ATLRetro

by Melanie Crew
Managing Editor

Shake, rattle and roll in Retro Atlanta this week! Take a peek at all the shakin’ shenanigans we’ve found for you!

Monday, April 13

Rock on down to Vinyl for a night of rockin’ blues with Howlin’ Rain and Marshall Ruffin! The Resurgence Theatre Co. presents THE TAMER TAMED by John Fletcher at the Shakespeare Tavern, running through April 17! Make your way to the Lefont Theatre for their screening of GREY GARDENS (1976), directed by David Maysles, Albert Maysles, Ellen Houde and Muffie Meyers at 7pm! 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! Truett Lollis delivers a night of blues and soul at Darwin’s Burgers & Blues in Marietta! Or boogie on down to the Northside Tavern and spend an evening with Lola at her famous Monday Night Northside Jam! Joe Gransden and his amazing 16-member big band gets to swingin’ at the Georgia Ensemble Theatre with his “One O’Clock Jump – The Sounds of Count Basie” concert! 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!’ Blues it up with Barrelhouse Bob Page at Blind Willie’s! Get folksy with Jamie Laval at Steve’s Live Music in Sandy Springs! And for a night of tasty blues, make your way to Fat Matt’s Rib Shack for a side of Dry White Toast and a plate full ‘o finger lickin’ BBQ!

Tuesday, April 14

The Suffers and Black Linen deliver a night of classic American soul and rock ‘n’ roll at The Earl! Swing on by Eddie’s Attic, gypsy-style for a night with Caravan of Thieves and Caleb Warren & the Perfect Gentlemen! It’s a night of burly-Q shenanigans with Kool Kat Katherine Lashe and Syrens of the South, at the Red Light Café with their Tease Tuesday Burlesque event featuring Tuesday Laveau, Annette Coquette, Fianna Flowerchild and more! Spend an evening with Peter O’Toole at the Landmark Midtown Art Cinema during their screening of David Lean’s classic tale, LAWRENCE OF ARABIA (1962) during the “Midtown Classics” series at 7pm! Or get adventurous at the Northlake Festival Movie Tavern with their screening of Steven Spielberg’s INDIANA JONES AND THE LAST CRUSADE (1989), during their “Classic Films on the Big Screen” series at 7:30! Bluegrass it up with Curtis Jones & Primal Roots, Barbwire Bluegrass and One Fret Down 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! Fire it up with JT Speed at Fat Matt’s Rib Shack! Blind Willie’s delivers a night of rockin’ blues with Danny ‘Mudcat’ Dudeck! 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, April 15

The tax man got you down? Let Retro Atlanta wipe it all away! The Goblin King invades the Studio Movie Grill (Alpharetta/Duluth) with their screening of Jim Henson’s ‘80s fantasy, LABYRINTH (1986) at 7pm! Flamenco down to the Red Light Café as Berdole Flamenco presents Vicente Griego and Joaquin Encinias! It’s your last chance to get adventurous at the Northlake Festival Movie Tavern with their screening of Steven Spielberg’s INDIANA JONES AND THE LAST CRUSADE (1989), during their “Classic Films on the Big Screen” series at 7:30! Blues it up country-style with Tito & the Chicken Raiders at Blind Willie’s! The Earl delivers a night of retro rock with JD McPherson and John Paul Keith! Get funky with The 200s at the Elliott Street Pub! Or for your retro pop fix, make your way to Mammal Gallery for a night with Madeline, El Hollin and Femignome! It’s a hootenanny and a half at The Star Bar as Kool Kat Rich DeSantis and his band Honkytonk get smokin’ hot during their Slim Chickens’ Honkytonk Extravaganza event, featuring live-band old-time country and western tunes! Get some soul 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, April 16

The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion and Bloodshot Bill dish out a ruckus and a half at The Earl! Honkytonk it up with Jesse Dayton Hardcharger at Smith’s Olde Bar! It’s Mai Tai Thursday at Trader Vic’s, so hula on down and get your ‘50s and ‘60s surf and rock ‘n’ roll fix with Kool Kat Joshua Longino with Andrew & the Disapyramids! Get your ‘80s glam metal and retro rock ‘n’ roll fix at the 120 Tavern & Music Hall with Faster Pussycat, Bigfoot and The Damned Angels! Gareth Asher gets some soul at the Buckhead Tavern! Rock on down to Mammal Gallery for a night with the Memes, Floral Print, Blis and Small Reactions! Funk it up with Kung Fu, Twiddle and Funk You at Terminal West! Jazz it up with The Upbeatniks with Kodac Harrison during Oakhurst’s Jazz Nights at the Solarium! It’s Bluegrass Thursday at Red Light Café, so stomp on down for a night with Bradford Lee Folk & the Bluegrass Playboys, 44 Smokeless and the Whoa Nelly Bluegrass Band! Russ Still & the Moonshiners deliver a night of traditional country and blues at Steve’s Live Music in Sandy Springs! Blues it up with Sweet Betty & the Shadows at Blind Willie’s! 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! Darwin’s Burgers & Blues gets down and dirty at their Blues Jam hosted by The Cazanovas! Get your boogie on at Fat Matt’s Rib Shack, as Chickenshack featuring Eddie Tigner, delivers some honky-tonk blues! 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, April 17

