{"id":2157941,"date":"2025-11-15T03:29:53","date_gmt":"2025-11-15T03:29:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2157941"},"modified":"2025-11-15T03:29:53","modified_gmt":"2025-11-15T03:29:53","slug":"tip-top-cafe-rebooted-legendary-huntsville-alabama-music-dive-bar-announces-first-shows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/tip-top-cafe-rebooted-legendary-huntsville-alabama-music-dive-bar-announces-first-shows\/","title":{"rendered":"Tip Top Cafe, rebooted legendary Huntsville, Alabama music dive bar announces first shows"},"content":{"rendered":"

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It\u2019s finally happening. The nearly 10 years<\/a> in the making reboot<\/a> of storied Huntsville, Alabama music bar Tip Top Caf\u00e9 <\/a>has announced its first shows. <\/p>\n

During the mid \u201880s through early \u201890s, the divey tiny Tip Top hosted then baby bands like Widespread Panic<\/a>, Goo Goo Dolls<\/a> and 311<\/a>. The Black Crowes<\/a> too, back when they were still called Mr. Crowe\u2019s Garden.<\/p>\n

The first shows announced on Tip Top\u2019s new website<\/a> include local rockers King\u2019s Haze on November 29 and Them Damn Dogs on December 6. <\/p>\n

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The Ladies Of.., a band featuring Huntsville guitarist\/songwriter Jim Troglen<\/a> that recently performed with Marilyn Manson<\/a>, is at Tip Top on Dec. 13, with the solo band of Huntsville legend Dave Anderson<\/a>, of Brother Cane<\/a> and Atlanta Rhythm Section<\/a> fame, opening. <\/p>\n

RELATED: <\/b>Tip Top Cafe owner talks memorable shows, legendary doorman <\/b><\/a><\/p>\n

The initially released Tip Top schedule also includes a November 27 blues jam hosted by keyboardist and singer Otis Walker. <\/p>\n

Tip Top\u2019s new operators are John Chamness and Evan Billiter. Chamness and Billiter are the founders of St. Stephens Music Hall<\/a>, the Campus No. 805 venue that opened in 2024. <\/p>\n

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In addition to live music, the new Tip Top will include a restaurant component, Veloce Pizza<\/a>. Trevar Akins, of popular Huntsville based Beastie Boys tribute band Beastie Goys<\/a>, steers Veloce Pizza. Akins is also a partner in Tip Top\u2019s reboot.<\/p>\n

RELATED: <\/b>5 bands who were \u2018Tip Top Caf\u00e9 famous\u2019 in Huntsville back in the day<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n

During Tip Top\u2019s heyday, it booked underground heroes, like Dead Milkmen, The Woggles, Flat Duo Jets, Fishbone, Fetchin\u2019 Bones and Quadrajets. Roots music icons, like Bo Diddley, The Iguanas and Buckwheat Zydeco, too.<\/p>\n

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A flyer from a classic era show at storied Huntsville music bar Tip Top Cafe. (Matt Wake\/mwake@al.com)Matt Wake<\/span><\/span><\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n

There was even the occasional celebrity sighting, like when actor River Phoenix\u2019s band<\/a> played Tip Top. Or that time members of Cheap Trick stopped in to shoot some pool before their arena concert. In addition to all the hot live music there, Tip Top\u2019s infamous doorman Lanny Taylor<\/a> was central to the bar\u2019s legend. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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It\u2019s finally happening. The nearly 10 years in the making reboot of storied Huntsville, Alabama music bar Tip Top Caf\u00e9 has announced its first shows. During the mid \u201880s through early \u201890s, the divey tiny Tip Top hosted then baby bands like Widespread Panic, Goo Goo Dolls and 311. The Black Crowes too, back when […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25179],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2157941","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-music"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2157941","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2157941"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2157941\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2157942,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2157941\/revisions\/2157942"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2157941"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2157941"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2157941"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}