ATLRetro

by Melanie Crew
Managing Editor/Contributing Writer

Retro Atlanta delivers a week of rockin’ shenanigans and a cornucopia of Kool Kats galore! Get off the couch, boogie down, shake a tail feather and see what we’ve found for you this week!

Monday, January 12

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! 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! Get to the root of it all with Brandon Reeves 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 13

It’s a burly-Q birthday bash with Kool Kat Katherine Lashe and Syrens of the South, getting sultry at the Red Light Café with their Tease Tuesday: Burlesque Anniversary Show with pipin’ hot performances by Kool Kat Roula Roulette, Nikki Nuke’m, Mary Strawberry, Ada Manzhart, magic man and Clark Gable look-alike, Chad Sanborn and more! Sit back and chill with “The Dude” at the Northlake Festival Movie Tavern during their screening of the Coen Brothers’, THE BIG LEBOWSKI (1998) during their “Classic Films on the Big Screen” series at 7:30! Or get really retro at the Wesley Chapel-William C. Brown Library in Decatur with their screening of Vincente Minnelli’s THE CLOCK (1945) at 11am! Sweet Georgia’s Juke Joint gets rockin’ with a little Chicago/Delta blues of The Breeze Kings! Curtis Jones & Primal Roots deliver a bluegrass ruckus at Steve’s Live Music in Sandy Springs! 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! Danny ‘Mudcat’ Dudeck fires it up with his rockin’ blues at Blind Willie’s! 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 14

Get your boogie shoes on and get to swingin’ at the January HepCat’s Hop, “swing ‘n’ soul ‘n’ rock ‘n’ roll” dance party at the 57th Fighter Group Restaurant, every second Wed. of the month! Emory Cinematheque is back in full swing with their “Movies Made in Georgia” series, featuring Bruce Beresford’s DRIVING MISS DAISY (1989) at 7:30pm! Or get swept away at the Studio Movie Grill in Alpharetta with their screening of James Cameron’s, TITANIC (1997) at 7:30pm! Take a trip with Dorothy and her pals down the yellow brick road as TCM presents Victor Fleming’s classic, THE WIZARD OF OZ (1939) at several local theatres, including UA Perimeter Pointe 10, AMC Avalon Forsyth 12 (Cumming), AMC Barrett Commons 24 (Kennesaw), AMC Southlake 24 (Morrow), AMC Sugarloaf Mills 18 (Lawrenceville), Cinemark Tinseltown 17 (Fayetteville), Regal Cinemas Avalon 12 (Alpharetta) and Regal Hollywood Stadium 24 (Chamblee) at 2pm/7pm! It’s your last chance to catch the Coen Brothers’ ‘90s classic, THE BIG LEBOWSKI (1998) at the Northlake Festival Movie Tavern during their “Classic Films on the Big Screen” series at 7:30! Blues it up with Andrew Black at Blind Willie’s! Sweet Georgia’s Juke Joint gets down and dirty blues-style with Lola! 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 15

Get glam and punk it up at The Star Bar with the Night Terrors, The Unsatisfied and Cadillac Junkies! The Earl delivers a night of baroque folk and Americana with River Whyless, Fire Mountain and City Mouse! Get some southern-fried soul with Secondhand Swagger and Alanna Royale at Vinyl! The Mar-Tans get funky with their NOLA funk and R&B at Sweet Georgia’s Juke Joint! The Karp Foley Band delivers a night of blues, Americana and roots rock at Steve’s Live Music in Sandy Springs! Stomp on down to the Red Light Café for Bluegrass Thursday with Dismal Creek! 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! Sweet Betty & the Shadows get bluesy 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 16

