ATLRetro

by Melanie Crew
Managing Editor/Contributing Writer

Retro Atlanta is the bee’s knees this week! Let us rock you into submission with a week chock full of Kool Kats and hootenannies galore! We have everything you need to make your daily grind a long lost memory! Live la vida Retro with the rest of ‘em!

Monday, January 19

If the Monday blues have got you down, let Retro Atlanta show you some real rockin’ blues! Truett Lollis delivers a night of blues and soul at Darwin’s Burgers & Blues in Marietta! Swing on by Big Band Night featuring Joe Gransden and his amazing 16-member orchestra at Café 290 every first and third Monday of the month! Or boogie on down to the Northside Tavern and spend an evening with Lola at her famous Monday Night Northside Jam! Get folksy with Jamie Laval at Steve’s Live Music in Sandy Springs! Greg Hester delivers a night of funky soul at Blind Willie’s! And blues on down to Fat Matt’s Rib Shack for a taste of the Pork Belly’s and a plate full ‘o finger lickin’ BBQ!

Tuesday, January 20

John Belushi and his rowdy frat brothers invade the Northlake Festival Movie Tavern with their screening of John Landis’ comedy classic, ANIMAL HOUSE (1977), during their “Classic Films on the Big Screen” series at 7:30! Or catch the film adaptation of Carson McCullers’, THE HEART IS A LONELY HUNTER (1968) dir. by Robert Ellis Miller at the Decatur Library’s screening at 2pm! Get really retro at the Fox Theatre for their presentation of the Broadway musical, “Newsies”, inspired by the Newsboys Strike of 1899, running through Jan. 25! Paul Vogler delivers an evening of island tunes at Steve’s Live Music in Sandy Springs! Get some rhythm, soul and rock ‘n’ roll with The Hollidays at Blind Willie’s! Sweet Georgia’s Juke Joint gets the blues with the Bob Page Trio! Get glamorous at Petite Auberge for Capitol City Opera Company’s “Dinner & a Diva” series, featuring tasty food and arias from “Madama Butterfly,” “Carmen” and more! The Star Bar delivers a night of retro shenanigans with Kool Kat Jeff Clark and Stomp & Stammer’s Rock ‘n’ Roll Trivia at 8pm, followed by ‘80s Dance Night! Get bluesy with JT Speed at Fat Matt’s Rib Shack! 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! And as always, The Entertainment Crackers get bluesy with their folksy Americana at the Northside Tavern!

Wednesday, January 21

Get your psychobilly and horror rock fix at the Masquerade with Wednesday 13, Eyes Set to Kill, Die So Fluid, Remnants of Hope and Crypt 24! The Earl delivers a night of ‘70s desert rock with Karma to Burn (K2B), Sierra and Volume IV! It’s your last chance to catch the John Landis’ ‘70s raunchy comedy classic, ANIMAL HOUSE (1977) at the Northlake Festival Movie Tavern during their “Classic Films on the Big Screen” series at 7:30! Get to truckin’ during Emory Cinematheque’s presentation of Hal Needham’s SMOKEY AND THE BANDIT (1977) during their “Movies Made in Georgia” series at 7:30pm! And go treasure hunting with Richard Donner’s THE GOONIES (1985) at Studio Movie Grill in Alpharetta and Duluth at 7pm! Eddie’s Attic delivers a night of soulful Americana with Toby Lightman and Sara Rachele! It’s a hootenanny and a half at The Star Bar as they get smokin’ during their Slim Chicken Honky-tonk Extravaganza, featuring live-band old-time country and western tunes! Catch the world premiere of the musical adaptation of Natalie Babbitt’s “Tuck Everlasting” at the Alliance Theatre, running through Feb. 22! Get jazzy with Sal Gentile at the Elliott Street Pub! The Electromatics dish out some Chicago and West Coast blues at Blind Willie’s! Get some rhythm, soul and rock ‘n’ roll with The Hollidays 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! And as always, it’s Ladies Night at Johnny’s Hideaway which plays hits from Sinatra to Madonna for a generally mature crowd.

