Sound Menu August 12 2000 Sat
SATURDAY, AUG. 12
NOTED ACTS
ATLANTIS MUSIC CONFERENCE — See articles.
TONY BENNETT, DIANA KRALL, ASO — The vocal jazz event of the summer, featuring two headliners with massive popularity, not surprisingly sold out months ago. Comely singer and inventive pianist Krall seemed to emerge from nowhere when her string-laden When I Look Into Your Eyes began a non-stop, 32-week residency atop Billboard's jazz album list. The 75-year-old Bennett needs no introduction as the living personification of sophistication. His entry into the MTV world was one of the '90s more fascinating, yet puzzling, examples of his timeless cool as well as cross-genre appeal. The crooner's recent interpretative albums (of Duke Ellington and Frank Sinatra) are some of his best work in a remarkable 50-year career. You're guaranteed a classy show, but adding the ASO to the mix plops a delicious cherry atop an already delectable evening. Chastain Park Amphitheater (Horowitz)
CHARLES WALKER & JOHNNY JONES SOUL & BLUES REVUE — Veteran rhythm & bluesman Charles Walker recorded for Chess and Decca records back in the day and also spent some time as a staff songwriter at Motown. He's got a new CD, Leavin' This Old Town, which marks his 40th year in music. He's joined by another long-time Nashville musician, blues guitarist Johnny Jones, and a full band for a night of soul and blues. Rib Shack Café/Tucker (Sarig)
EXPO2000 — Athens label Kindercore celebrates its 50th release in four years with four nights of shows. Tonight's lineup includes the Great Lakes, the Four Corners and Richard Davies. 40 Watt Club/Athens (Smith)
RORSCHACH TEST — Though self-described as a "techno-industrial rock band," this Seattle combo, despite the occasional electronic flourish, are really just plain old metal. The beat is hard 'n' heavy, the guitars dirty, the vocals indiscernible and the lyrics fall into typical downer/outcast territory. What's more interesting than the band's music is the story of their unlikely genesis. Apparently Rorschach Test mastermind James Baker was a seminary school graduate defrocked by the church for heresy. Sounds like the ultimate heavy-metal creation myth to me. Masquerade (Robertson)
SNAKE RIVER CONSPIRACY — See review. Masquerade (Horowitz)
SWINGIN' MEDALLIONS — Southern beach music comes to "the Beach" — or at least the closest thing to it in Clayton County. South Carolina's Swingin' Medallions have been around since the '60s, when they scored a hit with "Double Shot of My Baby's Love," and they're still causing spontaneous bouts of shagging throughout the Southeast. Clayton County International Park (Sarig)
TRUCKADELIC, DRIVE-BY TRUCKERS, SLOBBERBONE — Three of the South's rawest, raunchiest country rock bands team up tonight. Truckadelic are Atlanta cats with a spirit hotter than the brakes on a runaway Freightliner. The Drive-Bys are Athens' answer to them, a buncha woebegone boys who must have grown up on a diet of Skynyrd 8-tracks and stolen bottles of Rebel Yell. Texas-based Slobberbone are the Lone Star State's version, with a kinship so close that head-Drive-By Trucker Patterson Hood actually appears on their new CD. Smith's Olde Bar (Nicoll)
ALSO PERFORMING
