months ago, The Diane Durrett Band. Just a killer singer chick she has a sidekick name Junebug on percussion. Just excellent. They are releasing a new album called Soul Sugar in about two weeks. Diane's video shoot was at the Coca-Cola mansion in Atlanta, and we did a 3-camera shoot with perfect sound from the sound team of Kemper Watson. Every- thing was perfect. Other favorites include Hank 3, Edgar Win-
ter’s White Trash, just so many. For sure The Allman Brothers Band and Gov’t Mule. And I have recorded Screamin Cheetah Wheelies, Edwin McCain, Toy Caldwell , the Atlanta Rhythm Section, Jackyl, Derek Trucks, Eric Quincy Tate, Johnny Jenkins, the Winters Brothers Band, The Marshall Tucker Band, Wet Willie, Jack Pearson Band, Tommy Tal- ton Band, Cowboy, Sea Level, The Nighthawks SwampdaWamp, Devon Allman, Dickey Betts and Great Southern, Ray Wylie Hubbard, Percy Sledge and Michael Buffalo Smith - to name a few.
You’ve shot more video on Chris Hicks than any other performer. Why? Because he is the most dynamic singer-song- writer, guitar player, personality and overall dynamic motherfucker on the scene today in my opinion. Over the last, what is it, 25 or 26 years I've
seen him a lot of times with his band, with the Outlaws and Marshall Tucker Band and plus a lot of solo shows and a lot of the other bands were he went and played shows with them. I never ever never cease to be im- pressed with his performances. Like his new stuff, every time he throws at you, you just don't know where he's getting it from. I have asked, and he said he doesn't know either, he is just the channel. He knows how to open the valve and let the love of the universe flows through him into words and into the notes he plays on all the instruments. He's very hum- ble, and that's why when people are giving him compliments he doesn't want to hear
about all that cause all he wants to do is play the guitar and sing for you. So I've filmed at least 250 of his perform-
ances over the last 26 years and it never gets old and never gets tiring. He’s always fun and so easy to work with. Basically, he just turns me loose lets me do whatever. He had Catfish and I do the opening dog
barks on “Dog Eat Dog World” and actually gave us credit for it in the liner notes which is just fucking hilarious. He's not very critical, but encouraging and
he's always got new material, new jokes - he's funny. I love him he loves me and you can never document this guy enough because every night’s a completely different show. There is no set list. There is no order to it, it’s controlled chaos. On the edge all the time and I love it.
Did you experience Macon during the height of the Capricorn days? I did. Here’s the short story. I graduated high
school 1968 and went straight to work at the FBI in Washington, DC until I turned 18, and volunteered for the draft. I was drafted in April 1969. I came home to Macon in Septem- ber, ‘69 and saw the Allman Brothers Band at Central City Park. When I came back home again at Christmas, the Brothers were playing in Central City Park again and also in Pied- mont Park in Atlanta. I bought their first album and took it back to Fort Hood, Texas where I was stationed. When July, 1970 came around it was time
for the Atlanta (Byron) Pop Festival. The damned Army would not give me leave be- cause of my anti-war activity as a uniformed soldier. So so I went home anyway. I went AWOL for ten days - eight of them at Byron. Six weeks later Jimi Hendrix was dead and I was out of the Army on an “early discharge.” (Laughs). Then I basically hitch- hiked around the country for two years, east or west, north or south, you know back and forth several times. I was always back in Macon
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