Thursday, January 22

Billy Idol invades the Tabernacle with a night of rockin’ ‘80s punk! Or get your surfer punk rock fix at 529 with the Night Birds, Dinos Boys, GHB and Wymyns Prysyn! Rock out at The Star Bar with a night of psyche-punk and rockin’ blues with The Marrows, Momcat, Man Up, Yancey and Woven In! It’s a night of rockin’ reggae and soulful blues at The Basement with Beauregard & the Down Right, Pasadena, Crave, Alchemy and Threadbare Skivvies! Dyn-O-Mite funks it up at Steve’s Live Music in Sandy Springs! Get “Lost in the ‘80s” with a Blue Light costume party in the Atlanta Room at Smith’s Olde Bar! Or rock out ‘70s roots-style in the Music Room with Freelance Ruckus, the Kris Youmans Band and Rye Baby! Get folksy with Book Club’s record release with special guest Cicada Rhythm at Eddie’s Attic! Jazz it up with Marcus Johnson and Tom Browne at Suite Food Lounge! Hula on down to Trader Vic’s for a night of cool island tunes and a couple Mai Tais! 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 jazzy with The Slatterys at Blind Willie’s! 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! And as always, get your boogie on at Mary’s, as the East Atlanta venue gets funky with their weekly Disco in the Village.

Friday, January 23

The Basement delivers a night of ‘70s psychedelia with Kool Kats Spirits & the Melchizedek Children, HALMOS, The Dirty Magazines and Dead Register! Shimmy on down to the Red Light Café for DJ Doctor Q’s Speakeasy Electroswing Atlanta event with sultry performances by Carmen Corazon of Minette Magnifique, Benjamin Elizabeth, Nikki Nuke’m and more! Get adventurous with Buttercup and Wesley at The Strand Theatre with their screening of Rob Reiner’s classic, THE PRINCESS BRIDE (1987) at 8pm! Rock out with Kool Kats, The Joy Kills, Surrogates and Nones at Union EAV! It’s a night of old-school blues ‘n’ soul at Eddie’s Attic with Rudy Currence! Rock out folk-style at Smith’s Olde Bar with Ryan Montbleau, Mike Dillon and Shane Piasecki! Get to stompin’ with Merle Haggard as he delivers a night of old-time country at Atlanta Symphony Hall! Get rootsy with Amelia White, Phil Madeira and Tommy Womack at the Red Clay Theatre! Bluegrass it up with Town Mountain, Kate & Corey and Hunter Callahan at Terminal West! Get the blues with Men in Blues at Hottie Hawgs BBQ! The Rockaholics deliver a night of rockin’ blues and soul at Fat Matt’s Rib Shack! Folk it up with Threadbare Skivvies, Cheer and Honeywood at Steve’s Live Music in Sandy Springs! Get your toes tappin’ under the dinosaurs with The HoBoHemians and their jazzy ‘20s/’30s tunes at the Fernbank Museum of Natural History’s Martinis and IMAX! Boogie down at Famous Pub with Kool Kat VJ Anthony and his “80s Music Video Dance Night” at 10pm! Sandra Hall & the Shadows get down and dirty at Blind Willie’s! Blues it up with Stoney Brooks at Northside Tavern! Darwin’s Burgers & Blues delivers a night with the Howlin’ Ebous and The Hollidays! 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, January 24

