Doors: 6:00pm
Ages: 21+
Tickets: $10 Advance / $20 Doors
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Stop in for an after-work drink and Mix & Mingle with Blotto fans and the Blotto curious. Enjoy a little mountain music. Then settle in for the movie and a Q& A with various members of the band we miss so much.
The Movie
A documentary film directed by Rob Lichter (Bert Blotto) that chronicles the career of the Upstate NY-based 1980s new wave band, Blotto, a band that flew too close to the sun to make it really big.
Blotto rose from the ashes of the Star-Spangled Washboard Band and scored an unlikely hit with I Wanna Be A Lifeguard in the early 80’s — thanks in part to getting airplay on MTV when the network launched August 1, 1981.
The film follows their struggles to land a major label deal despite huge success with touring (ex: The Blot & Blue Tour with Blue Oyster Cult) and releasing their own EPs and Albums.
The movie features hits like:
- “I Wanna Be A Lifeguard” (Day One on MTV)
- Metalhead
- I Quit
- When the Second Feature Starts
- Goodbye, Mr Bond
- She’s Got a Big Boyfriend
- My Baby’s the Star of a Driver’s Ed Movie
Bonus Features: archival footage, performances, and interviews documenting their comedic, genre-bending style.
Saratoga Connection
This is where it all began!
The formed, practiced and played their first shows at 17 MAPLE (later knows as the Metro and now the Night Owl). Some even lived upstairs and worked there!
The formed, practiced and played their first shows at 17 MAPLE (later knows as the Metro and now the Night Owl). Some even lived upstairs and worked there!
Schedule
6:00pm: Mix, Mingle, Meet, Memories
6:30pm: Live Music by The Lost Radio Rounders, Tom Lindsay, Michael Eck, Paul “Broadway Blotto” Jossman.
7:00pm: The Movie
8:15pm: Q&A
6:00pm: Mix, Mingle, Meet, Memories
6:30pm: Live Music by The Lost Radio Rounders, Tom Lindsay, Michael Eck, Paul “Broadway Blotto” Jossman.
7:00pm: The Movie
8:15pm: Q&A