24 January 2021
Fascinating
FAYETTEVILLE
The inspiration for the Morketters' favorite hangout started with Jeff
Morketter's love of music and a second-hand wooden bar. When Van
Herring decided to close his Time for BBQ restaurant off Raeford Road
in Fayetteville, Jeff purchased the bar and had a sheet of plexiglass cut
to fit over the top. His collection of concert tickets – mementos of the
350 or so performers he's seen live – fit perfectly underneath the glass.
The walls are decorated with framed concert posters and other music
memorabilia.
His love of music dates back to when he was in seventh grade and his
older brothers gave him a Sound Design stereo and four albums for his
birthday.
"I still remember those four albums," he said. "Boston, The Outlaws, Led
Zeppelin 4 and Poco's Legend."
Not long after, the brothers gave him a ticket to see Boston in concert
with Sammy Hagar at the Cumberland County Memorial Arena in 1979.
"And my life changed because of that," he said. "I knew I had to do
something to be around music."
Jeff, a marketing consulting for Beasley Media Group who also is a
passionate amateur photographer, since has seen many of the greats,
including B.B. King, the Allman Brothers, Ray Charles, Van Morrison,
Bruce Springsteen, The Who and The Rolling Stones.
"Music can take you to places where you miss your mom and your
friends," he said. "But you can feel them and their presence through the
music that reminds you of them."