Get revived old-school style at the Masquerade with The Masquerade Writer Rock Revival featuring Kool Kat Caroline & the Ramblers, The Backyard Birds, The Mystery Men? and the The Lizardmen! Or get your revved up rockabilly fix at Bonz Bar & Grill in Douglasville with Kool Kat Hot Rod Walt & the Psycho-Devilles! Get some soul with Kool Kat Ruby Velle & the Soulphonics at The Music Room! Put on those dancin’ shoes and get ready for a night of retro rock, Motown, funk, Big Band and more at The Basement for Electric Western’s Keep on Movin’ Rock and Soul Dance Party! For a night of nostalgic rock ‘n’ roll, make your way to The Earl for the Clear Plastic Masks! Get to the root of it all with Dangermuffin at Eddie’s Attic! Rock out blues-style with Scarlett Mistress and Jackwagon at The Highlander! Hog Eyed Man with Dana Lyn & Kyle Sanna deliver a night of old-time folk and Appalachian tunes at the Crimson Moon Café! Get the ragtime blues at Kavarna with Caleb Warren & the Perfect Gentlemen, Gibson Wilbanks and Mr. Blue Sky! Get some true Americana at the Red Clay Theatre with Jonathan Byrd & the Pickup Cowboys and Stacey Earl & Mark Stuart! Bluegrass it up with the Todd Prusin Experience and Circus Dog in the Atlanta Room at Smith’s Olde Bar. Or make your way to the Music Room for a night with Migrant Worker and The Tarlatans! PARADOCS deliver a night of classic rock at The Strand Theatre! Stomp over to the Red Light Café for a night with Cedar Hill, 3 Way Street and Anne Buckle! ‘80s it up at Wild Wing Café in Gainesville with Kool Kat Becky Cormier Finch and Denim Arcade! Here kitty, kitty! BLACKOUT Presents: Cats Hair Ball at Famous Pub featuring a goth and industrial dance night! Folk it up at Steve’s Live Music in Sandy Spring with a Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young tribute band during their “Winter Classic R&R” series! Or rock out at the Variety Playhouse with the Allman Brother tribute, Live at the Fillmore! Darwin’s Burgers & Blues delivers a night of jazzy rockin’ blues with Wavetree and Marty Manous! Get the blues with Big Bill Morganfield at Blind Willie’s! Get your roots rock fix with the Adam Ezra Group at The Family Dog! 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, January 25

Get ghoulish and horror-fied at Sons of Celluloid’s Big Ass Horror Bash/Days of the Dead Atlanta Pre-Party at the American Tavern in Loganville at 3pm! You won’t want to miss the haunting hearse show, beastly bands, including Kool Kats, The Casket Creatures, a screening of Atlanta’s own DEAR GOD, NO! (2011), dir. by James A. Bickert, featuring Kool Kat Madeline Brumby and Kool Kat Jett Bryant, classic horror screenings and more! For something a little less sinister, shimmy on down to the Red Light Café for a night of Flamenco presented by Berdole Flamenco featuring Lakshmi Basile and Cristian Puig! Kool Kat Amy Pike with Bonaventure Quartet delivers a night of gypsy jazz during the Marcus Jewish Community Center’s (MJCC) “Jazz at the JCC” event! It’s “Sultry Sunday” at Steve’s Live Music in Sandy Springs with Phillip Jazzdad Thomas! Bluegrass it up at Smith’s Olde Bar’s Bluegrass Brunch with Old Salt Union in the Bar Room! Get sweet and low down blues-style at the Northside Tavern with Uncle Sugar! Blues it up with Fatback Deluxe at Fat Matt’s Rib Shack! The Honeycutters dish out a rockin’ night of Appalachian honky-tonk at the Crimson Moon Café! And it’s your last chance to get adventurous with Richard Donner’s THE GOONIES (1985) at Studio Movie Grill in Alpharetta and Duluth at 2pm!

Ongoing

The Alliance Theatre presents the musical adaptation of Natalie Babbitt’s “Tuck Everlasting”, running through Feb. 22!

The Marietta Museum of History gets Victorian as they present their “Peeling Back the Layers: Victorian Wedding Ensembles” exhibit through May 2, 2015!

William Bremen Jewish Heritage Museum’s, “Where the Wild Things Are: Maurice Sendek in His Own Words and Pictures” getting wild through July 5!

HepCat’s Hop gets swingin’ every second Wednesday of the month at the 57th Fighter Group Restaurant!

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 delivers Stomp & Stammer’s Rock ‘n’ Roll Trivia at 8pm, followed by ‘80s Dance Night at 10pm, every Tuesday!

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.