Joe Jurney - Transmissions from Mebane

Mebane will hold its annual Dogwood Festival beginning Friday. It will be the first one I will be able to attend in the three years I have lived in Mebane.

Last year, I was drafted to DJ at the Clay Street Tavern under my alter-ego DJ Boomer Boom.

I had a grand plan to enter through the back entrance of the Tavern at around 7 p.m. to “Ecstasy of Gold” with strobe lights and a fog machine rolling, draped in garb straight out of a Parliament/Funkadelic concert. Then I would climb into the booth and lay down some blunted up G-Funk for the next four hours that would make DJ Shadow trash his turntables.

The reality is that I ended up taking requests from the regulars to hear Bocephus, Skynyrd, Bocephus singing Skynyrd, Billy Squier and Zeppelin. I was able to slip in some Flaming Lips, Husker Du and even “Shake Your Rump” by the Beastie Boys.

This year I’ll actually make it outside to see what the festival has to offer and finally hear what that Mason Lovette Band is all about. Plus, there is a something called “Memories of Mayberry.” From what I can gather, it is Barney Fife and Gomer Pyle impersonators. Fine, “Gomer” just better not break out into “Help Me Make It Through The Night.”

Click here to find out more information about the Dogwood Festival. See y’all there!

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