9 LIVES SALOON: Atlantis Music Conference: Bent, 5lb Bag, Superconductor, Frankie Machine, Lolli-Pop-Lust Kill
513 CLUB: Juliana Theory, River City High, Stryder, Atonement, Just for Kicks
ARCTIC CIRCLE: DJ Rock's Dance Party
BASIL'S CAFÉ-MARIETTA: Steven Charles
THE BEACH-CLAYTON COUNTY INTERNATIONAL PARK: The Swingin' Medallions
BILLY'S TAVERN: Brian Jones of Deep Blue Sun
BLACK REPERTORY GROUP: Not Just Another Hair Show
BLUE PIG-WOODSTOCK:
Blue Pig Allstars
BLUE RACCOON: Frankie Moates
BORDERS-DOUGLASVILLE: Nine Dollar Mellon Baller
BRANDYHOUSE: Dr. Barry Richman
BRIDGES: Jazz, the Sharp Four
CJ'S LANDING: Mike & Hank, Anitra Holley
THE CHAMBER: Europa w/DJ Gene Carbonell
CHASTIAN PARK: Tony Bennett, Diana Krall, ASO
CHIP'S: Mondo Heptet, Lachez-Les
CHURCH STREET COFFEE HOUSE: Elliott Michaels
CHURCHILL GROUNDS: Dennis Springer Quartet
CLASSICS: Stacey James Band
COBALT: Supernova Saturdays
COTTON CLUB: Atlantis Music Conference featuring Chubby, Dezerey's Hammer, Modern Hero, Sick Speed, Edward James Band, Jake
CRESCENT ROOM: Karl Injex
DARK HORSE TAVERN: Atlantis Music Conference
DARWIN'S: The Breeze Kings
THE DERBY: Blues Cruisers
DOTTIE'S: Bootleg, Shannon, Returns
EARL: Atlantis Conference with Radiogram & Al Moss present the Ex-Husbands, Two Dollar Pistols, Star Room Boys, Carbines, Dirtball
ECHO LOUNGE: Enon, Plastic Plan, Telepathics
ECLIPSE DI LUNA: Trio Latino
EDDIE'S ATTIC: Memory Dean, Swan Dive
EL PATIO: Bryan Doyle
FADO IRISH PUB: The Charms
FAT MATT'S RIB SHACK: Delta Moon
FUZZY'S: Donnie McCormick
HOUSE OF BLUES: Flashback Festival 2000 with Evelyn Champagne King, Rose Royce, B.T. Express, Brothers Johnson, Confunkshun, Morris Day & The Time
HUEY'S: Jason Pellet Quartet
JACKAL'S: Live Band
JAKE'S ROADHOUSE: Rikki Fargo
KAYA: Hip-Hop Saturdays w/DJs Mars, Shakim and Farenheit
KILLER CREEK : Showtyme Jazz Duo
LAST GREAT WATERING HOLE: Ron Norris, Bullethead, Progres-sion Model
LESTER'S: Ben Bover and The Tennessee Tucker Band
LOS LOROS: Bob Beckwith
MASQUERADE: Bile, Rorscharch Test, Snake River Conspiracy, NC-17, Freaky Foam Party in Hell
MCCOLGAN'S IRISH PUB: Mickle-a-do
MEANS STREET ARTERY: Underground hip-hop, jungle, house and trance
MIKE-N-ANGELO'S: Swami
MURPHY'S LAW: Alien
NORTHSIDE TAVERN: Richard Marks and the Marksmen
THE OFFICE: Alien
THE PLACE: The Boneshakers
POPPERS: Steve Hawkins and the GA Jam
RAY'S ON THE RIVER: Mina
REDLIGHT CAFÉ: The Dappled Grays and Caterpillars of the Community
RIB SHACK CAFÉ-TUCKER: Charles Walker and Johnny Jones Soul and Blues Revue
SCROOGES: Soul Shine
THE SHACK: 14K Gold
SMITH'S OLDE BAR: Truckadelic, Drive By Truckers, Slobbberbone
Crickets and AFGO
SOMBER REPTILE: Jane Adds Up, Death Rockabilly, Getting' Headstones, The Heathens, Spectramen
SPON DIVITS: Don Law
STAR BAR: X-Impossibles, Super X-13, Squatweiler, Donkey Punch, Black Mollies
SWEET MELISSA'S RESTAURANT: The Organizers
TABERNACLE: The Superb, Smakdab, Plankroad Chaingang, Frisbie, Colony
UGLY MUG PUB: Lou's Blues Revue
VARIETY PLAYHOUSE: Atlantis Music Conference: Ultraphonic, Big Sky, King Konga, Weekend Excursion, Cool for August
THE VAULT: '80s Retro Dance Party
WHISKERS-LAWRENCEVILLE: Uncle Don's Bullet-Proof Band
WILD WING CAFÉ: Nick Savage Band
WOODEN NICKEL: Alien