Mattawamkeag — Jeff Laboone didn’t expect to be a hero, but that’s just what people in this town are calling him.
Laboone could sense the pit party he was attending was starting to run out of steam.
“Just a bunch of trucks, people hanging out, drinking, sh*t like that,” he said. But something was off.
“It was half-dead. No tunes at all. F*cking sucked!” he told us. Laboone, who had visited a Marine recruiter shortly after high school, couldn’t ignore the signs.
“The party was going to die, it was 9 o’clock and people were talking about leaving,” he said. At that point, he remembered he had an old CD he had burned in the glove box of his truck.
“I f*cking popped it in and hit play and it was f*cking Thunderstruck and everyone was like ‘oh right the f*ck on’ and sh*t started getting wild!” he remembered.
Alison Cherry also recalled the unparalleled heroism on display.
“Sh*t sucked but then that song come on and I was like ‘gimme another Twisted Tea!’”
The party was saved, but like any good hero, Laboone went above and beyond the call of duty.
“After Thunderstruck was over, I played it again and then went right into Back in Black.”
Laboone is definitely enjoying his new-found fame.
“They call me Poon Laboone because of how much I get laid,” he said with a smile.