This Week in Retro Atlanta, July 14-20, 2014

by Melanie Crew
Managing Editor/Contributing Writer

Hey Retro Atlanta! It’s that time for summer lovin’, so come on out and get your old-time vintage fix! We’ve got all the ‘billy your little ol’ hearts can desire! We’ve got vintage films galore! We’ve got rockin’ surf tunes, ‘70s psychedelia, jazz and the blues! So, get off that couch, rock out into the heat and live la vida Retro!

Monday, July 14

Rev on down to Camelis Gourmet Pizza Joint for “Psychobilly Freakout and a night with Kool Kat Rev. Andy, broadcasting a spitfire night of rockin’ rockabilly and psychobilly live on Garage71 Internet Radio! Get retro, kiddie-style at Pallookaville’s vintage cinema extravaganza with The Polka Dotted Elephant Summer Cinema Club at 10 am, as they deliver a day of Jim Henson, with their screenings of “The Muppet Show” episode starring Vincent Price (1976), “The Muppet Show” episode starring Alice Cooper (1978) and James Frawley’s THE MUPPET MOVIE (1979)! Bill Sheffield gets the blues, acoustic-style at Blind Willie’s! Get funky and groove on down to Café 290 every second and fourth Monday of the month for a taste of Bumpin the Mango, ‘The groove that makes you want to move!’ Boogie on down to the Northside Tavern and spend an evening with Lola at her famous Monday Night Northside Jam!  Blues on down to Fat Matt’s Rib Shack for a bluesy helping of The Pork Bellies and some finger lickin’ BBQ!
 
Tuesday, July 15

Join the adventure with Doc and Marty McFly at the Northlake Festival Movie Tavern at their screening of Robert Zemeckis’ ‘80s classic, BACK TOTHE FUTURE (1985) during their Summer of Adventure series at 7:30 pm! Or make a trip to the wild west as the Midtown Art Cinema screens Sergio Leone’s western classic, ONCE UPON A TIME IN THE WEST (1968), starring Henry Fonda! Stomp on down to Blind Willie’s for a night with the Boohoo Ramblers! The Bob Page Trio delivers a night of rockin’ blues at Sweet Georgia’ Juke Joint! Make your way to Big Tex for a night with Moira Nelligan & The Dixie Jigs and their old-fashioned Americana! Boogie on down to The Star Bar and get groovy at The Funk Godfather, DJ Romeo Cologne’s Funk Royale featuring DJ Quasi Mandisco every Tuesday! Jam it up with Joe Gransden and his jazz jam session at Twain’s in Decatur every Tuesday at 9 pm! Or boogie on down to Darwin’s Burgers & Blues in Marietta for a taste of Bill Sheffield’s acoustic roots and blues! The Entertainment Crackers get bluesy with their folksy Americana at the Northside Tavern. And rock on down to Fat Matt’s Rib Shack for a night with JT Speed!

Wednesday, July 16

For a night of old-country blues and jazz, honky-tonk on down to Eddie’s Attic for Cicada Rhythm with special guests, the Darnell Boys! Get psychedelic and groove on down to Big Tex for a night with the Dot Line Projekt! It’s a free “Munchkin Movie” at The Strand Theater as they present Don Bluth’s ‘80s classic AN AMERICAN TAIL (1986)! Get the rockin’ blues with Lola at Sweet Georgia’ Juke Joint! John Sosebee delivers a night of hill country blues and rockin’ Appalachian Americana at Blind Willie’s! The Hollidays deliver a night of soul and rock and roll at Fat Matt’s Rib Shack! Or make your way to the Northside Tavern as Danny ‘Mudcat’ Dudeck fires it up with his rockin’ blues! It’s Ladies Night at Johnny’s Hideaway which plays hits from Sinatra to Madonna for a generally mature crowd.  Or time travel to the Northlake Festival Movie Tavern for their screening of Robert Zemeckis’ ‘80s classic, BACK TOTHE FUTURE (1985) during their Summer of Adventure series’ matinee screening at 11:30 am!

