Bad dream

See me perform Friday, May 2, at Mayfest!

Ever have one of those dreams where you’re in a classroom and you’ve got a test paper on the desk in front of you, and you knew there was going to be a test but you hadn’t studied?

And then you wake up from the dream to realize with great relief that you’re not in a classroom at all, but in fact you are onstage in front of 5,000 people and you are stark naked?

In lieu of practice, this describes my professional approach to Mayfest 2008 at Trinity Park in Fort Worth, where I’ll be performing from 8-9 p.m. CDT Friday, May 2, on the Zone Stage.

Organizers expect some 200,000 visitors during the event’s run from May 1-4. Mayfest, in its 36th year, claims distinction as “Fort Worth’s oldest family and community festival.”

Since when am I family entertainment?

What concerns me is the event’s reputation as “an unapologetically wholesome and family-friendly festival.” These people saw my album cover and still booked me? I mean, the Zone Stage is near a petting zoo!

But Pegasus News says I’ll be there, along with local acts Doug Burr, the Drams and the Killdares and big names the Gin Blossoms, the Gourds, the Derailers, Ian Moore and Kelly Willis.

I wonder. Have any of those other bands ever been tossed out of a music festival for playing Her Shit Don’t Stink?

Posted in: Gigs at 4:56 pm Tue, Apr 29, 2008.

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   Shawno says:
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   8:56 pm Tue, Apr 29, 2008

   If I ever leaved the house, I’d be there, Ken.

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   Thomas says:
   

   12:55 pm Thu, May 1, 2008

   If I can find some cheap gasoline I’ll be there!

   Should I bring the neighborhood kids?

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