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JOAN JETT highlights EufaulaÕs Whole Hawg Festival
from: muskogeephoenix.com
by Liz McMahan
JOAN JETT, who began her rock 'n' roll career in the early 1970s and is one of two women listed by Rolling Stone magazine as the Greatest Guitar Players of All Times, will headline a concert at Eufaula's Amphitheater on Saturday night.
The event will climax Eufaula's Whole Hawg Festival, which began 25 years ago as a small, local event and which has grown to draw thousands of visitors to the community, said Mayor Dean Smith.
This year's Whole Hawg event, with its smoked pork competition and free pork sandwiches, is expected to draw 3,000 to 5,000 people this year and that many or more are expected for the concert.
Construction of the amphitheater, which has an estimated capacity of 15,000, was begun several years ago and only finished a couple of years ago, Smith said.
A concert there on Memorial Day weekend drew about 10,000 people, Smith said.
The Jett concert is not expected to be as large, but will be considered quite successful if it draws more than 3,000, because it is a first-time event, Smith said.
Jett will be appearing with her group The BLACKHEARTS, and Stoney LaRue's Rock and Roll Breakdown, the Supersuckers and Taddy Porter.
Doors will open at 4 p.m., with tickets available at the gate for those who haven't purchased them online or at the Eufaula Food Mart, Smith said.
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