one of if not THE best college music town, and Georgia Theatre was at the center of it all. It’s not just a sad day for Athens, GA and for UGA students, it’s a sad day for music. This is the place where so many big-name bands got their start, where so many memories were formed. It is also someone’s livelihood.
I would never dream of laughing at a town for losing one of its premier landmarks, no matter how much I hated the football team that resides in it. Life does not begin with football, nor does it end with it. My advice to those select few who have chosen to be so immature is to grow up and realize what a loss this is to the entire musical community.
Tech chic
June 19th, 2009
5:42 pm
I too am embarrassed at the “dog” hater comments. The Georgia Theater was iconic to some of the best music to put the entire state on the map of the music industry(REM, B-52’s, Drivin n’ Cryin’). I am an avid lifelong Jacket fan but see no relevancy to hating on UGA football and the sad burning of a historical landmark. True Tech fans–show some integrity and the intellect we are normally proud of.
HM
June 19th, 2009
5:48 pm
Saw the Dixie Dregs there for the first time a LONG time ago. They were great and Steve Morse was unbelievable. What a great place for a concert.
Voice of Reason
June 19th, 2009
5:56 pm
Top College Towns by America’s Best-
Athens #1,
Gainsville #4,
Tuscaloosa unranked
http://www.americasbestonline.com/ctowns.htm
msnbc top college towns
athens #1
gainsville and tuscaloosa unranked
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/9593731/
Dawg Man
June 19th, 2009
5:57 pm
Good riddance! That place was a dump! Hopefully, they build something a lot more modern and state of the art there, with better performances.
Chris Broe
June 19th, 2009
6:05 pm
I saw a Jimmy Hendrix cover band at that theatre. The dude playing Jimmy Hendrix was so old, though, that when he tried playing with his teeth, his dentures went flying into the audience, who had their lighters lit, so instead of a guitar on fire, there was dentures on fire. I still managed to rock out that night though.
Professorplug
June 19th, 2009
6:16 pm
Chris….is so covered in …So sad this place is a pit
SEC
June 19th, 2009
6:18 pm
Wow. Some of these post are just mind boggling. This place was a historic venue in Athens with a ton of memories. This is like the Fox Theatre of Athens. Talking trash about what happens on the field is one thing but celebrating the burning of the Georgia Theatre is hard to believe.
Professorplug
June 19th, 2009
6:18 pm
Oh Rem And 52’s are cryting
Professorplug
June 19th, 2009
6:21 pm
i said crying
Imperialist Dawg
June 19th, 2009
6:22 pm
I saw the Dregs there in the mid-seventies; maybe same show as you, HM.
Professorplug
June 19th, 2009
6:42 pm
Disco Inferno
TrimmerDawg
June 19th, 2009
6:52 pm
Most certainly a sad day for Athens and the Georgia music scene altogether. In this day and age when downloads of music are becoming more popular, the act of underground bands building up their fan base and following is becoming less popular. The Georgia Theatre was one of those venues where bands who had already made a name for themselves regionally and locally could land a Thursday-Saturday night gig during the school year and spread their music and promote their “brand” easily because locals and students in Athens would go to check them out. In combination with the Red and Black and The Flagpole, music lovers (especially of unsigned local/regional bands) could head to the Theatre (and other venues…although not as good) and check out a live act and get some cheap beer. Drew Pilgrim and others who booked bands for that venue were always interested in getting heads in the door to listen to music first and how much money did the bar make second. During the summers, smaller know bands were given the chance to play at the Theatre (rather than somewhere like Mean Mikes or DT’s) and use that great stage and sound gear. On occasion a big act would come through and give the audience a chance to have be a bigger part of the show than those shows at outdoor arenas and amphitheaters.
With venues like the Theatre, The Cotton Club, and others in GA coming down for one reason or another, local musicians and lovers of music are at a loss and more of us should take the time to relish in the opportunities places like the Georgia Theatre gave rather than use this venue to hate. Those of us who played at the theatre and went to shows there know what this place meant to Athens and Georgia in general. WE are all sad to see this happen and we certainly hope that it can be rebuilt to have the charm and sticky floors it did all those years!
