Friday's Internet Edition, May 09, 2008.
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| Junior Brown will perform a free concert in Downtown Mocksville at 3:30 p.m. on Saturday, May 10. |
Brown, known for the song “Highway Patrol,” a Gap commercial and his “guit-steel,” a combination electric and steel guitars, is scheduled to perform at 3:30 p.m., near the end of the day-long festival that will include re-enactors from the Daniel Boone era, bluegrass music, crafts and food, tours of historic sites and a play depicting one of the more famous moments in Boone’s life.
The festival will open at 10 a.m., and close at 5 p.m.
Brown’s music career stretches back to the 1960s, when he taught guitar and helped invent what is called the guit-steel.
He started recording in 1993. In 1996, he recorded the Beach Boys 1962 hit “409” singing lead and playing guitar with the Beach Boys singing harmony and back-up vocals. That same year, his video of “My Wife Thinks You’re Dead” won the Country Music Association’s (CMA) Video of The Year award. He was the narrator in the 2005 Dukes of Hazzard remake.
The festival is being held in the spring, to make the venue more tolerable. It celebrates the 252nd anniversary of the marriage of Daniel Boone to Rebecca Bryan, which occurred in August, but 100-plus degree temperatures last year made organizers re-think the date.
“We’re hoping the cooler weather in May will make the festival more enjoyable for vendors and visitors,” said Tami Langdon, one of the organizers.
The Junker’s Mill entertainment that day will include “The Capture,” a one-woman play depicting the rescue of three girls from native kidnappers.
The Davie County Historical Society will offer tours of sites such ... subscribe to the Davie County Enterprise, P.O. Box 99, Mocksville, N.C. 27028.