Thursday, July 17

It’s a night of old-time folk and country at The Earl with Lily & the Tigers, Ben Trickey and Ruby the Rabbitfoot! Bluegrass it up at the Red Light Café with Sour Bridges and Silo! Get revived Ska-style at the Masquerade with The Taj Motel Trio, The Last Slice, Survey Says! and Ye Flask! TheDoobie Brothers and Peter Frampton deliver a night of classic rock at the Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre! Get old school heavy at The Star Bar with Beitthemeans, Six Shot Revival, the Pelvis Breastlies and Echo Theory! Hula on down to Trader Vic’s for a night of rockin’ island tunes with The Volcanauts with Tracey Wolfe and a couple Mai Tais! Sweet Betty & the Shadows get down and dirty at Blind Willie’s! Get your roots rock fix with Donna Hopkins at Steve’s Live Music in Sandy Springs! Stagger on over to Noni’s Bar & Deli for their Bitter Heroes event featuring DJ Brian Parris as he gets charmingly morose with a little New-Wave, The Smiths and The Cure! The Northside Tavern gets rockin’ with a little Chicago/Delta blues of The Breeze Kings! Get your boogie on at Fat Matt’s Rib Shack, as Chickenshack featuring Eddie Tigner, delivers some honky-tonk blues! Darwin’s Burgers & Blues gets down and dirty at their Blues Jam hosted by The Cazanovas! Get your boogie on at Mary’s, as the East Atlanta venue gets funky with their weekly Disco in the Village.  And it’s your last chance to rock back to the ‘50s at the Northlake Festival Movie Tavern during their screening of Robert Zemeckis’ ‘80s classic, BACK TOTHE FUTURE (1985) during their Summer of Adventure series at 7:30 pm!

Friday, July 18

Get intergalactic and chill with Luke, Leia and Han Solo at The Plaza Theater as they kick off their 75th Anniversary with their screening of George LucasSTAR WARS EPISODE IV (1977)! Or steampunk on down to the Red Light Café for DJ Doctor Q’s Atlanta Speakeasy Electroswing July event, featuring jazz, Big Band, electronica and a little saucy cabaret courtesy of Kool Kat Talloolah Love, Candi LeCoeur and Lucy Purr at 8 pm! Rev on down to the Diesel Fueling Station for Kool Kat Rev. Andy’s Rockabilly/Psychobilly Music Video Throwdown!  It’s a night of gypsy honky-tonk rock n roll at The Star Bar with the Banditos, BlackfootGypsies, Rolling Nowhere and Slick! Get a little vintage swagger at Fat Matt’s Rib Shack with Atlanta Boogie!  Or get your fill of “Steady Rollin’” Bob Margolin’s blues at Blind Willie’s! Rock out with the ‘blues woman power’ of Beverly ‘Guitar’ Watkins at Darwin’s Burgers & Blues! Get psychedelic and groove on down to the Northside Tavern for a night with Swami Gone Bananas! Stomp on down to Eddie’s Attic for a night of Americana soul during the Smokin’ Novas’ CD release party! Jam on down to Big Tex for a night with Gr8fuldude & Frenz! If you want to rock n roll all night, rock on down to the Lakewood Amphitheatre for a night with KISS and Def Leppard! Get folksy at the Atlanta Botanical Gardens with The Indigo Girls! Cha-cha under the dinosaurs and enjoy a couple cocktails at the Fernbank Museum of Natural History’s Martinis and IMAX event with the Salsambo Dance Studio! Or get your Salsa fix at the High Museum with La Orquesta Sabor from 5 to 10 pm! It’s a Jukebox Giants song and dance musical revue at The Strand Theater, featuring pop music through the ages, ‘50s to ‘80s! Get your fill of your favorite MTV videos with Kool Kat VJ Anthony at his ICON 80s: Music Video Dance Night invading Famous Pub every Friday night at 10 pm! And as always, Time-Warp it up and get naughty with some uber musically-inclined transsexual aliens at The Plaza Theater as they continue their tradition of screening THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW (1975) every Friday night, featuring the live cast of Lips Down on Dixie at midnight!

Saturday, July 19

Leave the kiddies at home and surf on down to the DooGallery and get Tiki’d at their Southern Swells Surf Art Show, from 8pm to 2 am, featuring surf and tiki art, rockin’ surf tunes by Gemini 13 and The Fugitives and tasty beach chow! Or get French-y at Paris on Ponce during their 2-day 3rd AnnualBastille Day Festival, featuring a scavenger hunt, a grilled cheese contest, films, live music, burlesque performances by the saucy Sadie Hawkins and a magic show with the Clark Gable look-alike, Chad Sanborn!  It’s a day of old-school silver screen pictures at The Plaza Theater as they celebrate their 75th Anniversary with their screenings of A. Edward Sutherland’s Laurel & Hardy flick, THE FLYING DEUCES (1939) and Lewis Milestone’s OF MICE AND MEN (1939)! Or join Kool Kat Chris Hamer of Urbnpop at The Highlander for his Bad As Me: A Night of Music & Art event, featuring showings from 30 local and national artists and rockin’ tunes by WolfFace, Burns Like Fire and Madre Padre! And cruise on over to The Strand Theater for their “Cruisin’ at The Strand with The Creepers” event, featuring a classic car show extravaganza, a screening of Randal Kleiser’s classic, GREASE (1978) and their Men of Motown rockin’ music revue!