Rock out during this year’s 3-day Sweetwater 420 Fest at Centennial Olympic Park with a whole rock harkening back to the 20th century, running through April 19! Tonight’s lineup includes Beats Antique, Cold War Kids and more! Then make your way to Terminal West for an after party featuring a Pink Floyd tribute, Pigs on the Wing! Or rev on over to Atlanta Motor Speedway for the Motorama Pre-Party, hosted by Kool Kat Reverend Andy of Garage71 Internet Radio and featuring The Blacktop Rockets and more! Groove on down to the Red Light Café for a night of seduction during Sadie Hawkins’ Last Pasties Standing: Disco All-Star Invitational, featuring a sultry line-up of Kool Kat Lola LeSoleil, Scarlett DeWolfe, Kool Kat Roula Roulette, The Chameleon Queen, Ada Manzart, Sin Tillating, Kool Kat Ursula Undress, Kool Kat Talloolah Love and more!

Make your way to The Plaza Theater as they screen Jef Bredemeier’s documentary, DANTE’S DOWN THE HATCH (2014) about Atlanta’s landmark restaurant where you could dine inside an old pirate ship with live jazz and ferocious crocodiles (See our Retro Review here)! Or make your way to the Toco-Hill-Avis G. Williams Library as they screen Robert Mulligan’s classic, TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD (1962) at 1:30pm! Rock out with Hot Tuna Electric at the Variety Playhouse! Five-Eight and James Hall rock out at The Star Bar! Celebrate 30 years of Drivin’ N’ Cryin’ at the Buckhead Tavern! Jazz it up with Michael Abene at the Rialto Center for the Arts! Rock out with Bryan Adams at the Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre! The Drunken Unicorn delivers a night of rockin’ punk and ska with Ye Flask, Trial by Stone, Chilled Monkey Brains and Ganges Phalanges! Rock out blues-style at The Family Dog with The Brotherland! Curtis Harding delivers his gritty, sweat-dripping, hip swingin’ blues at the High Museum! It’s an evening of classic soul from the ‘60s and ‘70s at Atlanta Symphony Hall with Capathia Jenkins and Darius deHaas! The Breeze Kings deliver a night of Chicago and West Coast blues with Carlos Capote at Hottie Hawgs BBQ! Get old-timey with the Georgia Crackers at the Crimson Moon Café! New Wave it up at the The Jungle Club during Fixation Smoke & Mirrors! The Yuppie Scum Band rocks out at Steve’s Live Music in Sandy Springs! Francine Reed dishes out the bleus at Blind Willie’s! The Northside Tavern gets the blues with Stoney Brooks! Fire it up with JP Soars & the Red Hots at Darwin’s Burgers & Blues! 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! Rock out with the Wild Hares at Fat Matt’s Rib Shack! 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, April 18

It’s National Record Store Day! So make your way to Atlanta’s favorite independent record stores, including Criminal Records, Wax N’ Facts and Fantasyland Records and check out all the rockin’ shenanigans they have in store! The Music Room will be hosting a classic vinyl silent auction as well, so come on out and celebrate vinyl! Rock on down to day 2 of the Sweetwater 420 Fest in Centennial Olympic Park featuring Marc Broussard, The Wood Brothers, Anders Osborne, Gov’t Mule, Primus, MarchFourth Marching Band and more! After the festivities, groove on down to the Loft for a night with Cosmic Charlie, paying tribute to the Grateful Dead! Shake a tail feather at the Red Light Café during DJ Doctor Q’s Saturday Speakeasy Electroswing event, featuring Ada Manzart, Claire Voyant, Lucy Purr, Sadie Hawkins and dance lessons by Down South Swing! Or surf on down to Kavarna for Southern Surf Stomp at 8:30pm featuring Eddie Angel (Los Straitjackets), The Penetrators and Rodeo Twister! Get really retro in Fairburn and celebrate 30 years of the Georgia Renaissance Festival, running through June 7! Rock out for positive social change during ChangeFest 2015 at the Lutheran Church of the Redeemer, featuring rockin’ tunes by The Glenn Phillips Band with special guest, Cindy Wilson (B-52s); Robert Schneider of The Apples in stereo, new-wave legends, The Swimming Pool Qs, the Starboarders and more!