Go Dawgs!
Michael
June 19th, 2009
7:31 pm
A loss for Athens and the UGA community. This coming from a die hard Gator too! Athens is a nice town and I’m sure a cool place to get a degree. Heck my daughter goes there.
UGAGRAD
June 19th, 2009
7:38 pm
Tech has beat us once since 2000. WTF?
shane#1
June 19th, 2009
8:10 pm
Ramblin’ Rick, I felt the same way you did about the UGA fans that laughed at the death of the Tech baseball player. It’s like laughing at a state landmark burning down. People who laugh at someone else’s tradgedy are the scum of the earth. Well Rick, welcome to the club, you can now be happy along with your fellow scum. Who knows, if you leave right now you may find some mother weeping over a five year old girl killed in a driveby and laugh at her. For your information Sir, my friend’s 15 year old grandson has been in town for the past week. So what? This kid happens to be brillant and is being recruited by several major universitys. The boy has had his heart set on going to Tech as long as I have known him. Well Pard, I let him read this blog and the posts. His reaction was, man Tech people can be a bunch of jerks! BTW, the kid is an excellant musician and can name all ther original members of Pink Floyd! So the burning of a musical landmark meant more to a fifteen year old than to you. Now he is leaning more toward Auburn and Wake Forest. On his visit to UGA last summer he met Matt Stafford at a burger joint and asked Stafford to sign his GT cap. The kid said that “I didn’t think Stafford would sign my cap. but I didn’t expect to meet anybody famous. Matt replird, Sorry buddy, but I can’t sign that.” He added, “man, that dude was big!” How many of you posers have the guts to ask Matt ro sign your Tech baseball cap?
meansonny
June 19th, 2009
8:45 pm
Huge loss. It will be rebuilt, but won’t be the same.
That was a classic building in the Classic City.
I loved the beer served in large popcorn cups. I saw a great fight (Tyson v Holyfield I) there. I saw lots of great bands (Derek Trucks, Rusted Root, Squat, Government Mule). Plenty of memories.
As much a fixture as The Varsity, The Arches, & Sanford Stadium to Athens.
john '90
June 19th, 2009
9:25 pm
Excellent post SEC 1. We were there at the same time, fondly remember many of the bands you cited. I work out of state for an ABC affiliate and it was big news here. These ignorant posters are just that. As for the Theatre, what charm and ambiance it had, not to mention Drivin-N-Cryin, the Violent Femmes, Stairway To Heaven, just about a “who’s who” for any college student in the absolute COOLEST college town on the planet. Bias aside, ask any sophisticated, well-traveled fan who has spent some time in other locales. Athens is very hard to beat. Just a couple of years ago, it and Madison, WI were #1 & #2 in top college towns as ranked by a well reputed national magazine. Save the drivel postings for those worth of lapping it up. May God grant the decision makers assigned to the Georgia Theatre with wisdom on future decisions for such a timepiece in the Classic City. Go DAWGS!
GTsux
June 19th, 2009
9:39 pm
Hey Helluva Engiqueer arent you laid off like the rest of the sorry A@@ engineers?
GTreallysux&so do their fans
June 19th, 2009
9:50 pm
Ramblin Dick do you really want us to believe you actually know a woman? Spending all your money on Eharmony doesnt mean that you know a woman. Are you refering to the woman that goes by the name Helluva Engineer? Why dont you two hook up together, again, and wear your matching Hairy Potter shirts and head to a comic book convention.
SEC1
June 19th, 2009
10:56 pm
Thank you, John.
It’s always nostalgic driving up Broad Street and remembering those days. When I think of college music scenes, it’s Madison, as you cited, Austin, TX and good ole Athens, GA.
Remember the 40 Watt, Uptown, Rockfish Palace and The Grit? What about TK Hardy’s and some soul food at Weaver D’s (truly automatic for the people!)
Ahh, yes….
Ferndolin
June 19th, 2009
11:07 pm
Grew up in Athens. Many flicks at the Georgia. Saw Arlo Guthrie there. It will be missed, and yes, Bill, I do remember ushers.