Chickasaw Mudd Puppies return

The first annual Buckhead Music Festival Saturday at was an Atlanta family affair. Buckhead icon Charlie Loudermilk seemed proud of bringing his childhood movie house back to elegance and celebrating its first anniversary during the music festival across from the park named in his honor.

Rain curtailed the 1 p.m. start time for the outdoor stage, but the festival was able to catch up and everyone got to play, said venue managers.

The indoor stage was placed in the expanded lobby of the theater, opposite the bar. By evening, it was clear and cool. Just right for Georgians.

"Thanks for being a part of our triumphant return to Atlanta. It's been fun!" Chickasaw Mudd Puppies guitarist Ben Reynolds told the audience.

Chickasaw Mudd Puppies, which put out two well-received albums in 1990 and 1991, then broke up and moved on to other projects and careers, is back together and writing for a new album.

After the show, he greeted many friends, including Molly Read Woo of
Buckhead, who turned out specially to see the familiar group. Woo said she enjoyed the show and might have come to Friday night's show at the Buckead Theatre, which featured Drivin' n' Cryin', if she had not been attending a show in Athens at the Melting Point, where her sister, Lee, playing with Phil and the Blanks.

Other bands performing included The District Attorneys, Little Tybee, Baby Boy, Witches, Abbe Gogo, Gift Horse, Madeline, the Julia Dream, Turf War, Kitty Snyder, the Eric Dodd Band and Tedo Stone.

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