The Earl Smith Strand Theatre delivers an adventurous marathon of Steven Spielberg’s epic INDIANA JONES TRILOGY, with screenings of RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK (1981) at 2pm, THE TEMPLE OF DOOM (1984) at 5pm and THE LAST CRUSADE (1989) at 9pm! Dweezil Zappa performs his “Zappa Plays Zappa” show for the “One Size Fits All” 40th Anniversary at the Variety Playhouse! Get funky with Pimps of Joytime and Spectralux at The Drunken Unicorn! Let Kool Kat Hot Rod Walt & the Psycho-Devilles fire you up at the Dixie Tavern in Marietta! Blues it up with Frankie’s Blues Mission at the Elliott Street Pub! For a night of down and dirty rock ‘n’ roll, head on over to The Star Bar for Kool Kats The Blackfoot Gypsies, Stonerider and Brother Hawk! Tribute rocks out at 120 Tavern & Music Hall with Allman Brothers tunes! Bluegrass it up with Bluebilly Grit at the Crimson Moon Café! Get the blues with Randall Bramblett at Eddie’s Attic! Donna Hopkins delivers a night of rockin’ roots with Dyn-O-Mite at Steve’s Live Music in Sandy Springs! Its night 2 featuring classic soul from the ‘60s and ‘70s at Atlanta Symphony Hall with Capathia Jenkins and Darius deHaas! Get jazzy with Earl Klugh at the Ferst Center! Kool Kat Mary Fahl performs at the Red Clay Theatre! Stomp on down to The Family Dog for a night with the Boohoo Ramblers! Sandra Hall & the Shadows get bluesy at Blind Willie’s! Darwin’s Burgers & Blues gets down and dirty with Bobby Messano! The Northside Tavern celebrates Sean Costello with performances by Blues Fish with Robert Lee Coleman, the Cody Matlock Band, The Hollidays and more! Mr. Chapman’s Quarterly Revue fires it up 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, April 19

It’s day 3 and your last chance to rock out at the Sweetwater 420 Fest! Come on down for a day with The Revivalists, Delta Rae, 311, The London Souls, the Wailers and more! Or stomp on down to Eddie’s Attic for ATL Collective and their presentation of Ray Charles’ “Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music,” with two shows! TCM Presents the 50th Anniversary of Robert Wise’s classic, THE SOUND OF MUSIC (1965) screening in theatres across the Atlanta area at 2 pm and 7pm [Hollywood Stadium 24 in Chamblee, Perimeter Pointe 10; Merchant’s Walk Stadium Cinemas 14 in Marietta; Avalon Stadium 12 in Alpharetta; AMC Sugarloaf Mills 18 in Lawrenceville; AMC Avenue Forsyth 12 in Cumming; AMC Barrett Commons 24 in Kennesaw; AMC Southlake 24 in Morrow; Regal McDonough Stadium 16; and Cinemark Tinseltown 17 in Fayetteville]! It’s your last chance to spend the day with the Goblin King at the Studio Movie Grill (Alpharetta/Duluth) with their screening of Jim Henson’s LABYRINTH (1986) at 2pm! Make your way to The Marlay House for the Atlanta Tolkien Fans April Meet-up! The BadAsh Allstar Team pays tribute to Stevie Wonder at the Red Light Café! For a night of rockin’ blues, come on down to the Variety Playhouse for The Waterboys! It’s Sultry Sunday with Michelle Marshall at Steve’s Live Music! The Bluegrass Flashmob bluegrasses it up at Smith’s Olde Bar! Jazz it up Diana Krall at the Atlanta Symphony Hall! Get some soul and tasty vittles at Fat Matt’s Rib Shack with Fatback Deluxe! Bluegrass it up at the Crimson Moon Café with Front Country! And get sweet and low down blues-style at the Northside Tavern with Uncle Sugar!

Ongoing

The Alliance Theatre presents Phillip DePoy’s gothic murder mystery, EDWARD FOOTE, haunting through April 19! (LAST CHANCE!)

The Georgia Ensemble Theatre presents Don Farrell’s “My Fair Lady” through April 26! The Shakespeare Tavern presents Andrew Houchins’ adaptation of Thornton Wilde’s “Our Town” running through April 26!

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

The High Museum presents “Gordon Parks: Segregation Story” (‘50s Life Magazine photos) and “Leonard Freed: Black in White America”, (1963-1966) exhibits through June 7!

The Georgia Renaissance Festival runs through June 7!

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 Filling 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.