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SUMMARY:Gwen Hughes & The Retro Kats
LOCATION:Arts Garage\, 94 NE 2nd Ave\, Delray Beach\, FL\, 33444\, United S
 tates
DESCRIPTION:Gwen Hughes & The Retro Kats visit the Roaring 20s to bring bac
 k the excellence of old era hits coupled with fresh takes on more contempo
 rary music put into the retro setting. Get ready for fun because these kat
 s really know their onions when it comes to keeping things hotsy-totsy and
  upbeat! PERFORMER BIO: Atlanta icons Gwen Hughes and Ruby Red’s join fo
 rces to create “Gwen Hughes & The Retro Kats.” The Retro Kats are the 
 bee’s knees of Gatsby bands bringing back Roaring 20s fun coupled with f
 resh takes on more contemporary music. This is a band that knows its onion
 s when it comes to keeping the party hotsy-totsy. When you want to wear a 
 boa and get a little zozzled – this band is the cat’s (or maybe the KA
 T’S?!) pajamas. Come experience the bygone era of Fedoras\, cigarette ho
 lders and flappers. The ‘Kats exhume the excellence of the past hits lik
 e “Cakewalkin Babies From Home” and “Sentimental Gentleman from Geor
 gia” then move into crowd favorites like “I’ll Fly Away” & “Butt
 er Beans.” The band delights in putting contemporary music in this retro
  setting – songs from ZZ Top\, Macklemore & Lewis\, Elle King (among oth
 ers) make their way into the set list\, too. The Ruby Reds Band may be the
  longest tenured jazz band in Georgia. The band was formed in early 1966 t
 o perform nightly at a rowdy beer hall and banjo sing-along parlor called 
 Ruby Reds Warehouse\, at 57 Ellis Street in downtown Atlanta\, Georgia\, a
 nd has been playing throughout the Southeast ever since. They even had a r
 estaurant in Underground Atlanta named after them in the 90s! Band members
  Rocky Ball\, LA Tuten and Marty Martin keep the tradition going with roll
 icking gigs all over the Southeast. Gwen Hughes\, meanwhile\, has a long t
 enure of her own (though not quite 52 years). An international touring art
 ist\, Hughes has crooned from Stockholm to Istanbul. The former Ambassador
  to Slovenia\, Joseph Mussomeli\, proclaims: “As a performer and a perso
 n\, Gwen is a delight\, and the music that pours–actually\, gushes–fro
 m her band is stirring and refreshing.” The US State Department sponsore
 d two tours of her band through Eastern Europe. Gwen also leads the variet
 y band\, THE ‘KATS\, as well as the classic swing big band\, THE CONTINE
 NTAL DANCE ORCHESTRA. BAND MEMBERS: Marty Martin – trumpet/vocals Rocky 
 Ball – banjo/guitar Mike Hinton-drums LA Tuten – bass/vocals Gwen Hugh
 es- keys/vocals “Gwen swings lightly from come-hither cabaret diva to se
 rious pop interpreter to playful entertainer\, indulging in liberating voc
 alese.” – Atlanta Journal Constitution TICKETS\n\nhttps://artsgarage.o
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