Excerpt from Forrest Park High School paper- October 1967. Eleventh grader Darryl Rhoades. now a well-known Atlanta musician, wrote this review after his First visit lo the Catacombs.

Hippies

By Darryl Rhoades PART II

On October 20th, I visited the “Catacombs” club on Fourteenth Street. The club was packed to capacity crowd and the florescent lights were flowing away.

The club has a variety of talent to offer. Anyone wishing to perform may do so by simply asking’ the manager of the club. Performers do not receive any compensation for their performances but they usually try to stress a message in their songs or whatever. I watched carefully the folk singers, which performed at the club. Every singer had a message to tell and was sure to get the audience’s attention.

Most of the singers did numbers by Bobby Dylan or the Beatles, but there were a few did their own material. There was one young man, which looked different because he had short hair. He did a few numbers and then gave a testimony about his life and Jesus Christ. Another young man did a few numbers and then talked about and made fun of the fake hippies, which are known as “teeny-bobbers.” At 1:30 in the morning a psychedelic band performed and brought with them a “strobe light”

The Catacombs has just re- opened after it was closed temporarily because of insufficient wiring. Now it is open every night with the action starting about nine o’clock and it closes when everyone leaves. The Catacombs serves ready made sandwiches and non-alcoholic beverages at the snack bar. Posters appear on the walls giving messages to all. A sign is posted at the foot of the stage . . .”Keep Off The Grass.”