ATLRetro

by Melanie Crew
Managing Editor

Spring is just around the corner, guys and gals! And while we wait, why not get hep to the jive this week in Retro Atlanta! Come see what we’ve found for you. From  ‘60s rockin’ blues to classic films to a whole lotta funky shakin’ shenanigans!

Monday, February 23

Let The Earl shake those Monday blues with Blake Rainey & His Demons, Ben Trickey and Dang Dang Dang! Or get your retro-rock fix, harkening back to The Monkees and pre-disco Bee Gees, with Hartle Road at 529! Get geeky with Blast-Off Burlesque as they start your week off right with a night of adults-only trivia at the Euclid Avenue Yacht Club, every Monday night at 8:30pm! Get some soul and funk out at Blind Willie’s with Greg Hester! Truett Lollis delivers a night of blues and soul at Darwin’s Burgers & Blues in Marietta! 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!’ 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! Blues on down to Fat Matt’s Rib Shack for a side of Dry White Toast and a plate full ‘o finger lickin’ BBQ! And make your way to the Landmark Midtown Art Cinema for their screening of Mary Dore’s 2012 documentary on the “movers & shakers” of the feminist movement from ’68-’71, SHE’S BEAUTIFUL WHEN SHE’S ANGRY, screening through Feb. 26!

Tuesday, February 24

The Landmark Midtown Art Cinema kicks off their “Midtown Classics” series with Terrence Malick’s BADLANDS (1973) (See our Retro Review here) at 7pm! Or get immortally dark at the Diesel Filling Station during Nerd Film Mafia’s screening of Robert Zemeckis’ DEATH BECOMES HER (1992) at 10 pm following NerdCore Trivia every last Tuesday of the month! The Northlake Festival Movie Tavern screens Michael Curtiz’ classic, CASABLANCA (1942), during their “Classic Films on the Big Screen” series at 7:30! Surf on down to the Masquerade for a rockin’ night with The Expendables, Ballyhoo! and Katastro! Stomp on down to the Red Clay Theatre for a night with Roxie Watson! Blind Willie’s delivers a night of rock ‘n’ soul with The Hollidays! 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! The Crosstown All Stars dish out a night of stompin’ rock ‘n’ blues 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, February 25

SCENE MISSING Magazine presents Raising Atlantizona at the Highland Inn Ballroom, delivering a night of writing, comedy and other performances based on Coen Brothers movies, at 9pm! It’s your last chance to catch Humphrey Bogart at the Northlake Festival Movie Tavern’s screening of CASABLANCA (1942), during their “Classic Films on the Big Screen” series at 7:30! Folk it up at Eddie’s Attic with The Vespers with special guest, City Mouse! Or get your retro-rock fix with Lucero, Ryan Bingham and Twin Forks at The Buckhead Theatre! Blues it up with Lola at Sweet Georgia’s Juke Joint! Jazz it up with Jacob Deaton at the Elliott Street Pub! Blind Willie’s delivers a night of Chicago and West Coast blues with the Electromatics! It’s a hootenanny and a half at The Star Bar as they get smokin’ during Slim Chickens’ Honkytonk Extravaganza, featuring live-band old-time country and western tunes (Keep your eyes peeled for our Kool Kat interview soon!) Blues it up with Frankie’s Blues Mission 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, February 26

Swing on over to Eddie’s Attic for a jazzed-up night with Annie Sellick & the Hot Club of Nashville! Get your ‘60s blues rock fix with SIMO, the Gasoline Brothers and 68-75 at Vinyl! Funk it up at Terminal West with CBDB and Jerry On the Moon! Get Victorian at the 57^th Fighter Group Restaurant for the Pre-AnachroCon Party at 7:30! Kristen Englenz delivers a night of rockin’ Americana at Java Monkey! It’s Mai Tai Thursday at Trader Vic’s, so hula on down for a night of rockin’ island tunes! Rock over to The Earl for their screening of Bill Perrine’s 2014 documentary, IT’S GONNA BLOW: SAN DIEGO’S MUSIC UNDERGROUND (1986-1996), followed by Dan Sartaine! Smith’s Olde Bar delivers a night of classic rock with The Free Byrds and The Dirty Doors! Bluegrass it up at the Red Light Café with Tito & the Chicken Raiders and Danny ‘Mudcat’ Dudeck! 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! Blues it up with Sandra Hall & the Shadows 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, February 27

For those who prefer alternate history to reality and Victorian-era lifestyles and fantasy, travel back in time to the 18^th Century Rococo and Revolution-Themed AnachroCon 2015, a 3-day event celebrating historical reenactments, Steampunk, science-fiction, classic horror, literature, fashion and a cornucopia of indulgences! So, catch a train and head on over to the Atlanta Marriott Century Center, where you’ll catch informative panels discussing Steampunk as Victorian science-fiction, time travel, Gothic literature, vintage tales of terror (Lovecraft, Poe, Stoker), ghost stories and the classic monster flicks of Universal and Hammer and a vendors room chock full of goodies, including our pals at Horror in Clay (see our Shop Around feature here)! And don’t miss out on performances by The Ken Spivey Band, Valentine Wolfe, the Vauxhall Garden Variety Players, Atlanta Baroque Dance and more!

