Sat, Feb 14
|The Plant
Live Music: Mel Melton & The Wicked Mojos
Join us for a Mardi Gras celebration and live music with Mel Melton & The Wicked Mojos!
Time & Location
Feb 14, 2026, 12:30 PM – 3:30 PM
The Plant, Lorax Ln, Pittsboro, NC 27312, USA
About the event
Mel Melton & The Wicked Mojos, a smokin' Zydeco/Cajun flavored blues band out of North Carolina.
Back in the 1970s, Melton went on what was intended to be a brief visit to Lafayette, Louisiana, and the trip turned out to be a life-changing experience for him. While he was there. he met, played with, and forged lasting relationships with Sonny Landreth and Cheniers Clifton, Cleveland, and CJ. After a long stint with Bayou Rhythm, Melton took time off from the music rat-race to concentrate on a chef career (another facet developed and sharpened from the early Lafayette days).
In addition to Melton, the Wicked Mojos are Max Drake, T.A. James, and Kelly Pace.
Drake has been playing in and recording with blues/R&B bands such as Arhoolie, The Excellos and the Ministers of Sinister since the '60s. More recently, he has lent his fiery fretwork to the late Skeeter Brandon and…