Kool Kat Rev. Andy Hawley begs you to “Rock Until You Drop” at Diesel Filling Station as he dishes up a night of rockabilly, psychobilly, old-school punk, ‘80s metal and swing! Shimmy down to the Red Light Café for Sadie Hawkins’ improv burly-Q game show, Last Pasties Standing: Showtunes Showdown, with tempting tunes from your favorite musicals at 9pm! It’s a hootenanny and a half at the Dixie Tavern as they get smokin’ during their Slim Chicken Honky-tonk Extravaganza, featuring live-band old-time country and western tunes! Yacht Rock Revue performs “Dark Side of the Moon” and a set of Beatles’ classics at the Variety Playhouse! It’s a night of gritty rock ‘n’ roll, garage and glam at The Earl with the Subsonics, Del Venicci, Landline and Sen Artie Mondello (The Delusionaires). Rock out with Black Leather Jet, the Jeff Shepherd Band and Liz Brasher at Smith’s Olde Bar in the Atlanta Room. Or get old-school blues-style in the Music Room with Escape Vehicle and the Glen Prigden Band! The Cumberland Collective delivers a night of rockin’ Americana and soul with Norman Frank at Eddie’s Attic! Film Love presents The New England Home Movie Tour, Atlanta Edition at Eyedrum, featuring handmade 16mm films, including films and slides of Whitney Biennial artist and experimental filmmaker, Luther Price at 8pm! Get mischievous at Vinyl with Them Wagoneers, Chamomile & Whiskey and Tin Man! The High Museum’s Friday Night Music Remix features a little Balkan brass street music with the Black Sheep Ensemble! Bluegrass it up with the Judge Talford Band at the Red Clay Theatre! Small Potatoes delivers a night of acoustic folk at Steve’s Live Music in Sandy Springs followed by SLM’s “Winter Classic Rock ‘n’ Roll” series featuring The Buggs’ Beatles tribute! It’s Salsa Dance Night at the Fernbank Museum of Natural History’s Martinis and IMAX event, so cha-cha under the dinosaurs with the Salsambo Dance Studio while sippin’ a few cocktails! Blues it up with House Rocker Johnson & the Shadows at Blind Willie’s! Tullamore Road delivers their rockin’ boogie blues at Northside Tavern! The Mick Hayes Band delivers a night of rockin’ blues at Darwin’s Burgers & Blues! Get your Kansas City/West Coast blues fix at Fat Matt’s Rib Shack with Atlanta Boogie! 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 17

Kool Kat “Big Mike” Geier is a hunk of burnin’ love at the Variety Playhouse with his Elvis Royale event featuring the Kingsized orchestra and Dames Aflame! Or get your French chamber pop fix at The Star Bar with Kool Kat Jeffrey Butzer & the Bicycle Eaters, Love Letter and Andi! SCADShow delivers a French new-wave experience with their screening of Jean-Luc Godard’s BREATHLESS (1960) with their 50^th Anniversary restoration! The Dirty Doors deliver tunes by the Doors at Steve’s Live Music during their “Winter Classic Rock ‘n’ Roll” series! Or get your Allman Brothers fix at The 120 Tavern & Music Hall with Tribute! Denim Arcade with Kool Kat Becky Cormier Finch dishes out some rockin’ ‘80s music at the North River Tavern in Sandy Springs! Kool Kat Hot Rod Walt & the Psycho-Devilles rock out circus freak-style at Dixie Tavern with special guests Captain & Maybelle! Stomp down to The Earl for Sons of Bill, The Skylarks and Kool Kat Drew Beskin (District Attorneys)! 529 delivers a rockin’ ruckus with Ben Trickey, Mishka Shubaly and Star Anna followed by a rockin’ tribute to the Clash, Clashinista! Boogie down to The Basement for their ‘90s D.A.N.C.E Party! Honky-tonk it up with Roxie Watson at the Crimson Moon Café! Kavarna delivers a hoppin’ hootenanny with the Shawn Wilcox Band! Get the blues with Delta Moon at Eddie’s Attic! Get folksy and stomp on down to the Red Light Café for Kristina Murray and Sailing to Denver! Blues it up with a CD celebration of the late Sean Costello’s “In the Magic Shop” at the Northside Tavern! Get down and dirty with Little G Weevil at Darwin’s Burgers & Blues! Get sweet and low down with Sandra Hall & the Shadows at Blind Willie’s! Or head over to the Charles D. Switzer Library in Marietta for their screening of David Michener’s animated classic, THE GREAT MOUSE DETECTIVE (1986) at 3pm! Blues it up with The Tone Prophets at Fat Matt’s Rib Shack! 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 18

The Cody Matlock Band hosts this month’s Atlanta Blues Society Meeting & Jam at the Red Light Café! Get your Precious fix at The Marlay House in Decatur during the Atlanta Tolkien Fans January Meeting at 1pm! It’s a night of old-school punk at the Masquerade with Pennywise, Anti-Flag, A Wilhelm Scream and Burns Like Fire! Bluegrass it up at Smith’s Olde Bar’s Bluegrass Brunch with The Porch Bottom Boys 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! And rock on down to the Crimson Moon Café for their Boomers Gone Wild event, delivering a night of ‘60s and ‘70s covers!

Ongoing

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!

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