ATL Collective presents their take on Elvis Costello’s “This Year’s Model” in its entirety at Vinyl! Break on through to the other side at Steve’s Live Music in Sandy Springs with The Dirty Doors! Rough Draft delivers a night of rockin’ jazz and funk at Fat Matt’s Rib Shack! Live at the Fillmore delivers a rockin’ Allman Brothers tribute at The Variety Playhouse! Sandra Hall & the Shadows get down and dirty at Blind Willie’s! Blues on down to Darwin’s Burgers & Blues for a night with Bobby Messano! The Cazanovas get the blues at the Northside Tavern! Rock out roots style at The Earl with Dave Alvin & Phil Alvin with the Guilty Ones, along with JonahTolchin & the Lonesome Angels! Boogie on down to The Basement for their Keep on Movin’ Rock’n’Soul Dance Party! It’s a night of Hot Club jamming and Parisian Swing with Kool Kat Amy Pike and the Bonaventure Quartet at Eddie’s Attic! The Rainmen deliver a night of ‘60s and ‘70s rock n roll at Big Tex! Get rocked mountain style at the Crimson Moon Café with Echo Rowdy! Get your classic rock fix at The Family Dog with Along for theRide! Get your second helping of The Indigo Girls at the Atlanta Botanical Gardens! And as always, DJ Romeo Cologne transforms the sensationally seedy Clermont Lounge into a ’70s disco/funk inferno late into the wee hours of the night.

Sunday, July 20

And it’s day 2 of Paris on Ponce’s 3rd AnnualBastille Day Festival, featuring films from the Atlanta Film Festival and rockin’ tunes by CousinDan, Promise Keepers and Atlas Sound! The Plaza Theater continues their 75th Anniversary celebration with their screenings of William A. Seiter and Walter Lang’s THE LITTLE PRINCESS (1939) and William Wyler’s WUTHERING HEIGHTS (1939)! Swing on by Steve’s Live Music in Sandy Springs for their Big Band Atlanta Jazz Brunch at 12:30 pm! Kool Kat Amy Pike and the Bonaventure Quartet deliver their Hot Club jamming and Parisian swing at The Earl! Or stomp on down to Big Tex for their Bluegrass Brunch with D.B.A.! Hula on down to Pallookaville for their free Sunday Night Summer Concert Series with Kool Kat “Big Mike” Geier and his Polynesian pop lounge band, Tonga Hiti! Fat Back Deluxe gets the blues at Fat Matt’s Rib Shack! The Johnson Party rocks out at The Family Dog! Blues on down to the Crimson Moon Café a matinee show with Joel DaSilva & the Midnight Howl and stick around for Rick Harris’ “Jazz it up Jam”!  Spend an evening with the greatest women in music at The Strand Theater during their song and dance revue, Diva! And Shimmy on down to the Red Light Café for a night of saucy shenanigans with Sadie Hawkins and her “Burlesque Battle of the Babes”, Last Pasties Standing: Summer Lovin’ event!

Ongoing

The Center for Puppetry Arts presents Dr. Seuss‘The Cat in the Hat’, running through July 20! (LAST CHANCE!)

Pallookaville delivers old-school vintage tunes during their free Sunday Night Summer Concert Series running through August 24 from 7-10pm!

The High Museum gets revved during their ‘Dream Cars; Innovative Design, Visionary Dreams’ exhibit, featuring forward-thinking auto designs from 1932 to the present, running through September 7!

Nerd Film Mafia screenings at the Diesel Fueling Station following NerdCore Trivia, every last Tuesday of the month!

ICON 80s: Music Video Dance Night rocks out at the Famous Pub every Friday night with a different 80’s theme!

The Star Bar gets groovy with The Funk Godfather, DJ Romeo Cologne and DJ QuasiMandisco every Tuesday!

Steve’s Live Music’s Gypsy Jazz Brunch offers up a plate of Hot Club jamming and Parisian Swing with Kool Kool Kat Amy Pike and the Bonaventure Quartet from 12:30 to 3:30 pm every 2nd & 4th Sunday!

Boogie on down into Disco Hell at The Family Dog as DJ Quasi Mandisco delivers a night of classic funk, soul and disco the last Friday of every month

The Plaza Theater Time-Warps it up as they screen, THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW (1975) every Friday night, featuring the live cast of Lips Down on Dixie at midnight!

Every first and third Mondays are Big Band Nights at Café 290, featuring Joe Gransden and his amazing 16-piece orchestra playing jazz and swing standards in the tradition of The Glen Miller Orchestra and other legendary groups.  Second and fourth Mondays are Bumpin the Mango, ‘The groove that makes you want to move!’

Every first Wednesday is the Graveyard Tavern’s Graveyard Swing Night, featuring the swingin’ jazz and boogie-woogie sounds of the Savoy Kings!

If you have a suggestion for a future event that should be included in This Week in Retro Atlanta or see something we missed, please email us at atlretro@gmail.com.

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