Get rocked at The Star Bar with Hammerhead Fest IV: Weekend at Burnouts with two nights of rockin’ mayhem! Tonight’s lineup includes Attractive Eighties Women, Bigfoot, Dropout, Magoo’s Heroes, Shehehe and Divided Heaven! Willie Nelson delivers a night of old-school country at the Tabernacle! Or make your way to Union EAV as Blood Drunk Records presents the BDR Arcade, featuring video games and rockin’ tunes with Ebony Eyes and Antarcticats! It’s a night of gypsy jazz at the Variety Playhouse with Al di Meola! Bluegrass it up with The Gibson Brothers at the Red Clay Theatre! Get your fill of southern rock, funk and soul at Vinyl with the Royal Southern Brotherhood and the Lefty Williams Band! Rock out at Hottie Hawgs BBQ with the Rockaholics! Darwin’s Burgers & Blues deliver a night of blues, soul and jazz with Fatback Deluxe and Leonard Blush! 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! Jam it up at Smith’s Olde Bar with Tribute, homage to the Allman Brothers Band! Get your rockin’ blues fix at 120 Tavern & Music Hall with Whiskey Bent, featuring John Popper (Blues Traveler)! The Chieftains deliver over 50 years worth of traditional Irish music with the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra at Atlanta Symphony Hall! Steve’s Live Music in Sandy Springs delivers a night of blues and Americana with Lindsay Rakers and Jackson County Line! Kool Kat Hot Rod Walt & the Psycho-Devilles rev it up at Motorheads in McDonough! Blues it up with Billy George at Fat Matt’s Rib Shack! Get bluesy with Jarekus Singleton at Blind Willie’s! Funk on down to the Fernbank Museum of Natural History’s Martinis and IMAX event for a night of rockin’ blues and funk under the dinosaurs! Or make your way to the Northside Tavern as Danny ‘Mudcat’ Dudeck fires it up with his rockin’ blues! 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, February 28

Get your second rocking’ helping of Hammerhead Fest IV: Weekend at Burnouts at The Star Bar with Death of Kings, Hatestomp, Gunpowder Gray, Spray Tan, The Vaginas and Bottle Kids! And it’s day 2 of AnachroCon 2015, dishing out anything and everything Victorian, steampunk, Rococo fashion and more!

It’s a night of ‘60s-era rock ‘n’ roll at the Masquerade (Purgatory) with The Woggles, The Blacktop Rockets, The Mystery Men? and The Lizard Men! Or make your way to Hell for a night with Helmet and his “Betty” 20th Anniversary Show! Get your retro-rock fix at Kavarna with the Floating Coats, Dangerous Basement and Bill Taft performing “Hamlet”! Stomp on down to the Drunken Unicorn for a night with I Want Whisky, the Darnell Boys and Book of Colors! 529 delivers a night of “Reagan-era” punk rock with Ralph (Final Show!) Spend the night with the “Piano Man”, Billy Joel at Philip’s Arena! Mammal Gallery presents a night of rockin’ Americana with Brock’s Folly, Blood on the Harp and Caleb Warren & the Perfect Gentlemen! Eighties it up at Craze Tavern in Duluth with Kool Kat Becky Cormier Finch and Denim Arcade! 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! Folk it up at the Red Light Café with Kevin Jackson (Jackson County Line) and Daniel Parrish followed by The Porch Bottom Boys’ jazzy bluegrass blues! Kool Kat Hot Rod Walt & the Psycho-Devilles deliver a night of rockin’ mayhem at the B3 Bar & Grill’s 2 Year Anniversary Party! Get bluesy with the West Side Blues Band at Hottie Hawgs BBQ! Get lucky at Park Tavern as Yacht Rock Revue shamrocks you with a set of U2 covers and your favorite smooth sounds! Wrenn retro-pops it up at Smith’s Olde Bar in the Music Room with Sara Rachele! Or make your way to the Atlanta Room for a night with The Chris Massey Band, Geoff Ferris & the Wheels and Buck-O-Five! Kool Kat VJ Anthony delivers his Clash of the Decades: ‘80s vs. ‘90s Music Video Party at the Opera Nightclub! The Family Dog delivers a night of rock ‘n’ soul with The Hollidays! Blues it up with Gracie Curran & the High Falutin’ Band at Darwin’s Burgers & Blues! Fat Matt’s Rib Shack gets the blues with Cody Matlock! Michelle Malone rocks out at Steve’s Live Music! Or make your way to the Northside Tavern as Danny ‘Mudcat’ Dudeck fires it up with his rockin’ blues! Get bluesy with Big Bill Morganfield at Blind Willie’s! 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, March 1

Step right up folks! It’s day 3 and your last chance to experience the Victorian life and alternate history at AnachroCon 2015! Get psychedelic at The Earl with Desert Noises and Sol Cat! The Red Light Café delivers an early old-time outlaw Americana show with Reverend Hylton and Brian Revels, followed by the BadAsh Allstar Team’s (BAAT) tribute to Hall & Oates, Duran Duran and Tears for Fear! Bluegrass it up with Chatham County Line at Eddie’s Attic! Smith’s Olde Bar delivers their Bluegrass Brunch with Control Burn in the Bar Room. Get sweet and low down blues-style at the Northside Tavern with Uncle Sugar! Stephen “The Blues Dude” gets bluesy at Fat Matt’s Rib Shack! And rock on down to the Crimson Moon Café for their Boomers Gone Wild event, delivering a night of ‘60s and ‘70s covers!

Ongoing

OnStage Atlanta dishes out the infamous horror rock musical, “Little Shop of Horrors”, horrifying through March 28!

The Atlanta Contemporary Art Center presents the “Gilda Radner Research and Translation Center”, an unofficial academic-ish platform for the analysis of Radner’s life and comedy, running through April 11!

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!

Blast-Off Burlesque geeks it up with a night of adults-only trivia at the Euclid Avenue Yacht Club, every Monday at 8:30pm!

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.