WREK, the Georgia Tech student radio station, lists him as a staff member, and he is credited for playing baritone on the 1995 album "Jesus Christ Superstar: A Resurrection", which was made in Atlanta by musicians from the local alternative rock scene. In 2000, Burdell was named an alternate delegate to the Democratic National Convention from Georgia. Burdell was credited as a member of the choir of the 2006 album "There is a Place". George's fictitious son, George P. Burdell Junior, has been a proctor for several classes at Georgia Tech.